Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-08-01
LITTELL,S LIVING AGE,

f.. LIrrELL s. Co, cor. OF fremont aud Erom-
ild streets, Boston.
This is work is conducted in the spirit OF llticU's
Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which was favor
ably received y the public tor twcnty ycars,) but
az il Is twice as large, aud appears 50 often, the
editor not only gives spnt aud freshness to 1t by
many thing which were excluded hy months
delay, but whcthus extending his scopc'and gath
ering greater aud more attractive variety, u able
so To increase the solid AMI substantial part Of his
literary, historical, aud ponticai harvest a. luiy
To satisfy the wants ol the American reader.
The elaborate aud aGUcL ESSAYS Of the Edln-
bugh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods mobile criticisms on Poetry his Keen poiI'i-
cal Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and Wv
id dcscrpio N Iurd and mountain Scenery;
and the contributions to Literature, History and
Comnon Lite, by the sagaclouS Spectator, the
sparkling Examiner, the Iudc'ou. AthcnTwl, the
busy aui industrious Literary Gazette, the scnSi-
bic and comprehensive Britannia, the sober aud
respectable Christian Observer; these lic inter-
mixed with the Military and Naval "reminiscences
of the United Service, aud with the best articles
OF the Dublin University, New Monthly, Fraser =,
Tait's, Ainsworth'S, Hoods, and Sporting Maga-
zines, and Of Chambers admirable journal. lie
doe. not consider it bcnrark is dignlty To borrow
wit aud wisdom from PmcIi and, when bc thinks
it good enough, makes OF this thun ,cr Oi the
Tunes.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, aud
Africa into our nriuhborhDod; aud will greatly
multiply our connections, as Merchants, 1raNcl-
lcrs, ami Politicians, with all parts o the world
so thar inncl more than ever II now Incomes cV-
cry Intelligent American to he informed Ui The
condition and change of foreign countries. And
this uot only because of their nearer connection
with ourselves, but because the nations seem to
ba Fastening, through rapid process of change,
20 some n"w state ut thing, which the merely pp-
iiical prophn cannut compute or iorcsee.
4 IN ia, - Al
ioniL,ton, which T.. extending over the whole
world 1 aud VOYAGES and travels, afford hvo,ltc
matter i,r hi selections and ~ general, the edit
tor Systematically ami very fully acqualnts his
readers with the great department OF Focign al
f,ir., without ncglcctng our own
while the Living Age is desirable To all VII"
To keep thrmsetycs informed OF the rapid progress
of the movcmcnt---to Statesmen, DivincS, ,'Law-
ycrs, and PhNsicians---to men of business AMI men
ot leisure lit will br found to be equally atrac-
tive and useful to their wives and children IL ~
Indispensable to every wc-,nurmed family. We
say Indispensable bee ansc in this day oi cheap it-
eratwc tits not possible to guard against the MINK
of what j. bad in taste and vicious IN morals, III
any other way than by furnishing IA suhcIcnt sup
ply Of healthy character. The mental nnd moral
appetite must he gratllicd.
/. I5y " wInnowing the wheat from the chat, bN
providing abnndantly for the inag glnation, and 10y a
large collection of Biography, Voyages and lrav
els, History, and more solid matter, work IS po
duccd wrll calculated for uniccrsal popularity, and
TO raise the standard ol pubic taste.
This cxcrllcnt wmk is published every Satur-
| dav by f.. LIrrEIL < Co., Boston, who supply
order. by mail from all parts of the country. Rc-
nit any sum to them, and they will send the work
to that amount Each number makes handsome
| pamphlet of ~ pages double col octave Price,
| IL I-2 cts. ,-or by the year, six dollars We add
! to our own recommendation, what our readers MIl
| value infinitely more, letter from the late EN'
/ President J. q. Adams -
| WASHINGTo> 9th December, 1873.
/ OF all the Periodical Journals devoted to Liter
/ a,ure and Science which abound in Europe and
this country, this has appeared TO me to be the
most useful II contains indeed the exposition
/ only of the current literature oi the Eng ilah IAN
T guage, but this by its immense extent a I'd comrro
henson includes a portraiturc o the human MIND
in the utmost expansion of the prcsen, age.
/ J q. ADAMS"
Subscriptions received at the otrce " this pa
per. Also sold by ". A.BARBER, tins town
/. April iyr