Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-12-25
PROSPECTUS OF
THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK
OR MAGAZINE OF

USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE.
There are many periodical publications. yet one
more is wanted The friends of Education the
advocates of the diffusion of Useful Knowledge
have long desired 10 see the commencement OF
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE
Devoted to the Instruction and Entertainment OF
Young Persons of Both Sexes; CONDUCTED WITH
SOLE VIEW TO THEIR IMPROVEMENT, IN LlIERA-
TURE, SCIENCE, g. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE,
written, not in the colloquial language which is adj
dressed to very young children, but with such at
teniion to the style as shall render it worthy the
notice of those who are acquiring the art OF Com
position or forming their Literary taste; and filled
with such various original and valuable matter ms
shall render the volumes when bound up, worthy
place IN tho Family or School Library.
1t is the purpose Of the proprietor of i1HE
| YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK to furnish such a
Magazine He has provided ample means for the
accomplis hment of his object and he pledges him
self to the fricuds of liberal and udcious education
throughout the United States that he will produce
work which shall 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 minds OF the
yuung are seeking in every direction for OF USE
| ful knowledge, vel as Intellectual Entertain
Inent.=E10
Every book paper or pamphlet which promises
l.
of a 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 elevoted-soIne-
thing nearer the sGdies and pursuits OF active lite
is reuuired friend always at hand who
could point out the proper studies TO be pursued,
the true methods OF development is Literature and
Science, the best course Of Reading, the surest
process of Investigation, the most recent nuthori-
ties in Experimental, and the most learned in His
t0rical research-a friend who could relieve the
dryness of abstract truth by familiar anecdote,
narrative or illdstration-who could scatter a few
roses of literature IN the rugged paths of severe
science, would indeed be Invaluable.
Such friend not one Youth in a thousand, OF
either sex, can have. There is no toerable sEbsti
tu,e to be found in any book-we might say in any
library 1t is proposed in some measure to supply
the want OF such u friend In the OUNG PEO-
PILES BOOK
, One of the leading bjects of tie work will be
/ to point out and illustrate by practical examples
the PrOper method Of Self Instruction the various
| departments Of Literature and Art, to suggest APP
propriate departments of study and inquiry, to
, prescribe courses of reading, and to indicate The
. progress which may be made in the Science, so far
( as the limits of the work will allow.
The forms into which the different branches OF
instruction and entertainment will be thrown, will
be regulated by the particular object in view at the
5 time, and the csss Of readers always addressed.
|
f Rmin,scenses and Sketches, CritiqueS,
Natural History, Antiquities
}, AND
t Travels, Biographical Notes and Poems,
Will all in turn become the vehicles of intellectual
u developement and entertainment.
The aid of the Arts Of Painting and Engraving
Ii will be invoked and every subject susceptible Vi
= rraphic illustration will be accompanied by
y WELL EXECUTED PICTURES.
ID Arrangements have been made for receiving, and
the publisher is now in the actual reCei pit of peri
e odical publications of a similar design with that Of
y THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK, from
* France Germany and other parts of the continent
D. of Europe. From these publications., and from the
Jr choicest parts Of foreign educational literature If
j. its various departments, TRANSACTIONS will be made
,r Of such articles as will to promote the main
81 design of the work-the instructions and entertain
a. nent of American youth. The preservation, how
80 ever, of
ID A TRULY NATIONAL SPIRIT
to The incubation of the duties which every Ameri-
H. can youth owes to his country, and tht
in exhibition OF the capabilities of our
5, EARLY HISTORY, OUR TRADITIONS
W OUR CUSTOMS AND SCENERY
III For supplying all the materials of a copieus an
y, brilliant literature, will be constant objects OF at
st tentiOn, and will form frequent topics Of discus
IN sion, example, and illustration
no In order TO insure the competent execution o
IT. each department of the work, the aid Of experen
b. ced writers, already favoraby known to The pnbic
rs has been secured, and the editorial of tn
r. whole is committed to
~ JOHN FOSTER, A. NJ, Professors of Belle
IS, Letters Of The High School Of Philadelphia
n whose reputation as practical teacher, and write
he in the departments Of education and polite iterd
or ture, will form sufficient guarantee not only ft
all the elegant and tasteful execution Of the work.
far as language, style, and establishment are cor
i'll cerned but for its elevated moral and inteilectu
At, character and for its invariabe direction TOWARD
ne the improvement of its youthful readers in SC
- ence literature and the conduct Of life.
THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK
MS Will be published in Monthly Numbers, each
contain SO pages embellished with
3D. NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS,
And neatly done up in an Ornamental Cover.
will be printed en- white paper of the first qualit
from a new and elegant type, cast expressly for
for The form viii be such TO make the volume
when completed, handsome edition to the shev'
- of the library. The first number was issued
"a. the first day of September, lS4l
T E r M S.
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