The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1841-11-13
PROSPECTUS OF
Tile Young Peoples Book!
OR MAGAXIN OF
ENTERTAINING AND

The EONgaS Peoples book!
OR MAGAZINE OF
ENTERTAINING AND
USEFUL WLEDGE
There are many periodical publications., yet
one more is wanted. Thc friends Of general Ed
acaton-the advocates of the diffusion of Useful
knowlcdgc-havc long desired to sec the COM
menCement Of
"A .MO.NI'HL Y .NlC.lZLNE
Dcrotcd 10 the Instruction and Entertainment Of
Young Persons Beth Of ScreS; conducted ,rM sole
rielc to their Improvement IN LITER.iTURE
SCIENCE, .2ND TIE CONDUCT OFLifE,
written, not in the colloquial language which is
addressed to very young children, but with such
| attention to the style as shall render it worthy
| the notice Of those who are acquiring the art Of
Composition or forming their Literary tastc and
filled with such various, original, and valuable
matter as shall render the volumes when bound
| up, worthy place in the Family or SchooiLibrary
II is the purpose of the proprietor Of TIE YOUNG
Peoples BOOK to furnish such a Magazine He
rs provided ample means for the accomplish
mcnt Of his object; and he pledges himself to the
friends Of Liberal and judcious education
| throughout the United States that he will pro-
ducc a 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 minis
Of tho young are seeking in every direction for
G&Useful Knowledge, as well
as Intellectual Entertainment
Every book paper or pamphlet which promises
either, is eagerly read, and every circle otsoccty
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 cle-
| understanding nearer the studies aud pur-
suits of active life is required 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
most learned in Historical research--a friend who
could relieve the dryness of abstract truth, by
familiar anecdotc, narrative, or llustratan--who
could scatter few roses Of literature in the rug
rcd paths Of severe science, would indeed be
valuable.
Such friend not ore Youth in thousand of
either sex, can have. There is 10 tolerablc subst-
tute to be found in any book--we might say in
any library. 1t is proposed in some measure to
supply the want of such friend in THE YOUNG
PEOPLES BOOK,
}L$eOne of the leading objects of the work
cal examples the Er557propcr methods of self in
structione& E in the various Departments of Lit
eraturc 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 branches of
instruction and entertainment will be thrown
will be regulated by the particular object in view
| at the time and the class of readers always adj
dressed.
ESSAYS, NARRATIVES, ANECDOTES. TALES
HlsToRICAL REMINENcEs AND SKETCHES, CRiri-
CUES, DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES IN GEOGRAPHY GE-
oLoGY, NATURAL HISTORY ANTIQUITIES AND
| TRAVELS BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES AND POEMS VIII
all in tmn becomethc vehicles of intellectual de-
vclopcment and entertainment. The and OF the
Arts of Painting and Engraving will be invoked,
and every subject susceptible of graphic Istratlon
will be accompanied by WELL EXECUTED
PICTURES. Arrangements have been made Tor
receiving, and the publisher is now in tho actual
recent Of periodical publications of similar de-
SIGN with that of THE YOUNG PEOPLES
BOOK, from France, Germany and other parts
ofthc continent ofEurope
From these publications, and from the cho-
cost parts of fore, On 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
tainnent of American youth. The preservation,
howeve of A TRULY NATIONAL SPIRIT;
the incubation Of duties which every American