The Arkansas advocate., 1835-12-25
CAREY LIBRARY OF CHOICE LTTERATURr

eBE CH1OASE 1za ER6 A1U kR YHyO say that this is a reading age. imnl;a. q desire for instruction, and the meana to oratify that desire. On the first point slI are agreed on the second, there is diyers;tn both of opinion and of practice. We baya newspapers, magazines, reviews, in fne pamphlets of ali sZes, on nearly all subjects which have severally their classes Of readar, and supporters And And yet, copious as ara these means of intellectual supply, more are still needed. In addition to the reviews os the day, and passing notices of books. fbe people, in large numbers, in all parts of onr great republic, crave the possession of fba l books themselves, and details, beyond masa passing allusion, of the progress of discovery i in art and science. But though 1t be easy ta ascertain and express their wants, t is not so easy to gratify them. Expense, distance from the emporium of ofliterature, enerossjnc occupations which prevent personal apDlica. tion or even messages to libraries and hook. sellers. are so many causes to keep peonle away from the feast of reason, and the enjoy. ment of the coveted literary aliment. ifs the aim of the publishers of the Library to iobriate these difficulties, and to enable every 1 Individual, at small cost and without any personal effort, to obtain for his own use and ] that of his fayoured friends or family, valu. able works, complete, on all the branches of useful and popular literature, and that in form well adapted to the comfort of the read CT.
 The charm ofvariety, as far as 1t is com. patible with morality and good taste, will bs 1 held constantly in view in conducting the Library, to fill the pages of which the cur rent literature of Great Britain, in all its various departments of Biography, History. Travels, Novels and Poetry, shall be freely put under contribution. With, perchance. occasional exceptions, 1t is intended to give entire the work which shall be selected for publication When circumstances authorize 1 the measure, recourse will be had to the 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 n1iscel- laneous character of q Magazine, and consist of sketches of men and things, and notices of novelties in literature and the arts, through out the civilized world. A full and regular supply of the literary monthly and hebdom- adal journals of Great Britain and Ireland, in addition to home periodicals of similar cha racter, cannot fail to provide ample materials for this part of our work.
 The resources and extensive correspond. ence of the publishers, are the best guarantee for the continuance of the enterprise in which they are now about to emb1,k, as well as for the abundance of the materials to give 1t va- iue in the eyes of the public. As far as judi cious selection and arrangement are eoncer- ed, readers will, 1t Is hoped, have reason to be fully satisfied, as the editor of the Library is not stranger to them. but has more than once obtained their favorable sufrages for hls past literary efforts.
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 The work will be published in weekly num- bers, in stitched covers, each number con taining t,oeuty imperial ocsaro pages, with double columns, a,akipg tteo D6tttmeS ariiidt- ty, of more than 520 octayo pages, each ro- tame; and at the expiration of every SIX months, subscribers will be furnished with handsome title page and table of contents The whole amount of matter furnished ina single year will be equal to more than forty coiumeS of the common sized English duode- elmo books. The paper upon which the b. brary will be printed, will be of the finest quality used for book work, and of a size ad- mirably adapted for binding. As the type
  ance, each volume, when bound will furnish handsome, as we'll as valuable, and not cum brous addition to the libraries of those who patfonze the work.
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 The first number will be issued on the lst of October next.
 Philadelphia, July IT, ls35.--29-tf
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