The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-05-19
The Dictionary as an Instructor.

We notice as matter well worth mentioning
that at the recent great publishers trade sale
in New York the books that wore most In de-
mand and brought the best prices were Web.
sters Dictionaries, from the famous Quarto to
the neat and handy pocket edition. This fact is
a good indication of the almost universal popu-
laIitv Of these books, and of the growing public
demand for them. 1t indicates also fact of far
greater importance, and that is the interest the
people are taking in the study of their own
language. This is encouraging, as there, is no
branch Of education that is now and has been so
much neRlected as the common branches OF
spelling and defining. II is often astonishing
and gllevOus to see now grossly IGNORANT are
childI en- and youth, and oven men ana women
of the OrthOglaphy, 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 un'
derstand the words they employ. And very ire
uuently, 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 stndy OF words, oy zoe use Of the
soon as che 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 to be had,
ana this is abuHdantly supplied in Webeters
DIctionar ies which are Justly recognised, where
ever our language is spoken, as the standai d au-
thority ia English Parents and teachers can
in no other wav so efectually or so cheaply
promote Jle euuCutlOudl luIeT6huS vi buelT
tlren, when Of suitable age, as by putting in
thelr hanhs any one of Websters School Die.
ttOnaries tor daily use in connection with the
study OF their lessons, and by placing on the
family center table, or the teachers desk as the
authoritative guide and standard, copy Of the
Unabridged.
The unabridged contains 5000 illustrations,
ever ll4,O0O words in its vocabularies, and lO,oUO
words and meanings not in any other DictiOn.
arv the abridged editions comprise "rhe Pri-
mary" winch has the largest sale, and which
has some capital rules for spelling. The Com
mon School" Is similar, but larger, with tables
of synonyms &c. "The High School," stall
fuller, with many useful tables -" The Acade;,
mic" and COunGinghOuse for advanced
schools and for general home and business use.
The lati er has some specially valuable CONNER.
Cial and financial tables. The little '' Pocket
edition, with It's bright gilt edges and morocco
binding, is truly an Invaluable pocket cOmpaa'
ion. 1t contains more than 1900 words, rules
for spelling, many abbreviations, words and
phrases, proverbs, ETC., ordinarily met with in
the Greek, Latin and Modern languages
Whether 1t ls convenient or not to have copies
of any of the Otner books of the series, we Ger.
talnly recommend that all should possess copy
Of the Pocket which, when not otherwise OBJ
| tainabe, may be had by mail, by inclOslng S10C
| to the publishers, MEssRs. IvIsoN, BLAKEMAN
TAYLOR d. Co., 1873 and l4O Grand Street, New
York,