WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY. 
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THE ENTIRE WORK, UNABRIDGED, IN ONE VOLUME, CROWN QUARTO, 
Containing all the matter of the former editions in two vols. quarto and two vols. royal 8 vo. Noio 
thoroughly revised and greatly enlarged and improved, 
By Professor CHAUNCEY A. GOODRICH, of Yale College. 
G. & C. MERRIAM, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 
Have just published a new stereotype edition of the above valuable work. 
NOTICES OF THE NEW EDITION. 
“ Webster’s American Dictionary may now be 
recommended, without reserve or qualification, as 
the best extant.”— President Olin, of the Wesleyan 
University , Dec. 1847. 
“We venture to say that there is no Diction¬ 
ary in the English language which combines so 
many advantages, with such economy of price, 
beauty of execution, compactness and clearness, as 
this quarto edition of Webster.”— N. Y. Observer, 
Dec. 4, 1847. 
“We rejoice that the public award is strongly 
ratifying our long-cherished conviction that Noah 
Webster was decidedly the best Lexicographer who 
has treated of the English language. * * Em¬ 
phatically the Dictionary of our language.”— N. Y. 
Tribune , Dec. 7, 1847. 
“ The cheapest, most beautiful, and most useful 
Lexicon of our language that can be obtained.”— 
Biblical Repository , Jan. 1848. 
* “ As full and faithful a representation of the 
English language, both written and spoken, as can 
be brought within the compass of a single volume 
in our day. 
“ No family can afford to do without it. Every 
scholar will have it and use it. It will circulate 
as widely as the English language is spoken.”— 
Professor Tyler , of Amherst College, Nov. 1847. 
“ The highest standard of authority with the 
learned of Great Britain and the United States.”— 
N. Y. Journal of Commerce, Dec. 1847. 
“One of the most important contributions ever 
made to a sound American literature—the most 
complete work of the kind that any nation can boast 
of. Dr. Webster was wonderfully happy in the 
use of language. His definitions are models of 
condensation and purity. In regard to pronuncia¬ 
tion, we feel perfectly satisfied that this revision 
places that subject on a truer ground than any other 
work of the kind. The system of pronouncing 
conforms to a pure and manly taste, adapted to the 
character of the language, and is far removed from 
all affectation and mere fashion.”— Hon. Wm. B. 
Calhoun, Dec. 1847. 
“-Will always hold the highest rank in this 
country, and eventually, we suspect, everywhere.” 
— N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, Dec. 16, 1847. 
“ There is no Dictionary but this of Webster’s 
that can be adopted as a standard, We cannot re¬ 
frain from expressing a hope that our brethren of 
the type—the printers and editors of newspapers, 
especially—will adopt the orthography of Dr. Web¬ 
ster. In this respect the printers of the present 
day have no standard. It is time they had.”— 
—-Boston Courier, Dec. 30, 1847. 
“ This is the complete Webster, and perhaps the 
only complete Dictionary of the English language .” 
—Philadelphia U. S. Gazette. 
“ In its admirable definitions, its accurate philol¬ 
ogy, its copiousness, good sense, and completeness, it 
is fast receiving the judgment of the learned world, 
that it has no equal.”— N. Y. Evangelist, Dec. 9, 
1847. 
*• The public approbation, with a singular unan¬ 
imity, has conceded to it the praise of unrivalled 
excellence in the superiority of its definitions. * * 
It ought, hereafter, never to be said, because it can 
no longer be said with truth, that Webster’s pronun¬ 
ciation, as exhibited in this edition, differs from that 
of the best English authorities.”— Literary World, 
Dec. 1847. 
“ Great labor has been bestowed upon it, and all 
the alterations and articles that have been added, so 
far as we have noticed them, are great improvements. 
We hope that it will obtain a wide and profitable cir¬ 
culation.”— North American Review, Jan. 1848. 
“ His pronunciation, as a whole, has been sanc¬ 
tioned, to a great extent, by the best speakers both 
in England and America. * * The satisfaction 
derived from a clear, full, and consistent definition, 
is worth any effort which it may cost, and to all 
who search for truth such definition is indispensa¬ 
ble. We believe that there is not, within the 
compass of English literature, a work which, in 
this respect, will meet the expectations of all who 
consult a Dictionary so entirely as this.”— New 
Englander, for January, 1848. 
“ A perfect and most authoritative Dictionary of 
the English language as spoken and written in A. 
D. 1848.”— Baltimore Patriot. 
“ The present edition of Webster’s Dictionary 
leaves nothing material in English Lexicography 
to be desired.”— N. Y. {Bap.) Recorder, Dec. 22,, 
1847. 
“ Recognized as standard authority throughout 
the w r orld, where the English language is spoken.” 
— Pittsburg Gazette, Dec. 14, 1847. 
“Its execution is alike honorable to American 
learning and art. Its cheapness is not the least re¬ 
markable thing about it—nearly 1500 quarto pages 
for $6 !”— St. Louis Herald of Religious Liberty , 
Dec. 23, 1847. 
“ His Dictionary is firmly established as a stand¬ 
ard work, and enjoys a reputation unknown to any 
other work of the kind.”— Mass. Spy, Dec. 6, 1847. 
“We adopted Webster’s Dictionary of the English 
Language as a standard, in preference to every 
other, from its very first appearance.”— Boston 
Christian Register, Jan 13, 1848. 
“ For nearly half a century, amidst obstacles and 
toils, disappointments and infirmities, he has nobly 
sustained his courage ; and by means of his extraor¬ 
dinary skill and industry in the investigation of 
languages, he will transmit his name to the latest 
posterity. It will dwell on the tongues of infants as 
soon as they have learned to lisp their earliest les¬ 
sons. It will be stamped on our American litera¬ 
ture, and be carried with it over every part of this 
mighty continent. It will be honored by 300,000,000 
of people—for that is the number which it is com¬ 
puted will, in some future age, occupy the wide 
space of territory stretching from the torrid to the 
arctic regions. The American Dictionary of the 
English Language is a w'ork of profound investiga¬ 
tion, and does infinite honor to the philological 
learning and general literature of his country ” — 
Chancellor Kent. 
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