Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd November 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1149

MURRAY ' S DICTIONARY . —Part II . im ** '"' "" "" ¦ ' "" ¦ ' '" I . I . ¦— . — . . . i . ., _ mm ^ r f , yZ ^ ffi ^ " the original Staff of the Dictionary has been greatly enlarged , and its headquarters have been removed to Oxford . The Delegates confidently hope that , under the new arrangement , it will be found possible to issue the succeeding Parts at intervals of Six Months only , and that the work will be complete in Twenty-four Parts . XZsT . A . IF'ZEVT" ID-A . ~ SrSPart II . ANT—BATTEN ( pp . viii . 353-7 O 4 ) . A NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY ON HISTORICAL PRINCIPLES ; FOUNDED MAINLY ON THE MATERIALS COLLECTED BY ^ Jje l ^ ilofogical g > octefg . Edited by JAMES A . H . MURRAY , LL . D . Sometime JP ?* eside / it of the Philological Society , With the assistance of many Scholars and Men of Science . * A work of the utmost importance to the scientific study of the English Language . . . . We i ca mportant n do little work more . We at can present but congrat than call ulate attention Dr . Murray to the and appearance his coadjutors of on this the most satisfactory valuable con and - clusion further of prosecution at least . a '— portion The Times of . their gigantic undertaking , and wish them good speed in its ' The execution of this beginning beggars all eulogy , and proves that the editor of their work is disposal entirely competent by the Society to m . ani . . pulate . Dr . Murray the enormous ' s Dictionary mass . . of . will materials bring which us honourabl has been y abreast placed , if not his * a > f little their , an lexicograp d perhaps hers mo . . . th . Th is little wonderful , in front book of the will nations be found whic to h have be one mos of t reason the cheapest to be proud that have ever been published . '—St . James's Gazette . • ' . After If we say ears , i n on de e lay word , we , are that now Dr fairly . Murray embarked and his in the fellow way -workers of having are a real givi Eng ng lis us h an Dict Eng ionary lish . descri Littre pti , we on shall . ... give In one a better material summary respect notion the present of the Clarendon plan is of Press greater Dictionary scale than than Littre by a ' s . labour ' ed 'A work of this description is truly a national work . '—Spectator . Saturday Review . niust to be 'No , once an one for object will all h express esitat of great e t our o c o general ncern that to the admiration ev s peedy ed comp ucated of this let ion unique eak of t his and vast peerless lish undertak . . specimen .. In ing conclusion is of , or Eng oug , lish -we ht lexicography * Dg this great . enterprise . . . Every of Englishman national interest who can by possibl purchasing y affo the rd it parts ought as to they do appear his par . * t in forward-Athbn ^ um . be sustained ' It may be throughout confidently , the asserted completed that , if work the will level be of an excellence achievement reached without in this parallel opening in part the lexicography , of any living language . '—Academy . London : HENRY FBOWDE Edinb , Ox ford gh : Univers $ Queen ity Street Press . Warehouse , Amen Corner ; II ^ ^' . i \ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^'''''' V'ttMfcfriMM ^ MMHWHWINNVIMVV ^ VVMBiriMMNfllHHMfVN ^ ' A / v . ' v'i' • . . i ~ £ ' ¦ «®' , i . w . r . v * . ,. •*!! ¦ / . ' .. , . . ' * ¦ < * ¦ . V LW &

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