The scholar, consequently, generally pursues an
eclectic system, if timid conforming as nearly as may be to 'general
usage,' if bold and 'troubled with originality,' making up words for
himself, after the manner of CARLYLE, which if 'apt,' after being more
or less ridiculed, are tacitly and generally adopted. But, amid the 'war
of words' and of rival systems, people must have dictionaries, and
fortunately there is this of WORCESTER'S, which has of late risen
immensely in public favor. We say fortunately, for whatever discords and
inconvenience may arise at the time from the rivalry of different
dictionaries, it can not be doubted that each effort contributes vastly
to enrich our mother-tongue, and render easier the future task of the
'coming man' who is, years hence, to form from the whole one perfect
work. Our own verdict in the matter would, accordingly, be, that we
should most unwillingly dispense with either of the great candidates for
popular orthographic favor.
RELIGIO MEDICI, A LETTER TO A FRIEND, CHRISTIAN MORALS, URN BURIAL,
AND OTHER PAPERS. By Sir Thomas Browne, Kt., M.D. Boston: Ticknor
and Fields. 1862.
Beautiful indeed is the degree of typographic art displayed in this
edition of one of the raciest and most readable of our sterling English
classics.
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