The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-07-18
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
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BY f. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
'bNtlS work Is conducted In the spirit Of LittelPs
Il Museum of Foreign Literature (Which was
favoraby received by the public for twenty years)
but as 1t is twice as large and appears often,
not only give spirit and freshness TO il by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
a greater and more attractive variety are able so
to increase the solid and substantial part of our lit
erary, historical, and political harvest, as fully TO
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin-
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews and Black
woods noble criticisms Poetry, his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History, and com
mon lie, hy the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Athenmum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and com
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these intcrmixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Taits, Aims
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and of
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not
slider it beneath dignity to borrow wit and wis
dom from Punch; and, when think it good
enough, make use of the thunder of The Times
We shall increase our variety by mportatons from
of the British colonies
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions merchants travellers,
much more than ever, II now becomes every intel
hgent American to be informed of the conditions
and changes of foreign countries. Aud this not
only because of their nearer conncxion with our
selves, but because the nations to be hasten
ing through rapid process of change, TO some new
state of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or ioresee.
Geographical Discoveries the progress Of Coloni-
cation, (Which Is extending over the whocsgord,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be iavorite matter
for our se!ections and in general, shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
the great department of foreign affairs, without en-
urely neglecting our own.
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way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
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nation, and by large collection of Biography,
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ter, we may produce a work which shall be popular
while at the time it Will aspire to raise the
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9J-Letters in commentator of the plan and e1-
ecunon of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Rethune, and Measrs Jared Sparks,
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