Have We a National Standard of English Lexicography? Or, Some Comparison of the Claims of Webster's Dictionaries, And Worcester's Dictionaries
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Yet there are others besides Webster's, which sell much more than W^orcester's, doubtless, as Walker's. The inference from these facts, is obvious. I. J^ew York, March 28, 1854. Messrs. G. & C. Merriam : — Of small Dictionaries, we sell about as many Webster as of all others. Of the large, nine-tenths of all we sell are Webster. A. S. BARNES & CO. a. JVew York, March -27, 1854. Our sale of Webster's Dictionaries is about twenty to one of all others. We sell no other large Dictionary. Only three... Worcester's large 8vo. have been sold by us the past year. We sell some Walker 8vo., but only to the Canada market. IVISON & PHINNEY. 3. JSTcw York, HOth March, 185i. Estimate of numbers sold during the year ]853 : 600 Walker, 150 Cobb, 250 Worcester (all sizes), 100 Cobb's and Johnson's Pocket, 6,250 Webster, all sizes — showing Webster six to one of all ntiiers, nearly. YYY PRATT, WOODFORD & CO. 4. J\rew York, March 25, 1854. Our sales of Webster's Dictionary are about three-fourths of all we sell.
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