Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-06-26
J. W. JOHNSTON,
Depot, independence.

\ DieTIosAGY or THE BIBLE, CON-
PRlsISG IFS ANTIQUITIES, BioGEA
ruY, GEOGRAPHY And NATURAL
History, WITH NUMEROUS Illus
TgATIoNs AND Mars. EDITED BY
WILLIAM SMITH, IL ID. Pen.
LIsuEp III MEssEs, J. D. BURR &
Co. IIARTFoRp, Coax.
"A Dictionary pf tie Bible II enc reject.
Eow much Of tie Scriptures Is hjs;erv snd tioe-
rsFky, and how much relates 10 tbs geography
II the nast. end the manners ana castRIas--she
social aai national lie Of maay peoples he
will sec that ne nan can be al intelligent read
or Of tie Bible without such help as This. Pos
silly tie sabbath School Teacher hes thsrghf
himself equal q MS work wi.hou. sseh an all.
ins il IS, be- has ere4tiy t.af#arfreheAdeA his
duty sad done injustice 70 his ,Gfils There
are frnsiiies funfrrtGnatciy too manyi where pa
rents saa children read and study the Bible
without such help Il its interpretation
sehsei rsoE without Comprehensive Dietion-
Is eur language.--its words a1a their meaning,
--Roala &c no ruurc aRiarn4s-ed than : heiae
without work ike this.
There have Rsten humorous Ribie D.ctiana-
ries prepared. hst this Of fsr. Smiths gaeas'y
sfelis 81 oihsrs-preseliirg The resalts u the
rstnst scholarship and latest research e. largely
AMI - LUMINOSITY that be anl his associates
have conferred .aeasnTeies. hcnefaeticn upon
the religious world.
Tho edition a. announced ahore by Mcssrs.
Barr L Co, is the reprint nitheat = single
omission, Of tie ahriisesbe. Of Br. Smiths .
volumes, and eos.'y work. Esaie by has own
hand lsf Families and Sabbath seheal Teacfcrs
Every person and People and pace: erery al
iasien g manners, customs, utensils, weapons,
modes Of life, forms Of worship, ami dolairy
strifes an wars-eve Wiling that one can wish
10 know about IN the Bible, Is included IL this
invalNasl e work:
This reprint. by Mez.Fs rarr Co. has i'm
partant ezeelleueies, rcnderin. il superior T. any
ether, and making II just the the tang for the
family afa teacher. II il in it, external char
aetsr, Is type. binding, and especially in it,
HameroH- wood and steol eHzfarings, ia thing
Of beauty" II Il reprint Of Dr.. snithf-
Abri1gemeut without any matilarisn. 1t gives
the proper names fof which there arc lundredsl
with the American and not the EgIisL pronan-
cation. There i very wide difference in this
respect and i = qbyieus iha. Bible piet.on-
AIRY FOR American no ca1ids aud Sabbath
.Sc!soo.s should aeecntaste its names aeeorsin ?
to our own photographers, else ihase who study
1t will lie contracting mode oi pronunciation
obsolete and not accepted by good usage and
intelligent people. We are rnueh grat;iei that
Nessrs. Burr Co, have net fallen into n,is-
take in this respect, but with sa.aei9ns intel
ligent aud regard for a christian Eublie hare
furnished in 50 beautiful and 20 cheap form,
the Dictionary Of pr. Smith. modified in it.
pronunciation to meet the wants Of the Amer,
can d not the English public.
We can conscien eiously commend ills work
possessing SO much artistic and intrinsic excel.
ieace. We rish it iaight fad piece in every
family Of the land, AID, beside the Bible, ,h.d
Is,h< and vieil Ii. cv.,iauatfans ap1 toll II,
story to the student, young and old, Of God
word. Agents here have . rare opportunity IL
crnyass;ng foi work Of such real and peTma
ncnt anil Indispensable value they cannot but
find mas. reniuneTafiye employment il i
clel,. compoet. comprehensive, and should g
into every American bousehcll.
4s-5ln)