Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-05-21

of literary or scientific cast is earnestly sought
Daring this period the young person is not satisfied
with that kind of instruction which is given to
mere children. Something more elevated--some-
thing nearer the studies and pursuits OF active life
is required A friend always at hand whe
could point out the proper studies 10 be pursued
he true methods Of development is Literature and
Science, the best course of Reading, the surest
process of Investigation, the most recent autheri-
ties in Experimental, and the most learned in His
torical research--a friend who could relieve the
drynoss of abstract truth by familiar anecdote,
narrative or illustraton-who could scatter few
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 tolerabe substi-
tu,e to be found in any book-we might say in any
library. II is proposed in some measure to supply
the want of such q 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 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
Essays, Narratives Anecdotes, Tales, Historical
"reminiscences 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 receipt of peri
odical publications of similar design with that of
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 serve 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 inculcation 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 copious 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 experien-
ced writers, already favoraby known to the pnblic,
has been secured, and the editorial care of the
whole is committed to
JOHN FOSTER, A. NJ, Professors Of Bellies
Letters Of the High School Of Philadelphia,
whose reputation as practical teacher and writer
in the departments of education and polite litera-
ture, will form sufficient guarantee, not only for
the elegant and tasteful execution of the work,
far as language, STYLE and establishment are con-
cerned, but for its elevated moral and intellectual
character, and for its inyarable direction towards
the improvement of its youthful readers in sci
ence, literature and the conduct Of life.