Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-03-09
WREKLY TELEGRAPH.
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LooAL ANp MlscELLANEoUe.

WohcSsTERsr rDioTIoENRy.--We have for O
long time been, waiting foe an opportunity to
insert the advertisement Of Messrs. ISouAm &
BRAoo, and in connection Herewith tc speak iu
becoming termsof the merits Of this rival Of The
great American photographer. In the mean
time we have had the work on our table side by
side with Webstcr aud by free use Of both to
become familiar with their relative claims. The
fact Of our respect for Webster has no doubt
been gathered from previous notices Of bis
wors, butwe are not so partial 10 that respect as
not to be able 70 see, and admit much that is
worthy Of commendatiou in his great rival
Wcbsteris the pioneer, aud like all pioneers,
the work Of bis great intellect is more hercuean
than that OF him who follows after, and i'm.
proves upou bis labors. Worcester has done
this. He has given to the world work which
10 our opinion has several points Of superiority
to Webster THIS superiority does not consist,
hOwOveE 10 the essential matter Of deRntions,
fOr,aS a general thing they are less full than his.
More concise and less varied, they approach
the popular want more truly than Webster,
whose unrvaled merit is bis fulluess aud critical
regard Tor the different shades of meaning to
which word is susceptible The advantages
enjoyed by Worcester are, that his volume
comes fresh from the hands Of its author, and is
40 regular order adapted to all the improve
mcnts and increased facilities Of the present day
while Webster's plates we're prepared farther
back in the order of time. The addition Of new
words Worcester have been inserted in their
proper places in regular progress of prepares
tiOn while Websters have been placed, as they
must necessarily have been, by themselves, at
the end of the volume. Then the illustrations,
which now form conspicuous feature Of lexi-
geography, are very happily ioterspersed through
the book 10 their appropriate places while, as
! the case Of additions. Webster's are cluster.
cd at the beginning Of his book, advantages
which be must continue 10 enjoy until Webster
itreyised, and the elaborate and expensive work
ofpPparing a set Of new plates is gone through
WITH Then Worcester has the advantage in
the size of type, and less solid character OF the
page, giving an increased clearuess and attract
ivenessaio the typographical execution With
some, another advantage would be, the hundred
or 10 words in which Webster's autobiography is
peculiar, Worcester conforms to the popular
notion. In division, matter Of special regard
with printers we hesitate not to give the latter
our preference. With all our tcnacity and rev.
erence for Webster. We have regretted our in-
ability to agree with him n this respect These
then, are the advantages which have struck us
as possessed by the moro recent work. With
many, they have out-weighed other considera
tions, and led to its exclusive adoption. As we
have said, we have both. and thereby meet the
deficiencies of either. We could not part with
Webster, aud should be very unwilling to be
deprived Of his great rival. The old work has
the advantage Of universal fayoriteism and ad-
vertisement while the new rival beats against
head current Of prejudice, but works it way,
we understand, with commendabe degree of
success. The course adopted by ourself ia the
one we would recommend to Others purchase
both. TheFreader is referred to the adv. of the
firm alluded to, who arc the agents of the Wor-
ccster work in Cleveland aud are gentlemen
in eycry. way worthy Of patronage, aud whose
large stock OF every class of books enables
them TO supply any orders.