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wish to divine the exact position OF the res
ident, will find this volume a very good base
line for calculation. The work is gotten up
very neatly and substantially. A fine en-
craving of the President adorns the volume.
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Az AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE. By Noah Webster, IL D.
Thoroughly Revised, and Greatly En-
larged and Improved by Chauncey A.
Goodrich, D. D., and Noah Porter, D.. D.
Springfield, Mass: &. 4 {. Merriam.
1865.
We have received from the publishers,
through the house of Cobb, Andrews d Co,
this truly royal work If the first edition
of Webster's Dictionary was considered in
every sense a nsogrum opus, and a work as
wonderful as indispensable, what will be
the popular and the scholars estimate OF
this edition of the old massive Unabridged,
which has been so thoroughly revised, and
so much enlarged and improved as to be- IN
reality, a new work, another dawn risen on
mid noon. The Merriams have incurred a
fabulous expense in having the whole work
rewritten, reset, %recast, and republished. 1t
is not a mere revision, but a reconstruction.
The student will not, at first, comprehend
how entirely new a work this is, as comPar-
ed even with the last preceding edition; and
how important has been the chronological
revision which it has received, making it,
for substance, a rewritten volume, with all
that was admirable and superior in the pre-
vious contributions of a generation to its
pages, preserved and augmented by a thor
ough concentration upon it of the best skill
and widest research of the present. As it
stands-in its etymOlogies, in its definitions,
in its synonyms, and its (reaD illustrations
it is far in advance of any other manual
which offers itself to the aid of the student
of the multifarious wealth of the composite
English tongue.
The features of the present edition, which
may be briefly mentioned here with profit
are these:
I. The Revised Etymology. We lave al
ready spoken of the radical and thorough
character of this part of the work.
II. The Revised Definitions. Great pains
nave been taken to contract and cOndense
these into as few general heads, or num-
bered divisions, as was practicable. The
several meanings and groups of meaning;
nave been developed in the order Of theil
actual growth and history, beginning with
the primitive Specification, as indicated by
the etymology. And many new meaning
have been added.
III. The Illustrative Citations. There il
a very copious collection of illustrative pas
sages, eulled not only from older writers
but from authors Of the present day.
". The Vocabulary. Many additions
words nave been made, but with care t.
: prevent the intrusion of words which will
be soon seen to have no root. The vocabulary
now comprises upwards of I14,000 words, al
Z defined with a clearness, f%ullness, precision
! and wealth of illustration, that denote tn,
: soundest scholarship, and the most entir,
l fide ity to laborious details.
V. The Scientific and Technical Defni
: tiohs. These have been most thorough,
revised and carefully elaborated, and mus
; commend themselves to the student o
science.
VI. The Collection of Synonyms. Thi
collection, prepared by Prof Goodrich, ha
been incorporated with the body ofthe worl
for greater facility. Copious lists of syn
onymous or interchangeable teritis have BEEF
attached to most of the important words.
, VII. The Pictorial Illustrations. Tbes
. number over 5000, and nave lteen inserted
= in the body Of the work, and also classife,
! at the end of the volume.
| VIII. The Vocabularies in the Append,
have been re-edited, and will be found G
f great value.
: TX. The Pronunciation. The |pronuncia
, ton Of English %Srds has been settled o
: developed on principles which have beef
adopted by Prof. Goodrich and other of GU
t most eminent students of English orthep!
and the science of phonology. The edito
believes it the most thoroughly practica
and satisfactory treatment of the subject +
. be found in the language.
) Nochanges in ~Orthograpy have been mad
in this edition, the revised edition of 1874
l having been considered perfect in this de
partment.
Among the features which the genera
o reader will prize most are the explsnator,
d and ~pronouncing vocabulary of the name
of noted fictitious persons, places, &c, tn
B ~pronOuncing vocabulary of Scripture, an,
the Greek and Latin proper names, and G
modern geographical and biographies
names, etc. Another strong point is the co
6 pious selection of quotations, words, phrases
S poverbs and colloquial expressions from tn
e Greek, Latin and modern foreign languages
5 which often occur in English books, period
icals, &C., all rendered into English. Their
is also a collection of authorizations and con
fractions used in writing and printing.
1t is net a sectarian dictionary. All sect
will find their especial phrases OF faith NOR
: exactly and fairly and fully given in Web
ster than in any or all other dictionaries pu
together.
Altogether the work is a marvellous spec
r linen of learning, taste and thorough labor
The twelve labors of Hercules were in com
parison insignificant. The Chicago. Euen
inq Journal ranks Webster's Royal Quart
one of the grand trinity with the Bible an
. Shakespeare, as being the sum total of grea
, libraries.
f We can not more fifty close this hasty
: inadequate notice than by reproducing tn
statement of Appleton's C~yclopedia 70