The republic., 1851-03-13
LITTELL' LIVING AGE.
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Y. LIrrELL AND CO., sosroN.
HiS work Is conducted in the spirit Of Littell's
iavoraby received by the public fer twenty years
but as II is twice as large, and appears 90 oen VIC
not only give spirit and freshness Ia il by many
things which were excluded by q months delay
but while thus extending scope, and catherine 2
greater and more attractive variety are able 20
to increase the solid and substantial part Of lit
erary, historical and political harvest az fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the EdiE-
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
noble criticiamson 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 Athen1um, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and COM
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these arc intermixcd with the
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's, Aims
worths, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not coz :
slider IL beneath our dignity to borrow wit and wis
dom from Punch; and, when we think it good
enough, make use of the thunder of The Times.
We shall increase our variety by importations 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
and politicians. with all parts Of the world; 30 that
much more than ever, il now becomes every intel
ligcnt American to be informed of the conditions
and changes of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer come xion with our
selves, but because the ations seem to be hastcn-
ing through rapid pr sess Of change to some new
state OF things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresec.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni-
xation, (Which is extending over the whole world,l
and Voyages and Travels, will be fAvoritc matter
atically and very fully acquaint readers with
he great department offorcign affairs, without en-
tircly ncglccting our own.
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to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress of the movcnent-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers. and physicans--to mon of business
and men Of lcisurei is still stronger object to
make It attractive to their wives and children We
believe that we can thus do some good in our day
and generation, and hope to make the work indis-
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ndspens0be, because in this day Of cheap literature
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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
We hope, that by "winnowing the wheat from
the chaf," by providing abundanty for the iInagi-
nation, and by a large collection of biography.
ter: we may produce work which shall DO popular.
while at the same time il wll aspire TO raise the
standard Of public taste
ecution Of the work from Judge Story. Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bcthune, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
w. H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor. have been published in former advertise
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