Nelson's loose-leaf encyclopedia; everybody's book of reference. Editors in chief Frank M. Colby and George Sandeman. N. Y. Nelson, 1907. 12 vols.

Each volume is bound in a loose-leaf binder in order that pages of new material may be inserted. The publishers issue to subscribers "not less than 250 revised pages each six months in March and October". The purpose of the new pages is to keep the encyclopedia up-to-date.

New international encyclopedia, edited by Frank M. Colby and Talcott Williams. 2 nd ed. N. Y. Dodd, 1916. 24 vols.

Supplement. 2 vols. 1924.

A good, standard encyclopedia, well proportioned, and well arranged for convenience. Volume 24 is an outline of courses of study and reading, while volume 25 which is supplementary, is a concise history of the world war.

New international year book, a compendium of the world's progress for the year 1907 to date. N. Y. Dodd, 1908 to date.

This is as an annual supplement to the New international encyclopedia. Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events

of the year; embracing political, military and ecclesiastical. affairs; public documents, biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture and mechanical industry, 1861-1902. N. Y. Appleton, 1863-1903. Ser. 1, 1861-75, 15 vols. Ser. 2, 1876-95, 20 vols. Ser. 3, 1896-1903, 7 vols. There is a general index for each of the three series besides an index for each volume. The set is useful in connection with the study of history. Appleton's new practical cyclopedia, a new work of reference

based upon the best authorities and systematically arranged for use in home and school. Ed. by Marcus Benjamin and others. New and revised edition. N. Y. Appleton, 1920. 6 vols. This set is useful in school work.

The dictionary is an indispensab and library. The most complete dicti spelling, pronunciation, derivation and in addition may give examples of the to help illustrate the meaning, and s dictionaries do not include such detail names may not require definition, yet Many readers want to know the exact I and place names; the location of cities or something of the life or achievem order to provide such information, pro in the larger dictionaries. Such words of the more common foreign words an listed in an appendix to the volume, to include them all in the body of th

Besides the general dictionaries th particular phases of word study, as f synonyms and antonyms, pronunciation lects, and slang. The special dictionar detailed account of some phase of a the general dictionaries.

A good way to compare diction same word in a number of them and n in each case.

Century dictionary; an encyclopedic language, prepared under the su D. Whitney; revised and enlarg of Benjamin E. Smith. N. Y. Cer

Volume II is a cyclopedia of proper names; volume 12, an atlas. The dictionary was revised in 1909 and the results incorporated as supplements to the different volumes. The Century is the largest and most complete American dictionary. Murray, Sir James A. H. New English dictionary on historical principles; founded mainly on the materials collected by the Philological Society. N. Y. Oxford Univ. press. IO vols. Volume 10 (of the dictionary) has not yet

been completed.

Besides giving the origin and derivation of English words this dictionary indicates the changes in meaning and use since the tenth century. These variations are represented by examples of how the words were formerly used. This is the best dictionary for students of the English language.

New Standard Dictionary of the English language, designed to give, in complete and accurate statements, in the light of the most recent advances of knowledge and in the readiest form for popular use, the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, and etymology of all the words, and the meaning of idiomatic phrases, in the speech and literature of the English speaking peoples, together with proper names of all kinds The whole arranged in one alphabetical order, under the supervision of Isaac K. Funk. N. Y. Funk, 1923. May be obtained in either the one or two volume form.

Webster's New International Dictionary of the English language based on the International Dictionary of 1890 and 1900; now completely revised in all departments, including a dictionary of geography and biography, being the latest authentic quarto edition of the Merriam series. W. T. Harris, editor-in-chief. Springfield, Mass. Merriam, 1911.

Crabb, George. English synonyms explained in alphabetical order; revised and enlarged by the addition of modern terms. N. Y. Harper, 1917.