Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-05-06
NEW PUBLTCA TTONS.
WOrcestsr's Unabridged Dictionary,
with Supplement-.

WOrcesters Unabridged Dictionary,
with Supplement-.
work which scholars, students, profess
sional men and the reading public generally,
have for some years hoped 10 see done has
now been performed by ]. b. Lippincott a
Co., Philadelphia, in the publication Of a
new edition of Worcester's Quarto Dictionary,
with a supplement containing such new
words as science, art and pathological research
have added to the English language during
the last score of years. It is a suggestive
fact with regard to the ever. broadening sweep
OF the English tongue that this supplement
contains about twelve thousand five hundred
entries, Of which eleven thousand are new
words, the remainder being repetitions, gen.
orally due to one of two reasons, s,-viz., either
that the word seemed insufficiently defined in
the main work, or that it had acquired new
meaning since the dictionary was published.
In addition to the hundreds Of new words
which every day usage in the past ten or if
teen years has given a settled meaning and a
place in the language, the scientific, religious
and theological discussion of the same period
has brought vast number Of new terms into
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large proportion of such terms cannot with
strict propriety be said to form part of the
English language, yet, from their constant
recurrence in what may be fairly termed pop
ular literature, they have very properly been
given place in this supplement for the rea-
son that it is only to the unabridged diction-
ary that the ordinary reader can go for an
explanation of them. There is also a consid-
cradle list Of archaic, especially Of Chauce-
rian, forms and words which have been given
definition here. In short, in its present edi-
ton Worcesters Quarto has been brought
fully abreast of the times, aud will continue TO
hold its place as a complete and authoritative
book for reference for the careful student in
literature and science, and for the general
reader. very interesting article could be
made by going through the supplement and
noting hundred or two of the new words
and their meanings which have been added,
like "a l." "agnostic," boom" drunk"
(noun), "fzzle, "vim, and so on to the end,
but this pleasant task we leave TO the indi-
vidual reader, whose first act on becoming
possessed Of the volume will inevitably be to
go through the supplement, note the new
words and make appropriate comment for
himself. In addition to the supplement prop
er there appears in the new edition of the
dictionary II carefully prepared vocabulary of
synonymes of words in general use. To
writers this feature is simply invaluable.
In closing this notice we have hardly need
to repeat fact already well-known- that in
photography and pronunciation Worcester is
conceded to be a final authority, while his
definitions are uniformly precise, accurate
and complete. In its present form the Quarto
makes massive volume of 20jS pages 1t is
illustrated with over 100 wood cuts and four
full-page illuminated plates, and contains
many other valuable special aids to students.
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