The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-17
By Z. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.

BYE LIrrELL AND co., BOSTON.
rENHIS work is conducted in the spirit of Littelps
! Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty ycars,)
but it is twice as large, and appears so often, wo
not only give spirit and freshness to 1t by many
things which were excluded by months delay
but while thus extending scope, and gathering
n greater and more attractive variety, are able so
to increase the solid and substantial part of our lit
crary historical, and political harvest, as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the EdiI.
burgh, Quarterly and other Reviews; and Black
wood noble criticismson Poetry his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales ana vivid
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History, and COM
mon fife, by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Athenrum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensiblennd COM
prehcnsive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these intermixcd with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the ,;c un,ted
Service and with the best articles OF the Dupiin
University, New Monthly, Frascr's, Talts, Aims
worth;c, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor-
slider it beneath our dignity to borrow wit and wis
| dom from Punch; and, when we think 1T good
| enough, make use of the thunder OF The Times.
We shall increase variety by importations from
! the continent of Europe, andfrom the new CROWN
| of the British colonies.
| The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
| Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, lraveiiers'
and politicians with all parts of the world; SO that
much more than ever, 1t now becomes every Intel
ligent American to be informed OF the conditions
and changes of foreign countries And TINS not
only because of their nearer connexion with our.
selves but because the rations seem TO be hasten
ing through rapid pr cess OF change 70 some new
state of things, which the merely pohtlcai prophet
cannot compute or foresee r, +.
Geographical Discoveries the progress OF Coloni-
zation (Which is extending over the whole worid,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorlte matter
for our selections; and in general we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he rreat department foreign affairs, without en-
| tirely neglecting our own.
While we aspire tornake the Lioir,g Agedesirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of tho
rapid progress of the moyement-to statesmen, dl-
vines, lawyers, and physiclans-to men OF business
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and generation, and hope to make the work lnois-
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because in this day of cheap
IL is not possible guard against the influx OF what
is bad in taste and vicious IN morals IN any other
way than by furnishing a sufficient supply OF a
healthy character Inc ementalanu horaia aPPeti'e
must be gratihed.
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the chaff,' by providing abundanty for the imagl-
nation, and By large collection n OF slogTaapny' a a
ter, we may produce work which shall DC popular,
while at the same time it will aspire to raise tho
standard ofpublic taste
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
| Kent, Dr. Bethune, and Messrs- Jared SPARKS
| W. H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published IN former ad'eruse-
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