St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-06-14
The Best English Dictionary Extant'

Ine best GuSllsn DICtloAdJ LA'''i''
The success Of WorccStcr's Quarto Dictlona-
~ is altogether unparalleled in the annals OF
DuhIrtti0n The demand for the work IN
crfascs daily: and mp to the present time VIC
hav. been unable 10 supply our orders. we
yuhoin few short extracts from recommended
lions of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WOODS, D. D., of Bowdoin College,
says - Your work appears to me to be alto
Scthcr unsurpassed
JAMES r. CHAMPLIN, ID. D., of Waterville
College, says Your Dictionary is truly
Thcsaurus of the English language"
y. LORD. D. D., of Dartmouth College,
SAYS: No scholar, whatever other helps he
may see fit to use, can afford to be without
your Dictionary
CALVIN PEAsE, d. D., of University of Yer
mont, says 1.-The mature scholarship which
the work cyinces is, to me, its most pleasing
feature, where we have learning without ped
antrv and the fruits Of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntation.
BrNIAMIS LABAREE, ID. D., of Middlebury |
Collcge, says: 1.-THE Dictionary will prove an
enduring monument of the learning, industry, |
patience. and scholarly wisdom of its author,
and will place him high among the great lexi-
cographcrs of the English language
JAMES WALKER, d. D., of Harvard College,
saws THE correctness of its orthography,
and the ncatncsS of its definitions and method
of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thorOughness, as the latest |
Of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au-
thority among scholars everywhere.
&. e. FELTON,. Ii. D.. of Harvard College, |
says: " Ia Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition. the learned author has taken I'M
wcalicd pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects. he has. beyond doubt,
produced II work which will be Of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land"
MARK HoPEIxs D. D., of Williams College,
says 4" 1t is IA proud monument OF accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
of great influence in perectinS and liking, SO
far Us is possible, the noblcst language now
spoken on the globe.
AT. CRAINpI, of the Holy Cross, says
'Ihe work is great, and destined, not unlike
~, 10 supcrscde other English Dictionaries now
in use"
HOSEA BaLrou, Cd, d. D., of Tufts College,
says: Your Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance, my usual guide in
matters of photography, pronunciation, and
definition. Though | have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de-
gree of thoroughness, yet | cannot but pre-
sumo, by anticipation, that the same eXcellen-
ccs will be found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions I; and all that have fall
len upon in cursory inspection Of the work
confirms this presumption
DANIEL Il. GOODWIN, d. D., of Trinity Col
lcgc, says: " 1t is but short time since that
/ was led to commend another Dictionary, As,
on the whole, and with some exceptions, the
hest and most complete thing OF the kind
within my knowledge. The commentator
was honestly given at the time bit nor
mta be wiihdrapn in taror Of yours. l consider
your Dictionary, in almost every rcspect-in |
photography, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any Of its predecessors. In
truth never expected to see an English Die
tionary SO thorough, complete and satisiacto-
ry."
III. b. ANDERSON, LII. D., of University of
Rochester, says - 1t seems to me that you
have given to the world n work, which, for
completeness and accuracy, is superior to any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the labors of a life in the pro-
ductiun of treatise which will identify you
with the history Of English lexicography in
all coming time"
Jouss MAcLEAN, D. D., of the College Of
New Jersey, says "As far as have examined
your Quarto Dictionary, l have found it to be
accurate and reliable in its exposition of the
language"
CHARLES COLLINS d. D., of Dickinson Col
lego says: " have examined the Dictionary
with care, and am free to say, that though
public cXpCC .ation respecting it was high,
based justly on the high reputation of its au-
thor for lcTiCal ability, yet i'll my opinion this
expectation has been More than met. a no.
hlor monument Of profound learning, patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the use and
power of words, has not appeared. Its orthog-
raphy and orthoepy faithfully represent the
elegant use which the critics tell us gives law
to language; aud the ctymologics and deini-
lions present II treasury of learning in the lit
orature OF the language which is above price.
] cannot speak too highly of the pictorial il
lustrations and diagrams which you have in
troduccd, happily on scale not SO large as to
cucumber the page, and yet not too small for
the purpose of calculation. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not so prominent as
to affect the general appearance of the work
us q dictionary, and yet they give it many of
the advantages, without the cost, of an ency
clopcla.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, ID. D., of Oglcthorpe
University. says: 81 have examined tie Die
iiouary with care, and am not disappointed in
my expectations. | consider it decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary of the
English Language. 1t cannot fail to take pre-
ccdcnce over all others. The great curse of
American LeXicography has been q lawless
of oW noble mother tongue. You have, in
nay honest Judgment hit the golden medium,
and combined, most happily, the conservative
and the progressive. Your work is an honor
to American literature, and proudly hope
will assert its rightful claims to become the
standard of authority not only in the United
States, but also in Great Britain"
J. B. LINDSEY, d. D., Of University of
Nashville, says Il know of no Dictionary in
pletc as the new edition of DIR. Worcester's
1t Is IL faithful and reliable guide to correct
spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vo-
cabuary and most excellent in its definitions.
Its accuracy and fullness, as regards the many
new scientific terms recently introduced. rem
der it valuable to the professional as well as
for the general student
THOMAS c. ANDERSON d. D.. of Cumberland
University, says: After careful examination,
/ unhestatingly pronounce it the most com
pIete work of the kind extant.
The English Language has been enriched by
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly creditable to their authors but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
REV. Jonx EARLY, of Georgetown College,
says: 1.-The examination we have thus far
been able to make of DR.. Worcester's Diction-
airy has been sufficient to convince us of its SUI
periority. We prefer IL to Walker because it
represents the present, not past state of the
language, and to other works with which it is
usually compared, because its decisions are
founded upon recognized authorities, not on
provincial peculiarites, or the eccentricities of
the Lexicographer.
Dictionaries are to be found in which the
definitions of certain words evnce more politi-
cal or religious rancor than political skill
where the writers preferred, to the praise of
correctness, the qualification of partizan feel
ing. In further commentator of the edition
submitted TO our judgment, it should be ad-
ded that it is remarkably free from any such
offensive partiality"
Hon. WILLIAM II. ALLEN, of Girard College,
says: "A work of such vast erudition and
rare merit cannot fail to commend itselfto the