The republic., 1851-04-15
LITTELL' LIVING AGE.
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BYE LITTELL AND co., BOSTON.
THIS work is conducted in the spirit of Littell's
Il Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which was
but tits twice as large and appears 20 often VIC
not only give spirit and freshness to il by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
greater and more attractive vnricty, are able SO
to increase the solid and substantial part of lit
erary, historical and political harvest, fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the EdiI
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble criticismson Poetry, his keen political
Commentaries. highly wrought Tales, and vivid
the contributions to Literature, History, and COM
mon life, by the sagacious Spectator the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Atheneum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and
prchensve Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are intermixcd with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences Of the United
Service, and with the best articles of the Dublin
University, New Monthly, Fraser's, TaiPs, Aims
worth,E, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and Of
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor
slider i beneath our dignity to borrow wit and wis
dom from Punch; and, when we think it good
enough. make use of tho thunder of The Times.
We shall increase our variety by importations from
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions merchants, travellers,
and politicians, with all parts of the world 40 that,
much more than ever, it now becomes every intel
lgent American to be informed of the conditions
and changes of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer connexion with our
selves, but because the rationsscem to be hasten
ing through rapid pr Sess Of change to some new
state ofthings, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee. a
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni.
cation, (Which is extending over the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favoritc matter
for selections; and in general, shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
ne NJ wit
tirely neglecting our owA
While we aspire tomake the Liping Agedcsirable
to all who wish to keep themselves informed Of tho
rapid progress Of the movement-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers, and physicians-to men of business
and men of leisure,t is still stronger object to
make 1t 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 indis-
pensable in every well-informed family. We say
indispesabe because in this day of cheap literature
ii is not possible guard against hcinux of what
is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other
way than by furnishing sufficient supply of a
healthy character. The mentaland Iappctite
must be gratifed. a. lasgar 7eja
We hope, that by "winnowing the wheat from
the chaf," by providing abundantly 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 popular,
while at the time it will aspire to raise tho
| standard of public taste st s4.
| 0o-Letters in commendation of the plan and cx
ccution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, Dr.. Bethunc, and Messrs. Jared Sparks
| w. II. Prescott, George Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise
| ments.
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containing four or five weekly numbers. In this
| shape it shows to great advantage in comparison
with other works, containing IN EACH PARr double
the matter of any of the quartcrliea. But we re
commend the weekly numbers as fresher and fulle
oflife. tN
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