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THIS works. conducted IN the spirit OF Lltteips
L Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favoraby received by the public for twenty years)
but is twice large, and appears so often, VIC
not only give spirit and freshness to 1t by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
q greater and more attractive variety, are able so
increase the solid and substantial part OF our lt-
erary historical, and political harvest, as fully to
satisfy the wants of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays OF the EdiE-
burgh Quarterly, and other Reviews; and Black
wood 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 CON-
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Examiner the judicious Athcneum, the busy and
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prehensive Britannia, the sober and respectable
Christian Observer; these are intermxed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service and with the best articles of the Dublin
University New Monthly, Fraser's, Taits, Aims
worth's, Hoods, and Sporting Magazines, ana o'
Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not cor
slider il beneath our dignity to borrow wit and wis
dom from Punch; and, when we think II good
enough, make use of the thunder OF The 1lme5.
We shall increase our variety by mportationstrom
the continent Of Europe, ,andfrom the new growth
O fthe British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia, and
Africa into our neighborhood, and will greatly
multiply our connexio merchants, travellers,
and politicians with all parts the world that
much more than ever, il now becomes every intel
ligont American to be informed of the conditions
and changes of foreign countries. And this not
only because of their nearer conneNIon with our
sclyes but because the nations TO be hasten
ing through a rapid process of change, to some new
state ofthings, which the merely politicalpr
cannot compute or 1oresee'
Ceoprapbical Discoveries he progress o fColoni-
cation, (Which is extending over the whole word,)
and VOYAGES and Travels, will be favorite matter
for our selections; and in general, we shallsystem-
atically and very fully acquaint our readers with
he great department OF foreign affairs, wlthouton-
tircly neglccting our own.
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to all who wish TO keep themselves informed OF the
rapid progrcss'of the movcment-to statesmen, dl
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nation, and by a large collection OF Biography
Vova pes and Travels, History, and more solid mat
ter we may produce n work which shall be popular,
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standard of public taste
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ecution of the work from Judge Story, Chancellor
Kent Dr. Bethunc and Messrs. Jared Sparks,
w H. Prescott George Bancroft and George
Ticknor have been published in former radvortise-
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