The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-06-02

We notice as Il matter well worth mentioning
that at the recent great publishers traac SAFE
In New YORK. the books That were HIoSt IN de-
mand and brought the best prices were Web
ster's Dictionaries, from the famous tluarto to
the neat and handy pocket edition. THIS fact Is
"A good indication OF the almost universal popu-
Jariy Of these books, and Of the growing public
demand for them. Ii indicates also fact OF far
greater importance, and that Is the interest the
people are taking in the study Of their own Ian
guage This is encouraging, as there is no
branch Of education that is now and has been 50
much neglected as the common branches OF lJelt-
ing and dcfajh9. 1t Is often astonishing and
gricyiOus to see how grossly Ignorant are chill
drcn and youth, and even men and women OF
the photography, pronunciation and meaning OF
ordinary words and phrases. They cannot
express Their thoughts for the want Of words,
and often they express thoughts very different
from what they intend, because they do not
understand 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 train
ing 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 indefinitely.
The apparatus for this study should, of course,
be the most complete and thorough 10 be had,
and this is abundantly supplied in Wcbster's
Dictionaries, which are justly recognized, where
tNCI OuT - pbhtll, IT, TIC sldIlualu du-
thority in English. Parents and teachers can IN
no other way so efectually or SO cheaply pro-
mote the educational interests of their children,
when Of a 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 cen
ter table, or the teachers desk as the authori.
tatye guide and standard, a copy OF tle UE.I
abridged.
The unabridged contains 5000 illustrations
over 1000 words in its yOcabularics, and 49,
900 words and meanings not In any other DictiOn-
AIRY; the abridged editions comprise The Prima-
ry,' which has the largest SALE and which has
some capital rules for spelling. The Common
SchooP is similar but larger, with tables of
synonyms, Nc. "The High school," still fuller,
with many useful tables; "Thc Academic and
Counting house" for advanced schools and for
general home and business use. The latter has
some specially valuable commercial and finan.
,ial tables. The little Pocket" edition. with its
bright gilt edges and morocco binding, is truly
III invaluable pocket companion. 1t contains
more than 5000 words, rules for spelling, many
words and phrases, proverbs, etc,
ordinarily net with in the Greek, Latin and
Modern iau- uageS Whether it is convenient
)r not to have copies of any Of the other books
If the series, We certainly recommend that all
should possess a copy OF the Pocket, which,
when not otherwise Obtainahle, may be had by
nail, by inclosng Sl.0O to the publishers,
MEssRs. IvIsoN, BRAKEMAN, TAYLOR * Co, l3SI
md 40 Grand Street, New York.
Sold in Ottawa by Osman and Hapeman.