Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-04-11

Az AMERICAN DICTIONARY YoTTRIENoLIsH
LANorAoE hyKoAH WHBsfRn, IL, D. Thor.
oufhly revised, and KJsAtiy enlarYed aud IN.
proved, By cHAvscEr = 0oopRIcn, IL. y. etc,
& S.s Sods "a rSiz s1is@ RsS I W pplSSis;Se pTpis;S
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| Beyond cayil this portly and handsome vol.
ume makes good the claim which is set forth
on the title page. The revision which the
old edition has Undergone is manifestly q
most thorough one, extending to every de-
partment Of the work. aud 10 its minutest de-
tails. The enlargement 1t has received IL
very considerable, the size Of the page hay-
| ing been increased, and more than eighty
pages added 10 the number contained in the
previous or Pictorial edition. The i'm
proyements are not only really such, but they
are so many and so great that they amount to
u complete rnmodeling Of the work.
/ .t a.. Of L.
eabulary, which embraces upwards Of one
hundred and fourteen thousand words, being
some ten thousand more, II Il claimed, than
nny other Tord-hOOk of the language. Such
une1amTlel fnllncss would be Rpt TO excite a
suspicion that deliberately adopted system
Of crimpins hud beOn cRrfied on within the
tcmptm, domain, Of the natural sciences, 10
furnish recruits for this enormous army OF
Yycablcs. But we do not find, UuOn pretty
careful examination, that many terms Of this
sort have been admitted which are not fairly
entitled to n place in popular lexicon.
In tho mRttor Of definition, We can urqual.
iGedly commend the principles by which the
editor and his coadiutOrs appear 10 have been
guided, Notwithstanding nn occasional failure
to carry OUT these principles with entire con.
sistency. The crying fault Of mistaking dif.
Cercnt applications OF meaning of n word
for essentially different sisnifcrliOns-;hc
head aud front of DR.. Webstof's offending a'
de6nsr, and not of DR.. WcbgIcr Ouiy, hut o.
almost all other lexicogrnpEers-has g0uer
ally been avoided in this edition. The phil
osophical analysis, tho Orderly RTrnnF mon
of meanings, the sunplic,ty, comprehensive
ness and precision or statement, tho freedom
from prejudice, crotchots, and dOgm6tism
the good tRtte and good sense, which obaTEc
teriZe this portion Of tue work, are deserving
Of the fullest recognition and the highCs
praise.
In all tho essential points of good die
tionGry-in the amplitude and selcctness o
its vocabulary, in the fullncss and pcrspi
cacity OF its definitions, in its orthOopy an,
tcnm graHo saiis) its orthograPhy, in its nc,
and Trustworthy etymologics, in the GlabO
rate, but not too learned trcatises Of its in
trodutcion, in its carefully prepared and val
liable overwhelmingly, in its general &C
curaey, completeness, and practical utility
tho work Is one which none Igho rc0d or WTit
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