The republic., 1851-12-19
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
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e. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON,
THNHIS work is conducted in the spirit of littelis
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years.
but it is twice as large and appears SO oIten VIC
not only give spirit and freshness to it by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
greater and more attractive variety, are aple 80
to increase the solid and substantial part OF our 1T
erary historical and political harvest as fully TO
satisfy the wants ofthe American reader!
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the r EdlL'
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews ana blacK,
wood noble criticismson Poetry, his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vlvl9
desc riptions of rural and mountain sceneryi ano
the contributions to Literature, history, ana % oonl
mon life by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner the judicious Atheneum, the busy ana
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible and CONS
prehcnsive Britannia, the sober and respectapie
Christian Observer; these are inerInlxed VITA the
Military and Naval "reminiscences ol the Ohiteu
Service and with the best articles OIL the Dupilh
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, lalts' aims
worth'E Hoods and Sporting Magazines, and ol
| Chambcrs's admirable Journal. we oo ho' Soi
cider it beneath our dignity to borrow W.T. ana WIS,
dom from Punch; and when we Va 'riTh T ~ ,s" goou
enough, make use of the thunder OF Inc tnnee'
We shall increase our variety by lmportationsiroi
| the continent Of Europe. and from the new growth
| of the British colonies
| Africa into our neghborhood, and VIII greatly
multiply connexions as merchants iaVeiierS'
and politicians with all parts OF the woro SO tha
much more than ever, il now becomes every intei intei.
ligent American to be informed OF tne CoHultloils
and changes Of foreign countries. ana tnio hot
only because of their nearer connexloh WIN oui
sevcs but because the p ations seem to be hasten
inr through a rapid pr cess of change, to some new
state ofthfngs, which the merely poltlcai proPhci
cannot compute or toresee rc
zation (Which is extending over the whoie worlo')
and Voyares and Travels, will be tavorite matter
for our selections; and IN general we ,
atcally and very fully acqualnt our readers VIII
he reat department of foreign affairs, without en-
tirely neglectng our own ,.,,..iu,1i
While we aspire tomaEe tne i1toinS cis r. ~
TO alI who wish to keep themselves informed OF tho
mid nrorrcss of the moyement-to atatesinen' ul
vines law yers and physlclans-to men ol 1's
and men of lesure,lt Is stlil opJeet -
a l. Il attractive to their wives and children We
believe that we can thus do some good Ia our daJ
and generation, and hope TO make the WORK m mars
pensable in every well-informed ialnlly. we say
dixneuso5le because in this day OF cheapbtera
II i not nossiblc to guard against the influx OF what
i bad in taste and vicious in morals IN any othe'
wav than by furnishing a sufhclent supply OF
healthy character. ne nien''ii''A'u NV -
must be gratihcd .e
We hope that by ''winnowlng the wheatIfotl
tho cbafY,, by rovidng abundantly for the mag"
nation aud by q large collection of Biography,
V,a 80 nd Vrnyels History and more solid ma
tor we, NAV produce work which shall be popular
while at the same time it VIII aspire to ralse the
standard public taste
ecYIion of the work from Judge Story, ChanoeiIcf
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Messrs' jared spark
w. IL. Prescott, George eancio4l, AiIu 80:
Ticknor, have been puollsheu III to my az ''S
ments. So, ft :. ..io.
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Containing four or five weekly numbers IN thia
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with other works, containing IL EACH PART @ @oouol'
the matter of any of the quarterhes But we re-
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oflife. rh,
tbcm il equal 10 Three ordinary octavos
oranrs sbould be addressed directly 20 the pub
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