ADVERTISEMENT. 



tinguished authors, are now in preparation, which will be incor- 

 porated with the Common School Library at an early day; 

 among which, the publishers take pleasure in announcing a 

 " Life of General Washington," by James K. Paulding, Esq., 

 now in their press; and they take this opportunity to invite 

 authors generally to prepare for the Library works on such 

 American subjects as will be appropriate and advantageous 

 to the objects of the pubUcation. 



The undersigned beg leave to offer the following report and 

 resolution to the notice of the pubhc, and especially of the su- 

 perintendents and trustees of the common schools throughout 

 the State, with the assurance that it will be their study to main- 

 tain the character throughout the whole of each series, therein 

 ascribed to the commencement of the first. 



HARPER & BROTHERS. 



" At a meeting of the Library Committee of the Public School 

 Society of the City of New-York, held at the Trustees' Room, 

 July 9th, 1835, 



" Mr. G. C. Verplanck, the Chairman, reported that he had 

 examined the First Series of the Common School Library, pub- 

 lished by the Messrs. Harper, containing ' Conversations on 

 Natural History,' ' History of Virginia,' ' History of New-York,' 

 and ' Indian Traits,' and that they are, in his judgment, exceed- 

 ingly well adapted for the Library of the Common School. The 

 volumes had been also previously examined by the other mem- 

 bers, and it was unanimously 



" Resolved, That the six volumes of the ' Common School 

 Libraiy,' published by Harper & Brothers, be reported to the 

 next meeting of the Board of Trustees, as proper to be added to 

 the list of books for the hbraries of the several public schools. 

 " Extract from the minutes. 



" G. C. VERPLANCK, 

 " Chairman of the Library Committee of the Public 

 School Society of the City of New- York. 



" Joseph B. Collins, Secretary." 



"July 13, 1835. 

 - " I concur in the above recommendation. 



"J. ORVILLE TAYLOR.'^ 



