The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-11-06
A MONTHLY .M.AC8ZIyvE

mencement Of
A MONTH"; Y .MAC.3ZT.N'E
Devoted to the Mst,uction and Entertainment Of
Young Persons Both Of Seres; conducted 1cith sole
rie,r to their iniprt ~ nent IN LITERATURE.
SCIENCE, AND THE CONDUIT OFLIFE
written, not in the coloqual language which is
addressed to very young children, but with such
attention to the style shall render it worthy
the notice of those who are acquiring the art Of
Composition or forming their Literary taste; and
filled with such various original, and valuable
matter as shall render the volumes when bound
up, worthy place in the Family or SchoolLbrary
is the purpose of the proprietor of THE YOUNG
PEOPLES BOOK to furnish such Magazine. He
~ pr ,videi ample mans for the accomplish
ment Of his object; and he pledges himself to the
friends of Liberal and judcious education
throughout the United States that he will pro-
duce work which shal II be in every respect
worthy of their attention and patronage.
There is period in the progress from early
childhood to maturity, and that by no means
short one. During which the expanding min S
@Useful knowledge, as well
as Intellectual Entertainment
either, is eagerly read, and every circle ofsociety
of literary or scientific cast is earnestly sought.
During this period the young person is not
satisfied with that kind of instruction which is
given to mere children. Something more ele-
understanding nearer the studies and pur-
suits of active life is reqnir d. A friend always
at hand who could point out the proper studies
to be pursued, the methods of development in
Literature and Science, the best course of Rea-
ding, the surest processes of Investigation, the
most recent authorities in Experimental, and the
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could relieve the dryness of abstract truth, by
familiar anecdote narrative, or illustratan-who
could scatter few roses Of literature in the rug
ged paths of severe science, would indeed be
valuable.
Such friend not ole Youth in thousand of
either sex, can have. There no tolerable substi-
tute to be found in any book-we might say in
any library. II proposed in Some measure 10
supply the want of such friend in THE YOUNG
PEOPLES BOOK,
IEOne of the leading objects of The work
will be the to point ont and illustrate BY pract-
cal examples the nS-proper methods Of self in
struction-k1 in the various dcra-tmen of Lit
erature and Art, to suggest appropriate depart
ments of study and inquiry to prescribe courses
of Reading and to indicate the progress which
may be made in the Sciences, so far as the limits
of the work will allow.
The forms into which the different b, anches of
instruction and entertainment will be thr own,
will be regulated by the particular object in view
at the time and the class of readers always ad-
dressed.
Ij7EssAYs, NARRATIVES, ANECDOTES, TALES
HISTORICAL REMINENcEs AND SKETCHES, cRirI-
CUES, DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES IN GEOGRAPHY GE-
oLocY, NATURAL HISTORY ANTIQUITIES AND
TRAVELS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND POEMS will
all in tuin become the vehicles of intellectual de-
velopement and entertainment The aid of the
>rts Of Painting and Engraving will be invoked,
and every subject susceptible of graphic illstration
will be accompanied by WELL EXECUTED
PICTURES. Arrangements have been made for
receiving, and the publisher is now in tho actual
receipt of periodical publications of similar de-
sign with that of THE YOUNG PEOPLES
BOOK, from France, Germany and other parts
ofthe continent of Europe.
From these publications, and from the cho-
ccst parts Of foreign educatona Literature in its
various departments, TRANSACTIONS will be made Of
such articles as will serve to promote the main
design of the work-the instruction and enter
tainment of American youth. The Preservation,
howcve, of A TRULY NATIONAL SPIRIT;
the incubation of duties which cvery American