A NEW FRENCH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Compiled from the French Dictionaries of L'Académie, Bescherelle, Littré, etc., and the English Dictionaries of Johnson, Webster, Richardson, etc.; and the technical works in both languages. By Dr. Spiers, Agrège' de TUniversité, Chevalier de la Le'gion d'Honneur, Officier de l'Instruction Publique. Twentyninth édition, entirely remodeled, revised, and largely increased by H. Witcomb, successor to Dr. Spiers at the École des Ponts et Chausse'es. Crown 8vo. Half morocco. 782 pp. Mailing price, ^4.b5 ; for Introduction, $4.50.

Dr. Spiers fully realized that the most successful dictionaries hâve to be constantly revised and added to, and he never ceased to collect materials for the enlargement of his work. Since his death thèse materials hâve been entrusted to the most compétent hands, and, further supplemented where needf ul, hâve been finally incorporated in a complète recast of the work.

Thus the dictionary, to whose conscientious excellence forty years of success hâve borne witness, now reappears with ail its old qualities enhanced by the most récent results of scientific and philological research. This new édition, the only authorized édition ever published in America, is the oldest and, at the same time, the newest exhaustive French dictionary.

This book comprises : (1) ail the literary and coUoquial words of the language; (2) the principal terms relating to science, art, commerce, industry, and the navy; (3) compound words that are not to be translated; (4) the varions meanings of each word arranged in logical order, and separated by numbers; (5) short instances of coUoquial or literary uses of words, also of grammatical constructions where difficult; (6) altérations in the meaning of words, according as they are used with adjectives, prépositions, adverbs, etc. ; (7) the idioms and coUoquial expressions that differ in the two languages, methodically set down; (8) the prépositions required by the government of verbs, adjectives, etc. ; (9) irregular or difficult pronunciation made clear by référence to the simple French sounds; (10) grammatical notes on difficult constructions ; (11) typographical signs to distinguish between the proper and figurative uses of words, and marking the style to which they belong ; (12) a vocabulary of geographical and mythological names, and names of persons that are unlike in the two languages.