St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-26
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subjoin few short extracts from recommended
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FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WooDs, D. D.. of Bowdon College,
says Your work appears to me to be alto
gcther unsurpassed.
JAMES r. CHAMrLrx. d. D.. of Wutcrvillc
college, says " Your Dictionary is truly
| lhcsauruS Of the English language"
n. LORD, ID. d., Of Dartmouth College.
says No scholar, whatever other helps he
| may see TT to use, can afford to be without
your Dictionary"
CALVIN PEAsE, ID. d., of University of Yer
mont. says: 1.-The mature scholarship which
the work cvinccS is, to me, its most pleasing
feature where We have learning without ped
antry, and tn" fruits of the most accurate and
liberal research without ostcntation.'
BENJAMIN LApAREr, d. D., of Middlcbury
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 lcXi-
cographers of the English language.
JAMES WALKER, d. D., of Harvard College,
says: "Ihc correctness Of its photography,
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 ii an au
thority among scholars everywhere
G. c. FELTON,, L.. D., Of Harvard College,
says: - In Orthography, Pronunciation and
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wcaicd pains to ascertain the best usage, and
in all these respects. lac has, beyond a doubt,
produced Il work which will be Of standard
authority in the United States and in Eng
land"
MARK lIorKINs d. D, of Williams College
says " 1t is proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
Of great influence in pcricCting and fixing. SO
far rs is possible the noblcst language now
spoken ON the globe
A. f. CRAiNri of the Holy Cross, says
The work is great and destined, not unlike
~, to supcrscdC other English Dictionaries now
i'll use
Hosea BuLor. %, y. d, of Tufts College,
says: Your Octave Dictionary has been,
from its first appearance, my uslla! guide in
matters of urthuTaphy, pronunciation, and
definition. Though have not had leisure to
examine the Quarto dictionary with any de-
gree of thoroughmcsS. yet | cannot but pre-
sumo, 10y anticipation, that the same cXCellgn-
crs will he 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
lcgc, says " 1t is hut a short time since that
was led to commend another Dictionary, as,
Oh the whole, and with some EXCEPTIONS the
best and most complete thing Of the Kind
within my knowledge. The commentator
was honestly given at the time; bm no," il
must be ,rdiHiI0lrH IN tiror 9t Yo'TS. consider
your Dictionary, in almost every respect in
orthography. pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors. In
truth, never expected to see an English bic
tiunmy so thorough, complete and satistacto-
ry."
NJ. Il. ANDERSON, IL. D., of University of
Rochester. says - 1t seems to Inc that YOU
have given to the world work, which, for
completeness and accuracy, is superior to any
Dictionary of our language in existence. You
have crowned the labors of Il life in the pro-
duction of treatise which will identity You
with the history of English lcXicography in
all coming time
JOHN MAcLE.>N, d. D., Of the College of
New Jersey, says - s far as have examined
your Qu,rto Dictionary. have found ii to DC
accurate and reliable i'll its exposition of the
language"
CHARLES COLLINS, d. D.. of Dickinson Col
lcgc, 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 leXicai ability, yet in my opinion this
expectation has been more than met \ no.
bier monument Of profound learning, patient
toll, and critical discrimination in the use and
power of words, has not appeared. Its Urthog-
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elegant use which the critics tell us gives law
to language; and the etymologics and drlini-
tons present a treasury Uf learning in the lit
cratulc Of the language which is above price.
] cannot speak too highly Of the pictorial il
Illustrations and diagrams which you have in
troduced, happily on a scale not 50 large as to
cucumber the page, and yet not too small for
the purpose OF eluCidation. These, introduced
in their natural place, are not 50 prominent Us
to affect the general appearance of the work
as Il dictionary, and yet they give it many of
the advantages, without the cost, Of an cncy-
clopedia.
SAMUEL X. TALMAGE, D. D., of Oglethorpe
University, says: &" ! have examined the Die
tiOnaIy with care, and am not disappointed in
my expectations. ! consider it decidedly the
most complete and Perfect Dictionary Of the |
ccdcncc over all others. The great curse of
American Lexicography has been lawlcss
spirit Of innovation, tending to the corruption |
of cur 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 rghtful claims to become the
standard of authority not only in the United |
States bat also in Great Britain.
J. Il. LINDSEY, d. d., of University of
Nashville, says: 4" l know of no Dictionary in
the English language in all respects so COM
plctc as the new edition OF Dr. Worcester :.
1t is Il faithful and reliable guide to correct |
spelling and pronunciation, ample i'll its vO-
cabulary and most excellent in its definitions
Its accuracy and fullncss, us regards the many
new scientific terms recently introduced, rem
der it valuable to the professional us well as
for the general student
Thomas c. ANDERSON, d. D., ofCumbcrland
says: After careful examination,
| uuhcsitatimgly pronounce it the most COM
plctc work of the kind cxtant.
The English Language has been enriched by
several other valuable Dictionaries, which are
highly crcditabIe 10 their anthors but all
must yield in completeness and elegance to
your noble quarto
Rev. JONI EARLY, Of Georgetown College,
says: 1.-The examination we have thus far
been able to make of DIR. Worcester 5 Diction-
airy has been sufficient to convince lis Of its SUI
We prefer it to Walker because it
represents the present, not II 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 peculiarities Or the ccccntricities OF
the photographer.
Dictionaries are to he found, in which the
definitions Of certain words cvince more polit-
cal or religious rancor than political skill
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