The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-11
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 a desire for instruction, and fba ',,,pi'es r.p to gratify that desire. On the first no;.. a'eans are agreed on the second, there is d;sas' all both of opinion and of practice. Wsehlsly newspapers, magazines, reviews. in ssse ss pamphlets of all sizes, on nearly ali sph;au, aas, which asoVera.iy tiieia classes q, roa Sa and supporters. And yet, eopious as .-sas these means of intellectual supply. nosa ale still needed. h addition to the rev;a'.s are the day, and passing notices of boots s, people, in large numbers, in all parts of as m. great republic, crave the possession or " yul books themselves, and details, beyond mess sse passing allnsion of the progress of discore.', in art and science. But though it be ssss. ascertain and express their wants. f ! ;saso VI so easy to gratify them. Expense. d;ss.as .'Os from the emporium of literature. ennross;s. ;,se occupations which prevent personal sJss.s anna,s tion or even messages to libraries and %el sellers, are so many causes to keen ne,s.ls away from the feast of reason, and the ar;sa M ment of the coveted literary aliment. ifg it;s the aim of the publishers of the Iihrsrn = obviate these difficulties, and to enable es.s. - individual, at small cost and without =! personal effort, to obtain for his own nse al that of his favoured friends or familv- vol able works, complete, on all the branches og useful and popular literature, and thai ;ns form well adapted to the comfort of the read CT.
 The charm of variety, as far as 1t is con. patible with morality and good taste. willhe held constantly in view in conducting fhs Library, to fill the pages of which the e,r, rent literature of Great Britain, in All '. various departments of Biography, Histor. Travels, Novels and Poetry, shall be fredg, put under contribution. With, perehapm. occasional exceptions, 1t Is intended to sve entire the work which shall be selected nr publication. When circumstances autbonze the measure, recourse will be had to be literary stores of Continental Europe. and translations made from French, Italian. or German, as the case may be.
 Whilst the body of the work will be. reprint, or at times translation of entire volumes, the cover will exhibit the misce laneous character of a Magazine, and consist of sketches of men and things, and notieesof novelties in literature and the arts. througb- out the civilized world X full and regnar supply of the literary monthly and hebdom- a,di;ll journals of Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to home periodicals of a similar cha. raeter, cannot fail to provide ample materials for this part of our work.
 The resources and extensive correspond enee of the publishers, are the best guarantee for the continuance of the enterprise in which they are now about to embark, as well as for the abundance of the materials to give 1t va lne in the eyes of the public. As far as judi. eious selection and arrangement are concern. ed, readers will, it is hoped, have reason to be fully satisfied, as the editor of the Library Is not a stranger to them. but has more than once obtained their favorable suffrages for his past literary efforts
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