The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-08
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the latest webster's authentic dictlon.

airy.
From time to time additions have
been made by use of a supplement,
but this has not been revised for
some time and we are informed by the
publishers THE Harris edition" will be
published for a long time. This is.
their last issue and they call it the
Harris" after Com. of Education be-
cause 1t Is claimedd he had much to
do In its revision.
Last year some of the western brains
feeling the public was being imposed
upon issued the Webster's Universal
!ndexed Dictionary, using the same
dlacrlt1cal markings, but adding many
new features. G. & C. Merriam Co. is
sued lnJunctfOns, we are advised, to
stop the publication of the New Web
ster, out the new publishers evidently
knew where they were at and their
dictionary Is being rapidly adopted BY
leading educators.
Now as to the graft-we are inform.
ed, authoritatively, that in our sister
state, Minnesota, schools are furnish-
ed the Indexed International at 500
each, as are also any of the state Of
ncers. Draw your own conclusions.
In North Dakota the publishers re-
qutre this book to be sold for 1925 to
schools, and dealers who pay $3.50 and
freight will get rebate when they
send In statement of sales on this
basis. Otherwise the book costs $S.85
laid down in Grand Forks to the deal
err.
There are in our state some lead
ing educators who uphold Webster's
International, but if they will look at
the definition of "ambilevous"-
handed on both Sides" physical i'm
possibility, their faith will, no doubt,
receive jolt,
Hon. W. T. Harris explains the above
in this manner: Regarding the use
of the phrase 'Left-handed on both
Sides permit me to say that the ex-
preston Is proper only in the humor-
GUS literature as a sort of Irish Bull
"a very facetious invention if so taxi
en-. but would not do for serious
description"
This explanation of Editor-in- Chief
Harris places the International in the
joke-boOk class. What do YOU think
of this?
Let us see what has been the resul.
of new publishers getting into the
dictionary field. We recently received
circular from Chicago house adj
vertising to the trade: Special Edi-
ton Of Webster's Unabridged author
lied by G. & c. Merriam Co." at less
than one-sixth of the price charged to
schools of North Dakota. We at once
wrote G. & c. Merriam Co. regarding
this and they admit it by saying:
with reference to the Special Web
ster's Dictionaries, we will say that
these are books published under our
auspices and handled by our sales
agents in Chicago. They are not spec
tally suitable for school sales, but al.
good books to handle for general
sales.' Now what do you understand
all, this to mean? understand. of
course, the aim is to drive the Univer-
sal out of the market But if book
is good for the general public. should
it not be good for our schools? In
other words: If the general public
can buy dictionary. authorized by
G. & c. Merriam Co.. consisting of
1.746 pages, bound in full sheep with
double Thumb index. marbled edges
for, say $500 to $3.50, why in the name
of common sense should schools pay
| 1925? Teachers, let us hear from you.
Are you posted on authority? What
about prices?