The republic., 1851-04-09
LITTELL' LIVING AGE.
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BYE. LIrTELL AND Co., BOSTON.
TNilS work is conducted in the spirit Of Litcl's
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
iavorably received by the public for twenty years.
but as II is twice as large, and appears often
not only give spirit and freshness to il 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 our lit
erary, HISTORICAL and political harvest as fully to
satisfy the wants OF the American reader
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
wood noble criticismson Poetry, his keen political
Comnentaries, 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 Athenmum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible and COM
prchcnsye Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these intermixed 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 q, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and of
Chambers's admirable Journal We do not cor
slider it beneath our dignity to borrow wisnnd wis
dom from Punch; and, when we think il good
enough, make use of the thunder of The Times.
we shall increase our variety by importatons from
the continent OF Europe, and from the new growth
fthc 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 world that
ligent American to be informed of the conditions
and changes Of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer conncxion with our
selves, but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr <ess of change, to some
state OF things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresce.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Cooni
cation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be fayorite matter
for selections; and in general we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department OF foreign affairs, without en-
tlrely neglecting our own.
While we aspire tonakc the Living Agedcsirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress Of the moycment-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers, and physicians-to of business
and men of eisure,it is still stronger object to
make it attractive to their wives and children We
believe that we can thus do some good in day
| and generation, and hope to make the work indis-
| pcnsable in every we'll Uniformed 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
way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
healthy character. The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratifed.
| We hope, that by "winnowing the wheat from
the chafl," by roviding abundantly for the imagi-
nation, and by large collection of Biography
Voyages and Travels, History, and moro solid mat
ter, we may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the time it will aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
i 0RJ-Lctters in commcndation of the plan and cx
ccution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
/ w. III. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise
mcnts.
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