The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-24
LTTTELL's LIVING AGE. n. {-r
Published spsry Saturday, at IL cents Number,
YedrIu, IN adudnce, x6.t III A.-s>t'N

BYE LrrrELL AND co., BosroN.
THIS work is conducted in the spirit of Littels
IL Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favoraby received by the public fer twenty ycsrso
but it twice large, and appears 80 often, VIC
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 so
to increase the solid and substantial part OF our lit
erary historical and political harvest, as fully to
satisfy the wants Of the American reader, ~ lg ig
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the EdiE@
burgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black.
woods noble criticisnson Poetry, his keen poliIcat
Commentaries, highly wrought Tales, and vivid
descriptions of rural and mountain scenery, ana
the contributions Literature, Historys and COM
mon life by the sagacious Spectator, the sparkling
Examiner, the iudicious AthcnHum, the bury and
industrious Literary Gazette, the sensible and com
prchensive Britannia, the sober and rcsPectabis
Military and Naval "reminiscences Of the Unitcd
Service and with the best articles Of the dublin
University New Monthly, Frascr's, Tmts, AIMS.
worth'e, Hoods, and Sporting magasincs, and Oh
Chambers's admirable Journal. oWe'd do not cor.
slider it beneath dignity to borrow wit and Wiz.
dom from Punch; and, when we THINK II good
enough make use of the thunder Of The Inness
We shall increase variety by importations from
the continent of Europe, andfrom the new grown
of the British colonies. ''''it
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our ncighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexions as merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts Of the world so That's
much more than ever, 1t now becomes every intel
ligent American to be informed of the conditions
and changes of foreign countries And tins not
only because of their nearer connc1ion with our
selves but because the atoms seem to be hasten
inp through a rapid pr Of change, to some now
state of things, which the merely political prophet
cannot compute or foresce. 49,.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress OIL Coionf
cation, (Which s extending the whole world,)
and Voyages and Travels, will be favoritc matter
for our selections; and in general we shall system
aticaliy and very fully acquant our readers with
he great department Of foreign affairs, without on
tirely neglccting our own.
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to all who wish to keep themselves informed OF the
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md generation and hope to mike the work indis-
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is bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any othcr
way than by furnishing sufficient supply Oh
healthy character. The nomora' sPpcttS
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the chaff" by roviding abundantly for the irnag-
nation and By large d are % s
ter we may produce work which shall be popular,
while at the same time it Will aspire to raise tho
standard of public taste
ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
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w. II. Prescott, George bancron', ana Uco:gs
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