The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
THE RECONSTRUCTED WEBSTER.

!. webstcr's New international, Dictionary;
! 270o pages: 5000 illustrations. Com
y pletelv Rewritten. Published by O., &
! {. Merriam Co. Springfield, Mass,
/ We have in this very large. newly
made, volume, a complete bringing mp
Of dictionary lore TO date. Tho editor
iu.chief. DIR, W. T. Harms, late u. ;.
Commissioner of Education, is probably
the best man in the United States 10
head this work. For thc past six
years large staff of editors has been
at work-mcn carefully selected FOR
their individual qualifications, and SO
grouped to cover the whole field Of
practical leyicography; directed by
chiefs who had gained experience IN
previous rcvisions Of Webster; and rem
forced by experts chosen from the
highest authorities in literature and
science. The general supervision of
the whole has been in charge of DR.. w.
II. Harris, who was editor in cmcf OF
the International Supplement- Of 1900.
and who is recognized as scholar
and metapbysician of the highest rank.
aration of this dictionary began, there
was in hand mass of literary mate
rial carefully gathered through many
wears The work of the experts was
to arrange and utilize this material, as
we'll as everything new that could be
found during the process OF revision.
The outcome is that the present volume,
both In quantity and quality OF mat
Ter, exceeds its predecessor, the old
International, mt least as much as that
surpassed the now obsolete :. Una
bridged.' - The consistent principles Of
conciseness, cxactncss. and up-to date
ness have been kept fully in mind.
There has been an improvement of
form and substance Of definition; there
ln,,- al
the vocabulary. the number of words
carried being 100000; there has been
added n greatly Increased amount of
encyclopedia informatIon; and there has
been such an arrangement of material
as 10 increase the ease and convenience
with which the consultcr Will find what |
ever he may wish There are tech
meal advantages. also, as having the |
headline 10 tho first and last words on |
each page. The appearance of the page |
is novel. with the lower section III |
smaller type. almost as notes; bur this |
will be easily adjusted in the familiar
ity of use. There is a great saving of
space arising from this page division,
which places the words of rarer use IN
the small typo bottom page section. By
the introduction of the lower section
in smaller type, by slight increase of
tho size of the page. by the addition
of about $50 pages, by the use of
slightly thinner yet better paper, and
by an editorial treatment which has
occasionally eliminated or condensed
tho old matter, aud has grouped the
definitions OF certain classes of words
so as better 10 clucidate within briefer
spsce-by these. and minor resources
Of Typography, the result has been ac
that while the dictionary
remains practically the same in bulk
and can be easily handled as before,
The number of words and phrases de-
fined is moro than double the number
found in Shc old International. The
amount of actual information given is
increased in an equal or approximate
ratio. As an illustration of this in
crease and fuller presentations, NAV be
noted the treatment in this edition.
as compared with the former one, of
such words as edo .:make. -
. break, " ''foot,' ''forcc, - ''elec-
tric.' or. indeed, almost any word in
common use. For example, the word
but (prcp. and conJ) is given. in
comparison with the old International,
l2o lines IN place of 90. | definitions
of "a,
The book IS thoroughly reconstructed.
IN all branches the work of making all
new has been radical and comprehen-
slve. The synonyms are entirely a
b'N NoIh> III tNIeUJ ANA character
distinctly superior to the old The
have been revised through
out. and III many directions represent
original work of special value. The
legal terms have beer treated with a
fullness and precision such as have
never before been attempted in gen.
era1 dictionary. The Natural Sciences
nave been carefully treated Religious
and theological terms have been re- {
ViSed bN high ant thoritips Military |
and Nautical definitions arc brought |
fully up TO the latest facts. Mcchani-
cal and Civil Engineering, and the ,
Mechanic Arts, have had specially
Of Social Science, Music, and the Do.
nestle Arts.
The pictorial illustrations have been I
increased In number, being now about
5000. The guiding principles in their ;
selection and insertion have been ac-
curacy and utility,
The appended Biographical Die