Middletown transcript., 1910-07-16
PUBLIC LIBRARY'S
Fine New Dictionary The New
International

fins new UICLlOnafy Inc N6I
International"
The "New international" Webster di
tionary bought by the MiddletoWn Publ
Library has come. This exhaustive, a
curate piece of scholarship, which touchs
the high water mark in dictionaries {
the English language, has just been pull
lished by the u. & G. Merriam Co., q
Springfield, Mass, and is truly nobl
work. New from cover to cover, thor
oughly revised and greatly enlarged, til
with its 100000 defined words ant
phrases, it stands without a fellow as
single volume dictionary Of practically
every word ever used or now being uset
in the English speech.
In 30 years Of diligent study and widG
reading, the writer has owned and used
the dictionaries of eight different Ian
guages and thinks himself entitled tc
speak with authority upon the subject
He has also used the great dictionaries in
the English tongue, both those published
here and in England, and after spending
many hours in careful examination and
study Of this latest edition of the famous
Merriam. Webster series, pronounces ad.
visedly the above eulogy.
It is q marvel Of compact and conyen-
lent aIl-inclusiye learning and will prove
highly useful to the patrons of the
Library, the pupils of the High School
and any one in quest of a definition not
elsewhere found. The publishers have
added just enough cyclopedia feature to
increase the works value in that respect
without harming it as dictionary proper.
It has 200 pages, 12x9 inches, three
columns to the pages, or in all about
5000, 900 words, but so ingeniously, sys-
tematically, briefly arranged, that the
book is but trifle larger than before. A
new and valuable feature, is the separa.
tion by horizontal line of the common,
most often used words from all others,
such as rare, technical, obsolete and
foreign words, which are placed below
this line in slightly smaller type. This
artiics very much aids one in finding
words in either class.
In the Appendix is full, up-to.date
Pronouncing Gazetteer of the world, giving
the names, location, ETC., of %, 900 cities,
villages, mountains, rivers, etc., with
populations, heights, lengths, etc. Also
"PronounCing Biographical Dictionary"
giving 10000 names ofcelebrated persons,
with their nationality, station, profession
or occupation, dates of birth and death.
The Merriam Co. have been publishing
the genuine Webster dictionaries since
1849 and this last wonderful edition "The
New international" is the result of more
than 100 years of enormous labor by
scores Of the worlds most learned men in
every department of human knowledge
and experience, including experts and
specialists in all branches of Art, Litera.
ture, Science, Medicine, Philosophy, Me-
chanics, Agriculture, etc. These have all
used their ripe learning and skill to form
ulate full, clear, concise and accurate def.
nitions of all English words past and
present, illustrating these definitions with
frequent quotations from the great poets,
historians, essayists, novelists, critics and
other writers, giving also many synonyms
showing nice differences in the meanings
of similar words, besides 5000 fine wood
cuts of various objects such as flowers,
animals, birds, fishes, machinery, etc.
To produce this MASTERPIECES, the rich
fruition of 30 many years of work and Of
SO much scholarship, it has cost the
Merriam Co. about 100000. The ex-
traordinary sale of this work in all these
years show the high esteem in which it
has ever been held, an authority in lam
gusge second to none-indeed, house.
hold word from the cottage to the Uni.
the workshop Of the artisan
to the Supreme Bench of the United
States.
In this day Of pure food laws, il is
pity there is no pure dictionary law to
protect the people FROM cheap, imitation
Websters," based on ancient copyright.
expired issues edited chiefly by Messrs.
Scissors and Paste Pot. But these shams
are after all but the inevitable tributes |
paid to all great accomplishments in trade, |
commerce or letters. The book is printed |
on tough paper in clear black type-the |
words in bold-faced type. and SO strongly |
bound in sheep etc., as to stand long and
bard usage. This 81, 100000 book costs
,nly $l2.O0. It is sold to public libraries
or $IO.S0. The writer from preference
1as used "Webster" all his life.