20 JULY 1867, Page 22

A Practical Dictionary of the German and English Languages. By

the Rev. William Lowery Blackley and Carl Martin Friedlander. (Long- mans.)—Mr. Blackley tells a story in his preface of a German teacher who received a letter from a former pupil, ending, "Ida verbleibe Ihrer Sie liebender A.agapfel," i. e., the pupil of his eye, not of his teaching. We hope none who possess the present dictionary will fall into such an error. But very often usage is the only criterion, and a phrase that sounds ridiculous to a native seems the height of correctness to a foreigner. So far as we have looked into the pages of this dictionary, we have found it clear and accurate, though our examination of it has been necessarily somewhat cursory, and the faults of a dictionary can only be discovered by constant use.