RECOMMENDATIONS. REID'S Dictionary of the English Language is an admirable book for the use of schools. Its plan combines a greater number of desirable conditions for such a work than any with which I am acquainted: and it seems to me to be executed in general with great judgment, fidelity and accuracy. C. S. HENRY, Professor of Philosophy, History, and Belles Lettres, in the University of the City of New-York ■ April 28, 1845. Phillips School, Boston, May 2, 1845. I have partially examined the Dictionary which you are publishing and am much pleased with the plan and execution of the work so far as I have been able to peruse it. Much matter is condensed into a small compass. All words in good use are selected and clearly defined. Each word is so marked as to indicate its pronunciation, and the value of the work is much enhanced by containing the derivation of every word. I hope it will meet with that share of patronage which it richly deserves. SAMUEL S. GREENE. Master of the Phillips School. Bolston School, May 2, 1845. I fully concur in the opinions expressed by Mr. Green, and should be much pleased by the introduction of the Dictionary into our public schools. T. BAKER. Principal of the Bolston School After such an examination of "Reid's English Dictionary," as I have been able to make, I may safely say that I consider it superior to any of the School Dictionaries with which I am acquainted. Its accurate and con. cise definitions, and a vocabulary of the roots of English words, drawn from an author of such authority as Bosworth, are not among the least of its excellencies. M. P. PARKS, Chaplain and Professor of Ethics. U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 7th April, 1845. Philadelphia, May 6, 1845. I have examined Reid's English Dictionary with great care; and am greatly pleased with it. The plan is excellent, and the author has evidently bestowed great attention to minute accuracy in the details of execution. I hope to see the book extensively used. JOHN FROST, Professor Belles Lettres, Philadelphia High School. I have examined Reid's English Dictionary with much interest and sat. isfaction, and take great pleasure in recommending it as admirably adapted for usefulness in our common schools. The judicious omission of anti. quated and obsolete words, has enabled the author to condense the work within small compass, and yet retain every word in our language which is sanctioned by any modern writer of competent authority. The evident care and pains taken in the department of orthoëpy, the accurate conformity of the orthography to the best authorities, and the elaborate etymological learning it exhibits, combine to render this Dictionary a work of singular merit for schools and families for which it appears to have been specially de signed by its author. The vocabulary of the roots of English words, and the extensive list of accented classical and scripture proper names, are important and valuable additions which cannot fail to be appreciated, especially by teachers of schools, for whom it will furnish a standard of reference of more convenient size than any of the dictionaries now in use. D. MEREDITH REESE, Superintendant Common Schools for the City and County of New-York New-York, Aug. 14th, 1845. I examined Reid's Dictionary of the English Language when it first came out, with considerable care; and, as far as I am capable of forming an opinion, I look upon the plan of this work to be very judicious, and its execution remarkably accurate. I trust that its re-publication here will promote an object in itself confessedly desirable, but heretofore too little attended to, namely--uniformity, both in the use, and the pronunciation of words, amongst all who speak the English language. In furtherance of this design, I think it a happy circumstance that the Messrs. Appleton are enabled to offer to the American public editions from the identical stereotype plates from which the English edition was printed; inasmuch as the value of such a work, so far as pronunciation is concerned, must depend upon the ac. curacy with which the minute points of its typography have been executed. JONA. M. WAINWRIGHT. REID'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY Contains: First, a Dictionary of 40,000 words, arranged alphabetically under their roots, and defined more accurately than is usual in abridgments. Second, a vocabulary of 3,000 foreign roots of the English language, with examples of derivatives under each. Third, an accented list of 15,000 Latin, Greek and Scripture proper names. After a careful examination, I am convinced, that the work has strong claims upon the attention of Teachers generally. It is of convenient size, beautifully executed, and seems well adapted to the use of Scholars, from the Common School to the University. D. H CHASE, Middletown, 1845. Reid's Dictionary of the English Language appears to have been compiled upon sound principles, and with judgment and accuracy. It has the merit, too, of combining much more than is usually looked for in Dictiona ries of small size, and will, I believe, be found excellent as a convenient manual for general use and reference, and also for various purposes of edu. cation. HENRY REED, Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania. |