THE NEW-YORK EXPOSITOR ; OR, FIFTH BOOK: BEING, A COLLECTION OF THE MOST USEFUL WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. BY RICHARD WIGGINS. To which is added, A VOCABULARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS. BY JOHN GRISCOM. THE WHOLE SELECTED, DIVIDED, ACCENTUATED OF JOHNSON AND WALKER. 1040 FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. NEW-YORK: PRINTED AND SOLD BY SAMUEL WOOD, 1814. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 96505B ASTOR JUNGX AND DISTRICT OF NEW-YORK, ss. TILDEN FORMATION L. S. BE IT REMEMBERED. That on the 5th day of July, in the thirty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Samuel Wood, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims, as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "THE NEW YORK EXPOSITOR; or, Fifth Book: being, a collection of the most useful words in the English Language, by Richard Wiggins; to which is added, a Vocabulary of Scientific Terms, by John Griscom. The whole carefully selected, divided, accentuated and explained, with references to a Key for their pronunciation: chiefly on the authorities of Johnson and Walker. For the use of Schools." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned :" and also to an Act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled an act, for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints. CHARLES CLINTON, Clerk of the District of New-York. PREFACE. 茶 40 DE THE Publisher of the present volume, having completed the series of Spelling books, which he had in view, and submitted them to the Public, has been induced to believe, from the favourable reception they have met with, as well as from other considerations, that an Expositor, or selection of words, properly accentuated and explained, would not only form a valuable addition to the former series, as a spelling book, but would prove acceptable in our schools as a book of definitions. This opinion has been sanctioned by several persons, whose experience in teaching gives weight to their approbation. The present collection has been arranged by two teachers in New-York. Their object has been to make a copious selection of the most useful words in our language; to mark the accent and pronunciation conformable to our best authorities, and in the defini. tions, to combine, as far as practicable, brevity with precision. Such words as would offend the ear of delicacy in mixed schools, have been carefully omitted. The list of scientific terms, the publisher presumes, will be considered as no small recommendation to a work of this kind. When we reflect upon that grow ing attention to many of the liberal sciences which has marked the progress of education for several years past, and take into view the facility which an early acquaintance with terms, affords to the acquisition of knowledge, it is not a little surprising, that greater pains have not been taken in our common schools, to make the most useful terms of science familiar to our youth. In the size and price of the book, regard has been had to economy, and to the convenience of learners. S. W. |