The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-18
LfrTELL's LIVING AGE.
Published euerp Saturday, at l2 cents N'inn6er'
Yearly IN aduGrrce, So.

yearly, an dupaTfce, po-
BY E. LIrrELL AND co, BOSTON.
rKyHIS work is cond Quoted in the spirit of LtteiPs
\ Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years)
but it is twice as large, and appears so oi'en we
not only give spirit and freshness to 1t by many
things which were excluded by monti's ueiays
but while thus extending our scope ana gatheTihg
greater and more attractive variety, arg apI ~
to increase the solid and substantial part OF our M
erarv historical and political harvest as fuily 10
satisfy the wants of the American reader, 80
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the nse Edih.
burgh Quarterly, and other kcviews' ana piaok
woods noble critcismson Poetry, his keen pohticai
Commentaries, highly wrought tales, ana wig
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery aha
the contributions to Literature, his.ofy ana
mon life by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner the iudicous Athcnnurn, the pusy ana
industrious Literary Gazette, ,the sensible ana voa
prchcnsivc Britannia the soper ahe p:.h IL
christian Observer; these intcrmixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the Dh,eo
Service, and with the best articles OF me punnh @
University, New Monthly Fraser ., AIT nd ,dne "a
WORTH r. Hoods, and Sporting Magazihes' anu %
Chambers,s admirable Journal. we DO not COZ
slider il beneath our dignity to borrow WY anu VIZ
dom from Punch; and, when we enink m ~ soou
enough make use of the thunder oil Ane inhes.
| we aRau increase our variety by ylmportaoonslfom
the continent of Europe, andfrom the new s'o~'A
of the British colonies
The steamship has brought Europe, ASIA, ana
Africa into our ncighborhood, and Will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, traYeners
and politicians, with all parts OF the world; so tna,,
much than ever, II DOW bSeNil'o -
i;ot A,ncr;can Tn be in formed of the coudItions
and changes of foreign countries. Ana .nls not
only because of their nearer connoN,on VIII ouI~
selves, but because the ltonS seem " ~ ,s,
state ofthites, which the merely poiltical propheN
cannot compute or fofesee' a : rf,olo,;s
Geographical Discoveries, the progress Oh Coionis
zot; ;op (bich ia extending over the whole world)
d W. Yans and Travels will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general VIC snsi, .,.
Atically and very fully acquaint our lcauels ~,s
he great department Oh IorciS 'i"i''
U;ic I've asnire ton,alse the Liring Agedesirabio
to ali who wish to keep themselves iholno o ~; i;s
rapid progress of the movement h;s.5
vines LAWYERS and physicans-to men OF ptsiiiese 50
o,,d mon Of esure-it is still stronger opJect 70
make il attractive to their wives ana cniiui en. ~
believe that we can thus do some gooo IN our uay
and generation, and hope to make the woiH inuls
nensable IN every wcll-informed family. W. say
dispensable because in this day OF cheap Literature
il ia not possible TO guard agalnst the lnhuNol waI
Is bad in taste and vicious in morals In any osneI
way than by furnishing suihclent supply o. o.
bcaIthv character. The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratlhcd ...huat rro,,,
ths baT = bv royiding abundantly for the imagi-
nation and by a large collection of biography
Voyages and Travels, history ana more solio niat
ter, may produce work wnion sa,s te tbs
while at the same time II VIII aspire w "iSe ''
standard of public taste
Ars-Iettersin commendahon OF the plan ana e1-
ecYtion of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent Dr Rethune, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
W. Ii. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor have been published in former advertise
mcnts. 80, ;. =; u,rlros
as a PAMPHLET, and costs Al cents Without the
cover il comes within the definition OF newspaper
given in the law, and cannot legally De chargeo
with more than newspaper postage.
MoNruLy PARrs--For such as prefer 1T IN that
form, the Living age is put up in monthly parts,
containing four or five weekly numbers. In TINS
,,;tb other works containing IN EACH PART doublo
the matter Of any of the quarterles But we rI re-
co,pInend the weekly ynumbersastresher ana iuiief
oflfe .-, E.cbot
tben, is equal to THR Eg ordinary octavos
Orders should be addressed directly TO the Pub@
fishers, u La A@'-> - 80
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