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The Best Practical Working Dictionary
English Language.
of the
WEBSTER S
INTERNATIONAL
DICTIONARY.
2348 PAGES. 5000 ILLUSTRATIONS,
NEW EDITION, REVISED THROUGHOUT WITH A
NEW SUPPLEMENT OF 25,000 ADDITIONAL
WORDS AND PHRASES.
The Appendices comprise a Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World,
Vocabularies of Scripture, Greek, Latin, and English Proper Names,
a Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction, a Brief History of the
English Language, a Dictionary of Foreign Quotations, Words, Phrases,
Proverbs, &c., a Biographical Dictionary with 10,000 names, &c., &c.
Dr. MURRAY, Editor of the : Oxford English Dictionary, says In this its
latest form, and with its large Supplement and numerous appendices, it is a wonderful
volume, which well maintains its ground against all rivals on its own lines. The defini
tions, or more properly, explanations of meaning in Webster" have always struck me
as particularly terse and well-put and it is hard to see how ; anything better could be
done within the limits.
Professor JOSEPH WRIGHT, M.A., Ph.D., D.C.I.., LL.D., Editor of
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the English Dialect : Dictionary, says The new edition of Webster s International
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Dictionary is undoubtedly the most useful and reliable work of its kind in any country.
No one who has not examined the work carefully would believe that such a vast amount
of lexicographical information could possibly be found within so small a compass.
Professor A. H. SAYCE, LL.D., D.D., says: It is indeed a marvellous
work ; it is difficult to conceive of a Dictionary more exhaustive and complete. Every
thing is in it not only what we might expect to find in such a work, but also what few
of us would ever have thought of looking for.
Rev. JOSEPH WOOD, D.D., Head Master of Harrow, says : I have always
thought very highly of its merits. Indeed, I consider it to be far the most accurate
English Dictionary in existence, and much more reliable than the "Century." For
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seems to me unrivalled."
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