Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-01-25
TE1E LIVING AGE,
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Il 'cles from tie Periodical Literature Of Europe.
Boston having become the point OF communlco-
lion with the Old World, and the intercourse being
now go frequent, we think it the hest location for
our Office, and believe that such compilation may
be issued once a week, from this city, as vii be
read with pleasure and prof, in oil pats of the
United States.
The LivI~e AsE will b. conducted in the spirit
of Lities Mu,eum of Foreign Literature, (Which
favorahly received 'y the public for the past 90
years,) but it will tc twice large and wi ap-
pear SO Otter, we shall not only give spirit md
freshness 10 it by many things which were excIu-
ded hy n months delay, but shall a'so,-whic thus
extending our scope and gathering a greater md
more attractive varieiy,-be able 50 to increase the
solid and substantial part of literary, historical
aud political harvest, as fully to satisfy the wants
OF the American reader.
The cl ,borate and stitelv Essays of the Ed'n-
hurgh, q a'terly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods n, hlc criticisms Poetry, his keen pnliti-
cal Commentaries, highly wrought Tales and wi
descriptions Of rural and mountain Scenery and
the contributions 10 Literature, II istory and CONS
mon life, Ivy the sagacious Spectator, the spark ing
Examiner, the judicious AtherHum, the busy and
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Christian Observer; these shall be intermixed with
the Military and Naval remnscences Of the Uni
ted Service, ard with the best articles Of the Duh
lin University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's
Ainsworth's, Hood's, and Sporting Magazines, and
Of Chamber admirable Journal. We shall not
consider il beneath our dignity to borrow wit and
wisdom from Punch and. when we think it good
enough, shall use the thunder of The Times. We
shall increase our va,ic,y by importsons from the
continent of Europe, and from the new growth Of
the British Colonies.
Geographical discoveries the progress ef Cnln>
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and Voyages and Travels, will be favoric matter
for selections; and in general, shall syste-
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