Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-09-17

more is wanted. The friends of Education the |
advocates of the diffusion of Useful Knowledge
have long desired to see the commencement of
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE
Devoted to the instruction and Entertainment Of
Young Persons of Both Sexes; CONDUCTED WITH A
VIEW TO THEIR IMPROVEMENT, IN LITERA-
TURE, SCIENCE, g. THE CONDUCT OF LIFE, |
written, not in the colloqua language which is adj
dressed to very young children, but with such at
tention to the style as shall render it worthy the
notice of those who are acquiring the art Of Com
position forming their Literary taste; and filled
with such various original and valuable matter us
shall render the volumes when bound up, worthy
place IN tho Family or School Library.
1t is the purpose of the proprietor of THE
YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK to furnish such a
Magazine. He has provided ample means for the
accomplishment of his object and he pledges him
self to the freuds 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 o period in the progress from early
childhood to maturity, and that by no means short
one, during which the expanding minds of the
young seeking in every direction for 0NFUse-
full knowledge, as well as intellectual Entertain
ment.-iTc0
Every book, paper or pamphlet which promises
either is eagerly read, and every circle to socitey
of literary 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 elevated-sone-
thing the studies and pursuits Of active life
! is required. A friend always at hand who
could point out the proper studies TO be pursued,
he true methods Of development is Literature and
Science, the best course of Reading, the surest
process of Investigation, the most recent authori
ties in Experimental and the most learned in His
torical research-a friend who could relieve the
dryness of abstract truth by familiar anecdote,
ttf,r hn nnt,lIg ffnro
roses of literature in the rugged paths of severe
science, would indeed be invaluable.
| Such friend not one Youth in thousand, of
either SEX can have. There is no toerable substi-
tute to be found in any book-we light say in any
library. 1t is proposed in some measure to supply
the want of such friend in the YOUNG PEO-
! PIES BOOK.
One of the leading objects of the 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 ap-
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
time, and the clsss Of readers always addressed.
Essays, Narratives, Anecdotes, Tales, Historical
RnlinascenseS and Sketches, CritiqueS,
Natural History, Antiquities
AND
TravelS, Biographical Notes and Poems,
Will all in turn become the vehicles of intellectual
Development and entertainment
The aid Of the Arts Of Painting and Engraving
will be invoked, and every subject susceptible of
graphic illustration will be accompanied by
WELL EXECUTED PICTURES.
Arrangements have been made for receiving, and
the publisher is now in the actual recei pit of peri
IaJ; 100 Of in1ila
THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK, from
France, Germany and other parts of the continent
of Europe. From these publications, and from the
choicest parts of foreign educational literature in
its various departments, TRANSACTIONS will be made
of such articles as will to promote the main
design of the work-the instructions and entertain
ment of American youth. The preservation, how
ever, Of
/ A TRULY NATIONAL SPIRIT;
The incubation of the duties which every Ameri-
can youth owes to his country, and the
exhibition of the capabilities of our
EARLY HISTORY, OUR TRADITIONS,
OUR CUSTOMS AND SCENERY
For supplying all the materials of a copous and
brilliant literature, will be constant objects of at
tention, and will form frequent topics of discus
sion, example, and illustration.
In order to insure the competent execution OF
each department of the work. the aid OF expericn'
ced writer's already favorably known to the pnblic
f has been secured, and the editorial care of the
= whole is committed to
JOHN FOSTER, A. NJ, Professors Of Belle
e Letters Of the High School Of Philadelphia
whose reputation as practical teacher, and write
in the departments of education and polite litera
ture, will form a sufficient guarantee, not only TO
: the elegant and tasteful execution of tie work, 81
j. far as language, style, and establishment are con
cerned, but for its elevated moral and intellectual
u character, and for its invariabe direction toward
!. the improvement Of its youthful readers IN SCI
T. ence, literature and the conduct Of life.
= THE YOUNG PEOPLES BOOK
ID Will be published in Monthly Numbers, each t
10 contain SO pages embellished with