The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-09
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
Published epery Saturday, at III cents Num6er,
Yearly, in advance, SO.
BY r.. LITTgLL AND co., BOSTON.

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| BY E. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
rTNIIS work is conducted in the spirit of Littclfs
| IL Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years,)
but as it is twice as arge and appears often,
not only give spirit and freshness to l by many
things which were excluded by a 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 fuiy TO
satisfy the wants of the American reader. go.
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the EdlIs
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
wood noble criicismson Poetry, his keen politcai
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and VIVID
desc iptions of rural and mountain scenery; ana
the contributions to Literature, History, and COM
life, by the saacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the iudicious AthenEum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible anu com
prchcnsive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are intermixed witn thc
Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the United
Service, and with the best articles OF me DuDnn
University, New Monthly, Frascr's, Taips, Aims
worth;e Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor
slider it beneath dignity to borrow wit and WIS,
dom from Punch; and, when we thlnk ~ good
| enough, make use of the thunder OF The Times
We shall increase our variety by importatons from
the continent of Europe, andfrom the new grown
of the British colonies
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians, with all parts OF the world; so that
much more than ever, II now becomes every intel
lgcnt American to be informed of tho conditions
and changes of foreign countries And tins not
only because of their nearer connexion with our"
selves but because the atoms seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr OF change, to some new
state of things, which the merely poiilcal prophcs
cannot compute or foresee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OF ColonI
cation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general we shall system
atically and very fully acqunnt our readers Win
he great department OF foreign afialrs wlthouteh-
tircly neglecting our own.
While we aspire tomake the Living Agedesirabe
to all who wish to keep themselves informed OF the
rapid progress of the moyemcnt--to statesmen dl-
vines LAWYERS, and physcians-to men OF business
and men of leisure,it is still stronger object to
make il attractive to their wives and children Wo
believe that we can thus 90 some g1ou IN our aay
and generation, and hope to make the work indis-
pensabe in every wcll-informed family. we say
Indispensable because In this day OF
it is not possible to guard against the influx oil what
is bad in taste and vicious in moras in any other
way than by furnishing a sufficient supply oi
healthy character. The mentaland moral appetite
must be grathed.
We hope that by sswinnowing the wheat from
the chaff,' by providing abundanty for the imagi-
nation, and by a large collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, History, and more solid mat
ter, we may produce work which shall DC popular,
while at the time 1t Will aspire TO raise the
standard ofpublic taste
| Nry-Ietters in commendation of the plan and cx-
| ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
| Kent DR. Bethune, and Messrs Jared Sparks
! w II. Prescott George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor have been published in former advertise
| ments. .
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cover il comes within the definition of newspaper
eiven in the law, and cannot legally be charged
with more tnan newspaper postage.
MoNrHLY PARTs.-For such as prefer IT in that
form the Living age is put up in monthly parts,
containing four or five weekly numbers In tins
shape il shows to great advantage in comparison
with other works, containing IN EACH PART doublo
the matter of any of the quartcrhes- But we re-
| commend the weekly numbers asfresher and fuller
| oflife.
| The VOLUMES are published quarterly. Eachof
! them is equal to THREE ordinary octavos
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