The Arkansas advocate., 1832-12-12
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 ENTITLED The Select sTr, uisstipg Ibrary. CONTAINING FpuAL TO fIF1y VOLUMES FOX FIVE DOLT4AKS!Il
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PROSPECTUS.
 E " presenting to the public periodical, sisifeiJ new Tn LIS eharacter, if will
 be expected that tine publisher should de- scribe lis plan, and the bjeetshe Aopes to accomplish.
 There Is sgrowinE i'p in the uniteti States a numerous popu aiion, literary tastes. who are scattered oyer large space and. who, distant from the localities whence
 books and literary information cmanatc. feel theinselves at great less fof tiIat
 mental food which education lias fitted
 them to enjoy. Books are cheap in onr
 principal cities, but in the interior they
 cannot be procured soon as published, hor without consid deraLle expense. To supply this dIsideratum is tie d. sign of
 the present undertaking, fhe chief oLiecf of' sohich, emphdficdHy is, 10 mahe = ood ,.ead- ing cheaper, dndfo pat a ina form fAai qcilk bffng T 10 eeery mans s door.
 Books cannot be sent by mall, willie tho ssselect Circulating Library may be re- ceiyed at the most distant post office in tho
 'inIon Tn from fifteen to twenty-five days after II IS published, and at tte trifiing ex. pense of two and half cents or in other words, before a book could be hound in Philadelphia, our subscribers iii Ohio or Vermont may be perusing il in their par lors.
 To eiucidate tlle advantages ofthe stSe- feet Circulating iibrary," such as we pro- pose, It IS only necessary 10 con pare 1t with some other publications. Take tho " averley novels for example: the Chro5i- etes of the Canongafe occupy two volumes. which are sold at $l 25 to Sl 5e. The whole would he readily contained in tiiree numbers of this periodical, al an expense 1 af thirty-seyen cents, postage included ' So that more than three times tiie literary lmatter can be supplied for the same money by adopting the newspaper form But wo consider transmission by mail, and tfe early receipt of new book. as a nest distinguishing feature of the publication. Distant subscribers will be placed on a. fooiing wlth those nearer at hand, and will De supplied af fhei, otoa homes with equal 10 about Fi5iy Tolumes ofthe com-s mon London size for Five Dollars. This
 may not take ffty-two weeks 10 acccm,
 plish.; for, though not longer than one
 week will elapse between fhe issuing of
 each number, yet, when there IS a prcss
 of very interesting natter. or when two or more numbers are required 10 contain whole work, the proprietor will feel himself at liberty 10 publish at shorter in- l teryals--ffty-two numbers being fhe e. qniva lent for five dollars.
 Arrangements have been made to re- eeiye from London early copy of every new book printed either in that mart of talent or m Edinburgli, togetherw with tho periodical Literature of Great Britain ---- From the former we shall select the best .Norets, .liemoirs, Tales, Iraveis, Shcfches. Bfogrdphy, &c. and publish them wit. as much rapidity and accnrary as ar exten- siye printing -oficc will admit. From the latter, such literary intelligence willsoc- { lcaslonally be cuiled, as will prove inter- estIug to the lover of knowledge and sci-. ence, literature and novelty. Good stan- dard novels, and other works, Eow out of print may also occasionally be reproduced 1 in our columns. ] Ihe publisher confidently assures tIlcs heads of families, that they need lave no dread of ofintrodncing Ire ss Select Circaila-- l ting LibTarv' into their domestic circle as the gentleman who has undertaken D tho
 Editorial duties, 10 literary tastes and hab- It's adds dne sense ef the .cscc:s: y: ..,s. assumes in catering for an extended and
 moral community, ard of tho conscqucs1-a ces detrimental or otherwise, tI.ai will follow the dissemination of obnoxious on
 wholesome alimcnt. His situationgand en-
 gagefnefits afford him peculiar advantages and facilities for the selection of books.- These, with the addition al channels crc- ated by agencies as London, Liverpool.
 and Edinburgh, warrant tie -ptorristor in guaranteeing faithful execution of tue lit
 erary department.
 l tt would be supererogafory to dilatc pn the advantages and conyeniences which such publication presents lu tlc people of literary pursuits wherever located, tsit more particularly to those wlo reside isi retired situations-tlscy are so obvious 1 that the first glance cannot fail 10 flash { conviction of its eligibility.
 TERMS.
 < The Select Circulating Lihrary'' will be printed weekly on double medium sheet of fine paper in octave form, with three columns on page, and mailed with great care, so as io carry safely to the most distant post office.
 It will be printed and finished with tho same care and accuracy as book work = Ihe whole fifty two numbers will form a volume. well worth preservation. of s3g pages, equal in quantity to 1900 pages, or three volumes, of Recs' Cyclop@dia. Each volume will be accompanied with Title page and Index.
 The price is Flve Doilars for fifty-tw0 numbers of sixtcen.pages cach.-a price at which if cannot be afforded unless extcn- siyely patronized. FP4ynent at niE Times in ndvdnce.
 Agents who procure five subscribers. shall have a receipt in full by re1nittinp S2O, and proportionate compensation for iE