St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-09-20
The Best English Dictionary Extant

The success Of WorCcstcr's Quarto Dictiona-
ry is altogether unparalleled in the annals of
publication. The demand for the work in
crcascs daily; and up to the present time we I
have been unable to supply our orders. We
suhjoin few short extracts from recommends
tons of the book
FROM PRESIDENTS OF COLLEGES.
LEONARD WOODS, D. D., OF Bowdoin College,
says: g Your work appears to me to be alto
gcthcr unsurpassed
JAMES +. CuAMrLIN, d. D., of Watervillc |
College, says: Your Dictionary is truly
Ihcsaurus Of the English language.
\. LORD, u. d.. of Dartmouth College, |
says: " No scholar, whatever other helps he
may see fit to use, can afford to he without
your Dictionary"
CALVIN Tease ID. 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 ostcutation."
| BENJAMIN LAnAREE. y. D.. of Mildlchury
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-
| cographcrs of the English language"
JAMES WALKER, y. D., of Harvard College,
says: The correctness of its orthography,
and the neatncSS of its definitions and method
Of notation, together with its greater general
completeness and thoroughnc>S, rs the latest
of the great Dictionaries, will make ii an au-
thOrity among scholars everywhere
c. c. FELTON,, IL. d., Of Harvard College,
says " In Orthography, Pronunciation and
Definition. the learned author has taken UNI
,i., t,tt
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 HOPKINS d. d., of Williams College,
says: 1t is n proud monument of accurate
scholarship and vast research, and cannot fail
of great influence in periccting and fixing, so
llr as is possible, the noblcst language now
spoken on the globe"
F. CnAINrI, of the Holy Cross says
THE work is great and destined, not unlike
| y, to supcrscdc other English Dictionaries now
, in use.
Hosea BALLou, I'd, d. D., of Tufts College
says Your Octave Dictionary has been
from its first appearance, my usual guide i;
matters of photography, pronunciation, anc
= definition. Though | have not had leisure tc
c examine the Quarto Dictionary with any de
h! gree OF thoroughness, yet cannot but pre-
i sumo. 10y anticipation, that the same cXCcllcn
! ccs will be found to mark it that diStin@uishc,
your former editions and all that | have tal
= len upon in cursory inspection OF the worl
= confirms this presumption
II DANIEL r. GOODWIN, ID. d., of Trinity Col
= lcgc. says - 1t is but a short time since tina
l. was led to commend another Dictionary, aS
s. on the whole, and with some exceptions, tn
= best and most complete thing of the kin
- within my knowledge. The commcndatiUl
f was honestly given at the time but nor
H',d ie 'rdhdrHwH IN fdror ri yoHrS ! considr
h your Dictionary, in almost every respect ii
K orthogluphy, pronunciation, and definitions
as superior to any of its predecessors. Ii
truth, never expected to see an English Die
, tionary 50 thorough, complete and satisttcto
= ry."
NJ. p. ANDERSON, IL. D., of University {
J, Rochester, says - 1t seems to me that yo
= have given 10 the world work, which, fo
a completeness and accuracy, is superior to an
y Dictionary of our language in existence. 1o
. have crowned the lahors of II life III the pre-
duction of treatise Which will identify 20
n with the history of English lcxicography
t all coming time.
IS JonN MAGICIAN, ID. D., of the College
u New Jersey, says - As far AS have examine
= your Quarto Dictionary, | have found it to b
a accurate and reliable in its exposition of tn
5 language"
c CHARLES COLLINS, D. D., of Dickinson Col
d lcec, saws; :. | have examined the pictionar
IS with care. and am free to saw that thong
y public expectation respecting it was hgl
>, based Justly on the HIGH reputation of its al
,c thor for lcxical ability, yet in my opinion TIN
ID expectation has been more than met 4 II,
DC bier monument of profound learning, patier
toll, and critical discrimination in the use an
power OF words. has not appeared. Its ortho2
Iaphy and orthoepy faithfully represent tn
elegant Use which the critics tell Us gives la
I" language; and the etymolog.cs and dehn
tons present treasury OF learning III the Ii
~ rratuic OF the language winch Is above prlc'
~ cannot speak TOO hiGhiy oi The pictorial /
g. Illustrations ana diagrams which you have II
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IT., cucumber the page, and yet not too small IL
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SAMUEL X. IALMAGE, d. d., of Oglethorl
University, says; :" have examined the Die
IS. tlonafy with care ana am not disappointed /
my expectations. consider it decidedly tn
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