The republic., 1851-03-20
ie,f "a aLITTELL' LIVING AGE.
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Yearly, IN advance, 96.

N4 By Y. LIrTELL AND Co., BOSTON. iifs tii,
yHIS work is conducted in the spirit Of Littell's
Il Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public fer twenty years,)
but as it is twice large, and appears often,
only ss Elk pt aed SS to i y
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
greater and more attractive variety, able 80
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
crary, historical and political harvest fully to
satisfy the wants Of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the Edin \
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Rlack
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
Examiner, y the indicioGs Athenaum, the busy @ and
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible and conn
Rrehensive Rritannis, the, sober and respectable
Military and Naval reminiscenccs of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly. Fraser's. Taits. Aims
cSs ao0a and Sporting and o.
slider IT beneath 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 mportations from
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
OF the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our ncighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions merchants, travellers,
and politicians, with all parts of the word that
much more than ever, il now becomes every intel-
and changes Of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer conncxion with our
selves, but because the atons seem to be hasten
ing through rapid PR cess Of change to some
state ofth{ngs which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee. as ID t4na1
Geographical Discoveries, the progress Of Coloni-
and Voyages and Travels, win be fyorite matter
for our selections; and in general shall systcm
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department. of foreign affairs, without
tiralv arlo rfirop pn,,rn .t
While we aspire tomake the Livtng Agedesirablo
to all who wish to keep themselves Informed of tho
rapid progress of the movement-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers, and physicians men of business
and men Of lesure,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
pcnsable in every well Informed family. We say
ndispensGbe because in this day of literature
il is not possible to guard against the influx Of what
s bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other
way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
healthy character. The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratifed
the chaff" by Troviding abundan7ly for the inagi-
nation, and by largo collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, History. and more solid mat
4 ee opc1S
4 standard of public taste
0o-Letters in commendation of the plan and ex
ecution Of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
w. H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor. have bcen published in former advertise
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containing four or five weekly numbers. In this
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with other works, containing IN EACH PARr double
the matter of any Of the qunrtcrlies. But we re-
3 commend the weekly numbers as fresher and fuller
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