The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-11
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
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BY e. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
TENHIS work s conducted in the spirit OF Littel'a
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which
favorably received by the public fer twenty years)
but as is twice large, and appears so often, wc
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 lit
erary, historical, and political harvest, as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the EdiI-.
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Biack,
wood's noble criticismson Poetry his keen political
Commentaries highly wrought Tales, and VIVID
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History; and COM
mon life by the sagacous Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner the judicious AthenGum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and com
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these intermixed with the
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Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor
slider it beneath dignity to borrow vat ana WIS.,
dom from Punch; and, when we think 1t good
enough, make use OF the thunder OIL Inc llmes.
| We shall increase variety by importationsfrom
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
| of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, ASIA, ana
| Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians, with all parts of the world; 30 that,
! much more than ever, il now becomes every intel
and changes of foreign countries. And tins not
only because of their nearer connexion with our.
selves, but because the atoms seem TO De hasten
ing through a rapid pr <ess OF change to some new
state fittings, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee - -
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni
cation which ia extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general, we shall SYSTEM
atcally and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great departmental foreign analrs' WITHOUT en-
| tirely neglecting our own.
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and generation, and hope TO make the work lndls-
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must be gratified.
| we hope that by 'swinnowing the wheat from
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Voyages and Travess History, and more solid mats
ter we may produce work which shall De popuiars >
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