Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-10-07
PROSPECTUS or THE
YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK;
or MAGAZINE OF
USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNowLEDci

TENHERE are many periodical publications, yet
u one more is wanted. The friends OF general
education--thc advocates OF the diffusion OF tseiul
knowIedge--hsye long desired TO sec the commence
ment Of A Monthly Magazine. devoted TO the in-
struction of Young people OF both sexes, conducted
with the sole view their improvement in iiters.
lure science and the conduct Of life, written, not
in the colloauial language which is addressed TO
very young children. but with such attention TO the
style as shall render ii worthy The notice Of those
who are acquiring the art Of composition, or for m
ing literary taste ; and filled with such varisus
original and valuable matter Is shall render tbs vol
VINES when bound up worthy place in tho family
school library.
I, il the purpose Of IN. proprietor o. THE
YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK. TO furnish such y
magazine. He has provided every means for the
sccomp lishnsp, of Lis object and he pledges him
self to the friends Of heI al and judicous education
throughout the United States, that he will produce
"A work which shall be in every respec, worthy Of
their attention and patronage.
There ia period IN the progress from early
childhood to maturity, and TINT by no means a
short one, during which the expanding meens OF the
Young are seeking ever, direction for o. Useful
Knowledge, as veil as intellectual Entertain
ment 81
Every book, paper or pamphlet which promises
either il eagerly read. and every circle OF society
If literary scientific cast is earnestly sought
During this period the young person is not satisfied
with that kind Of instruction which is given
children. Something more misunderstanding
nearer tho duties and pnr.uits of active life is
ouired. A friend always AZ hand who could point
out the proper studies to be pursued the meth
od Of development in literature and science, the
best of reading the suTest processes of In
vestigation the most recent authorities in expert
mental, and the most learned in historical research
friend who could relieve the dryness of abstract
truth by a familiar anccdote, narrative or iustra-
,ion-uho could scatter few roses of literature in
the rugged paths of severe science would indeed
be invaluable
Such friend not one youth in q thousand of Ell
The, .ex can have. There i. no tol,,able substi-
tu,e 10 be found in any bool---we might say in any
library II il proposed in some measure to supply
the want Of such a friend in the YOUNG PEG
PLE'S BOOK
One of hs leading objects Of The ,rork will he
m point ,ut and illustrate BY practical examples
the proper method of sslinaructjon in the various
departments of literature and art, to suggest APP
rroprate departments Of study and inquiry, to
scribe courses of reading, and indicate tina pro-
cre.s which may be made in the sciences. so far as
the limits Of the work will allow.
The form into which the different branches Of
Instruction and entertsnment will be thrown. will
h, regulated by the p.rtcular object in view at the
aim. and the class Of readers addressed.
E,savs-Narratives-- Ane edofes - I'aies-- HIS
fortcaI Remintscences and Skefches-C ytftqmes-
D..r,;,,,,s or,trl,s an Geoeropay- Geology
No,y,al Ui,to,y-Antionities and Tvapels- Bio.
y,aDhical Notices and Poems will in turn become
IN. vehicle OF Intellectual development and enter
recruitment. The aid Of the Arts of Painting and
Enc,oyiuo will h. invoked. md every subject sus-
cemib. Of r,aphir illustration will De accompanied
by Wei Engrorrd Pictures
Arrangements have bee made for receiving, and
tho rblsbsr i now in the actual receipt Of period
leaf notifications of similar design with that OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK, from France,
Germany and other ra,ts of the continent Of Eu
rome. From these publications. and from the
choices, parts of efucnional literature in its various
dena,,men,s. uanslations will be made of such ar
,i.Is. as will serve TO promote the main design OF
the work-,hc instruction and entertainment OF
of American youth. The preservation, however,
ofa truly national spirit; and ncucaiion OF the du-
ties which every American scholar owes 10 ms
country ard the exhibition Of the capabilities, ot