Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-10-18
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OF
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THIS work is conducted in the spirit OF Littelp
Museum OF Foreign Literature, (Which was favora
bly, received by the public for twenty years,) but
it is twice as large, and apears often we not on
| ly give spirit and freshness to it by many thing
which were excluded by months delay, but, Will
thus extending our scope and gathering greater an
more attractive variety are able so to increase tn
solid and substantial part of our literary, historical
and political harvest, as fully to satisfy the wants
the American reader.
The elaborate and stately ESSAYS ofthe Edinburoh
Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Blackwood,
noble criticism on poetry, his political Commenta
ries, highly wrought tales, and vivid descrption
OF rural and mountain scenery; and the contributions
TO Literature, History and common, Life, by the sa
gaclous Spectator, the sparkling Examiner the Judi
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thunder OF The Times We shall increase our variety
by lmportations from the continent of Europe, and
from the new growth of the British colonies
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and AZ.
RIGA, into our neishborhood, and will greatly multi
ply our connections, merchants, travellers, and
politicians, with all parts of the world so that much
l.
can to be informed Of the condition and changes of
foreign countries. And this not only because of there
nearer connection with ourselves, but because the
nations seem to be fastening, through a rapid pro-
cess OF Change to some new state of things, which
the merely political prophet cannot compute or fore
Geographical Discoveries. the progress of Colon
1zatlon, (Which is extending the whole world J
and voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter for
our selections; and in general, we shall systemat-
nd fully
great departmental Foreign affairs, without entirely
neglecting own.
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travels, History, and more solid matter. we NAV
produce work which shall be popular, while at the
same time 1t will aspire to raise the standard ofpublic
taste.
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WASHINGTON, December, %, 1915. a
OF all the periodical journals devoted to literature
ID science which abound in Europe and in this -
,untry, this has appeared to to be the use
II. 1t contains indeed the exposition only of the
irrent literature of the English language; but this,
It's immense extent and comprehension, includes ]
portralture of the human mind in the utmost ex- O
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