The Arkansas advocate., 1832-12-19
I Nsu, Cyseaa ana Pop,slar Pcr.ol,s,.
 ENTITLED ' The Select Circulating Library CONTAINING EQUAL TO FIFTY YoLuwru3'
 FIVE DOLLARS!if foA
PROSE ECT US.

EInI. N entirely new in it's character. be expected that the publisher sio,,,. .. ~iHl scribe his plan, and the objects he Loaa' ue' accomplish. epes to
 There is growing up in the United e.. a numerous popu alton, with literary s'a'es who are scattered over large sra,a ,asles, who, distant from ike localities sl. ahd, books and literary information f,raee fsehee feel themselves at great loss fasos'e mental food which education Iss U ats tilcm 10 enjoy. Books are eiIcan;a aseed principal cities, hut in the inte,;o. o.,' ",eaF cannot be procured as soon as publiss.@ nor without considerable expense. T supply this disideratum is tie d, sisn 's 7, the present undertaking, Me eehiefob'ss 7, Y ichich, emphaticaifg IS, 10 mohe eood y,% rs.% ing cheaper, and to Pa at in q form tto, ,s'" su baing t fo epery maii's doer @"
 Books cannot be sent by mall, Tl;on. "select Circulating Library" may te " ', ceived at the most distant post Off ce ;n ,l' Union in from fifteen to twenty five as.3 ae after it's published, and at the trie;na " z, pense of two and half cents; or in a,sas words, before a book could be hound 7 l Philadelphia, our subscribers ip Ohio Vermont may be perusing it in their pa,' " l lors. -
 To elucidate the advantages oftIe .s, feet Circulating Library" such as we a,e le pose, 1t is only necessary to compare {, with some other publications. Take fly N ayerley novels for example: the (braa, ctes ofthe Canongafe occupy two ,olume. which are sold at sl 25 to sI 50. TEs whole would he readily contained in tb,os numbers of this periodical, at an expense of thifty-seyen cents, postage included So that more than three time: tle lera,,
 matter can be supplied for the same moner by adopting he newspaper form. Bn; VI consider transmission by mail. and tle early receipt of pew book, as a uos, distinguishing feature Of the puhIieat,es Distant subscribers will be placed on footing with those nearer at hand, and viii be supplied ai men. oaon homes wiA equal to about Fyfy Totumes of tLe cen mon London size for Five Dollars. Tl may not take fifty-two weeks 10 accom piish for, though not longer than on week will elapse betw cen tue issuing each number. yet, when there is pres of very interesting matter, or wleniBo or more numbers are required to contain a whole work, the proprietor will feel himself at liberty to publish at shorter in, teryals--ffiy-two numbers being the C. 1 qnivalent for five dollars.
 Arrangements have been made to re. ceiye from London an early copy oi every new book printed either in that naHof talent or in Edinburgh, together wlhiAe periodical literature of Great Briiain.-- From the former we shall select tie her .A1ueis, Memoirs, Tales, Trarels, Steicha, Biogrdphy, &c. and publish them with s much rapidity and accurary as an exteG, siye printing -office will admit From lle latter, such literary intelligence will or. casionaliy be cuiied, as will prove inter, esting to the lover of knowledge and sci. ence, literature and novelty. Good stan. dard novels, and other works, row out Of print, may also occasionally be reprodueea in our columns.
 The publisher confidently assures tle heads of families, that they need have 10 dread of introducing the ssSelect Circula. ting Librarvo iato their domestic circle. as the gentleman who has undertaken the l Editorial duties, 10 literary tastes and lah. its adds due sense of the responsibility he ! assumes in catering for an extended aud moral community, ard Of the conseqnen- ces detrimental or otherwise. that wilt 1 follow the dissemination of obnoxious or wholesome aliment. His situation and en- gagements afford him peculiar advantages and facilities for the selection of books.-- fhese, with the additional channels cre' ated by agencies at London, Liverpool, and Edinburgh, warrant the proprietor la guaranteeing faithful execution of tie ll| erary department.
 It would be supererogatory to dilate on the advantages and conveniences which snch publication presents 10 the people Of literary pursuits wherever located, out more particularly to those who resde lh retired situations-they are so obvious that the first glance cannot fail 10 nasa conviction of it's eligibility.