LIST OF BOOKS 



PUBLISHED AT THE 



OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY, 



198 STRAND, LONDON. 



Fifth Edition. 



WEBSTEE'S DIOTIONAEY 



OF THE 



ENGLISH LANGUAGE ; 



Exhibiting the Origin, Orthography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words? comprising 

 also a Synopsis of Words variously pronounced by different Orthoepists, and Walker's 

 Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names. A 

 New Edition, revised and enlarged, by C. A. Goodrich, Professor in Yale College. With 

 the addition of a Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names, and their Pronunciation. 

 The new words that have been added amount to several thousands, and the Dictionaiy 

 now contains 27,000 words more than " Todd's Edition of Johnson." The work is 

 handsomely printed upon a fine paper, in a clear readable type, in double columns. 



Royal 8vo, extra cloth, 1265 pages 



Ditto, ditto, half-calf, ditto 



Ditto, ditto, calf gilt, ditto , 



Ditto, ditto, half-russia, marbled edges 



Strongly bound in russia, marbled edges 



Testimonials. 



*' We can have no hesitation in giving it as our decided opinion, that this is the most elaborate and 

 successful undertaking of the kind which has ever appeared." — Times. 



"The present edition is in a handsome portable lorm— imperial octavo; it is clearly and correctly- 

 printed, upon moderately thick paper; and it is sold at a price proportioned rather to the wants of the 

 public than to its intrinsic cost— so cheap is it compared with other similar publications." — Observer. 



" A mine of philological wealth." — Wm. Russell, Esq. 



" Best Dictionary of the English Language.*' — Morning Chronicle. 



** A noble monument of erudition."— Xiierorj/ Gazette. 



" Most complete, accurate, and reliable Dictionary of the Language." — Thirty Members of United 

 States Senate. 



" It is acknowledged, both in this country and in America, to be the most copious and most excel- 

 lent at present in circulation." — Editor of the London Imperial Dictionary, 1849. 



" We rejoice that it bids fair to become the siandard Dictionary to be used by the numerous mil- 

 lions of people who are to inhabit the United States." — Signed by 104 Members of Congress, 



" I possess many Dictionaries, and of most of the learned and cultivated languages, ancient and 

 modern ; but 1 never feel that I am entirely armed and equipped in this respect, without Dr. "Webster 

 at command." — Daniel Webster. 



'* This edition of Webster's unrivalled work gives us an opportunity of recording our judgment 

 in its favour, and in harmony with authorities who have described it as the standard of our lan- 

 guage. Dr. Johnson places the writer of dictionaries among the unhappy mortals who are exposed to 

 censure, without the hope of praise ; one whom mankind have considered not as the pupil but as the 

 slave of science, the prisoner of literature, and its humble drudge where toils are not cheered by a smile 

 from learning and genius as they press forward to conquest and glory. If this be the rule, Dr. Webster 

 is the exception. There is, we suppose, no scholar or writer in this country who does not give the 

 greatest honour to the man whose lengthened labours, aided by his very able associates, have compiled 

 this vast treasure of learning. Great indeed was the work of Dr. Johnson, but it has necessarily ceased 

 to be a dictionary of a language which has been growing and enriching itself ever since he laid down 

 his pen, and of which period we have the benefit in the 27,000 words more than are contained in Todd's 

 Johnson. The book is essential to every one who wishes to know the words that are now in our 

 tongue, their definition given with severe simplicity and beauty, their correct pronunciation, and their 

 classification in synonymes." — Leeds Times. 



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