The republic., 1851-10-30
LrrTELL,s LIVING AGE.
Published euery Saturday, at l2a cents Number,
Yearly, in advance, SO.

| Yearly, IN advance, 30
Rye LITrELL AND co., BOSTON.
rUNHIS work is conducted in the spirit OF Littelfs
! Il Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years,)
but it is twice as large and appears so often we
not only give spirit and freshness to 1t by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
greater and more attractive variety, are able SO
increase the solid and substantial part OF our -
erary historical and political harvest, as fully TO
satisfy the wants the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the EdIL'
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black.
wood noble critcismson Poetry his keen Politlcai
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; ano
the contributions to Literature, History and com-
mon life by the sagacous Spectator, the sparkling
Exa nliricrs the judicious Athenmun, the busy ana
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and coma
prchcnsiyc Britannia, thc sober and Respectable
Christian Observer; these are intermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the ,Unind
Service and with the best articles oil The DubiiH
University New Monthly, Frascr's, Talt5, Aims
worth g. floods and Sporting Magazines, and OF
ChaInbcrs's admirable journal. We do not cor
sdcrit beneath our dignity to borrow wit and'wls-
dom from Punch; and, when we think II good
enough, make use of the thunder of The Iimes.
We shall increase variety by ylmPortatlonsfrom
| the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
| of The British colonies -
11he Steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our nei ighborhood, and will greatly
multiply nexiorf5 as merchants travellers,
and politicians, with all parts OF the world SO that,
much more than ever, II now becoIFes every intel
ligent American to be informed OF the conditions
and changes of foreign countries And tbis not
only because of thoir nearer conncxlon with our
selves but because the ltions seem 10 be hasten
in through a rapid Or oil change, to some new
state of things, which the merely poiticai proPhet
cannot compute or ioresec. e,
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OIL Colonl
sation which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be lavorite niatter
for selections; and in general, VIC Snail system
atcally and very fully acqlmtnt our readers with
he great department OF foreign Affairs without en-
tirely negcctiHg our own.
While we aspire ,omake the Lining Ag edesirabIe
to all who wish to keep themselves informed OF the
rapid progress of the movemcnt-to statesmen, Oh
vines lawyers, and physclans--tv men OF business
and men Of eisure,-it is still stronger OBJECT 10
make it attractive to their wives and cnildrcn we
believe fttat we can thus do some good in our Gay
and general ion sEd hope to make the work lndis-
pensable in every welf-iBforE1cd family we say
INDISPENSABLE because in this day of cheapbterature
it is not possible guard against the influx OF what
ia bad in taste and vicious in MORALS in any other
way than by furnishing sufficient supply OF u
healthy character. The mentaland morai hpPe.'s
We hope, that by tswlpnowing the wheat from
the chaR'' by roviding abundantly for the imagi-
nation, and by large collection oi biography,
Voyages and Travels, history, and more solid mat
ter VIC may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the time it viii aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
hy-Lcttcrsi in commendatjon of the plan and cx-
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
W. Ii. Prescott, George Bancroft, and Georgv
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise
ments.
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