Nebraska advertiser., 1860-08-02

DICTIONARY,
NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.

NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.
1900 Pictorial Illustrations.
Wehave Just Issued q new edition Of Webster'6 Uu-
abridged Dictionary containing 1900 Pictorial Illustra-
tiona beautifully executed.
Table Of SYNONYMS, by Prof Goodrich,
IN which more than two thousand words are carefully
disseminated, forming a fuller work on English Syno-
ryms, OF itself, THAI any other issued, besides Crabo'
ana believedin advance Of that.
Table. oiUinq Pronunciation Of NGmeS of 5000
disfinouithed Persons Of Modern Itnes
Peculiar use OF Words and Terms in the Bible
With other mere Features, together with GAthe mailer
or PRECIOUS EDITIONS,
COmpTtsed fin a Vol. Of175O pages.
we have seen specimen sheets Of the Pictorial Illus
trstions. They are we'll executed. and will often be
found useful in giving 3 much more correct idea Of an
object than can be obtained BY dehnitIon'-N' 4 III
bHne, April IS, 1859.
we have seen specimen pages Of portions In archt-
tecturo andornithology, andhnd them OF artistic beauty
as we'll as Of great practical alue.-CRFSsG MtTroT
" .vs secn specImen sheets OF these illustrations
and can hardly see how they can be improved in beauty
or Aocurscy.-BoSfOn Evening TranseriPt-
WebSteF'S Pictorial Dictionary in Boston.
So exhaustive ara satisfactory we have uniformly
found IL &c be, that enlargement and Improvement
seemed hardly Standardization JOuTnGI -
As whole. the work has no parallel, nor 10 Il at al
probable that Il tgiH soon haze He,-BOStOn Traveller
Leaves so little either for the strict schO!Or, the mar
Of general culture, OF the limited employer Of common
words, 20 desire, that Il may with truth be said, that
nothing In the Photographed line Is left to be desired.
The critics OF webster sre, as a general tnlngJ inouseTs
and mole huuters.-BOsfO Ledger.
Seine Of the foremost scholars OF the age both IN Eu"
rope and this country, have been occupied for years In
the task OF revision and addition.-BOSfOn Transcript
II ig d fred fact, q Irving entity, and tCtH mdfntdin
ffs place as the most complete and accurate Dictionary
of the language ~tGnt.-Bost AhGsGnd Bee.
= Amonument Of learning in this single line OF literary
effort, such as no previous age has seen.-B0s Recorder
Making the entire work one which cannot be surpassed
and which In our estimaton viii remain unqualified
These important Improvement must make this far in
advance Of any competitor in the held-Boston CongTe-
gdfionditSt
To every writer and speaker Of English It is i~ndispen-
Glble-BdHOU'S Pictorial
This new edition is a perfect mine Of knowledge and
Appears 70 be as complete as It is possible to be made
From non. j. M. Gregory, superintendent Of
P1blio Instruction, Mich.
Lansing, June 30, 1859.
Messrs. g. &C.. MERRIAM, -
Gentlemen:
know not how % ex.
press my Qualification with the valuable and beautiful
features added TO the great national work, Webster's
ouarto Dictionary. They render Il ifpossible still more
worthy Of the proud place IL occupies as the great stand
ard dictionary Of our good English language. / say
standard, for while a few scholars and others here and
there, prefer other dictionaries, WebsteT's is beyond
appeal among the masses, learned and unlearned, In our
land Nor need this be regretted, as long as its publish
ers take such unwearied pains 70 keep IL abreast with
every improvement made IN the language. Il can only
express my very sincere hope that you may be fully re-
warded Cor the good work yOu are doing in the cause Of
sound learning. m
with considerations Of high respect,
Iremaln, gentlemen, Yours truly,
G N. GREGORY.
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