The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-22
LTTTKLL'S LIVING AGE.
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BY L. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON,
FENIIS work is conducted in the spirit of LltteiPs
| Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favoraby received by the public for twenty years,)
but it is twice as large and appears so often, 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 able so
to increase the solid and substantial part of our lt
erary, historical, and political harvest as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader,
The elaborate and stately E.asays of the EdiE-
burgh, Quarterly, and other ,Revlews' ana biack,
wood noble criticismson Poetry his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and VIVID
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; ana
the contributions TO Literature, History and conn
mon life, by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the iudicous AthenTum, the busy ana
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and con-
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are interrnixed with the
| Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the United
Service, and with the heat articles OF the Dublin
| University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Iaits' A1nsr
| worth's Hood's, and Sporting Magazines, and OK
| Chambers's admirable Journal We do not coE-
slider il beneath dignity to borrow wit and WIS.
dom from Punch; and, when we tnink ~ good
| enough, make of the thunder OF Inc Times.
| We shall increase variety by importatohsi from
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
| of the British colonies.
| The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neghborhood, and Will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts OF the world 30 that
much more than ever 1t now becomes every intei-
| hgcnt American TO be informed of the condltion5
| and changes of foreign countries. And thls not
| only because of their nearer connexlon with our
| selves but because the rations seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr OF change, to some new
state of things which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee r,y,
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OF Colonl-
| cation, (Which is extending over the whole world0
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general, we snail system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers WIN
he great department OF foreign aIIalrs, Wi'hou' en-
| tirely ne0leCting own.
| While we aspire tomalSe the Living Agedesirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed OF the
rapid progress of the movement-to statesmen ui-
| vines lawyers, and physicians-to men OF business
and men of leisure,i is still stronger opect "a
make il attractive to thcirwives and chlidren. VIC
believe that can thus do some good IN our Gay
and reneration and hope to make the work lndls-
pensable in every we'll informed family. we say
because in this day OF cheap literature
il is not possible to guard against the OF Wha
is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other
way than by furnishing suihclent supply Oh a
healthy character. The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratified.
the chaR,o by Troviding abundantly for the imagi-
nation, and by large collection OF biography
Voyages and Travels, history, and more SOLID Ha'a
ter we may produce work which shall be popuar, ,
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise tha
standard of public taste
lct-Letters in commendation of the plan and ex-
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent Dr. Bethune, and Messrs. Jared SPARKS
W. ii. Prescott, George Bancroft, ana uoo!ge
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