Synonyms Discriminated:
A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English Language, Illustrated with Quotations from Standard Writers.
BY CHARLES JOHN SMITH, M. A.
New Edition, with the Author’s Latest Corrections and Additions.
12mo. pp. 781. $2.25
An unusually full and fresh treatment of this subject. The author is not content to give the usual cut-and-dried generalizations, but by judicious comment and illustration endeavors to make the distinctions and relations between words interesting living as well as clear. The quotations from authors are a noteworthy feature of the book. They are numerous enough to illustrate all the important distinctions, yet every passage is selected with care, not simply with reference to the illustration in question but also because it is an example of forcible writing.
The derivation of words is given wherever necessary to an understanding of the fundamental meaning: but this feature of the work is not allowed to overburden it.
A FEW OTHER LANGUAGE BOOKS.
BAIN’S ENGLISH GRAMMARS.
A Higher English Grammar. New edition, revised and enlarged. By Alexander Bain, Professor in the University of Aberdeen. 16mo. 358 pp.
Composition Grammar. By Alexander Bain. 12 mo. 355 pp.
CORSON’S SAXON AND EARLY ENGLISH.
A Hand-book of Anglo-Saxon and Early English. With Notes, Glossary, and Grammatical Synopses. By Hiram Corson, Professor in Cornell University. Second edition, thoroughly revised. Large 12mo. 584 pp.
LOUNSBURY’S THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
History of the English Language. By T. R. Lounsbury, Professor in Yale University. 16mo. 371 pp.
WHITNEY’S GERMAN DICTIONARY.
A Compendious German Dictionary. (German–English and English–German.) With Notation of Correspondences and Brief Etymologies. By William D. Whitney. 8vo. 900 pp. Half roan.
BELLOWS’ FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
French and English Dictionary for the Pocket. By John Bellows, 32mo. 600 pp.
GASC’S FRENCH AND ENGLISH DICTIONARIES.
A New Dictionary of the French and English Languages. (French–English and English–French.) By Ferdinand E. A. Gasc. 8vo. French–English part, 600 pp.; English-French part, 586 pp.
Improved Modern Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages. (French–English and English–French.) For the Every-day Purposes of Travellers and Students. By F. E. A. Gasc. New Edition. 18mo. French–English part, 261 pp.; English–French part, 387 pp..
GOODELL’S THE GREEK IN ENGLISH.
The Greek in English. First lessons in Greek, with Special Reference to the Etymology of English Words of Greek Origin. By Thomas D. Goodell, Professor in Yale University. 16mo. 128 pp.
Full Descriptive Priced Catalogue of these and other Standard works sent free, on application, by the Publishers.
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
