The republic., 1851-03-15
LIrTELL' LIVING AGE.
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BYE. LIrrELL AND CO., BOSTON
TNIiiS work is conducted in the spirit of Littel's
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years
but as II 10 twice as large, and appears often,
not only give spirit and freshness to it by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
n greater and more attractive variety, are able so
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
erary, historical and political harvest as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the EdiE
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble criticismson 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 Athenrum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible and COM
prehensivc Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these arc intcrmixcd with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles Of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Frascr's, Tait's, Aims
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and Of
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor ;
slider i beneath dignity to borrow wit and wis
dom from Punch; and, when think il good
enough, make use of the thunder of The Times.
We shall increase 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
multiply our connexions merchants travellers,
and politicians, with all parts of the word SO that,
ligent American to be informed of the conditions
and changes OF foreign countries. And this not
only because Of their nearer connexion with our
selves, but because the atons seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr -css of change, to some new
state Of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni
5ation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department OF foreign affairs, without
tirely neglecting our own
While we aspire tomakc the Liuing Agedesrablc
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress of the inovemcnt-to statesmen, di-
and men Of lcisure,-it 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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indispensable, because in this day of cheap literature
i is not possible to guard against the influx of what
ia bad in taste and vicious in morals in any other
way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
healthy character. The mcntaland moral appetite
must be gratifcd.
We hope, that by ''winnowing the wheat from
the chaff," by rovdng abundantly for the iniagi-
nation, and by large collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, History, and more solid mat
ter, VIC may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the same time 1t will aspire to raise the
standard Of public taste
OU-Letters in commentator Of the plan and ex
ccution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, Dr. Bethune, and Mcssrs. Jared Sparks
| w. IL. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor. have been publ in former advertise
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