The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-02-25
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE,

Tuts WORK is conducted in the spiri of Lit
tells Museum Of Foreign Literature. (Which
was favorably received hy the public for twenty
vcars) but AS it is twice as large, and appears
SO often, we no only give spirit and freshness
10 it bv many lhingr which were excluded ny II
months delay, but while thus extending our
scope and gathering great and more nitrac
t,yc variety arr able so IL increase the sill and
suhs,antilc part Of cur literary, historical and
political harvest, as fully to satisfy the wants
The American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the Ed-
inburgh, Quarterly, and other Reviews nhe
Biackroods noble criticism on Poetry, hi, Keen
political Commentaries, highly wrought ldlrS,
and vivid descriptions of rural ard mountain
Scenery and the contributions to Litcratufe'
History, and Common Life, hy the sagnclous
.Spec,ator, the sparkling Examiner, the jndicious
dfhenaun, the busy and industrious Ldtrd'y
Guxette the sensible and comprehensive Bi1hn
MA. the sober and respectable Christian OdSd-
pe, these are intcrmixcd with The Military and
Naval "reminiscences OF the Citcd Sercicc, and
with tie best articles Of the Dublin Cn"nMfg,
.Ntv .Honthiv Fidser's, Idifs Ainswo'ths, Ifoods S
and Sporting Magazines and of Chapters ad-
mirablc Journal We do not consider 1t be-
meath our dignity to borrow wit and wisdom
from Punch; and, when we think it good enough,
make ms Of the thunder Of Tie Times. We
shall increase our variety by importaiions from
the continent of Europe, und from the new
growth Of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe, Asia and
A frica into our nciglhoihoud; and Will greatly
rnultiply OIL connections, as Merchants, raw
oilers, and Politicians, with all parts of the
world 30 that much more than cyerit now be-
comes every intelligent American TO beiniormcd
Of the condition and changes OF foreign conn
tries nd this not only because OF tht il nearer
connection with ourselves, hut because tic ma
fions seem to be Fastening, through rapid
process of change, to some new state OF things,
which the merely political prophet cannot
compute or foresec
Geographical Discoveries, the progress of
Colunzatiun (Which is extending over the
whole world and Voyages and Travels, will
be favoiitc matter for our selections and, IN
general VIC shall Systematically and very fully
nruuaint our readers with the great department
oi Foreign li,dirs, without entirely ncGlectns
our own.
While weasprc to make the Living Age
desirable 10 nj who wish 10 keep themselves
informed Of the rapid progress of The move
mcnt-to Statesmen, DIyincs, Lawyers, and
Phvscians-to men of business and men of
lcsure-it is still stronger object to make it
attractive and uscfulio thcii wives md child
rem. We believe that we can thus do some
t-ood in our day and generation and hope TO
make the work indispensable in every wel-i in
formed family. We say indispensable, because
in this day of cheap literature it is not poss-
ihle to guard agninst the influx OF what is
bad in taste and vicious in morals, in any
other way thanby furnishing a sufficient supply
of healthy character. The mcutal and moral
appetite must be gratited.
We hope tn t, hy 'winmowingM The wh'm Prom
The chrT" by provilng ahuudantly for the
imagination and by large collection Of Bio
graphy, Voyages, Travels, History, and more
solid matter, we may produce work which
shall he popular, while ut the same time ii will
aspire to raise the standard Of public taste.
TmE LIVING AGE is published every Sdfm
daH by Z. LITrELL& Co., corner Of fremont
ana Bromfeld sts., Boston Price II cent'
a number or six dollars wear in advance
Rcmittances for any period will be thankfully
received and promptly attended to-
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To all subscribers within 500 miles, who re-
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al Boston. the sum of Six Dollars, we will ron
tinue the work beyond lhe year. as long as shal
be an equivalent TO the cost Of postage thus
virtually carrying out the plan OF sending
every mans copy to him POSTAGE FREE
placing our distant subscribers on the sam'
footing as those nearer to usi and making th'
whole country our neighborhood.
We hope for such future change in the law
or the Interpretation thereof. as will enable u
to make this offer to subscribers at any dis
tance
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