The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-23
A Nkw DICTIONARY.
1he Handsome and Valuable Work
sued by Funk Il WaRualls.


nails Standard Dictionary" has been is
sued. L. runs as far as the letter NJ, and
the second volume, to be ready in May.
will complete the issue. The present vol
une consists of 1000 pages, and the entire
work will contain 2.200 pages. with 1900
Illustrations. The typographical style
follows that of Webster. and the size of
the page is a little larger than Webster;
the printing is handsomer than that Of the
Century dictionary and the size Is more
convenient Preparation Of this work has
occupied four years, employing nearly 80
editors, specialists and readers, and the
publishers expended nearly $1,000, 600 be-
fore copy Of tho dictionary was issued.
The first point of excellence of the
Standard dictionary is the richness and
fuliness of the vocabulary. Johnson de-
lined 5000 words, Webster lbs, 600, Gen.
tury 225, co., the Standard nearly 800, 0OO
Among the words admitted to q general
dictionary for the first time are: Craps,
deisartian, electricute. kodak and limo
type. II q word has two or more mean.
ings. the more common meaning is
given first. The scientific alphabet, pre-
pared and promulgated by the American
Pathological Association, is used in giving
the pronunciation of words. Disputed
speliings and pronunciations have been
referred, under the direction of Prof.
March, to an advisory committee of fifty
phiiologists in American. English, Cana
dian. Australian and East Indian UNIVERSE
ties. and representative professional
writers and speakers Of English. III a word
In the vocabulary has more than one pro-
nunciation, the one first given is that pre-
ferred by the Standard: those that follow
are from other dictionaries. la the spell
ing OF names in geography the decisions of
the United States board on geographic
names have been followed, the committee
on that board kindly consenting to pass
upon all words that might from time to time
be submitted to them. This is the board
that abolished Mount Tacoma. That there
is drift conservative yet real toward the
simpler forms of spelling has been recog-
nized throughout the work. In all words
fully Anglicized ''e' has been preferred to
the diphthongs ''e" and "oe," as in fetus,
homeopathy, esthetics. This rule has been
followed by the Posr-INTKLLIGEScER for
years. The spelling of many words in
chemistry has been simplidcd, rs BIZ min,
morphin, QUINN. suliur. The places of
meanings of words havc been so indicated
that they can be easily found-the name
OF the author and the title OF the work. the
volume, chapter and page and the name of
the publisher and date OF publication being
given. stock" dictionary quotations.
that lis, those that have done serv-
ice so long in dictionaries. have been dis
carded. with few exceptions. A noticeable
feature is the evident attempt to quote
from standard American writer's Grea.
care has been exercised to avoid the rec
ognition OF needless new literary terms
words coined by the caprice or mistaken
Judgment Of this OF that author. In the
definitions special pains has been taken
To make the work as thorough as possible.
by presenting exact and recent meanings
and distinctions, by giving dehnitive
clue TO the great departments and divis
ions of knowledge, and by making the
general definitions comprehensive and ex-
haustive- Each set of words has been de-
fined or passed upon by a representative
OF the science or art. or of the handicraft,
party or class or religious denomination.
10 which the terms respectively belong
In the vocabulary only prorer names or
proper terms derived from them have
been printed with initial capital letters.
For the first time in dictionary m aking an
attempt has been made TO reduce the CON
pounding of words 10 a scientific system
An important feature is the exact dctini-
iion OF the SIX primary eolors Of the sp.c.
tFum, of which a table will 10 given in Vol.
IL, containing the analysis of several
hundred shades and tinis now before the
pabitc IN various forms, many Of which
bear fancy names
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made especially for this work, in accord
ance with the genera. raie that pictures In
a dictionary should he dehaitive of the
OBJECTS. The drawing and engraving OF
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