The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-11
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BYE. LIrTELL AND'co., BOSTON.
TiIs work is conducted in the spirit Of Littells
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
iayoraby received by the public fer twenty ycars,)
but as II is twice large, and appears often,
not only give spirit and freshness to it by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
greater and more attractive variety, able SO
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
erary historical, and political harvest, as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the EdiL.
burgh, Quarterly. and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble criticsmson 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 life, by the sagacious Spectator, the
Examiner, the judicious Atheneum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these intermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University. New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's, AIMS
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and Of
Chamberss admirable Journal. We do not cor
sider 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 mportations from
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts of the world that,
much more than ever, it now becomes every intel
and changes of foreign countries And this not
only because of their nearer conncxion with our
selves, but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr less of change, TO some new
state of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Colon-
zation (Which is extending over the whole world,
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorte matter
for our seections and in general we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department OF foreign affairs, without en-
ucQlcCtin0 Z
While we aspire tomake the Living Ags gsdcsirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
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and men of leisure,-it is still stronger object to
make it attractive to their wives and children. We
believe that thus do some good in our day
| and generation, and hope to make the work inds-
pensable in every we'll informed family. We say
indspensabe because in this day of cheap literature
it is not possible to guard against the influx of what
is bad in taste and vicious in morals in any other
way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
healthy character. The mcntaland moral appetite
must be gratifed.
the chaff," by providing abundantly for the imagi-
| nation, and by large collection Of Biography
Voyages and Travels, history. and more solid mat
ter. we may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the time it Will aspire to raise the
standard public taste
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ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DIR. Bcthune, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
w. H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise
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