Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-02
LlTTEIL'S LIVING AGE,

T.. IIrrEIL s. CO., cor. Of fremont aud Prom
field streets, Boston.
This work j. conducted in the spirit pi Llt'cl's
Museum OF Foreign Literature, (Which WAS favor
ably received by the public Tor twenty Ncars,) but
as it is twice as large, and appears :" often, the
editor not ouly gives spnit aud freshness to 10y
many things which were excluded by u month :
dclaI but while thus extending his scope and gath
cring greater aud more attractive variety, Is able
50 20 increase the solid and substantial pat OF his
literary, historical, and political harvest, as fully
To satisfy the wants of the American reader
The elaborate aud statcl, Essays of the Edn-
burrh, QmltcIlv and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble criticisms ON Poetry, his Keen polt-
cal Commentaries, highly wrought Iacs, aud WV
id descriptions of rural and mountain scenery
aud the contributions to Literature, lls'prl, ana
Common Lite, by the sagacluus Spectator the
sparkling ENamincr, the iudicluus Athcnwunl, the
busy and industrious Literary Gazette, the scnsl-
bic and comurchcnsyc britannia, the sober aud
respectable Christian Observer; these are inter-
mixcd with the Military and Naval rcmInlsccnccs
of the United Service, aud with the best articles
| of the Dublin IaycrsitN, New Monthly, Fnscr's,
! Tait's, Ainsworth's, Hood, and Sporting Maga-
zines aud of Chambers admirable journal. lie
does not consii r. it beneath his dignity to borrow
vii and wisdom from Punch and, when he thinks
! it pnod enough, makes use Of the thun.cr OF the
! Times.
! The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
! Africa into our nc'ghborhoodi aud VIII greatly
! mutip, our connections, - Merchants, travel
lcrs. and Politicians, with all parts OF the world
so that much more than ever il now becomes cy-
cr, intelligent American to br informed oi the
! condition and change OF Foreign countries. And
. thi, not onlN because Of their nearer connection
| with ourselves. bu, because the nations seem to
! me hlsicung through a rapid process oi change,
1 to some new state ot things, which the merely p"-
n Etical pruphct cannot compute or iurc~cc.
n Cco.rdhical Discoveries, the progress OF Col
N ,r;,atinu (which Is. extending over the whole
H world / and Voyages aud Travels afford tNorltr
matter or hi- selections and, ~ general ih' cdi-
Tor systematically and very fully ucqmlni- hls
II readers with the great department OF Foreign al
II fairs without ncgccmg our own
II While the Living Age Is dcsir bic 10 all "h"
Il IA keen thcmscyc. informed Of the rapid progrcss
| Of the muycmcht---tO Statesmen, biNncs, Law
/ ,crs and phNsci2us---tn men 81 huSinrss "nd men
! of leisure. lit will be- ,ound to be equally atihr-
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er,tu,e il not possible 10 gu rd against the mliu\
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/ ana. other way than h finishing sdihcIcni sup
/ MI, of healthy character. The mental dnd moral
II appctitc must bc gratihcd. ~
II IL, I" vmnoving the wheat from the chaf,' h,
\ proyidinp Al undautly tor the imagiiatlon and 10y
| large collection Of biography, Voyages and Im'-
II els History, and more solid matter, work T. p
,uccd. wcIl calculated Cor miccrsaI 1puailtl ano
II 10 raise the standard Of public ste
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II President j. q. Adams :---
"WAsniNGru>, 21th December, lsl5
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most useful Il contains indeed the oNro-'io
II only of the current literature oi the Eng hsh mi
n puipe but this by IT, immense extent - 'o comIn'
hcrsion nclrdes potlraitwo Of the human nin
in the utmost expansion Of the present age.
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