The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-06-06

We notice as a matter well worl


We notice as q matter well worth
mentioning. that az the reeeu. great
publishers trade sal in New York,
the hooks that were most in demand
and brought the best prices were
Webster . dictionaries, irom ihe ia.
nous Quarto to the neat eod handy
poeke, edition This fact Is good
Indication of the almost universal
popularity Of these books, and Of The
growing public demand for them
IL Indicates also fact Vi fsr
greater Importance, AID that IL tbe
interest the people are taking Ia
the study OF their own language.
This is encouraging, as there is no
branch of education that is now aud
has been 50 much neglected as the
common branches OF spelling aud de-
Gning IL is often astonishing and
grievons to see how grossly ignorant
arc children aud youth, and even men
and women, of the ortbography, pro
nuneiation and meaning Of ordinary
words and phrases. Ttey cannot
express their thoughts fJr the want
OF words, and often they express
thoughts very different from what
they intend. because they do not un-
derstand the words they employ
And very frequently, from the same
cause, they take no idea, or wrong
ideas, from what they read or hear.
The remedy for these evils Is the
proper training in the study OF words
by the use Of the Dictionary, and this
training should begin as soon as the
child can distinguish between one
word and another, and continue in-
definitely The apparatus for this
study should, of course, be the most
complete and thorough to be had,
AID this is abundantly supplied in
Webster's Dictionaries, which are
justly recognized, wherever our Ian
gusge is spoken, as the standard
authority in English. Parents aud
and teachers can in no other way so
eifectually or so cheaply promote the
educational interests of their children,
when of suitable age, as by putting
in their hands any one of Webster's
School Dictionaries, for daily use in
connection with the study Of their
lessons, and by placing on the family
centre table or q teachers desk as
the authoritative guide and standard, a
copy of the Unabridged.
The unabridged contains 5000 illus
trations, over $4,000 words in its
vocabularies, and 10000 words and
meanings not in any other Diction-
ary; the abridged edition comprises
"The Primary" which has the larg-
est sale, and which has some capital
rules for spelling ''The Common
SCHOOL, is similar, but larger, with
tables of synonyms, &c. "The High
School" still fuller, with many useful
tables THE Academic aud
'"Counting-houssn for advanced
schocls aud for general home busi-
ness use The latter has some spec
tally valuable commercial aud finan-
cial tables. The little Pocket
edition, with its bright gilt edges and
morocco binding. is truly an invalu-
able pocket companion 1t contains
more than $4,000 words, rules for
spelling, many authorizations. words
and phrases, proverbs, ETC., ordinari-
ly met with in the Greek, Latin and
Modern languages Whether it is
convenient or not to have copies of
any of the other books of the series,
we certainly recommend that all
should possess copy Of the Pocket,
which, when not otherwise obtaina-
BILE, may be had by mail, by inelos-
ing sl.Oe to the publishers, IvISoy,
BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & Co., 1873 and
l40 Grand Street, New York.