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Excerpt from The Juvenile Port-Folio, and Literary Miscellany, 1813, Vol. 1: Devoted to the Instruction, and Amusement of Youth When the work commenced, the Editor was not fourteen years old.new arrangement arising out of its extended circulation, will be of great benefit to the subscribers, and also to the work itself. During the publication of the first volume, many hints for its improvement have been suggested, by numerous correspondents, to most of which he would cheerfully accede, were it possible to adopt them. - He has been early and fre quently requested, to designate all pieces which are original, as such were he to comply with this request, he would lead his readers into great error, as at least three fourths, of what is communicated to him as original, are copied from other works - He has oftener than once, had sent him as original; a piece copied from a Philadelphia newspaper, with the initials of the person who copied it an hexed as those of its author. Another mode recommended is to annex the word Selected, to all those pieces which he knows to be such, mentioning the author or book from which the piece is taken; this will not in his opinion be attended with any advantage, as the other matter would by many be taken for original. There are many pieces which pass for original which are copied from European publications, but so altered and adapted to the country, (americanized) tho it is difficult to detect the imposition; this species of literary cabling is carried on to a great extent. The Editor will therefore, as formerly, only mention as original, those pieces which he really knows to be such. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.