Text: Edgar Allan Poe (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), June 7, 1845, vol. 1, no. 23, p. ???-???

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NEW WORKS LATELY RECEIVED.

[Under this heading we propose to give merely the title, or a succinct account, of all new works which may come to hand, and which are not reviewed at length in another portion of the Journal. Many of the publications here announced, however, will be made the subject of review hereafter. Those marked with an asterisk will certainly be noticed in full.]

An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language: To which is added a Vocabulary of Greek, Latin, Scripture, Christian, and Geographical Names, with their Pronunciation; together with a Collection of Words and Phrases from Foreign Languages, often met with in the Works of English Writers, with their Signification. Edited by William Bolles. New London. Published by Bolles & Williams.*

An admirable work. We give, for the present, merely its table of Contents:

Preface — Introduction — Directions to Foreigners — Directions to the natives of Ireland — An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language — A Vocabulary of Greek and Latin Proper Names, with their Pronunciation — A Vocabulary of Scripture Proper Names, with their Pronunciation — A Vocabulary of Christian or given Names, with their Pronunciation — A Vocabulary of Geographical Names, with their pronunciation — Words and Phrases from Foreign Languages, with their Signification — A List of Abreviations [[Abbreviations]], with their Explanations — Maxims and Proverbs, alphabetically arranged — Distinguished Characters of Ancient Greece, arranged by Centuries — Distinguished Characters of Ancient Rome, arranged by Centuries — Distinguished Characters of Several European Nations — Distinguished Characters of Great Britain — Value of Money of Different Countries.