Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-01-01
Prospectus.


This work is conducted in the spirit of Lit
tells Museum of Foreign Literature, (which
was fovoraby received by the public for twenty
years, but as it is twice as large, and appears
so often, we 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 attrac-
tive variety, are able so to increase the solid and
substantial part of our literary, historical an d
political harvest, as fully to satisfy the wants of
the American reader
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the Ed
inburgh Quarterly, and other Reviews; and
Backwood's noble Criticisms on Poetry, his
keen political Commentaries, highly wrought
Tales, and vivid descriptions of rnral and noun
tain Scenery; and the contributions to Lltera-
ture, History, and Common Life, by the saga
cious Spectator, ths sparkling Examiner, the ju-
dicious Athen@um, the busy and industrious
| Literary Gazette, the sensible and comprehen-
sive Britannia the sober and respectable Chris.
tan Observer; these are intcrmiXed with the
| Military and Naval "reminiscences of the United
Service, and with the best articles OF the Dub
lin University, New Monthly, Fraser's, Taits,
Answorth's, Hoods and Sporting Magazines,
and of Chambers admirable Journal. We DO
not consider it beneath our dignity to borrow
wit and wisdom from Punch, and when we think
it good enough, make use OF the thunder Of The
Times We shall increase our variety by i'm.
portations 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 cur connections, as Merchants, Trav-
oil nd DnIitioiop- NTH oil oT
world SO that much more than ever it now be.
comes every intelligentAmerican to be informed
of the condition and changes of foreign coun-
tries. And this not only because of their near.
er connection with ourselves, but because The
nations seem to be fastening, through rapid
process OF change, to some new state Of things
which the merely political prophet cannot com
pute or fOresee.
Geographical discoveries, the progress of col
onlzaton, which is extending over the whole
worldly and Voyages and Travels, will be favor
lie matter for our selections; and in general, W,
shall Systematically and very fully acquaint on
readers with the great department of Foreign
affairs, without entirely negecting our own
While we aspire to make the Living Age dc
sirabe to all who who wish to keep informed o
the rapid progress of the mouement--to States
men, Dlvlnes, Lawyers, and PlIyscians-to mel
of business and men of leisure--t is still
stronger object to make it attractive and usefu
e to their Wives and Children. We believe tina
r we can thus do some good in our day and gen
= Grafton; and hope to make the work indispen
r sable in every wel-nformed family. We sa
0 indispensable, because in this day Of cheap liter
l. allure IT is not possible to guard against the III
= tlux of what is bad in taste and vicious in moi
e ais, in any other way than by furnishing stuff
L cient supply of healthy character The mer
It tai and moral appetite must be gratlied.
a We hope that by " winnowing the wheat froi
d the chaff" by providing abundantly for the i'm
n aginatou, and by a large collection Of Bcgr'
y ply, Voyages, Travels and more solid matte
S we may produce work which shall be popula
> while at the same time it will aspire to raise Ii
# standard of public taste.