The Comprehensive English Dictionwy. By John Ogilvie, LL.D. (Blackie and
Son.)—Based on Dr. Goodrich's abridgment of Webster, it The Comprehensive English Dictionwy. By John Ogilvie, LL.D. (Blackie and Son.)—Based on Dr. Goodrich's abridgment of Webster, it
is enriched from the well-known Imperial Dictionary, with many amendments and illustrations. Its leading feature, however, is the great number of scientific terms which it contains. This greatly adds to the bulk of the work, without giving to the general reader any- thing he wants, as the explanations are much too curt to enable him to understand an allusion to a science of which he is ignorant There is
now, however, so very general a smattering of scientific information. abroad, that a work of this kind may probably supply a real want. Con- siderable pains have been taken with the subject of pronunciation, but at least so far as the pronunciation of geographical names is concerned with no very happy result. Type and paper are excellent.
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