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ADVERTISEMENTS. 
RECENTLY PUBLISHED 
WEBSTER’S OCTAYO DICTIONARY, REVISED, 
EMBRACING ALL THE WORDS IN THE NEW QUARTO EDITION.. 
BY HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK. 
DR. WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY OP THE 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, Exhibiting, the Origin, Or¬ 
thography, Pronunciation, and Definition of Words, 
&c., in one handsome Volume, of nearly fourteen hun¬ 
dred pages. Sheep extra. Price $3.50. Thoroughly 
Revised and considerably Enlarged. By Prof. Chaun- 
cey A. Goodrich, of Yale College; Assisted by a 
number of gentlemen distinguished for their high at¬ 
tainments in the various departments of learning, 
whose names will be found in the Preface. 
The entire work Ins been re-stereotyped, and is now beauti¬ 
fully printed upon a new set of plates. 
Several thousand additional words have been incorporated in 
this edition, embracing 'all the terms given in the new edition in 
the quarto form. 
The Synopsis and Walker’s Key to the classical pronunciation 
of Greek, Latin, and Scriptural proper names have been revised 
with much care and greatly improved. 
A Vocabulary , giving the pronunciation of modern Geographi¬ 
cal names, has been added to this edition. 
Great attention has been given in the revision to the pronuncia¬ 
tion. A large number of words having been re-spelled, it will 
now be found to be a complete Pronouncing Dictionary. 
It has been made a Synonymous Dictionary; this new and 
as the publishers believe, very important feature, is not to be 
found incorporated in the same form into any other dictionary 
ever before published. 
The utmost care has been given in every department of the 
work to render it the most perfect and satisfactory ever offered to 
the public. Considering its comprehensiveness, its numerous 
essential improvements and its general utility, it will be found 
one of the most indispensable and cheapest books ol the times. 
For a more particular statement of the principles on which the 
revision has been conducted reference is made to the preface of 
the work, a few brief extracts from which are subjoined. 
“ By successive revisions, the fruit of nearly three years of 
care and attention, a very great amount of valuable matter has 
been added. Tt is now made, in all important respects, consis¬ 
tent with the larger work, and presents, on a reduced scale, a 
clear, accurate, and full exhibition of the Amkrican Diction¬ 
ary in all its parts. 
“One new feature is now added to this volume by making it 
a Synonymous Dictionary. Every one engaged in literary com¬ 
position has felt at times the want of a work that shall present, 
under each of the important words, a list of others having the 
same general import. 
“ The chief value of a dictionary consists in its definitions —in 
giving a clear, full, and accurate exhibition of all tiie various 
shades of meaning which belong, by established usage, to the 
words of a language. It is in this respect especially, that Dr. 
Webster’s dictionary has been generally considered superior to 
every other, both of this country and of England. To this point, 
therefore, the labors of the editor have been mainly directed. No 
efforts have been spared to obtain the most recent and valuable 
works, not only in lexicography, but in the various departments 
of science and the arts embraced in the American Dictionary. 
As these subjects are in a state of continual progress, every im¬ 
portant word, in its various applications, has been diligently ex¬ 
amined and compared with the statements made on each topic 
by the latest and most approved authorities. 
“On the subject of pronunciation much labor has been bestow¬ 
ed. A careful comparison has been made with the latest au¬ 
thorities, and wherever changes seemed desirable, and could be 
made in consistency with the author’s principles, they have been 
here introduced. The key to pronunciation has been somewhat 
enlarged, and the pointed letters have been used to a still 
greater extent. Many thousand words have been re-spelled, and 
no efforts have been spared to render the work, in all respects, a 
complete pronouncing dictionary. 
“The Synopsis of Words differently pronounced by different 
Orthoepists, has been completely remodelled. 
“ Walker’s Key to the Pronunciation of Classical and Scrip¬ 
tural Names, which was connected with this Dictionary as an 
Appendix, in the edition of 1829, has now been enlarged and im¬ 
proved. More than three thousand words have been added. 
“ The publishers of this work have been desirous to add to the 
volume a Vocabulary of Modem Geographical Words with their 
proper pronunciation. They have accordingly had one prepared 
by an associate editor of Baldwin’s Universal Pronouncing Gazet¬ 
teer, an account of which will be found in the preface which 
accompanies the Vocabulary.” 
Extracts jrom Critical Notices. 
“ We have, in this fine octavo volume of fifteen hundred pages, 
closely yet clearly printed in double columns, the most complete 
and thorough manual of our language yet offered to the public. 
Such is the decision of some of the leading philologists of Eng¬ 
land, and such seems to be the growing conviction throughout 
our own country. The work, as originally prepared by Dr. Web¬ 
ster, was a monument of learning and ability which has won for 
him the most distinguished reputation. But since his death it 
has been subject to the constant, protracted, and earnest labors of 
a number of scientific and literary gentlemen, who have carefully 
revised every part of it, corrected all errors, added many thou¬ 
sands of words, enlarged and made more copious as well as more 
accurate the definitions, introduced throughout synonymes to the 
words, and in every possible way increased its value and its 
utility. 
“The result of their labors has been the production of an Eng¬ 
lish Lexicon, which cannot fail to come into universal use, not 
only in all schools and academies, but with every practical per¬ 
son and general reader, who, in making use of our language, 
would refer to the latest and most accessible authority. For this 
end, the present edition of Webster’s Dictionary has been intro¬ 
duced in a form admirably adapted to give it that universal circu¬ 
lation to which, by its substantial merits, it is so well entitled.” — 
Literary World. 
“ Thus it will be found equally valuable to the merchant, the 
scholar, and the general reader. The work is published in the 
usual excellent style of the Harpers, nothing is omitted that can 
be of service, and it undoubtedly is upon the whole the cheapest 
and best dictionary of any language in any country—a work 
which we consider to be a sine qud non to the library or desk of 
all men .—Island City. 
“ The great value of every dictionary, intended for general use, 
consists in its definitions. In this respect, pre-eminence has uni¬ 
versally been given to Webster; and it is mainly upon this de¬ 
partment that the labors of his successors have been bestowed. 
The utmost pains have been taken to render every definition full, 
clear, and exact; and to effect this, the aid of scientific treatises, 
encyclopedias, and eminent men has been freely and constantly 
enjoyed. A dictionary of synonymes has been incorporated into 
the body of the work. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it 
to be, by all odds, the most complete, accurate and comprehensive 
English dictionary ever offered, at a price and in a form so cheap 
and convenient, to the American public .”—True Sun. 
“ The high reputation which Dr. Webster has sustained as a 
profound Lexicographer, and as the author of the standard Dic¬ 
tionary of the English language, both in this country and in Eu¬ 
rope, is a sure guarantee that it will meet with popular accept¬ 
ance. 
“No one ever labored more assiduously and successfully in 
throwing a strong and steady light upon the English Language 
than Dr. Webster. Besides, he has done more towards extending 
the vocabulary of our language and giving it a fulness of definition 
commensurate with the progress of the language as written and 
spoken, than any other Lexicographer.”— Teacher’s Adv. 
“ The work in its present form is undoubtedly the best English 
Dictionary ever published. It is complete in all its parts,—many 
thousands of new words have been added to it—a vocabulary of 
Modern Geographical Names, with their pronunciation, has been 
appended,—and in every possible way the work has been adapt¬ 
ed to the wants of the great body of the people. It is published 
in one large handsome volume, printed in close type, large pages, 
and double columns, and offered at so low a price as to render it 
universally acceptable. We have no doubt it will speedily find 
its way not only into all the schools and academies of the coun¬ 
try, but to the desk of every student and the fireside of every 
family, as the invaluable and indispensable companion of all 
who in any way use the English language.”— Mirror. 
“ This is beyond all doubt the most complete and perfect edi¬ 
tion of Webster’s well known dictionary that has ever been pub¬ 
lished. * * * It cannot fail to find access to every 
library, into every school, and into every family. We commend, 
it most heartily to the attention and favor of our readers.”— Sun . 
