The Arkansas advocate., 1833-01-02
PROSPECTUS

N presenting ID the pubic. peric6;c., R entirely new in it's character, if w;a be expected that the publisher should 5a scribe lis plan, and the objects lie lopes '. aeeemplissa.
 There is growing up in the United Sia.o, a anumero pepu satien ,withliterary tasta. who are scattered over large space and ', ;,,,. iies vlsass books and literary inforn,ation emana,o feel themselves at a great less for n'st ,lleIItai fooi V .sess. tssss;esitoi, iiias it,ea ilsen 10 eni6g. Hooks are chean in .m- principal eities, but in the interior tIss cannot be procured as soon as published nor without cons siderable expense. Fa supply this disideratnn. is tie 9esign e, the b1esent undertaking. the eAief oliectd rukieh, emphafieaHY Is, 10 usuke good reoi iag tcapfr, andlp paf Il n q form fiQf ,p;a Jq'4rg af 10 egcry ntaa $ door.
 Books cannot be sent by mall, wlyileiss EssSelcct Circulating Iibrary'' may bers. ceiveei at tie most distant post oflice in N.
 Union in from fifteen to twenty-five da, after it IS pubIislfcd, and al the trifling es. es penses of two and half cents; or in etle,
 words, before q book could be bound s
 Philadelphia, our subscribers in Ohio o,
 Vernoli may be petusing il ia their par, iurs.
 To el,loidate the advantages Of tic ess. le ct Circulating Library, such as we pro.
 pose. 1t is only necessary to compare f with some other publications. Take tle Y ayerley novels for example: the Caroai. c{es afthe Canoagafe occupy two volumes. witch arc sold at sl 9 to SI 50. The wlloie would he readily contained in three
 numbera of sLis periodical, al an expense of tkirty-seYen cents, postage included So that more than tlrec times tue literau matter can be supplied for lbe same mouey | by adopting the newspaper farm. But NC consider transmission by nIail, and t1e leariy receipt of q new hook, as mos distinguishing feature of the publication Distant subscribers will be placed or f. . [ n ss-a IL fiaasa-naarer al hand ss. viii De supplied at Hteir oaoit if.omes witp equal to about IsdjIy Tolssmes of the com may not take fifty-two weeks 10 accon plish for, though not longer than one week aiil elapse between tic issuing each number, yet, when there is pres Of very interesting matter, or when t5s
 or snore numbers arc required to eonlaia a whole work, tIae proprietor vii! feel Himself at liberty to publish at siorteriu. terva.s-- fifty.two Plumbers being the r. quiyalent for five dollars.
 Arfang ensents have been made to re tceiye from London an. early copy oi eyey rev book printed either in that mattai talent or in Edinhargl, together withih periodical literature of Great Briian,-- itrans the former we shall select the best .Noee1s, .7lemofss. Iates, Traseis, SksIeAs, Bipgraphy, S.e. and publish them with sE Imnci. rapIdIty aud accHrary as az sxteH- siye printing office will admit. Fromtle latter, such literary intelligence will ocs Ecasionally he culled, as will prove inter esting to Gle logerof knowledge and sci. eaee, literature and yelty. Good stan dard novels, and other works, row cutol print, may also occasionally be reproduced iii our columns.
 The publisher confidently assures ths heads of families, that they need have no dread of introducing tiie Select Cifcula. ting Library iuto their domestic circle, as tho gentleman who has undertaken ths Editorial duties, 10 literary tastes and habs tits adds a due sense of the responsibilityn n assumes in catering for an extended aaa moral community, ard Of the consequen. lccs detrimental or ofherwise, that Wlli follow the tlisscminatien of obnoxi0us of wholesome alinent. His situation and en- agreements afford. him peculiar advantages and facilities for tho selection Of books These, with the additional channels ere ated by agencies at London, Liverpoo', and Edinburgh, warrant the pfoprieto, '. ~ guaranteeing faithful execution of the ilaa arary department.
 1t would be aupererogatory to diiate oa the advantages and conveniences wlleh such q publication presents fhe peoPs of literary pursuits wherever iocatca, ou'
 more particularly to those who reslce IT retired situations-they arc so obs,ous tiiat tiie first giance cannot fail % nasa conviction of it's eligibility.
 TERMS
 z The Select Circulating Lihrary" VIII be printed weekly on double meo'am sheet of fine papor in octayo form, win three columns on page, and mallea wln a great care, so as to carry safely to th' most distant post office.
 IL will be printed and finished with tho same care and accuracy as book work The whole fifty-fwo numbers will iorn1 1oa volnmc, well worth preservation, oi o"s pages, equal in quantity to l2eo pages !" threc volumes, of Recs' Cyclop@aia Each volume will be accompanied WYE Title-page aud Index
 rhe price IS Isyc Dollars for afty-lxe numbers of sixteen pages cach-a pf'ce@ whichit cannot be afforded unless exleai siveIy patronized. or Payment a' aa times in advance.
 Agents who procure five subscribers shall have n receipt in full by remlttias so, and proportionate compensatioa'o Y. a larger numbers This arrangements v made to increase the circulation to an ss- tent whicis will make it an object to pa5 agents Iibcrally. Clubs of indiuiduals ny tlslts procure the t0ork Joy $i. ty 's'lafsass l' khelas geaalgances-
 Sti .,ts may pal