The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-08-22
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A'tb,ps ss,iut, r,,,rIN AMERICAS t
TxatGaS1sr Saa &Ss x,issdidly illuminated and Illus
s,, a. aStea tla M MsqitIoa' ef'the Ba'd e~ published.
taa 4r,a IA rvs EpTED BY THE
iflOMaGl lO'sRERPLANKfR. w; WIrR. ESQ.
MILL ds,gp, select and arrange the illustrations OF
WoI &hleb lheIs, will be about llOO executed on
wAedip iheavely betsyle OF die modern school Ofhnt
art
In suSnirtinsuthea Prospectus Of tho Editor to the
piblc the PablsherIas only add thai he will spare
neithet expense pains to make hrs edition OF The
World 8 Poet superior 10 any that has appeared IN H.
IdstfsURs, typogfsphy and papar. The form will be
royal hotavo and will be issued in weekly parts price
l2hSens, which places twlhn The means ofpersons OF
the mosl limited fortunes whilst account uf It's pc
Suliar beauty il will gap Ilsefadmssion into The libra
Ta4 of the rich and hsrs proSeto be one Of the most
chu'oe OfRsmsnSil
'TRo,e Who wish thi4wok in the most perfect state
WIIlohiy BE- sure OF il by taking the parts they ap
peg, whicn will contain The early proofs OF the ensra
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,ifho Tsagsdy Of Hamlet is now in press. The srst
partwilI ba issued 10 March.
'n,tNrf ''r PROSPECTUS.
The Pictorial and Illustrated editions Of SHAKES.
PERE, lately published in England amongst the
most beautiful specimens Of the recent remarkable i'm
HoyeqTsqt VI, The art. Of wood engraving, which by
combining great excellence of execution with economy
efpCei has gVeh unpreceded diffusion 10 The most
exquisite productions Of The arts of Design.
The designs Of Kenny Meadows for the illustrations
ofTyas, edition Of Shakerpeare express echaracts OF
ta Several pefsonages and the spirit OF the scene,
TIh ,Y0HaefMl tthh and power; whilst the wood en-
graSipS of Knights pictorial edition Combine with the
pighSslmsrIs e Mtald taste such rarned and minute
accuracy as to scenery costume architecture. 10 make
haHpa perpetual aud m0sLlnsructve commentary npon
tIsPoelsulsSLl IA is now proposed 10 embody in an
American edLioD, ylbG admirable illustrations Of both
these editioas engraved with equal excellence Of me-
churica~eSeculion. 10 add to these other ougavngs
fom emlndAEfrEklS AS Reynolds, FuseIi, 5. Newton,
DC, and II accompany them with beauuly printed
and cOtteel &&h " T. II
But the publsheSa klSious that his country shonll
Pay some Rat Qflhe hgmage due from her to greatest
2eIs as tp one who .belaDss not solely 10 England
butto elE
Thai SHAKESPEARE spake,
Gogd HI eSpieqt kmsitf With mere republication or
e%1RiIaIoS.,, He kas therefore prevailed upon X. b
WsE whose reppIatIon as an Artist is already dent6e
na designs, iogsiher Wnl such advice and assistance
other details ofat SS Ills Taste may suggest 70. the il
lusratioH aud embslshment of the publication -
FfonT the same the publisher instead Of reprn-
ting the text and 9pWgseipa'y of a popular English
tmPdssroh was desiroRs that his edition should have
sSpei vision sl AM American editor This Ipak has
W VIM bhINhh'
uTha plan pr0sed for himself ny the editor Is to furnish the
tsdaI ylh o. saFell prepared and accurately printed text
unneumIe'ed Syany notes 81 comments upon the page Itself
aSb9wever useful they may he elsewhere they are too apt TO
vett td Hhd4Oa'tGe pOwti of the poets thought and
disturb the magic Of his scene Such notes may he thought
ussfuffobt6e explanation Cd criticism the text will be rown
inIo anhppsndiA tG6aGA pjnY ~
SThe texI Of SbSkseares dramatic works drawn from old
printed copies in his age which had passed under
authprSowR eye consequently dsGgured by and
obsturties passed during The last century through sue
eson pr varying editions until The revision of Stevens and
isn 9r f9e that OF slevens has become the
sRdatd from Fht hos. or the English and American cd
toas Sve WlsvhTiOus degrees of accuracy But
within the last twenty years minute and familiar
Huaidance win old BngishAoRs habits and modes Of tO
guided by an intense aud Seesnhy increasing admiration for
$asPuRkes geBps has Ad tpIhePrOns conviction that very
many of the numerous l9us4fght deViaons from tie
EieHtle4 in modern slons are useless or erone
substituting an fYbary fRa9Ooqous Detrica regularity to
the poets native nteidd rAGcordngiy very many of
these sada!iohs have been eeed by the last and best Eng
%,~s m eoO re,oc% IoI ' N"