The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-06
LITTELL's LIVING AGE.
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BY E. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
| THIS work is conducted in the spirit OF LittePs
! Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
| favoraby received by the public fer twenty ycars,)
but is twice as large and appears 30 often, VIC
not only give spirit and freshness TO ~ py 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 soil and substantial part OF our ut
erary, historical, and political harvcst,as iuly 10
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the Edir-
burgh, Quarterly, and other keviews ana giaoai
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and yivld
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; ana
the contributions to Literature HISTORY, ana com
mon life by the sagacious Spectator the sparkling
Examiner the iudicious Athcnnum, the busy ana
industrious Literary Gazette the sensible ana coma
prehcnsve Britannia, the SOBER ana resPccttalp2io
christian Observer; these intermlxed with the
| Military and Naval "reminiscences OF the United
Service and with the best articles OF the Dublin
University New Monthly, FrassT,s laits' ans Sc
| Cha1nbers's admirable Journal We do not cor =
slider il beneath our dignity to borrow wit and wls
dom from Punch; and when we Va tairk NIX ~ sr.g .gooo
enough make use of the thunder oil Inc lllncs.
We shall increase variety by ylmportationsiroIn
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
| of the British colonies. -
| Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants travellers,
and politicians, with all parts OF the worio so tna'
much more than ever, II now becomes every intel
ligent American to be informed OF the conditions
and changes of foreign countries Ana TINS not
only because of their nearer connexioh WIN our-
selves but because the ltionS seem TO De hasten
ing through rapid pr 4ess OF change 10 some new
state of things which the merely polltcai prophet
cannot compute or forcsec.
(,cographcal Discoveries, the progress OF Colonis
zation (Which is extending over the whole worid,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be fayorite matter
for our selections; and in general we shaii
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he Great department offoreign affairs, without en-
tirely neglecting our own. ,.-,,I.
While we aspire tomake the Lirtng AS Sedeslrapio
to all Uho wish to keep themselves informed OF the
ranid progress of the nnovement-to statesmen, Old
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and men of lesurc,lt ID stlll stronger ~
ma 70 II al attractive to their wives and children we
believe that we can thus do some good IN our cay
and generation, and hope to make the work Inols-
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because in this day oil chcap
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is bad in taste and vicious in morals, IN any other
way than by furnishing a sufficient supply Oh
healthy character Inc eIhehtdianu hio' "PP'
must be gratifcd.
We hope, that by :'winnowing the wheatirom
the chaa." by rrovidng abundantly for the imagl-
nation and by a large collection OF BlograPhys
Yova ocs and Travels History, and more solld mat
ter we may produce a work which shall be popular,
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise the
standard of public taste
lrs-Ietters i'm commendation of the plan and ex'
cution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent Dr. Bethunc, and Mcssrs Jared SPARKS
w. II. Prescott, George Bancroft, ana Ueorge
! Ticknor nave been published In iormer aoVertise
mcnts. -,
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oflife.
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