The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-21
LITTELL' LIVING AGE.
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BIZ T.. LITTELL AND co.., BOSTON.
vUvHIS work ia conducted in the spirit Of Littells
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
fayorably received by the public for twenty years
but as IT s twice as large and appears 80 often, VIC
not only give spirit and freshness to 1t by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
greater and more attractive variety, are able SO
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
crary, 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
wood'snoble criticsmson Poetry, his keen political
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History, and com
mon life by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the judicous At6eneum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and COM
prehensiye Britannia, tho sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are intcrmixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's, Aims
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and of
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not coz
slider 1t 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
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts Of the world that
much more than ever, it now becomes every intel
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 ltions seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr <ess of ofchange, to some new
state Of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or fOresee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni-
cation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be fayorite matter
for our scections and in general, shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he trff
tirely neglecting our own.
While we aspire tomake the Liping Age desirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress of the movcment-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers, and physicians men of business
and men Of leisure-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-
pensable in every wcll-informed family. We say
Indispensable because in this day of cheap literature
it is not possible to guard against the influx of what
is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other
y1han by furnishing sufficient supply of
healthy character The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratifed.
We hope, that by "winnowing the wheat from
the chaff' by roviding abundantly for the iInagi
nation. and BY large collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, History, and more solid mat
ter, we may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
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ccution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
w. II. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise
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