The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-06-02

former. may be had free, by mail,
for $3.50, and The Sunday Maga-
zine for So per annum, by address
ing FRANK LEsLIR's PUBEIsHING
HOUSE, 537 Pearl Street, New Y York.
. The Dictionary as an Instructor.
We notice as a matter well worth
mentioning, that at the recent great
publishers trade sale in New York,
the books that were most in de-
mand and brought the best prices
were Webster's Dictionaries, from
the famous Quarto to the neat and
handy pocket edition. This fact is
a good indication of the almost uni
versal popularity 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 encoura: ag, as there isno branch
of education that is now and has
been So much neglected as the COM
mon branches of spelling and de-
.ffiatpg. 1t is often astonishing and
grieVous to see how grossly Ignorant
are children and youth, and even
men and women, of the ortho-
graphy, pronunciation and meaning
of ordinary words ard 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. "a
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 indefinitely. The appa-
ratus for this study should of course,
be the most complete and thorough
to be had, and this is abundantly
supplied IN Webster's Dictionaries
which arc justly recognized, where.
ever our language is spoken, as the
standard authority in English. Pa.
rents and teachers can in no other
way SO effectually 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 center table, or the
teachers desk as the authoritiye
guide and standard, a copy Of the
Unabridged. Ill
The unabridged contains 5000
illustrations, over 114,O0O words in
It's vocabularies. and 10000 words
and meanings not in any other
Dictionary the abridged editions
comprise ''The Primary" which has
the largest 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" ard Counting house"
for advanced schools and for gen.
aral home and business use. The
latter has some specially valuable
commercial and financial tables.
The little Pocket" edition, with its
bright gilt edges and morocco
binding . truly an Invaluable
pocket companion. It contains
mere than 1900 words, rules for
spelling, many abbreviations, words
and phrases, proverbs, etc, ordi-
narily 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 al should possess copy of the
Pocket, which, when not otherwise
obtainable, may be had by mail, by
inclosing s1.oo to the publishers,
MEssRs. IyIsoN, BLAKEMAN, TAY-
LoR 6 Co, l38 and lao Grand
Street, New York.
"A man who was being ex-
amined for school teacher In Maine.