St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09
WORCESTER'S
Royal Quartz
DICTION AIRY.
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The National Standard Of the English Language.
Twenty Thousand Copies already Printed.
The Best English Dictionary Extant.

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The success of Worcester's Quarto Dictiona.
ry is altogether unparalleled in the annals of
publication. The demand for the work in
creascs daily; and up to the present time we
have been unable to supply our orders. We
subjoin few short extracts from recommended
tons of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD Woops, D. D., of Bowdoin College,
says " Your work appears to me to be alto
gcthcr unsurpassed"
JAMES T. CHAMPLIN, d. D., of Waterville
College, says Your Dictionary is truly
Ihesaurus of the English language
n. 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 The mature scholarship which
the work cvinccs is, to me, its most pleasing
feature, where we have learning without ped
antry, and the fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntation.'
BENJAMIN LApArEE. y. D., of Middlebury
College, says 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,
says: THE correctness of its orthography,
and the ncatncss of its definitions and method
of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thoroughncss, as the latest
Of the great Dictionaries, will make it an au-
thority among scholars everywhere
c. c. FELTON,, IL. d.. of Harvard College,
says: In Orth0graphy Pronunciation and
Definition, the learned author has taken un-
wcarird pains to ascertain the best usage and
in all these respects he has, beyond doubt,
produced Il work which will be OF standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
Land"
MARK HOPKINS d. D., Of Williams College,
says g 1t is Il proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
ut great influence in pcriectng and fixing, SO
far as is possible, the nob!cst language now
spoken on the globe"
A. F. CRAINrI, of the Holy Cross, says ::
- The work is great, and destined, not unlike
ly, to SupcrScde other English Dictionaries now
in use.
HOSEA BALLou, ID ID. d, of Tufts College,
says Your Octave Dictionary has been,
| from its first appearance, my usual guide in
matters of orthography, pronunciation. and
definition. Though have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de-
gree of thOruughncsS yet | cannot but pre-
sumo, by anticipation, that the same eXccllcn-
! ccs will be found to mark it that distinguished
your former editions and all that have fall
len upon in cursory inspection of the work
confirms this presumption
DANIEL Il. GooDwiN. d. D., of Trinity Col
lcge, says: 1t is but short time since that
| was led tn commend another Dictionary, as
on the whole, and with some exceptions, the
best and most complete thing Of the kline
within my knowledge. The commentator
was honestly given at the time but nor 4
must he 'rihdrdwH IN tdror Of yours j consider
your Dictionary, in almost every respect III
orthography, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors. In
truth, never expected to see an English Die
tionary SO thorough, complete and satisfacto'
ry.'
NJ +. ANDERSON, IL. D., of University OF
Rochester, says 1t seems to me that you
have given 10 the world work. which, fol
completeness and accuracy, is superior TO any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the labors of a life in the pro.
duction of II treatise which will identify you
with the history of English leXicography in
all coming time
JONI MAGICIAN, n. D. of the College o
New jersey, says As far as have examined
your Quarto Dictionary, have found il to b,
accurate and reliable in its exposition of the
language"
| CHARLES COLLINS, D. D.. of Dickinson Col.
| lcge, says " have examined the Dictionary
with care, and am free to say, that though
public expectation respecting it was high,
based justly on the high reputation of its au.
thor for leXica'l ability, yet in my opinion this
expectation has been more than met. a no.
bier monument OF profound learning, patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the use and
power OF words, has not appeared. Its orthog.
rlphy and oIthocpy faithfully represent the
elegant usc which the critics tell III gives law
to language; and the etymologirs and detini.
tiuns present a treasury OF learning in the lit.
cmturc Of the language which is above price
| cannot speak too highly OF the pictorial H.
Illustrations and diagrams which You have in
tOduCcd. happily on a scale not 50 large as &
cucumber the page, and yet not too small fur
the purpose of clucidatOu. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not so prominent as
to affect the general appearance Of the work
us dictionary, and yet they give il many OF
the advantages, without the cost, OF an ency.
clupedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, ID. D.. of OSethorpc
| University. says - have examined the Die
tionary 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-
Ccdencc over all others. The great curse of
American LcXicography mas been lawlcss
| spirit of innovation. tending to the corruption
of our noble mother tongue. You have. in
my 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 rghttul claims to become the
al only n he Mi Cd
States, hat also in Great Brtain.'
J. Il, LINDSEY, b. D., of University of
Nashville, says " | know of no Dictionary in
the English language in all respects so com
| plcte as the new edition Of Dr. WorCester's
| 1t is a faithful and reliable guide to correct
| spelling and pronunciation, ample in its vo.
cabulary 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 G.. ANDERSON d. D.. of Cumberland
University, says: After careful examination
| unheSitatingly pronounce it the most com
plete work of the kind eXtant.
The English Language has been enriched by
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly crcditable to their anthors but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto.
REV. JOHN EARLY, of Georgetown College,
says: 1.-The examination we have thus far
been able to make OF DR.. Worcester Diction-
AIRY has been sufficient 10 convince us of its SUI
periority. We prefer it to Walker because il
represents the present, not past state of the
language, and to other works with which il is
usually compared, because its decisions are
founded upon recognized authorities, not on
provincial peculiarities OF the occentricities of
the photographer.
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