| Show A STANDARD WEBSTERS international TER NATIONAL dictionary it cannot have missed the observation of the reader and student that there has sprung up during the last few years an absorbing desire upon tha part of publishers of sime of the lar laree dictionaries to see how bow many newly invented words they can get between the covers of their works in this process they seem to scour the streets for new words and give to the fleeting slang blang phrase the sanction of dictionary authority before it has received the mint mark of good usage when one wants a work prepared with care one recommended for its practical useful knowledge and whose claim to merit is not based upon the ground that it contains a lew few more ephemeral words than some other he buys a websters international dictionary As the holy book is the re religious livious guide and conniel or of the civilized world so websters Webster 8 dictionary is ig the guide and never failing counselor of the student and the man of letters other works may contain more words may ba more profusely pro insely illustrated and have brighter colors used in the printing but noah webster is first in the hearts of his countrymen as an edu ional guide and source of useful knowledge there is more kernel and less chell and husk in webster than in any other dictionary published |
