WEBSTER'S SECONDARY SCHOOL DICTIONARY

Full cloth, 8vo, 864 pages. Containing over 70,000 words, wich 1000 illustrations.

THIS NEW DICTIONARY is based on Wcbstcr's New International Dictionary and therefore conforms to the best présent usage. It présents the largest number of words and phrases ever included in a school dictionary — ail those, however new, likely to be needed by any pupil. It is a référence book for the reader and a guide in the use of Ënglish, both oral and written. It fills every requirement that can bc expected of a dictionary of moderate size. ^ This new book gives the préférence to forms of spelling now current in the United States. In the matter of pronunciation such alternatives are included as are in very common use. Each définition is in the form of a spécifie «tatement accompanied by one or more synonyms, between which carefîil discrimination is made.

^ In addition, this dictionary includes an unusual amount of supplementary information of value to students: the etymology, syllabication and capitalization of words; many proper names from folklore, mythology, and the Bible; a list of préfixes and suffixes; ail irregularly inflected forms; niles for spelling; 2329 lists of synonyms, in which 3518 words are carefully discriminated; answers to many questions on the use of correct English constantly asked by pupils; a guide to pronunciation; abbreviations used in writing and printing; a list of 1 200 foreign words and phrases; a dictionary of 5400 proper names of persons and places, etc.

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