SPIERS AND SURENNE'S
FRENCH & ENGLISH AND ENGLISH & FRENCH
Pronouncing Dictionary.
EDITED BY
G. P. QUACKENBOS, A. M.
One large Vol. 8 vo., of 1316 pp., neat type, and fine paper. Price: sheep $3, half morocco $3.50.
THE PUBLISHERS CLAIM FOR THIS WORK,
1. That it is a revision and combination of (Spiers') the best defining, and (Surenne's) the most accurate pronouncing dictionary extant.
2. That in this work the numerous errors in Spiers' dictionary have been carefully and faithfully corrected.
3. That some three thousand new definitions have been added.
4. That numerous definitions and constructions are elucidated by grammatical remarks and illustrative clauses and sentences.
5. That several thousand new phrases and idioms are embodied.
6. That upwards of twelve hundred synonymous terms are explained, by pointing out their distinctive shades of meaning.
7. That the parts of all the irregular verbs are inserted in alphabetical order, so that one reference gives the mood, tense, person, and number.
8. That some four thousand new French words, connected with science, art, and literature, have been added.
9. That every French word is accompanied by as exact a pronunciation as can be represented by corresponding English sounds, and vice versa.
10. That it contains a full vocabulary of the names of persons and places, mythological and classical, ancient and modern.
11. That the arrangement is the most convenient for reference that can be adopted.
12. That it is the most complete, accurate, and reliable dictionary of these languages published.
From Washington Irving.
"As far as I have had time to examine it, it appears to me that Mr. Quackenbos, by his revision, corrections, and additions, has rendered the Paris Edition, already so excellent, the most complete and valuable lexicon now in print."
From Wm. H. Prescott.
"In the copiousness of its vocabulary and its definitions, and in the great variety of idiomatic phrases and synonymes, it far exceeds any other French and English dictionary with which I am acquainted."