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WORCESTER'S

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For Schools, Counting-Rooms, and Families.

REVISED AND ENLARGED....

....BY J. E. WORCESTER, LL. D.

One Volume. Large 12mo. 608 pages. Price, $1.12.

1. This book contains a greater quantity of useful matter than any other Dictionary of the same size and price.

A comparison of Dr. Worcester's Comprehensive with Dr. Webster's Academic, will show that the vocabulary of the former Dictionary is greater by several thousand English words than that of the latter. The table of Greek and Latin Proper Names, in the Comprehensive, contains 4000 more names than that of the Academic; and the remaining tables are more copious in the former work than the corresponding ones in the latter. Many mistakes recorded in other school dictionaries are There is also an important table containing the here corrected in these pronouncing vocabularies. pronunciation of the names of distinguished men of modern times, 3000 in number, in this work, not found in any other of the same kind.

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2. The Definitions have been made with great care. They are concise, comprehensive and accu3. The Synonyms are especially adapted to the wants of the student. They are clearly expressed, and will be readily understood.

4. The Spelling is that of the world of letters; not provincial, but that of all eminent American and English authors.

5. The Pronunciation is indicated by a simple system of marks, more accurately than by any other system in use. In cases of disputed or various pronunciation, the opinions and modes of all eminent orthoepists are given, thus presenting, in little space, the useful matter of all important pronouncing dictionaries. Valuable notes concerning pronunciation are given throughout the volume.

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This Dictionary contains a very full vocabulary of the common and well-authorized words of the language. The design has been to secure great accuracy in the Definitions, Pronunciation and Spelling of words, and to comprise as much useful matter in the space allowed as possible. Innovations which have no sanction from English usage, or the prevailing and best usage of this country, have The preliminary trea been avoided as corruptions of the language. The superior mechanical execution of the work, and its clear, distinct print, will contribute much to its convenience as a manual. tise on Orthoepy, and the List of Words of Doubtful Orthography, will be found very useful, and also the Appendix, which contains Foreign Words, Pronunciation of Greek and Latin Names, Pronunciation of Scripture Names, Pronunciation of Modern Geographical Names, Signs of Planets, Abbreviations, &c.

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Worcester's Primary Dictionary.

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