The Arkansas advocate., 1836-01-29
aa CAREY LIBRARY 1 GE CHOICE LITER ATTIRE,

&S -AsAAs sAS <- sA@ss3% %@<s<t E OF CHOICE LfF ERR ATURE. YESO say that this is a reading age. imnlies
 a desire for instruction. and the rneans to pratify that desire. On the first poiftall are aoreed on the second, there is tiigersitv both of opinion and of practice. We have magazines, reviews, in fine. pamphlets of all sizes, ennearly all subjects which have severally their classes of readers and supporters. And yet, eopious as arc these means of intellectual supply. more ara still needed. In addition to the reviews of the day, and passing notices of books, the people, in large numbers, in all parts of opr great republic, crave the possession of inc books themselves, and details, beyond mere passing alIusion, of the progress of discovery in art and science. But though it be easy ta ascertain and express their wants, it is not SO easy to gratify them. Expense, distance from the emporium of literature, engrossne Ioccupations which prevent personal applied. ton or even messages to libraries and book sellers. are so many causes to keep peopIe away from the feast of reason, and the enjoy. Iment of the coveted literary aliment. 1t is the aim of the publishers of the Library to obviate these difficulties, and to enable every individual, at small cost and without any personal effort, to obtain for his own use and that of his favoured friends or family, ,,valp.. able works, complete, on all the branches of useful and popular literature, and that in q fern. well adapted to the comfort of the read. CT. #I}fz. a-5#5 zfe The charm of variety, as far as it is com, or., patible with morality and good taste, will be held constantly in view in conducting the Library, to fill the pages of which the cur Trent literature of Great Britain, in all it's 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 the measure, recourse will be had to the literary stores. of Continental Europe, and 1 tfanslations made from French, Italian, or l German. as the case. may be.
 Whilst the body of the work viii be a reprint, or at times translation of entire volumes, the cover will exhibit the misee laneous character of | Magazine, and consist 1 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 u similar cha- racter, cannot fail to provide ample materials 1 for this part of our work. ie sBaza s9
 The resources and extensive correspond ence of the publishers, are the best guarantee 1 for the continuance of the enterprise in which l they are now about to embark, as well as for l the abundance of the materials to give 1t va i lue in the eyes of the public. AS far as judi eions selection and arrangement are concern ed, readers will, 1t 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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