English Synonymes. By George Crabb. (Routledge. Gs. net.) —Crabb published
his well-known book in 1816. Some unnamed editor, apparently an American, has prepared this " centennial edition," containing many additional terms and cross references. While Rogot's Thesaurus is by far the best work of the kind, Crabb, with his patient explanations of the differences between words of somewhat similar meaning, is still very useful. The new edition is not exhaustive, but it is a creditable piece of work. Mr. J. H. Finley, of New York, contributes a preface, insisting with much force that, now we have gained free speech, we have greater need of accurate speech_ " For there be three classes of men who do not tell the truth, except by accident ; first, those who do not know it ; second, those who wish not to tell it ; and third, those who do not know how to tell it." It would be interesting to classify some of our politicians according to this method.
Previous page
