The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-09
LITTELL,s LIVING AGE.
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IL tells Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which
was favorably received by the public for twenty
years,) butas it is twice large, and appears so
often, we not only give spirit and freshness to il
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 har-
vest as fully to satisfy the wants Of the American
reader. ..'. .. .'r .al..H' q s# s.t...
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin-
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new growth of the British colonies.
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