Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-21
PROSPECTUS.

Tn presenting the hrsi number OF the
AcADr MIcIAN to the public, the Editors
have zee led it unnecessary to expatiate
u,on The utility Of periodical publications
in diffa.iDg knowledge, and cencen'ra.
ting scts aud opinions, waich, though IN
su.aled, are yet of reai Importance,
10 enter into a minute detail OF cir
cumstances, which haze gwen origin 10
the preseat work, would be Of little use.
Unwilling TO excite expectations which
they may not realize, they desire that
the spirit and ability Win "'nch It !, sx-
.cuted, be the crite.ian by which it may
he estimated. They well know, that a
p1mpeus prospectus, or w1rdy adve Use
ment, is not the standard by which the
intelligent aud learned apPra sc the me,
mt, vt q voIume-and tina, tue partial
PROMISES Of al author afe often deluslVe.
W.,h regard TO the subj jets which The
etliio;s intend to embrace. i is lmpnssi
Bile to enter into details 1t may, now
ever, be satisfactory to enumerate the
Principal traits CT their plao. These viii
CONSIST Of ob-rryattons 0n Pohte tterd
ture; essays in moral and physical sci
eacc biographical sketches q "tStln-
guShea persons; Poetry original and
selected; Criticism : StrictnrcS on The
best modes Of education; notices gt IL
tsruryand Philosophical lnStitutions,9'c.
Tnc literature auG state 1t educau u
in our owu country, will claim pa ucuIar
attic ntion, add our exertIon, IN thrr cause
will be cheerful and persevering.
Desirous OF rendering thls work sub
seryient TO the interests of those engaged
in ins,ructing youth, the editors are led
10 believe, that 10 show the mos, apprO-
We. methods OF performing a.ithmeucal
calculations, will be of essential utility.
No method is better adapted to elicit
the exeruons 0. the mind, and render it
dependant Oh its own operations than 20
lutlOus of problems in science. The edi-
tors, therefore, will commence series Of
such under the different heads OF arith-
metic oegianing in this science, as In
all others to insure success, with easy
questions, and gradually proceed 10 more
difficult They will be original and Sc
lected. This plan is adopted, as they
arc convinced there are Raay useful pro-
blems, whose solutions have not YET been
made public, or If they have, more ee-
giant aud inseniou. ones may be obtained.
aster the conclusion Of the arithmen.
cal part, the editors intend TO prosecute
a similar course 10 Algebra, Geometry,
Tr,ponometry, &c and their applications
20 the different branches OF mixed Ma
theniatics.
Viewing the diffusion of knowledge
and a rightly cultivated mind, Is the foam
dalton ON which rests The PerPetu'y OF
our republican institutions and the best
interests Of society, they conclude by as
suriug the public. that they Shall exc
themselves in So impor ant cause anu
.ndeayour to execute the dlthcult task
which, as editors, they impose upon them
selves.
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n the editors oil the Acadesician, Post
Olxe, New York; will be thankfully re-
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coNUTIoNs.
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Az, Vo.t March, 1918