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... dictionary cat- alog : the one is better for the thorough and leisurely scholar , the other for the hurried man of business . In Harvard College Library Mr. Arnold's elaborate arrangement very properly ac- companies Mr. Abbot's thorough ...
... dictionary cat- alog : the one is better for the thorough and leisurely scholar , the other for the hurried man of business . In Harvard College Library Mr. Arnold's elaborate arrangement very properly ac- companies Mr. Abbot's thorough ...
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... dictionaries , and the general works of reference . Special dictionaries may be shelved with their own de- partments , and to some extent general works of reference may be duplicated . When it is necessary , books can be loaned from one ...
... dictionaries , and the general works of reference . Special dictionaries may be shelved with their own de- partments , and to some extent general works of reference may be duplicated . When it is necessary , books can be loaned from one ...
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... Dictionaries and cyclopædias are mainly to be classed with the philosophical and critical histories , for in the study of them we are not to be limited to the latest edition of the Britannica or Webster's Unabridged . As a whole , the ...
... Dictionaries and cyclopædias are mainly to be classed with the philosophical and critical histories , for in the study of them we are not to be limited to the latest edition of the Britannica or Webster's Unabridged . As a whole , the ...
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... Dictionary Catalogue , by C. A. Cutter . We have here the first printed rules for making a catalogue on the dictionary plan . The writings of Mr. Cutter on the subject of cataloguing , and the work he has done in pre- paring catalogues ...
... Dictionary Catalogue , by C. A. Cutter . We have here the first printed rules for making a catalogue on the dictionary plan . The writings of Mr. Cutter on the subject of cataloguing , and the work he has done in pre- paring catalogues ...
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... dictionary plan . It was made by Mr. Charles R. Lowell , but has been care- fully revised and greatly improved by Mr. Cut- ter during its preparation for printing , and al- though he is unwilling to have it regarded as his ideal ...
... dictionary plan . It was made by Mr. Charles R. Lowell , but has been care- fully revised and greatly improved by Mr. Cut- ter during its preparation for printing , and al- though he is unwilling to have it regarded as his ideal ...
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Page 49 - Crown 8vo, 6s. Cyclopaedia of Common things. Edited by the Rev. Sir GEORGE W. Cox, Bart., MA With 500 Illustrations. Third Edition. Large post 8vo, Js. 6d. DALTON, Rev. John Male, MA, RN— Sermons to Naval Cadets. Preached on board HMS
Page 351 - Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships.
Page 140 - STORMONTH. Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Including a very Copious Selection of Scientific Terms. For Use in Schools and Colleges, and as a Book of General Reference. By the Rev. JAMES STORMONTH. The Pronunciation carefully Revised by the Rev. PH PHELP, MA Cantab. Tenth Edition, Revised throughout. Crown 8vo, pp. 800. 7s. 6d. Dictionary of the English Language...
Page 297 - Mecca, &c., will be retained in their present form. 3. The true sound of the word as locally pronounced will be taken as the basis of the spelling.
Page 136 - His power of observation seemed to indicate additional senses. He saw as with microscope, heard as with ear-trumpet, and his memory was a photographic register of all he saw and heard.
Page 101 - INDEX MEDICUS.— A Monthly Classified Record of the Current Medical Literature of the World.
Page 123 - Koran (and parts of them) are to be entered under those words; the sacred books of other religions are to be entered under the names by which they are generally known; references to be given from the names of editors, translators, etc.
Page 351 - On the SENSATIONS of TONE as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music.
Page 116 - No pains have been spared to make this an exact replica as regards paper, size, print, and binding. 4th Edition, Sheep, imitation of Original Binding 050 Paper boards, Old Style, uncut edges o 5 o Imitation Morocco ^ ... o 6 o...
Page 297 - When two vowels come together each one is sounded, though the result when spoken quickly is sometimes scarcely to be distinguished from a single sound, as in ai...