The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-05-10

hundred and htty dollars for the best es
say on the condition Of the working elias
ses of England. and the best means Of
clevsting them. Thc~social condition Of
Ireland came in for share of his atten
tion, and he offered prize Of two hund
red suiueas cover one thousand dollars
for the best essay on the evils by which
it has so long been marked 1t Wis
awarded to Caulfcld Heron, Il Professor
in the Queens College, Galway, aud one
of the foremost political economists OF
the day.
MIR. Cassell has subsequently offered
three hundred and seventy five dollars
afterwards made up to six hundred
dollars, for the best papers upon ten diff
fercnt topics. on social science, written
By working men The adiudicators were
the Earls Of Shaftesbury aud Carlisle,
Lords Brougham ard John Russell, the
Bishop of Carlisle, Sir Benjamin Brodic,
Sir Fi,zroy Kelly, Mr., Napier, the ex-
Chancellor of Ireland, the learned i:.ecor,
der of Birmingham, Mr.. Commissioner
Hill, &c. Tue names of the ten success
ful competitors were announced by Lord
! Brouyham at the Bradford Social Science
Conference, who then pronounced Mr.
Cassell lone Of the greatest bcncfactors
of his country" lu addition to these
prizes, Mr.. Cassell has offered seventeen
hundred and fifty dollars for two tales
which shall best illustrate the advantages
Of sobriety, perseverance and integrity in
the race of life, by the career of two in-
dividuals Of opposite qualitic. and ten
dencics
But it has been in the cause of cduca-
ton that Mr.. Cassell's efforts have txer.
ted the greatest influence and been at
tended by the most marked success. A
large portion of the working class of
England is uneducatcd In 1851 out of
a juvenile population Of five millions, not
more than two millions were upon school
attendance. and out Of these not more
than five hundred thousand remained at
school beyond the age of nine. For the
the thousands of youth and young men
who had but barely learned to read Cas-
sells Popular Educator was issued. six
teen pages weekly, for two cents. Each
weekly number was filled with LESSONS
upon all the popular branches of cduca-
tion How the people of England ap-
preciated this undertaking may be gath,
cred from the fact, that circulation of
two hundred thousand was attained -
This was followed by the Historical and
Hbliral educators. The extent to which
! Mr. tassell's operations have extended
/ may be inferred. when we state that the
firm If Cassell, Potter Il Galpin's issues
of periodical literature is considerably
over half million per week, Their cir
culation of educational works in volumes
! is very great
Mr.. Eassell is now in this country hay
| ing paid US visit for the purpose of
h-ino;nn ant here the Illnst rated Familr
an unparalleled success on the other side
of the water, aud in the preparation of
which ha has been intent for many years
OF the issue of one number alone cir
culation of two hundred thousand has
been attained in England This is un-
qucstionably the greatest success yet
achieved in field in which Mr.. Cassel's
labors have already made him .t"cie
nrinceps--,hc art of placing the best
productions, both of the literary and ar.
tistic world. within the reach of the
masses The illustrations of the "Fam
ily Bible" are designed and engraved by
the best artists of England and Francc.a
result which of course any publisher
could accomplish but Mr. Cassel is the
only publisher in the world who would
offer thirty.two quarto pages of such
work, in large print, with copious notes
and copious marginal references, for tif-
teen cents. 1t is not often the world is
called upon to admire the union Of great
commercial success with untiring phi
lanthropy, and Mr. Cassell's career pre-
sents so remarkable an example Of it, that
VIC shall almost be ashamed if he does not
reap as much honor and reward On our
soil as he has done on his own, brief
though his stay amongst US is likely to
be. -E,chonye.