The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-06-20

% tkeaDtsi and most sptendidiy llaSlHated ana hthS'
Gatsd edition Of thS Ba'd tVsr PaStishsa
EDITED By THE /
HON. G. G. VERPLANK, R. w. WIER, ESQ.
TTTILL design ssac and arrange the Illustrations Of
wv which there will be about l4OO, executed on
wood in lheVey bsstsyls Ofths modem school Of1hA
art Il
Ia submitting the PfospscuiS of thS Editor to the
nnilc the Rubaher has only 10 add that he will spare
neither expense pains to make this edition o 'ne
Worlds Poet superior to any thai has sPPeared-m IL
lOslralions, typography and PaPar. The form VIII DC
royal octave and will be issued 10 weekly Pars. Ptles
lRl eenls which places within the means OF persons OF
the mOs limited fortunes whilst on account OF " Pc
cuaY beauty il will gaiu itself admission into the libra
TiSs ofs Tich and there prove 10 DO one Of the most
ohhca ornaments.
Those who wish ihis work in the most perfect state
will only be sure Of il by taking the parts as''hsy aP
pear whcn will contain the early PTOos Of the enga'
vegtt
5,i'he Tragedy Of Hamlet is now in press. The FIRST
pait will be issued in March. E,
eE PROSPECTUS.
The Pictorial and illustrated editions Of SHAKES,
PERE, lately published in England as amOng. the
riSSt beautiful specimsnsof the recent remarkable i'm.
pTovement Of the arl Of wood engraving, which ny
combining great excellence Of execution with economy
Of price, has given an unpreceded diffusion 10 The most
exquisite productions Of the arts Of Design.
The designs Of Kenny Meadows for the illustrations
oyas edition Of Shakespeare express The character oil
the several persOnages, and the spirit Of the scene,
with wonderful truth and power; willis, the wood en-
craving Of Knights Pictorial edition combine with the
highest merits CT art sad taste such learned and minute
accuracy as scenery costume, architecture, TO make
tehfa perpetual and most instructive commentary npon
the Poets text. II is now proposed 10 emoody IN an
American edition, the admirable illustrations Of both
these editioas engraved with equal excellence oi me-
chanical execution TO add to these other eugravlngs
from eminent artists, Reynolds Fuseli, s. Newton.
&c, and 10 accompany them with bsauuy printed
and correct text.
Bat the publisher, su1ious tha, his, country shond
pay come part of The bmage due from her to greatest Of
Pvels, as 10 one who belongs not solely ~ England,
but TO all
WHO speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake
coytl NOT content himselfw more republication or
compilation. He has therefore prevailed upon x.
Weir whose reputation Artist is already idsnt ned
with his coun,rys History contribute series of orig
inal designs. together with such advice and assistance
n other details ofar bis taste may suggest for the IL
lustration and embellishmsnt Of the pubicAtion..-
From ahe same reason the publisher instead OF Ieprln,
ting, the ,exi and commentary Of popular English
impression, was desrous thai his edition should have
the supervision of an American editor. This tBak has
been undertaken DO GULlAN c. VERPLANkk.
The plan proposed himself by the editor is furnish the
reader with carefully prepared and accurately printed teAl
upncHubered by nay notes or comments upon 'hePaBe e
nsbowever useful they may be elsewhere they are 100 apt TO
divert the mind from power of the poets thought and 10
disturb the magic Of his scene Such may be thought
useful for the explanation criticism 10 the text will be thrown
inio an nppendix to each play
The text Of Shakspeares dramatic works drawn from old
unted eops In his age which had passed under the
auhoS eye consequently dshgned by errors and
Ohscures II passed during the century through
esssion Of varying editions until the revision OF Stevens and
Maloun whose text Tor rather that Of Sevens has become the
standard from which Of the English and American Cd
ons have been printed with degrees Of accuracy Bat
within the las, twenty years minute aud familiar
ouaiuance with old English idoms habits and modes Of ho
guided BY an intense aud constantly increasing admiration for
genius has led the strong conviction that very
many of che numerOus thOAg slight devatOn from the
eent text appeang in modern editions useless or errone
GUS intcrpoations sometimes weakening the and often
substituting an arbitrary monotonous metriea regularity to
the poets own native melody. Accordingly very many oi
these emendaiohs have been rejected BY the last and best Eng
lsh editors especially MI hn'g" anu WI, NON' a'. VIZ
readings Of the OLD oos ana quaios ha'e peSh u"
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