Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1848-05-10
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IITaTELIJS LIVING AGE.

TIL work is conducted in the spirit Of LittelPs
Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was favora-
bly, received by the public for twenty yearso but a.
it is twice as large, and apears so often, we not on
ly give spirit and freshness to it by many things
which were excluded by a months delay, but, while
thus extending our scope and gathering greater and
more attractive variety, are able so to increase the
solid and substantial part Of our literary, historical,
and political harvest, as fully to satisfy the wants Of
the American reader. .En-a
The elaborate and stately Essays ofthe Edinburgh,
Quarterly, and other Reviews; and
noble criticism on poetry, his political Commenta-
ries, highly wrought tales, and vivid descriptions
of rural and mountain scenery; and the contributions
to Literature, History and common, Life, by The sd
gacious Spectator, the sparkling Erominer, the judi
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zefte, sensible and comprehensive Britannia, the So
Der respectable Christian Observer these are intermix-
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United Service, and with the best articles of the
Dublin University, Nec Monthly, FrGser's, Tdif's, Ains-
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thunder of The Times. We shall increase our variety
by importations from the continent of Europe, and
from the new growth Of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and At
RIGA, into our ncighborhood, and will greatly multi
ply our connections, as merchants, travellers, and
politicians, with all parts of the world; so that much
more than ever it becomes every intelligent Ameri-
can 10 De INFORMED OF the COnultiOn anu changes or
foreign countries. And this not only because ofthcts
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
see.
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and voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter for
our selections; and in general, we shall systemati-
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uraof I'm " n Lnraiop Ha,pc HIN ~
neglecting our own.
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and by a large collection Of biography. Voyages and
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same time II will aspire to raise the standard ofpublic
taste.
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49,. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
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