Show A MAGNIFICENT WORK Thereto There is perhaps no better criterion ot of a nations nation's advancement or ur lack of advancement than that offered by the tb I condition and extent of ot its if vocabulary With every evry step of or true progress along the line of or Intellectual activity with every T ry new discovery In nature man feels the nerd need ot of new u w words word or more precise signification of ot the words al- al already already al already ready It In I ube u to express the new Ideas The present century may be called the era er fIA of mental menial growth the world is teeming with the strength of ot increase in dis- dis covery and Invention and the growth of our vocabulary is of ot a rate rat and aDlI stability wholly unprecedented Die Dic- Dictionaries Die aad and lexicons soon oon taU fall all behind th the times and constant revisions and extensions are ar necessary i in n the tb listed words ot of our tongue It Is freely ad ad- ad admitted ad by the tb British press pr w and critics that the best beat dictionaries for tor English speaking people originate in America and in spite ot of American departures departure In spelling and pronunciation from the theold theold old time style of Britain the tile brat beat lexi lexi- lexicons lexicon cons con from the New World are readily acknowledged ledged as mi standards in the theOld theOld Old The colossal Century dictionary a work of or six ix volumes volume has hasmet hasmet hasmet met with general and aad well deserved commendation but if its great bulk and cost cost militate against Its it very Tory general use ule N Nevertheless it U stands a ng and towering monument to the zeal zealand zealand zealand and ability of ot American scholarship Recently however another work less lel costly and less lell cumbrous than the Century while thoroughly up to date has bas appeared la in the world or of letters this is 18 the Standard dictionary published by the New York house bouse of the Funk Co Go In many respects this latest English lexicon Is unique unique-In la the first place it is II a com com- combined combined combined dictionary and thesaurus To use the be ordinary dictionary advantage advantage- advantageously advantageously one ODe must know the word be he is II In Inquest inquest inquest quest of the thesaurus aide aid in finding the word to fit the idea In the Standard dictionary one turns turn to architecture for example and aDd finds under that caption not a simple defini defini- definition definition definition tion of the term but a list lilt of ot all the words worda having any special pedal signification In architecture and each of the words ther there listed Is la properly defined in its ita place in the vocabulary The fhe arrangement t of ot the matter Id Is that suggested u by reason realon and aDd experience thus instead of ot following the time old old method of ef giving the derivation and ob obsolete olete usages of the word first and the correct definitions last the Stand Stand- Standard Standard ard presents brat Ant the word properly spelled polled ass as a a heading beading then the correct pronunciation then the correct mean mean- meaning meaning meaning ing and after this the he special and obsolete definitions are given with quotations quotation to r serve orTo e ai as illustrations Beside the list lilt of ot synonyms accompanying each important term a corresponding list Hat of ot antonyms la Is given But the chief distinguishing feature of the great treat work lies liei in the fact act that every definition definition every line Une hal bas been pa passed sed upon by chosen specialists tb thus church terms are not simply defined by writers whose whOle knowledge i ii is drawn fr from m prejudiced sources but all aJl such terms have bave been passed by a specialist learned in the lor lore of or the church represented The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter daY Latter Saints has bas bad had tree free and ample representation in the work every term ap- ap ap peering in its ita columns column and having special pedal meaning in the church usage u a eor or the theology y of or the Latter Latter- Latter day day Saints Saint has bas ba been defined or at lent least has hai bad had the defini defini- definition definition definition tion approved by a committee ot of competent men selectEd by the authorities ties of the Church named We be- be believe believe be believe lieve this thia to be the first fir t time in the history of this thil people that so o liberal and just ju t a treatment has bas been accorded them in any such work The fhe editorial staff has hal comprised about office writers and specialists beside whom readers have been kept employed seeking quotations quotation q for Illustration Among the editors one ot of our Utah scholars is ie we prominent prominent refer to Dr James Jamea E Talmage Talma e who has bas been a member of ot the staff from the beginning of the enterprise The work itself la Is a handsome pro pro- production pro production nothing has bai been beeD spared pared In inthe inthe the effort to make it beautiful la in a apt ap and durable in style aa as it is 18 la in unsurpassed In literary merit |