The republic., 1851-10-29
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
Published eUery Saturday, Gt TT cents Number
Yearly, in adoance, Sc.

! BY E. LIrTELL AND CO., BOSTON,
ENHIS work is conducted in the spirit OF Littel's
| u Museum of Foreign Literature, (which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years)
but as il 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 lit
erary, historical, and political harvest fully
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the EdiEs
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble crticsmson Poetry, his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid
descriptions Of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History, and
mon life, hy the sagaoous Spectator, the sparkling
EYanliner, the iudicious Athengum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and com
prchcnsive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; theso are intermixed with the
Military and Naval "Reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
Univeraity, New Monthly, Fraser's, Tait's, Ains-
worth,s, Hoods, and SPorting Magazines, and of
Chembers's admirable Journal. We do not cor -
slider il beneath our dignity borrow witand WIS.,
dom from Punch; and, when we think IL good
enough, make use OF the thunder of The Times.
We shall increase variety by from
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
of the British colonies,
The steamship has brought Europe, Aaia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply connexions merchants travellers,
and politicians, with all parts of the world that,
much more than ever, it now becomes every INTEL
American TO 10 intorlned OF the Condftlona
and changes of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer connexion with our.
selves, but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through a rapid prr of change, to some new
state of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or forcsee
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni
cation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for selcctopsi and in general, we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department OF foreign affairs, without en-
tlrely neglectng our own
While we aspire tonake the Lining Agedesirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress of the movement--to statesmen, di
vines, lawyers and physicians--to men of business
and men of leaurc,it is still stronger object to
make it attractive to their wives and children. We
believe that can thus do some good in our day
and generation, and hope to make the work lndis-
pensable in every weI-informed family We say
Indispensable, because in this day of cheap literature
il is not possible to guard against heinux of what
is bad in taste and vicious In morals IN any other
way than by furnishing a sufficient supply of n
healthy character. The mentaan nd moral appetite
must be gratihed.
We hope, that by ''winnowing the wheat from
the chaff,' by roviding abundantly for the imagi
nation, and by large collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, history, and more solid mat
ter, may produce work which shall be popular.
while at the same time 1T Will aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
Gy-Lettcrs in commentator of the plan and ex-
ecuton of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Nicssrs. Jared sparkss
w H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published In former advertse-
ments.
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