Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1895-08-02
THE STANDARD DICTIONARY.

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The. STANDARD Dictionary Of the
English Language, published by Funk
s. WaRnalls Company, at 30 Lafayette
Place, New York, 1888 pages, one and
two volume, Denisons reference in
dex, introduction price, according to
binding from sl9 TO s22, one volume,
full Russia, si4.
This dictionary, which has been in
course OF preparation for several years,
the copyright Of it's first pages being
issued iu 1890, was put on the market
this year and already more than one
hundred thousand copies have been
issued.
The modern process of getting out
dictionary is entirely different from
that pursued In the olden days. When
Samuel johnson and Noah Webster
published dictionaries most Of the
work and the wisdom found between
the covers of the books came from the
individual who gave the book Its
name. Now It is dffereut. DR.. Funk
was made editorJn-chief Of the pro-
posed work, Francis a. Marsh, LII. D.,
L. H. d., consulting editor, Daniel S.
Gregory, ID. D., managing editor, and
John Denlson Champlin, NJ. A., Rossl-
ter Johnson, Phi. D., LII. d., and Ar
thur E. Bostwick, Phi. D., associate
editors, aud the services of some PAT
other men, eminent for their learning
ia various special lines, were secured,
and 500 people we're engaged to read
eminent authors and secure quota
tions In which the defined words are
used. 1t is not surprising that with
such corps OF editors to pay and
with the large force Of type settlers.
proof readerf, stereotypers, pressmen
and book binders, all of whom had to
be paid Saturday night, to say nuth-
ing of ink and paper bills, that nearly
a million dollars were invested before
a book was sold.
AS dictionary IL is the most COM
plete ever published. 1t mas 3Ol ,S65
words in its vocabulary, while Webster
has only l25,OO and the six volume
Century dictionary, TIL now standard,
has but 225, 900.
/ Among the many features Of the
work, some Of which are peculiar to 1t,
may be mentioned:
Initial capitals. Only the words
that are proper names or derived from
proper names are capitalized, for in
stance the word English as it appears
In the vocabulary is capitalized and
the word engine is not, in Webster's
) both are capitalized,
In dividing the words into syllables
/; the hyphen is used and the compound
words are divided by the double Oh
German hyphen.
In spelling the work is conservative
get there is distinct advance made
toward the scientitlc spelling recon
/. mended by the leading philologists q
9 England and America. In words
0 that are spelled in different ways bl
different authorities, all the spelling
!. are given and preference Indicated
. The pronunciation OF all words L
. given by respelllng them in the scieu
titlc alphabet, by the aid of which an!
person can ascertain the correct pro
nunclation. Where authorities difTe
the differences are noted.
Definitions. The definitions imme
diately follow the pronunciation anC
!. the etymology is placed after the def
r milton. Where there arc two or NOR,
definitions to word the most com
= mon is given 1rst, not the Oldest:
Quotations. The quotations ar
modern and drawn to a large exten
from modern books, over an hundret
thousand were read for quotations
and with every quotation is given tn
line. page and edition of the volum
quoted from.
o There are 5000 illustrations, all o
= which we're especially prepared 70
this work, many. Of them are nnel
llthograpned IN colofs.
Synonyms. One OF the most valua
Z. bies aids TO a student in obtaining
complete meaning OF a word is a lis
d OF synonyms, or words with simila
meaning. Great care has been take
. In preparing these lists and they al
= complete.
A new departure has been made, a
improvement on all previous dlctioI
aries, 10 giving list Of antonyms,
words OF an opposite meaning TIL
o. writer has already discovered this
Mt be valuable addition TO the dictiOI
airy, and thinks 1t will be largely use
by writers. .,,+-o..-
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