The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-07-16

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at 25 cts. each; forming two large impe-
rial octave volumes of 700 pages each;
double column letter press: with upwards
of300 elegant illustrations.
The Cyclopedia Of English Literature
now presented TO the American public, orig
mated in desire to supply the great body
of the people with fund of reading, derived
from the productions of the most talented
and the most elegant writers in the English
language. 1t is hoped hereby 10 supplani,
in measure, the frivolous and corrupling
productions with which the community is
flooded, and TO substitute for them the pilh
and marrow ofsubstsntial English Literature,
something that shall prove food for the intel
lect shall cultivate The taste, and stimulate
the moral sense.
The design has been admirably executed,
by the selection and concentration of the
most exquisite productions of English intel
lect, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon writer's
down TO those of the present day. The Sc
ries of authors commences with Langlnnd
Chaucer, and it continues down TO our time.
We have specimens Of their best writings,
headed in The several departments, by Chau-
Ter, Shakespeare, Milton--by Moore, Bacon
Locke--by Hooker, Taylor, Barrow--by on,
Olson, Johnson, Goldsmiih--by RobertAd-
Hume, Gibbou--set in biographica lson,
critical history of the literature itself. The
Whole is embellished with splendid wood
cngravings Of the heads of the principal au-
thors, and with the interesting events con
nected with their history and writings. No
one can give glance at the work without
being struck with lis beauty and cheapness
The editor Robert Chambers, is distinguished
as the author of several historical works
connected with Scotland, and as joint editor
ofChambers' Edinburgh Journal.
To those whose educational privileges are
few, who reside at distance from libraries,
and whose means are limited, such book
must be Of unspeakable Values whole Eng
lish library fused down into one cheap book.
ANY man, whatever bis vocation or location,
may thus possess in portable and valuable
form, the best intellectual treasure the Ian
guage affords. To these more fortunate in
dividuals who may have the advantages ofa
regular course of education, this multum in
parUo will be an Introduction 10 the great
galaxy of English writer's, serving, but in a
more systematic and liberal manner, the pur
pose so long served by Doctor Knox's "Ele-
giant Extracts.'
AS an evidence of the great popularity of
the work in England, it may be stated that no
less than forty thousand copies have been
sold in less than three years; and this almost
without advertising, or being indebted to any
notice in the Literary Reviews.
In addition to the great number of plcto-
rial illustrations given in the English edition,
the American publishers, in confident ex-
pectation of being remunerated by an extern
sive sale,propose occasionally TO enrich the
numbers by presenting fine steel and mezzo-
tint engravings of the heads of the more emf
nent authors
The publication of the American edition
will commence in December, and two num-
bers will be issued every month, until COM
pleted. Persons remittng four Dollars, can
re ceive the work promptly by mail, or other
wise, as soon as published. Booksellers and
agents supplied on the most liberal terms
The publisher of any respectable paper or
periodical, who will give this notice three in.
sertions, andse us the papers containingit,
shall be entitled 10 the work complete. The
numbers will be forwarded per mail unless
otherwise directed, as they are issued from
the press.
GOULD, KENDALL g. LINCOLN,
Publishers, 50 Washington ST., Boston.
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