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LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.

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ri are able the oiid aud substantial ' o our
literary, HISTORICAL and political harvest as luy 10 SATISFY Tue
wants Of the Am. rican reader - =,
The elaborate stately Essays OF the Edinburgh, Q"drer'
IN and other and Black woods nobi, criticisms on fo-
rrv his keen political Commentaries highly wrought ares
I yvid dissertations of rural Scenery and the
COMPILATIONS Literature, History aud Common Lifr' ny me
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ne the busy and industrious Literary GdSeT, he sehsoe
and comprehensive Britannia the sober and Respectable CtS'
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6ns,cohs Hoods aud Sporting Magaztnes and OF Cham-
hrs admirable Journal We do not consider it bnealh our
dignity borrow and wisdom from Punch and, when we
link il good enough make Of the thunder OF The Times
We shall increase variety by moaon from The continent
of Europe and from growth Of the British colonies
The steamship has brought uror, Asa and Africa INTO our
neighbohood will greatly multiply our connexions as Mer-
chants Travellers, and Politicians, with all parts OF me woru
that much more than ever now becomes ever.
American be informed OF the condition aud changes OF
egn countries And this only because oil their nearer co"
necon with ourselves but because the nations seem " oe
tning change 10 some new STATE VI
things which the merely political prophet cannot compute or
Geographical Discoveries progress Colonization (Which
is extending the whole world and Voyages and Travels
will b. favorite matter sell ctions and general
shall sys macay very fully acqnant readers with
great department OF Foreign affairs Ilout tnre hstc
Will we aspire 10 make Living Agcdcsirablc all who
wish keep III, msrlvcs informed oil The rapid progress Of he
mouemsnto Statesmen, D,ncs Lawyers and phy slcian'
10 Of business and Of esurct still stronger oJ'ct
10 make aractIv, aud useful TO their wives and
We believe that thus do good in our day aud gen
informed family We Indispensable i'll this day OIL
cheap it is possible guard against the influx Of
by mni Di suaici supply Of healthy The
mental and moral aPlr.. must be Sra h.c from n. bv
providing abundanlly for the mis:n" N" and BY g' coll
ion OF Biography VOYAGES, and travels iSory a more SOL
UDit !.
whc at the same ne It will a,pr. raise the standard pub
lie taste.
The LIVING AGE published very Saturday. by LiTTELL
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u number ma, b, II ID cents and it be worth
while for purchasers complete any broken VOL
they may have, ard thus greatly nhancc their vane
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sists of three Sheets aud is rated pamphlet, at ~ ccn
But when without the cover, ii cons within the dtmp2
of newspaper gwen tbs law aud cannot legally be chaEe"
with more than newspaper postage, 2 csns) we adYthe
definition alluded to:-
A newspaper Is ANY printed issueu
consisting than sheets, and published snort
intervals than month"; conveying intelligence VI
passing events -
Monthly gats-For such prefer it in that FORM the LIVING
Age put up monthly parts containing four or ive weekly
numbers. In this shape shows 10 great advantag III cump
ison with Other works containing each part double the mat
ter any of the quarrrles But rcmrnd the weekly
numbers reshcr and fuller of life Postagt on the monthly
parts about The uolms published qua'itry
each volume containing much quarterly review
gives in eighteen months M p.
WAsrINoToN, 81 Dec ,1S45
or all the Periodical Journals devoted literature and science
which abound Europe and this country this has aprard
me the useful II contains indeed the exposition only OF
the current literature OF the English language but this by its
immense comprchension includes poaiure OF the
human mind in the utmost expansion OF The present age
September 4, 1851