The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-02-13
TO TIE, PUBLIC.

The Whole oi the IN 81 edition having been
sold, the i.ditor has been induced to otlet new
one, on more enlal sed scale, by reason ii the
many demands that have been made Tor the
wolk from various puts oil the United Sta. T..
The favorable reception that has been gwen
10 this :. Biogtaphical DIctiona y" while 1t l.
gratelul 10 lac compiler, may be re-, al ded as
hoDolab eto the AneIlcan ccmmuuiy. The
ancient ci,ubiics aiscd monuments oil stone to
give pc, petuity u the lame oil Their heroes AID
say S W. would imrant the memory ot0ur's
ia tue hea, Is oil oul children, to be handed own
To htif chnlufen, IN p oud rememb, &C 81 the
vi tn > ans taleu.s II mCn who nIrcg hal then
supe,io,s Oftaose Who toek pat IN lie liz
w u 10 8, i has bee emphatieal.y said, =" there
were giants IN hose days" Ii is at once ON
luty an ourinlel. Ito che ish aliyelyleeol.ec-
ION oi I'm. Iae3e isaa honest pnde be ons
my tot that CONSTITUTES d moral force OF mi
nI.y u tothepuhlic welfare.
The -ocond Z iii n viii be mnoh more Valu
able and lte tsting han the fist, a. 1t vii con
tair many ,apoltant chaIactelistlc anecdotes,
Y t,ev. / beiole published, OF those l,lustiIuus
.nen Who acted a COM. ionaus part IN our glo-
nous Rcvolutis n. The Editor thinksit Idoper
t ad that many ge,tlsmen, from various
parts ut the Union, have promised TO furnish
oI Il inai etche vi our mostdistlngulehs he
The valuable, tate, aid eloquent papers, Ia
ken I ON the Journals OF tie Rev lutIonary
Congress, AZ well al tic Cunsltu ion oIthe L
5 atcs--andthe Va'edlctoly address OF Genera
Va hington, which the Inst EDITION did not
contain, Will glye I.dItIonaIntcrest and value to
he work.
The fist edition contained biographical
-ket Oh u the character oi one hUndrtd oHd
diieeu in ieid ais, aud il is expected the second
vii CO. tai 4 a sketch the character, NJ. oi
tolty / fifty mole, who have died since the
publ cato, al he IL 81 edition..
Among many recommendations of the frs
edition, the publisher will only give the follow
n
Mr. Mus, in his Register, Juy |, 1915,
conclude, an article on" che lBooks," with
ne fol oAlng o. s.lvatte ms
q have been led TO these few remarks, by
laying N, hand ON a volume lately published
~ ,ir. Rogers, al Easton. Penn. entitled " y
new Bia1 aphical Dictionary, containing the
lives OF all onI eminent Statesmen, hefoel
p,.ri,t5 anl 'a-es.'
Nf".Yo X, Ap il 16, lni4.-SiR--NeXt to
ne ,bIe an boots If moral and religious
nature, which ought ever to haV large share
oil attcnuon III all our sem nariee' OF learnlhG
srai cely any thing can he mutc ms ruttre, aIo
certairiv nothing can be moie mi ereelIhs, 10 All
neenious youth, thanbiogl aphy.
am happy =. find that YOU have pabl'sed
8iosraphl.a al Dictiona Y, which ] thInk Wi
c4ie,l!attdto give the rising generation nucl
important knowledge oil many Distinguished A
neli can he oes and ~tat,tmcn That your "a
hols fal the benefit oil those, who a,eto succeed
us on tn q eat ,heale q the world, may III
scs erousl, rcmnncratea, i the since'e wish O
YOU humble servant,
TIMOTHY ALDEN.
L. J. RoGERs, Esq.
CONDITIONS.
/. The work to be comp,is ed in an oc'as
! volume, TO contain between ! a 30O paGe'
/ The pee To sub critters Will be s., payable .
/ de IH.iY.
,. 1t will be printed on good paper an
! handsome tyJe, neatly bound aud eteied,
s,ubsciii tion pape,s to lie ietuGed 10 III
Ed,tu,, al Nl-hin 1ton mitii the 5rd OF MAJ ci
aud alter thattlnle /" Easo on, Penn.
n p fhe Editor vii thank geniicmen IN Vi
RIOTS puts ofthe U'ion foi bog aphical sketci
t, ofoat dep hed heroes, sas's, and statesmen
Easton, penn Ian. ", 1875.
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