The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-29

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BYE. LITTELL AND CO., BosroN.
THIS work is conducted in the spirit of LittelPs
4 Museum of Foreign Literature, (which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years }
but as 1t is twice as large and appears often,
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 90
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
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satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the EdiI
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble cricismson 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 ilfe by the sagacous Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Atheneum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and COM
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Christian Observer these internixcd 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'f, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal We do not cor !.
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enough. make use of the thunder Of The Times.
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the continent Of Europe, and from the new growth
of the British colonies.
| The steamship has brought Europe Asia and
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and changes of foreign countries And this not
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