The republic., 1851-11-01
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
Published every Saturday, at l2A cents Number,
YEARLY, in ddudrce, So.
avs. IIrTELL AND CO. BOSTON.

BY 4. CO., BOSTON.
TINHIS work ia conducted in the spirit of Lttells
IL Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which
favorably received by the public for twenty years)
but it 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
Increase the solid and substantial part of our lit
erary historical, and political harvest, fully to
satisfy the wants ofthe American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the Edin-
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black.
woods noble critcismson 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 tho sagacious Spectator the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Athen1um, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and como
prehensive Britannia the SOBER ane respectaDio
Christian Observer; these are intermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the United
Service, and with the best articles oI the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Iaits' Aims
| worth G, Hood's, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal we do nos coz.
slider il beneath dignity to borrow wit and wis.
dom from Punch; and, when we taink a ~ good
| enough make use of the thunder OF The Times.
We shall increase variety by experimentation
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
| ofthe British colonies.
| The Steamship has brought Europe, ASIA and
| Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
| multiply our connexions as merchants traveuers,
and politicians with all parts OF the world; SO that,
much more than ever, it now becomes every intel
ligent American to be informed OF the conditions
and changes o foreign countries. And tins not
only because of their nearer onnexlon with our.
selves but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through a rapid pr cess OF change to some new
state ofthings, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee- .
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OF Colonls
cation (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be tavorite matter
for selections and in general, we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department of forcig affairs without en-
tirely neglecting our own .
to all who wish to keep themselves informed OF the
rapid progress of the movement-to statesmen, dig
vines lawyers and physicians--to men OF buslness
and of lesure,-it is still stronger object to
ma ke it attractive to their wives and children we
believe that we can thus do some good in our day
and generation, and hope to make the work indls-
pensable in every well-informed family. we say
Indispensable because in this day OF cheap
tits not possible to guard against theinfiux of what
is bad in taste and vicious in morals In any other
way than by furnishing suihcient supply oil
healthy character. The Inentalanu ulorai appeli'e
must be gratihed,
We hope, that by ''winnowing the wheatfrom
the chaff," by roviding abundanty for the imagi-
nation, and by large collection of Biography
VOYAGES and Travels, history and more solid mat
ter, we may produce work which shall be populars
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
Rrs-Ietters in communication Of the plan and ex-
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Messrs. Jared Sparksi
w. H. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former ADVERTISE
ments.
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