Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-23
W GlEsLLEEN's
UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.
NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.


500 Pictorial Illustrations.
Wehave stissued a new edition OF Webster's Uh~
abridged Dictionary containing 5ooPictorial ulustra-
5000 TO 10000 NEWW oRDS in the Vocabulary,
Table Of SYNONYMS, By Prof Goodrich,
IN which more than two thousand words are CAREFULLY
Disseminated. forming fuller work on English Svno-
pyms, Of itself, thau any other issued, besides Crabo,
and believedin advance OF that.
. Table. glvtag Pronunciation Of Ncmes Of 5000
6istingUiShed Persons Of Modern Times,
Peculiar use OF Words and TeTmsin the Bible,
WITH other nelU Features. together tcith CIthe mailer
OF PRETIQUS EDITIONS,
Comprised i'm a Vol. OG155O pages.
We have seen specimen sheets Of the Pictorial Illus
trations. They are well executed. and will often be
tSTDd rsefnI ia giving much more correct idea Of an
object than can be obtained by a dehnitIon.-N. l. ITt-
'bHne, April l6, 1859.
lecture and orniihoIocy, and find them Of artistic beauty
as well as OF great practical vaiuc.-CHftSttdN Ai'Tfob
ave ws have seen specimen sheets Of these Illustrations,
and can hardly see how they cam be improved lnbeauty
or accuracy Boston EUentRg Transcript
WebSeF'S Pictorial Dictionary in Boston.
SO exhaustive and satisfactory we have uniformly
found il TO be, that enlargement and improvements
AS a whole. the work has no parallel, nor y Il al GH
probable that Il lgjH soon haze IfdCeicr
Leaves so little either for the strict scho!or, the mar
a.. Of general culture. or the limited employer az common
words. 10 desire, that ID may with truth DC sald, mat
nothing intbe leXicogFapAlcat me Is leu 10 oe oesIeu.
The critics Of webster Se, as general th4hs' lhouSers
AID MOLE hanters-BOsf0H Ledger.
Some OF the foremost scholars OF the age pom AZ Il ~
rppe and this c0untryyhave been ccGupteu lI Ssa
tba +ask Of revision and addltion.-BoSton 1raIsst 4.
- n :. !, Sod fact q EUi1q entltB, anu U"L ~ "tU
s.e,ITSo7s fbc most complete ana ocCUtot DttttO""S
hs FsaCS epfGnt-BOS AuGSdnd Bee.
ana1r1lemi Of learning in this single line Of literary
srert sncb Is no previous ace has seen-BOS Recorder
Making the entire work one which cannot be surpassed
and which in our estimation Will remain unequalled-
" Farmer
These important improvements must make this far in
advance Of any competitor in the helc-BoSt0n Con9re-
To every writer and speaker of English tits indispen-
sible-BGROuS Pictorial
This new edition is a perfect mine Of knowledge and
q most complete book OF reference-C0m. BRHeful
Appears 20 be as complete as it Is possible TO be made
Boston Post.
From Hon. J. M, Gregory, Superintendent Of
Plblic Instruction. Mich.
Office SUpt. Pub. Inst,
Lansing, June So 1853:
.Messrs. G. sc. MERRIAM,
Gentlemen:
know not how TO cx
press my qualification with the valuable and beautifu
fa,tures added to the great national work, webster
ouarto Dictionary. They render 10 if possible still more
worthy OF the proud place it occupies aS the great stand
ard dictionary Of our good English language. ! sa!
standard, for while a few scholars and others here ant
there. prefer other. dictionaries, NeoSter's Is oeyon'
dispute the book Of the people, the common standard o
appeal among the masses, learned and unlearned, in GU
land. Norneed this be regretted, as long as its publish
ers take such unWearied pains TO keep it abreast witt
every improvement made in the language. II can onll
express my very sincere hope that you may be fully re
wsrded for the good work you are doing in the cause o
sound learning.
With considerations OF high respect,
Iremain, gentlemen, Yours truly,
G N. GREGORY.