By John Ogilvie, LL.D.
NEW EDITION. CAREFULLY REVISED AND GREATLY AUGMENTED
By CHARLES ANNANDALE, M.A., LL.D.
"The Imperial Dictionary is a work which fairly deserves the epithet of monumental. It is really what it professes to be—'a complete encyclopædic lexicon, literary, scientific, and technological'. In other words it is the best dictionary of its kind in the English language, and its kind is the best."—St. James's Gazette.
The four volumes of the New Edition comprise a total of over 3000 pages. Of modern terms relating to science, technology, and the arts, a full collection will be found. Many colloquialisms, provincialisms, Americanisms, and a list of foreign words used by English writers are given. The discrimination of synonyms has been carefully attended to, while the etymology and pronunciation have been modelled on the latest authorities.
As an Encyclopedic Dictionary the Imperial combines the advantages of an ordinary dictionary with those of an encyclopedia. And as there are many objects and terms of which no adequate description or definition can be given by mere words, this dictionary does not rely upon verbal description alone, the definitions being supplemented by upwards of 3000 accurate and beautiful wood engravings.
In 4 vols, imperial 8vo. Cloth, £4 nett; or half-morocco, £5 nett
The Times says:—"So far as vocabulary and treatment are concerned, we should not wish for anything better than the new Imperial. The definitions are accurate and intelligible, developing into detailed explanations where necessary. The etymology is clear and concise, and the illustrations are copious, appropriate, and well executed."
The Spectator says:—"a laborious enterprise, for which we have only words of cordial praise.... It is the best English Lexicon of the time."
The Student's English Dictionary
Literary, Scientific, Etymological, and Pronouncing. By John Ogilvie, LL.D. New Edition, thoroughly revised and greatly augmented, edited by Charles Annandale, m.a., ll.d. With extensive Appendices. Illustrated by nearly 800 Engravings on Wood. Large f'cap 4to, 872 pages. Cloth, red edges, 7s. 6d.; half-Persian, 10s. 6d.; half-morocco flexible, 12s. 6d.
The Athenæum says:—"The book is issued at a surprisingly low price. The woodcuts are remarkably well executed. Leaving out of account the unwieldy and expensive recent editions of Webster and Worcester, we have no hesitation in saying that this is by far the most useful one-volume English dictionary at present existing."