The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-14
TO THE, PUBLIC.

The whole tIt inst cdlulyn having been
s)id TIE Editol ha, been Iuducedto oifel new
one, OF a mole ehla, sea scaie, by reason a ti.e
many demand ,hat nave been made ior the
WORK IL 'tl varIuus palt7 the Umteu Staes.
IN favorable reception ihaL mas been given
10 thi7 " 81 Sraphleu Dct.ona y whli- II IL
gateiu, TO he compiler, may be re1aide' as
honofab To -.e y elcan community. lEe
ancient epun!ico s,sed nnonun' nts oil stone t.
give pc petuI'y t the tame ol then heroes and
sag 5 We Ould imptant the memory eiours
~ tnt eats OF oni chlldIee, t. be handed own
To their children, IL Pr ud remembrance oithe
vita ) aud talen vi men wh" never had then
supcaors Otl4oae WIN took patt III The Re
yoGil9u Il has been enPhat,cAuy sad, - the'e
were gautz in hose DAYS" II al once ont
duty ana On inte1e-t to che ish als elyrecoIec-
t II oil EN-. Ghe,e isa % ell ..ldc e ong
Ing ont mat consIltut,s a moral force OF inf
nhe yaIue tothepuGdc welfare.
fhe ecoad .iti, Will be much more valu
abe an ute esrng hit the first, t vii caa-
tai many Important Characteristic anecdotes,
g.. aey before publ, ned, 1t those lu.ttious
men who sCtcd Il con Il u All in aur StJ-
nous Rev luton. Tn Editor thinks ii proper
= 40 , taat many geutlamen, II m various
parts OF the Umon, hdV, PROMISED 90 furnish
|, nal aketches OF on IN stdl~tlnguish- d TT
AOatI1!dty nc oes, ayes and statesmen.
Ihe valuable, rare, AID eloquent papers, ia.
hen tlom the Journals OF the Rev iutIonary
Gosarcss, as wei as the Constitution olthe u.
3ta,ea--and he va.edlctory add ess OF General
Washington, Wllch The fist edition did not
contain, will give additional interest aud value To
che work
The hrst edition contained biograp cal
sketch OF the character of one hundfed and
Dltea individuals and 1t is eXpt ed the sec bnd
VIII contdla sketch OF the character, &c. OF
lofty or fifty mole, VINO have died since he
publication Of the lii edition.
Among many recommendations of the frs
edition, tue publisher will only give the follow
n:
Mr. NILES, in his REGISTER, July l, 1873,
i concluded an article on" ochoOlBOoks," with
The following obs rvations
I " | nave been led to hose few remarks, by
laying my hand Oh olume lately published
by Nj. Rogers at East ~, Pe,u. <. TITLED " A
new B'os aPnIcal Dictionary, ontainll. the
ea oi all om emine stat smen, aa,rioro,
paIro and sd .e5." it IS neatly iItrd, and,
N my opinion, one OF the best 7c"oo books NE
h"ei3r boys OF ON II to 10 Yeas ot--and
'so, highly interesting to those more advanced
III yeats. 1t has had, am told, i very extern.
ave sale, aud shall! not be soriy to h,at OF a
he" edition every yea"
Y Ntw,IoaL, Apll 10, lS14.-SIR--NcXt to
he lb!e and books f moral and religious
nature, winch Oh. ht ever 10 have a large shan e
OIL attention IN all our semlnaties OF Ia M,
scarcely any thing can be more instructive, and
certainly, nothngca be more int eresting t. an
Ingenious youth, thanbi g,aphy.
an happy > find lhal YOU hav, ruhlsed a
biographical Dietirna Y, which think we'll
c"eulaledto give the iising .enetation much
important Knowledge OF many d,stnag uist ed A
TG!cdh heross an! tatctmen. That your la
o9fssorthe lcnelit OF those, who areto succeed
VI the great thea.Te o the world, may be
e'eously iemHne,alea, Is he sncc,c wish of
!oai humble servant,
TIMOTHY ALDEN.
~. RoGERs, Esq.
CONDlrIONs.
l. The work to be comprised in an octave
hume, 10 contain bttn cen 4 "A {. 800 u oe5
aux PRICE TO Subscribers will be s., payable on
. IL viii he printed on a good paper ard
'sasome type, neatly bound aud lcttered
Wa lplIon papers to be returned to the
,9SoI' at abingdon unit the Bird OF March
S'le' lhatt'me TO Eastoa, Penn.
- he Editor viii thank gentlemen in va.
parts 1.-THE Union foi bog aphica sketch.
l E E"ar departed heroes, saaes, and statesmen
.''''on, Penn. Jan. 81, 1898.
subscriptions to the above work vii
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