The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-19
LITTELL's LIVING AGE.
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BY e. LIrTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
TJNHIS work is conducted in the spirit OF LitteiPs
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years)
but as it ia twice large, and appears often, we
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
n 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 EdiL-
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
wood noble critcismson 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 sparkling
Examiner, the judicious AthenIum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible and conn
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
christian Observer; these are intermixed with tho
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the United
Service and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Ialts, AIMS.
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor-
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dom from Punch; and, when we think It good
enough make use of the thunder of The Times.
We shall increase our variety by importationsfrom
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 viii greatly
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and politicians, with all parts OF the world; 80 that,
much more than ever, IT now becomes every intef-
ligent American to be informed OF the condltlonS
and changes of foreign countries And this not
only because of their nearer connexion with our
selves, but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr cess of change to some new
state of things which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee -
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Cooni-
cation, (Which is extending over the whole worlal
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our scections and in general we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department foreign affairs, without en-
trely neglecting our own .
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ter we may produce work which shall be popular,
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faz-I etters in commenda alton of the plan and ex-
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 advertise
ments.
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with other works, containing IN EACH PART double
the matter of any Of the quarteres. But we re-
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oflife. ,
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them is equal TO THREE ordinary octavos
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