A Practical Dictionary of the English Language. By Dorsey Gardiner.
(Routledge and Sons.)—We must content ourselves with giving the actual words of the sub-title, "giving the correct spelling, pronunciation, and definitions of words, with an ap- pendix containing various useful tables, chiefly derived from Webster's Unabridged. Dictionary, edited under the supervision of Noah Porter, D.D." This is somewhat ambiguous. Had Dr. Noah Porter anything to do with this particular volume ? He edited, it is true, the "International Dictionary," but the introduc- tion of his name here wants explanation. The preface is dated, we see, "1884," but we see nothing said about "a new edition." Another abridgment from the same publishers of the same work is a Dictionary of the English Language, described in the preface as a " Primary School Dictionary."
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