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Any one Of the now numerous Parts Of Dr. Muir
rays New English Dictionary serves as
specimen by which to judge all III" rest. tho
method of the work has been uniform from the
outset \ significant change has been made III
the size OF the parts issued at intervals. For
some months these have been prepared for quar-
terry publication hin pamphlets at prices
changing according to the number " pages in
each hut in all cases very cheap The object is
f. mi The work IN the way Of much larger
circle Of readers than anticipated AT n"
outset Il is not likely that 50 great WORK can
ever supplant the smaller word-b1 ol.'. bus II
must become indispensable to all who begin t.
use It FOR the full and minute study which 1t en-
courages The Development IN the work 81 coll
lecting words c.1not bc shown better than 10y the
fact that IL ilr part obtaining WORDS from
"dcceit'' to defect" inclusive there are 4>6 moro
separate entries than in the same portion ~ IN"
Century Dictionary" As tho known history u
each word is given with illustrative quotations.
entries without these additions being compare
!, ,r..o
sive thu. total result will be II the different aims
o. the two great dictionaries be considered. ih"
discrepancy in tho lists Of words IS much greater
than has Just been indicated. Scientific terms.
the specially % tn" Century. aye MT to be found
in ANYTHING Ike the same procuslon in Murray.
Foreign phrases also have been omitted from IN"
latter II The Century is encyclopaedia IN IFS
general scope. Murray can certainly he called en-
cvcI5paolic in rs restricted domain 4 word
history. An article in The Century on a given
word Is often the more readable but the way in
formation Is masscd IN Murray is very impress
sive Poetry IN The Century IS given IN p"'n'
form but never in Murray. Tier" v"rs" - printed
as prose. with capitals - indi"at" tho beginnings
Of lines Sometimes many lines are quoted tn The
Century as much FOR a literary AZ ior a leNlcAI
purpose: IN Murray only So much. and often
barely that IS given ne sufices f0r th" actual
necessity OF the case in hand N-N'rih..'ss W'th
all these restrictions siXty-four pages are 49,
voted in THE New Dictionary 20 words from +
to Fang inclusive as against thirty pages iu The
century Merely as an obioct-'essou the words
found IN one ~ the two and not IN tho other arc
worthy 81 examination From T. FaF those in
The Century and not in Murray are faaW. iahn,
fabaccac Fabiana. fabcr. fahl"-mongcr. Fahrlci'.
Fabrician. fabularia. ftbuarina. farinry. TACK
cltanZ fackins. factsh. fnct.tude. factor"d, iac'
tory-maund factuality. fadaise. fa"in. faf. tn"
proportion ~ scientific terms IN the list u note
worthy. on the other hand. the words IN Muir
ray which are not IN The Century comprise "a
bella,or. fabes fabform. fabedom. TABOR. fabre-
faction. fabrincatiyc fabulator. fahul.snr' iaou-
lose facadal faceess. facely. facciiosity facial"
facii'aiive factator fariiit". faciliz". 'acin"r-
ose factful fa,tlouatc factonocr. facti Sc" fact
ist. facilitate. fac'lossness factorlom. fac'riX.
facty. faculcnt. fabulous. facutate. faeutied.
facultive. facultizc. facundate. facy, fadIiam.
faddv. fadoahle. facca,ion faccical. terms which,
whatever their Individual value show the endless
urooegs - modification that each simpler word
undergoos IN order 10 adapt some part q its
meaning to new uses. Thus the Alphabetical list
itself has historical purport which would be dis
located by the more general method OF The Cen
fury.
For words that repay tho effort. the place
allotted 70 definition and Illustrative quotation in
MURRAY Is practically limited only by thc guam
,itv Of available material But here MAJ be found
an occasional violation Of the strict chronological
sentence which the historical method demands
After a word has once appeared In the language
the presumption must be that It's successive
changes Of meaning are related 10 each other In
the historical order Of their occurrence In litera-
ture. Obviously under each definition the Illus
tratjve quotations must be arranged according 10
date. and the same thing should be done with the
definitions themselves. tested by the dates OF IN"
works In which they figure for tn" hrst Time
Under the head OF fable, series 81 definitions
is given, beginning with "a fictitious narrative.
This definition is I'm It's proper place AT the h"ad
oC the Iist for the word in that IS found az
carly az 1900 I'm the Cursor Mundi." The second
definition. myth legend" belongs to the same
date and the same work But the third. "A fool
ish or ridiculous story" and the fourth fiction
intended to deceive" should change places, for
the latter belongs to the Cursor MundL while
the former Is fist substantiatcd by Il quotation
from WicliTe's translation Of the New Testament.
and hence Is dated 1882. These successive detnl-
lions are mere variants Of the first and are let
tered instead of being numbered. But a similar
violation of chronological order occurs IN IN" ar
rangcment Of the more important definitions. Tor
40. g. "thc plot or story Of a play or poem, Is
illustrated by quotation from Rymer dated 1913,
while NO a. tax, discourse, narration, Is re-
ferrcd to the Romance Of the Rose about 400
This is of course. minute criticism but then the
work itself Is minute Ia It's attention to details
and it therefore challenges microscopic inspec-
ton. The word fable and It's derivatives Illus
| oil, 10 ma do al o
occupy three columns, or page or the DOok.
Fabric and it's derivatives also take up page.
while the word face" noun and verb runs To
near four pages Fact" covers two-th!rds Of a
page while fall" noun and verb, takes up in all
nine pages TIE scheme Of quotations comprises
fragments from every period Of English tera-
ture so that the use of a word in given sense
can be traced from the beginning OF the twelfth
! aa....r.. .l.u.. 1000 or 1902 liter Il ha