New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-28

conversational use and he cannot find any prooi
that II was 50 used. The number Of these doup'-
f,,l words Is so great that the makers or the oiC-
tionary promise at the md Of their work List oi
spurjolns Words" found In dictionaries
Tho second volume Of "A standard dictionary
of the English Language fulhis the promise =
its pred- cessor It is a wonderfully compact WORK
destined to fill a place OF us own IN Popuidi'
rather tban mnutey critical esteem I'M p'a'eS'
especially those In colors. make the Voiun'e at
tractive The method adopted FOR the MAIN oody
Of rho v,orl; has already been described at some
length in The Tribune. In the appendix To the
second volume are TO b. found features some OF
which ere new ana Others more fully Elaborated
than il, other Dictionaries The list of names in
c,udes the fictitious as well as the actual As the
ovnIaratorv natter IS Of the utmost brevity the
econe Of Ibis list can be inferred from m" f2ct
that IL covers 40 pays Professor Wilkinson Of
Chicago University. contributes n glossary Of for
eicn words and phrase on" If III" novelties is
n collection of words and phrases wrongly used
or ,,7isuronounced: another IS short Est II SYM
bolic flowers and gems The table % disputed
spelngs and pronuncia IONS taxes an unusual
form Each word IS followed by Initials repre-
qentinc various authorities with n mineral sho w-
ing tho preference \ numerous committee sat ne
a Jury on these disputed questions. and their indi
ydual preferences ar, also indicated by nu-
meras
DR. Hairs "Anrlo-Saxon D!ctionary' IS direct
result Of the mans fer tho formation Of now
school ~ English language and iiter1-uro Mt OK
ford IF such p school We're established h. wished
r - have something t''t"r than the dictionaries
or hair n century ac'. one II his chief aims was
20 give only words the actual use # which could
be shown and in photography. also, form which
really existed in preference 10 those that are
merely conieotural As spelling was anytime bui
uniform in tho manuscripts. he adopted certain
rules - choice IN which Early West Saxon was
nreforred Late West Saxon accepted when its
predecessor failed. ana the dialects rosorte1 10
when thoro was ~ other alternative Among df-
fcrcnt epoUines ~ coUal authoritative value. he
followed a German work Coe,ir's grammar II
Earlv Waet SAXON. T1e does not claim complete
ncss for his book since no male only partial
investigation 81 texts or which no E'oss'rios
ovist Nevertheless. he has adlol several thou
sand words unknown TO The older dictionaries.
Tho rreruonr uso which ne makes of tho pon. y
Interrogation shows IN par how much "a yet -
no d,ro before IN tuClo-Saxon dictionary an
provl,natolv norroct can be compiled. st merely
forms but meanings in vast numbers ~ cases
are eth IN doubt Take. for example N" form
"adraru." which occurs in Beowuf TIL" r n 'e' IS
civon tho choice ~ two definitions path T. tn"
funeral pile" or "n.ck"ring fame II the funeral
pyre" and both arc pat I'm doubt by m nterro-
CATION mark Earo's translation hardly solves
.ho . .ih, "Now e qui,krosS best" saws Foo
wu'rs faithful sorvitor after his death. THAT ""
should look IN no mighty king. and bring MIN
who ravo us bracelets ON 20 the funeral pile
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