The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-15
LTTTELL'S LIVING AGE.
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By Z. LITTELL AND CO., BOSTON.
TTNHIS work is conducted in the spirit of Littell'a
Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which wns
fayorably received by the public for twenty ycars)
but it is twice as large, and appears often
not only give spirit and freshness to II 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
to increase the solid and substantial part of our lit
erary, historical, and political harvest, fully t
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edir-
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
woods noble criticismson Poetry his keen political
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
the contributions to Literature, History, and COM
life, by the sagacous Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the judicious Athenaum, the busy and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and com
prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are intermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articlesof the Dublin,
University, New Monthly, Frasers, Taits, Aims
worth,s, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, and OF
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor .
slider il beneath dignity to borrow wit and wise
dom from Punch; and, when we think it good
| enough, make use of the thunder OF The Ilnes-
We shall increase variety by mportationsfrom
the continent of Europe, and from the new growth
of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts OF the word that
much more than ever, il now becomes every intel
and changes of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer connexion with ours
selves, but because the ations seem to be hasten
ing through rapid pre- cess change, to some new
state of things which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresee
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OF Coloni
zation, (Which is extending over the whole WORLDLY
and Voyages and Travels, will be favorlte matter
for selections; and in general, we shall system
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department offoreign affairs, without en-
tirely neglecting our own.
While we aspire tomake the Living Ag desirable
to aM who wish keep themselves informed of the
rapid progress of the moyement-to statesmen, di-
vines, lawyers and physicians-to men of business
and men Of lesure, is still stronger object to
make it attractive to their wives and children We
believe that can thus do some good in our day
and generation, and hope to make the work indis-
pensable in every wclI-lnformed iaInlIy. we say
indispensable, because in this day of
it is not possible to guard against the influx OF what
is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any other
way than by furnishing a sufficient supply of a
healthy character The mentaland moral appetite
must be gratihed
We hope, that by ''winnowing the wheat from
the chaR' by roviding abundantly for the imagi-
nation, and by large collection of Biography,
Voyages and Travels, history, and more solid mata
ter, we may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise tha
standard of public taste
f6S-Letters in commendaton Of the plan and ex-
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent, DR.. Bethune, and Messrs Jared Sparks
w H. Prescott, q Gorge Bancroft, and George
Ticknor, have been published in former advertise~
ments.
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