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THE LIFE OF RICHARD MAEN ~
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List and King Ludwig, Of Bavaria.
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MURET-SANDERS ENCYCLOPAEDIC
DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH
AND GERMAN LANGUAGES. School
edition. Part l. English-German.
Oanzonscheidt, Berlin)
lie who. in reading "a book. looks for a
word I'm his dictionary. naturally hopes
to find that word I'm the sense in which
IL occurs i'm the book. and hopes also to
find In quickly and easily. Thus, in re-
ducing the unabridged edition OF Muret-
Sanders "tO dimensions more suitable TO
the requirements Of schools and of the
ordinary reader. two principal points
were constantly 10 be borne In mind:
First. To retain the more and exclude
the less necessary items Of the vocabu-
larry. and second. so 10 arrange what has
been retained. that il may be found with
thc least possible expenditure or time
and trouble.
An the advantages peculiar 10 tho
unabridged edition in the distribution ana
arrangement OF the matter are preserved
I'm the present dictionary. a principal
merit Of Muret's dictionary Is its phone
tic respelling. which stands unrivalled,
even az the present day. Indeed. no sys-
ten Of respelling makes the quantity ana
quality Of syllablos 90 clear 20 the eye.
and so INELIGIBLE 10 Germans. AS that
~ Toussaint Bangenscheidt. Other mer-
its that Murets dictionary can justly
claim arc unlike most other dictionaries.
II gives no separate lists of proper names
or ahbreviations. but everything Is TO be
found in It's proper alphabetical place.
compounds have their own headings: the
different meanings OF the words are sopa-
rated from each other by dashes. and
marked with running numbers or letters.
The publishers. desirable 10 uphold
their honorable name and reputation.
have not grudRed tho expenditure Of the
vast sums required for such a work rs
Muret-Sanders. But alas, the intellec-
tual author Of the whole. Professor
G.. Langenscheidt. was not permitted 10
sec the completion Of his great work. a
work which lay so near his heart. May
success crown his great enterprise