Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-07
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THE DICTIONARY AS an INsTRucToR,

THE DICTIONARY Ab IAN 4N In
We notice as a matter well worth men
tioning that at the recent great publishers
trade sale in New York. the books that
were most ia demand and brought the best
prices. were Webster's dictionaries, from
the famous quarto. to. the neat and and
handy pocket edition. This fact IS good
indication of the almost universal popuiarl-
ty of these books. and of the growing pub
lie demand for them. 1t indicates also a
fact of far greater Importance, ana thar is
the interest the people are taking i'll the
study of their own language. This ls en-
couraging, us there is DO branch OF cdtca-
ton that is now and has been so much neg
lected as the common branches OF spe|2"g
and defining. 1t is often astonishing ana
gricvious to see how grossly ignorant are
children and youth, and even men ana "o-
men, of the photography, pronunciation and
meaning of tie ordinary words and phrases
They cannot. express their thoughts tor the
want of words and often they express
thoughts very different from what they IN
tend. because they do not understand lle
words they employ. And very frequently
from the same cause, they take no idea, or
the wrong idea 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 is able to distln-
guish the difference between one word and
another, and continue indefinite. The ap-
paratus for this study, should, OF course, be
the most complete and thorough to be had,
and this is %abundantly suppliedin Webster,,s
dictionaries, which are justly recognized,
wherever our language is spoken, as the
standard authority in English. Parents
and teachers can in no other way so effect
ually or cheaply promote the educational
interests of their children, when of suitable
age, than by putting IN their haands anyone
of Webster's school dictionaries, TOR daily
use in connection with thes study Of their
lessons, and by, placing On. the family CEN
ter table, or on the teacher's>desk as the au-
tloritative guide and standard, q copy OF
the unabridgedcs
The unabridged contains 5000 illustra-
tions, over 114,00O words in its ~vocabularies,
and 10000 words and meanings not i'll any
other dictionary. The, abridged edition
comprises "Ihe Primary" which has the
largest SALE. and WHICH. has some capt.
tai rules for spelling. 1.-The Common
Schools is similar, but larger, with table
of synonyms, etc. The High School,"
still fuller, with many useful tables. 1.-The
Academic" and '.Counting House" for
advanced schools and for general home, and
business use. The, latter has some spe-
cially valuable financial and commercial
tables. The little sPocket" edition, with its
bright gilt edges and morocco binding, is
truly an Invaluable pocket companion. 1t
contains more than $4,000 words. rules for
spelling, many authorizations, words and
phrases, proverbs, ETC., ordinarily met in the
Greek, Latin and modern languages. Whe-
1her it is convenient or not to have copies OF
any of the other books of the series, we Ger
tainly recommend that all shoull have q
copy OF the Pocket, which, when not ether.
wise o~btainable, may be. had by mail, by en-.
closing Sl.00 to the. publishers, MEssRs. w
son, BRAKEMAN, TAYLOR &, Co. Nos. .13s
and 14O Grand street, New York.
ABOUT four hundred years g the art O
printing was introduced into England by
William CaXton. There is some dispute re
...,l;,U Az, ncno;r, .latC ln,t Mr. Aili:nt,