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.