Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-04-18
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a t,r ~ (. N kY ENTERPRISE SEvEp
IT,. .iC . DKED VOLUMES OF NEW a.,
Dooas' now m course ofpubIication
IN THE CHEAP PLAN.
/ .va-Js - soiume Wlil contain $50 pages and nm
"aros. and can be forwarded bv mail to ar,
Par OF the United states. Price il, ra,e - gu
vers' 70 cents; bound in boards. ~ 5 go ~
IN cioth and gilt lettered, so cents.
JAMES HOWATT & Co.
Publishers, TIA Broadway. New vo,k 49,
hace extensive arrangements for publisbino
uutilg the present spring and summer yoont6s
several hundred volumes of New and TIsafr
BOOKS. IN the various department of Medic;ne
history, Education, Bellies Letters. Poetry ~
nofnance, by the best writers. This will nn
questIona0ly form the most interesting librarv
ot BOOKS ever published IN this country: and the
very small price charged for each volume will
oo'a,n lor tnem' as issued, very large and
rAaPlu sac. Iney would call attention to the
MODERN STANDARD DRAMA.
LIBRARY EDITION
~ EDITED BY EPES SARGEANT
Containing a selection of the best plavs ~
Modern Authors. with Exemplatory Notes and
observations, Costumes of characters and
Stage Directions; to be completed in 20
weekly numbers, at IL 1-2 cents each.
The series will be composed D. incipaIIy OK
SUCH modern dramas of celebrity as, in cosse.
quence otthe restrictions Of copy right in En-.
gland, have not yet appeared in anv collection
OF specimens of the British drama. The dra.
ma.lc chiefd' Guures OF Talfourd, Crolv, Shell.
MaturIn, Bnlwer, Tobin, Knowles, Morton
D'Israell. Leigh Hunt, Milman, Jerold, and
DINERS, certainly possess that degree ofinter-
est, that no weI-selected library should he
without them;and yet few ofthose works have
ever been presentedto The American public
IN shape suitable for preservation.
1t is proposed in the present series TO rem
edy this deficiency. Every number will con-
slst, OF an entire drama, of character to please
IN the closer as well as on the stage, and ac
comPanIed by introductory remarks, historical
and critical.
The stage-marks and directions, includinr
description OF the costumes, the characters.
Will be given; but in no instance will there be
a departure from the text of the author. The
series will thus not only be servcable to the
actor. but satisfactory to the general reader.
The Typography of the series will be new,
large and uniform; and every number comori-
ses distinct and entire work in itself
JUST PUBLISHED,
No. 1.-The DRAWING ROOM LIBRARY,
Edited by Epes Sergeant.
The LIGHT OF THE LIGHT HOUSE,
AND OTHER POEMS.
Now for the first time collected, by Epes,
5wlth an Illustrative engraving on
Steel Designed by j. C.. Chapman.
Prospects Of Ike Dr01cing Room Libraru.
The works included in this series will be eli.
Their original or such as are not to be procured
except at extravgant prices, in any other
shape. There is class of productions, both
IN prose and verse. which may be called fell
cities in literature, but which never find their
way to the shelves of our bookstores, pre-. oc-
cupied as they are with the cheap novels, whose
name is Legion.
Indication of growing taste in the public
mind for better things-for higher specimen
in the doing of thought--for
more invigOratmg, if not more palatabIe intel,
lectual natrument, begin to appear To min,
Ister to this tase-to contribute to the supply
of its demands-Will be the object of the
Room Library,'
BY way of presenting our credentials IN en-
tering upon the task of editor, and not as 1
sample of what we intend to give. we COM |
nence the series with collection of our own
Poems. it being the first which can be laid to |
our charge. Our other writings in prose and
verse, WI: appear in future numbers. But in
he meanwhile the series will be enriched with
works ola permanent interest, which cannot
but impart to i: lasting value.
The "Drawing- r Dom Library will be pub
ished every week, in numbers, containing dis |
tinct works, at IL l-2 cts. each. a title page
and table of contents will be given, when num- |
Oers enough to make neat, uniform volume |
hav appeared. But as every number will be |
in itself, the purchaser can consult |
his own taste in regard to those works which |
he includes in his bound collection. and mail
subscribers can remit for one or more numbers |
Of the work as they may desire. For one |
dollar eight numbers will be sent. Price II l-2 |
cents.
BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES.
To be completed IN about .ffiy numbers, each
number, or UolumeS, TO contain $50 pages
and upaoardS. Published semi nl0nthly, at
25 cents per U0tunle,
This series will consist of deeply interesting
OF emioent persons, male and female
such as have never before been pl0sented In
a popular form. They will possess all the
charms of work of fiction, with the addition
al advantage of being true. Now ready
No. 1.-THE LIFE OF MADAME OAR
BLAY, formerly Miss. Burney) authores of
"Evelina," &C., In two volumes at % cents
each.
No. 2-THE LIFEOF GOETHE
From his own photographed papers, and the
notes Of his contemporaries, IN volumes, at
25 cents each vol.
NeLc WORKS fece7tiy pu0ttShe0 Oy a. AnOh""" x
Co, ia BroGdl0Gy
ANIMAL MAGNETISM, OR MESMER1SM,
Its History, Phenomena, and Present Condi-
ton, containing Practical instructions, and the
latest discoveries in the science, principally
derived from a recent work by William Lang.
with a supplement. containing new an import.
ant facts never before published in the United
States: by Rev. Chauncey Hare Townshend,
author of "Facts in Mesmerism," &c, Price 70
cents.
THE MODERN STANDARD DRAMA,
edited by Epes Sergeant, author of''Velssco
&c. To be published in fifty week
ly nuinbers-Now ready. :
No. LION, Tradegy in five acts. By
Thomas Noon TaIfourd, Sergeant at Law.
From the Authors latest edition. With stage
direction Description of Costume, &c, ID i-2
cents.
No. 2-FLAZIO, Tradgedy. In Ave acts.
BY Rev. H. II: MilIman. From the Autho as
latest edition. With the Stage Directions. II
/ cents.
No. 3. THE LADY OF LYONS. By Sir