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American English Dictionary.-The following is an extract from letter of Sir Herbert Croft, addressed to the Princess Royal of England, and printed in quarto in 1797 Whether his opinions may be call ed prophecy conjecture, let the possessor of Web ster's Dictionary judge. The passage is worthy of notice in the United States:

 "The further history of the other three quarters of the world, will probably be much affected by the Americans, such being the language of Engand.@,. The natives write the language particularly well considering they have dictionary yet, and how n- sufficient Johnson'ss. Washingtons speeches seldom exhibited more than word or two liable to the least obection and from the style of his publications, as much, or more accuracy may be expected from his successor, Adams. Perhaps we are, just now, not very far distant from the precise moment for some grand attempt with regard to fixing the standard of our language (no language be fxed) in America. Such an attempt would think, succeed in America, for the same reasons that would make it fail in Eng land; whither, however it would communicate its good effects Deservedy immortal would be that patroton either side of the Atlantic who should suc- ceed iu such an attempt"