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London, England, 1835-05-11 00:00:00

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5. BEAUTIES of the BIBLE, with Notes, by an eminent
Dignitary of the Church of England, 3s. 6d.
6. The MORAL WORLD DEVELOPED, by a Church Cler-
gyman, 55., will be dedicated to the Rev. Sydney Smith.
7. FEMLE ANTHOLOGY, ss. 6d. (by permission) to
Lady Byron.
8. The VOLUME of the AFFECTIONS, or Bridal Offering,
10s. 6d., will be dedicated (by permission) to the Duchess of Bue-
cleugh.
9. The NATIONAL EXPOSITOR, 7s. to Lord Melbourne.
10. The BOOK of the MIND, 2 vols. 15s. to Sir Robert Peel.
11. The TRIUMPHS of GENIUS, 7s. 6d., to the Duke of
Wellington.
12. TALES from the LITERATI, 2 vols., 155., to E. L. Bul-
wer, Esq., M.P.
13. HISTORY of WOMAN, by the Editor of My Daughter's
Book, 7s. 6d. (by permission) to Lady Emily S. Wortley.
14. ILLUSTRATIONS of the ARTS and SCIENCES, in
Two Parts, by Professor Dewhurst. The MS. resented to the
Society, without charge (an example which it is hoped will be
imitated generally.) 10s.
kW Clergymen of every denomination of Christians will be
supplied with the Society's publications at a reduced price. on ap-
plication to the District Wholesale Bookseller, who will have the
exclusive privilege of doing so, with a view to extend, in the
sphere of their practical benevolence, the circulation of them
among the uneducated adults and unschooled youth of his parish.
London : Published by " The Society for the Promotion of
Elementary Knowledge ; ' and sold by Messrs. Shaw and Sons
137-38, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street ; and by all the Bookselkrs ;
Messrs. Galignani and Bennis, Paris ; Pratt, Brussels ; and W.
Jackson, New York.

GENERAL CIRCULAR,
Addressed to their Majesties, the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy &c. &c.
Society's Office for the Promotion of Elementary
Knowledge upon Religious Principles.
London, 13, Clifford's Inn.
The sole and important object this Society has in view will be to
publish and supply at a very moderate or cheap rate such elemen-
mentary works as are considered eminently calculated to teach the
untutoredyouth and adult learner, in the most ready and successful
manner, in the shortest space of time, and without any further exe
pens* to them than that consequent upon the purchase of " Th-
Schoolmaster at Home," 3s. 6d. ; " The Book for the Million,"
ss. 6d. ; and, finally, if their means will permit, " The Young
Gentleman's Book." These volumes of "The Library of Elemen-
tary Knowledge" are sold at a price which it will be clearly per-
ceived cannot cover the cost of paper, printing, &c., leaving the
labours of the editor wholly unremunerated. But upon this point
the Society would be distinctly understood ; not only the literary,
but also the current expenses or disbursements, including the salary
of the managing director, are proposed to be defrayed out of the
funds of the Society, which are already in a condition to enable the
Committee to prosecute the prospective desideratum, the ultimate
accomplishment of which must be looked forward to with increasing
and devout anxiety. The benevolent and pious ministers of our
indestructible Protestant Church are hereby deferentially called
upon respectively to render what assistance they can, if not by pri-
vate and unostentatious subscriptions to the funds, by their literary
contributions of an elementary and educational kind ; together with
what other moral and religious essays they may conceive of, both
for the mediate and immediate advantages of this Society, the one
superior concernment of which is to quicken the enlightenment of
the uneducated of all ranks and conditions of their Protestant and
other Christian brethren.

To those eminent for their rank, fortune, and influence, the So-
ciety, through their :Managing Director, addresses itself especially
in the full and fair hope that however limited their Subscriptions
may prove to be, they will render that aid at a time when the
largest share of assistance is most needed—namely, at the beginning
of an undertaking so altogether worthy of their benevolent and re-
ligious consideration.

-Another and perhaps most desirable manner of forwarding the
one great object and vital interest of this Society might be privately
accomplished by humane and wealthy Christians (who modestly
despise ostentatious charity, as well as the publicity of it), by pur-
chasing their elementary works for the only purpose of giving them
to those uneducated persons whom they may consider worthy ob-
jects of their charity, and who may stand in need of instruction.
The Committee respectfully intimate, that they see no reason
whatever for publishing the names of subscribers from time to time,
thereby creating an expense to no good end; and further, that all
and every Subscription will be duly registered, and may be investi-
gated by any known subscriber, on application at the Secretary's
Office, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, between the hours
of twelve and three o'clock ; that all communications of a literary
character may be addressed, post paid, to the Managing Director
and Honorary Secretary. But that letters containing Subscrip-
tions should be addressed to the Select Committee at the Society's

Office,
April, 1835.

T. H. CORNISH, Hon. Sec.