St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1852-12-23

! THIS work 10 conducted in The sc;s, ~
Lireil's Museum OF Foreign Lj,e,s,ute,
(which vas favorably received nv 80
public Tor twenty years. bat An II :
twice ss large, and appears so oftea. %,
not only give spirit and freshness ia h~
many things which we're eAclndeS. -
months delay, btsi While thu. - ,endIsy
our scope and gathering q greater srS
more attractive variety, are able 30 ao
increase the solid and substantial par, a.
our literary, historical, and soI;s;c.l
harvest, as fully to satisfy ,he wants o.:
the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essav. 81
The Edinburgh, Quar,erly, and o.Aes,
Reviews; and Rlackwooi's noble cr;,;.
cisms on Poetry, his keen political Com.
rnent' riess highly, wrought Tales. ana
vivid descriptions or rural, and mountain
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ture, History, and Common Life, by the
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ner, the jadicious A,heneuR,, the busv
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usensibIsaa2d comprehensive Britannia.
sesPectable Christian Oh.
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. university, New mon,biv. :
Fraser's Tait's. Ainsworth's, Hood'.. .16
Sporting Magazines, and Of Chsu,h.,'.
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il good enough, make use Of The ,hnnS"r
OF The Times. We shall increase cur
variety by importations from the continent
OF Europe. and from the new growth az
the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Eurooe.
Asia. and Africa, into our neighborhood /:
and will greatly multiply our connec,;or.'
as Merchants, Travellers, and PoI;,;cisn.'
with oil parts Of the world so ,ha, mpcs
more than ever it now become. eve,v
Intelligent American 10 be Informed n
the condition and changes Of Soreirn
countries. And this not only sbecau use OF
their nearer connections with ourselves,
but because the nations seem to be has.
tening, through rapid process Of cbsuae.
10 some new slate OF things, which the
merely political prophet canno. compute
or forsee.
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OF Colonization, (Which is extending over
the whole worid,) and Voyages and
Travels, will be favorite matter fer our
selections; and, in general, we shall
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abundantly for the Imagination, and by :
large collection Of Biography Voyages.
Travels. History, and more solid matter.
we may produce work which shall be
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