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s4mer7edn Ltterotuge.-Ih most con- vinclng proof of che progress of a peo- pie III literature, is the encouragement afforded to periodical publications. It argues q craving for knowledge on the part of society,a a desire for continued information, and if 1t be once indulg- ed, 1t grows with our mental growth, and strengthens with our intellectual strength.

 The publication of standard works CT. the !;ee various subjects connected with science or the arts, is of course most desirable, but in order to fit our popu- ation for the labors first, and afterwards for the pleasures of study, we must en- courage the taste for periodical infor- nation, in order that the mind may be gradually bent towards the purposes of learning. The multitude of newspa- pers daily and weekly circulated in ev- cry part of the country, form very ex- cellent introductions to works of {. more serious character; for, in the first place, after each editor has indulged in his party predilection. and furnished the news of the day, he usually deyotes a reasonable portion of his ieurna! 10 the record of numerous facts and circum- stances both Of an interesting and use sful character. his readers are aceustom- ed to the daily trent, ard gradually be- come possessed of a considerable Dor ton of knowledge, that is brought so bear in the various pursuits of exis- tence. The mind thus expanding, food of aslill higher quality is sought for it's refreshment, and the Magazine, the Re view, the Journals of Societies, &c. are eagerly demanded. The great Levia- thaas of English literary warfare, the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews, with the minor champions of learning, Blackwood's, the Monthly Magazine. &e. have long been known and under, stood in the United States; indeed the best evidence cf the eapability of the

 