New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
REFERENCE BOOKS.
A GROUP OF GOOD coMPENDIUMs.

wEBsTER's INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Being the au-
thenttc Edition OF Websters Unabridged Die
tionary. Comprising the issues OF 1854 1873 and
Under @ l6e Of Nah Porter d. d.
LII D.. with voluminous Appendix. to which
thousand words and phrases. w T. Harris.
ph M p Ii D. s61nSe6 EaifSTtnchaff euaTto PG
Merriam Company
THE INTERNATIoNAL, YEAR BooK-A Com
Year 1870 Eat0T Editor Frank Moore co1g scN A
z 2" Co J. H D. Octave DD' l"i D0dd' Mead
WHO'S Wa9 5 n T5s Men o5a MSe1 D Of
the United States. lsol-lso2 Edited by John
". Leopard octayo pp. xvi lSoi- Chicago
THE HANDY 2IcTIoNARY OF BIOGRAPHY 10 pSE,ITs7
pRia, Henry T. Coates & Co. ~
HISTORY FOR READY REFERENCE-From the
Best Hist r and sPeei9fs ia s
tory BY j. y Larned with numerous his
ings by Alan c. Kelley. Revised and Enlarged
Edition. IN Six Volumes Volume VI. Recent
Springfield, Mass. The c. A. Nichols Company.
THE ADVERTISERS 4; 3, C-The STANDARD
loo. London. r b. Browne. Limited.
OF so monumental a work as Webster's Die
tionary that has so long held authoritative
position in at least the cisatlantic section OF
the English speaking people. there is OF course
nothing new to be said. The successive edi-
tions Of this undertaking have grown by con-
stant accretion of valuable matter till the book
is now a vast storehouse of much besides the
lexicographical features for which It chiefly
exists The last revision is that OF 1890. super
vised by the late President Porter OF Yale Uni
versity The present new edition is marked
chiefly by the appearance at the end OF a sup
plement OF new words. which contains many
terms, largely scientific. that have been called
into use or into existence by the recent progress
in many lines. Such addition to the already
existing resources of the dictionary greatly en-
hances its value to the reader who keeps
abreast OF modern progress. II is an important
factor in making the dictionary complete and
capable OF fulfilling the most exacting demands
that can be made upon it. 1t would be almost
superfiuous praise this period IN the history
OF Webster's Dictionary to speak OF this latest
edition as important achievement in Ameri-
can scholarship.
1.-The international Year Book" continues its
useful career with volume for 1900 extended
as the editor says. beyond the limits OF preced-
ing volumes by the unusual Importance of the
years political record well as of the obituary
list. in addition to these. fuller treatment has
been given 10 the history OF the several States
and the Presidential campaign has taken much
space: special articles subjects connected
with sociology and economics also included
| in the present volume At the end is a sue
| cir CT account OF the progress of the century in
| the most important lines of work The articles
| OF a political nature carefully guarded from
| bias: that on the Presidential campaign for
/ instance gives survey of the issues as they
/ are presented the platforms and authorita-
tive utterances OF leaders of both parties. The
book is an extremely useful summary OF cur
rent information about almost everything OF
importance that has gone on in the world for
the last year
who's Who in America" fills valuable
niche in the Americans reference library. 1t
! certainly contains the names OF very many