ICTIONARY

1500

NEW PICTORIAL EDITION.

1,500 PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

9,000 to 10,000 NEW WORDS in the Vocabulary. Table of SYNONYMS by Prof. GOODRICH.

Table giving Pronunciation of Names of 8,000 distinguished persons of Modern Times, Peculiar use of Words and Terms in the Bible, with other new Features, together with ALL THE MATTER OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS.

NATIONAL STANDARD.

2,000.000

Not only the reasonableness and utility of Webster's system, and the general progressive tendency of the language in that direction, but the test of experience, the general extent to which it already prevails, in the school book, periodical, and other popular issues of the country, justifies the full belief that that system, in all its general features, is to become universally prevalent. We append four or five letters from as many leading School Book publishing houses as showing (yet but very partially) the extent to which the Websterian orthography prevails: CINCINNATI, May 2, 1859. In the ECLECTIC EDUCATIONAL SERIES, and in all other educational works published by us, the aggregate sales of which are probably about volumes per annum, we uniformly adhere to Webster's Orthography as the standard, as do nearly all wisely progressive School Book publishers in the United States. W. B. SMITH & CO. NEW YORK, May 2, 1859. We publish SANDERS' SERIES OF READERS and SPELLERS, and other educational works, recognizing Webster as their general standard of Orthography, the current sales of which are at the rate per annum ofSales for 1858 of Sanders' Series, Other Common School Books, Scientific Books, including our Music Books,

900,000
200,000
175,000 1,275,000

IVISON & PHINNEY. NEW YORK, May 2, 1859. We publish WEBSTER'S ELEMENTARY SPELLER, and other educational works, recognizing Webster's Dictionary as their general standard of Orthography, the current manufacture and sale of which are at the rate per annum of about D. APPLETON & CO. NEW YORK, May 2, 1859. We publish PARKER & WATSON'S SERIES OF READERS, and other educational works, recognizing Webster as their general standard of Orthography, the current sales of which are at the rate per annum of at least A. S. BARNES & BURR, Publishers of the National Series of Standard School Books, 51 and 53 John street, New York. NEW YORK, May 2, 1859.

We publish READING BOOKS, and other educational works, which adopt Webster as their general standard of Orthography, the sales of which are at the rate annually of

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PRATT, OAKLEY & CO.

2,500,000

500,000

200,000

6,475,000

To this aggregate of over SIX MILLIONS, we might add Town's SERIES, TOWN and HOLBROOK'S, (Boston,) SARGENT'S READERS, (Boston,) WEBB's, (New York,) GOODRICH'S, (Louisville, Ky.,) to say nothing of the issues of Messrs. MASON BROTHERS, (the publishers of Webster's School Dictionaries,) of Messrs. J. B. LIPPINCOTT & Co., of Philadelphia, (publishers of Webster's Octavo and University Dictionaries, and the most extensive Book Jobbing house in the United States, if not in the world,) of Messrs HARPER & BROTHERS, (late publishers of Webster's Octavo Dictionary,) and others, and it would be entirely safe to say TEN MILLIONS of volumes of School Books are annually published in the United States, recognizing WEBSTER as their general standard of Orthography, while not a single publishing house in the country, as far as we are aware, has ever publicly recognized any other Dictionary than Webster as its standard of orthography, with the single exception of the publishers of another Dictionary.

Take another pregnant fact: We have before us the names of well-known PERIODICALS, issued in this country, avowing WEBSTER in like manner as their guide, the authenticated annual issues of which are over THIRTY MILLIONS, and could we procure details from publishers of other periodicals, we believe it would aggregate double that number. Indeed, it is not too much to say, that the American press, as a whole, in the vastly preponderating extent of its issues, recognizes Webster as its general standard on this point. We are sure, too, that instead of creating confusion, and discord, and diversity, that system has done, and is doing more to secure uniformity of usage, and a consistent system, than all other causes combined. G. & C. MERRIAM.

SPRINGFIELD, 1860.

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The best recommendation of these works is found in the fact that where one number of the series has been adopted, it has given so great satisfaction that the other numbers have generally been introduced also, soon after their publication. Thus, in the CITY OF BOSTON, the school committee adopted the Common-School Geography in the face of a very powerful opposition to it made by certain interested parties, in August 1858. So entirely satisfied, however, were the committee and teachers with this work, that the Primary Geography was adopted a few days since without a dissenting vote.

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ELOCUTION AND ORATORY.

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