Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-04-30
rhepolylingual Journal.

Aleatned gentleman of Tennessee. who
has received honors from the French
| OVERWHELMINGLY conferred onsthe sub.
jects of othernations. writing 10 his friend.
the Editor of the Memphis Christian Adco-
cate pays a well:merited compliment 10 the
ripe scholarship of the Editor of The Boz
yiingual Journal, and throws out gem
tie hint. which the sticklers for the study
of the dead languages would do well to
notice. He says:-"I do not recollect
with you about my travels on the Contin-
ent. to have spoken TO You Of distin>
guished American Liuguist. Professor
Hiram c. Sparks. whose acquaintance l
made in Paris. on my first visit abroad
He speaks the principal languages OF Eu-
rope with such fluency and elegance that
well educated people Of different nations
believe him to be a countryman of theirs
The surprise among Europeans to meet
an American with such extraord;nar at
ailments in the Languages and Litera
lure OF Europe. is greatly enhanced by
the. prevalent idea among Them that our
educational advantages are extremely mea-
ger: This unfayorable impression natur'
ally arises from the fact that the great
majority Of Americans who travel abroad
speak no language but English.
We shall never be able to escape. fear.
the impulatlon Of being stinted in our ed
ucGtional advantages, until the study Of
the Modetn Languages assumes the i'm
pottance in our system Of education. which
1t has long. held~in the'educational insti
buttons of Europe.
1'ha a.. ,I,a Tourt
language by all the governments Of Eu-
rope. and has become. by common con-
sent. the universal language among the
learned Of different nations; yet how few
OF our Ministers of State and other Diplo
matte Agents to foreign countries can
speak it. or any other language than their
mother tongue.
The increasing faculties of commuuica-
ton with different nations are attracting
multitudes OF our people abroad every
year. to enjoy the pleasures CT travel in
foreign lands. The inconvenience and
embarrassments they must necessarily
experience in not being able to speak for
eign languages. will have tendency to
awaken public attention to the importance
OF learning the French. Spanish, Italian
anu Hei hau 'ahS uaSe9 40 Oh '"ulS PSu9'
BILE part of the education OF the youth Of
our country.
The numerous readers of your widely
circulated and excellent paper will be
grati6ed TO learn that New Magazine is
published in New York. in FIVE different
languages-French. Spanish, Italian.
German and English. II is called Tile
Poiylingtal journal. and is edited by
Professor Sparks. whose attention has
long been directed to increasing the ia.
cilities for learning the Modern Langua-
ges in this country. His thorough &C
quain,ance with all the late improvements
in the most successful systems of teaching
those languages in the different l'nivei-
stiles Of Europe. eminently qualities him
to make the New Magazine just the work
which every one needs. who is learning
any OF the above languages. The low
p,ice Of tao dollars gear places it within
the reach OF persons OF moderate MEANS"
Correspondence Of tie Memphis Chris
tian advocate.