Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1836-02-12
Fourth Year Of WaIdie's
E.ibrary.
BOOKS BY MAIL!
Prospectus Of too net0 Volumes for
1886.

Il. since the proprietor Of Waldie's
Select Circulating Library laid before
the public his original prospectus for
a valuable library, the great features
Of which were Cheapness, aud the ia.
ciIity Of a rapid transportation by
mail. The most ample success has
attended the enterprise, and the effects
upon the reading community, it is be-
lieved, have been wholesome.
The fourth year will commence on
the first Tuesday Of January 1885, at
which period it will be necessary to
determine the additional amount Of
copies to be printed, subscriptions be.
ing taken only from January of each
year. The entire success Of the Ii.
brsry is the best guarantee that can
be given of its continuance. 1t was
the first 10 supply books By m'ois at a
mere per centage Of their former cost; /;
it has outIived more than thirty puer'
lie attempts atimitatiOn; and has now
an extensive list of patrons who are
of the most solid and valuable class Of
citizens in every part of theUnion, as
wei | as inforeign countries.
The object Of Waldie's Library,
its use and its purpose, is enjoyment
liberal and intellectual, To all who
love mental banquet, without being
compeAed to depend on places of pub
lie resort, this publication furnishes a
most valuable desideratam, supplying
polite literature Of character to enlarge
and improve the mind. The time
and attention of the editor, himself a
reader from inclination as we'll as du'
lty, are devoted 10 the procurement OF
works of an elevated standard Of intel
lect wich may be admitted into every
family without hesitation by the most
fastidious, and become a rallying
point for all its members, promoting
social bellies lettres reading and con
versalion, the veriety thus collected
from the whole mass of published
works, mostly new, embraces Biogra
ply, Novels, Voyages and Travels,
Sketches, Tales, and Select History,
personal memoirs of extraordinary 10
dividuals, and curious adventure, &c,
SC. Ar amount equal to fifty Lon
don dlodecimo volumes is thus annu
ally furnished in weekly numbers, al
a cost only equal TO one of the London
works. The plan thus embraces the
whole range OF popular literature, and
the work has now become so univer.
sally diffused in every part OF the Uni
on as to form no inconslderabIe por'
tion of literature Of the country, and
with which an acquaintance has be
come really necessary fur those who
mix in society.
The Library as now conducted dis
seminates books to all parts Of The
country 10 from FIVE 10 six weeksaftel
their issue in London. Five dollars
per annum expended in this way will
supply good reading for a whole cir
Gle or family; fora cent and q ha 81
a day, postage included, q duOdecimc
book is sent every week, making in
the course of the year more than three
volumes of Rees's Cyclopedia. One
volume of the Library, containing
from fifteen TO twenty entire works
can be bound at an expense little ex
cceding that of binding either sepa
rateIy, and constitutes a concentrated
collection forming never falling re-
source of amusement and instruction,
and which must alwaysbe worth the
price thrt has been paid for it. The
most ample testimony has been spon
taneously afforded that this work ha'
contributed, to the pleasure of thou
sands, who but for The resource il al
tOrded, must have been left with minds
unoccupied, or thrown into unprofita
BILE and uncongenial society Thi:
immense supply of periodical reading
has thus been welcomed every where
as means Improvement, and sui
stitute for the small talk of idle listles'
ness so apt to employ a large portion
of the time of the many.
Waldle's Library is published eve
ry Tuesday, accompanied by a cove
of four quarto pages, entitled, Th'
Journal Of Bellies Lettres, containing
reviews of new books, literary intel
ligence of all kinds, tales, lists Of nev
books, SC. thus combining the advan
tages Of aLibrary, aud amusement 0
q magazine aud newspaper;th whol'
for $5 per annum, or clubs of FIVE in