St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-01-06

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sa usc nm OF Foreign Literature
which "as favorahly received By ,kr
Poo''c Tor twenty years but as i, i,
twice as large, and appears so often. W.
not only give spirit and freshness 10 !, nv
many things which were excluded hx
months delay, but while thus extending
our scope and gathering a greater and
more attractive variety, are able m :.
increase the solid and subsan,isl mar, ~
our literary. historical, and political
harvest, as fully 10 satisfy lhs wants Of
Inc American reader
The elaborate and stately ESSAYS of
me Edinburgh, Quarterly, and o:ber
kn'Isws; and Blsckwood's noble criti.
eisms on Poetry. his keen political Cor,
meni'ries highly wroush. Tales. and
vivid descriptions OF rursl and moun,sin
scenery and the contributions TO Liters.
ture, History, and Common Life. bv he
sagsclous Spectator, the spa RI ling Exami.
ner, The judicious Aihenaum. ihe busv
and industrious Literary Gazette, the
sensible and comprehensive Britannia.
the sober and respectable Christian OBJ.
server; these are iniermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences of the
United Service, and with the hes, or icles
OF the Dublin University. New monthly.
traser's Tsit's. Ainsworh's, Hoods. and
Sporting Magazines, and of Cha mher's
admirable Journal. We do not consider
It beneath our dignity 10 borrow wit And
wisdom from Punch and, when We think
1t good enough, make use of tho thunder
OF he Times. We shall increase our
variety by importations fore tie coorinep,
OF Europe. and from the new growth OF
the British colonies.
The steamship has brough, Eurone,
Asia. and Africa, into our neiehborhood
and will greatly multiply our CONNIE ,ions.
as Merchants, Travellers, and Politicians /
with all parts OF the world so tina, much !
more than ever it now becomes every
intelligent American to be informed Of
the condition and changes OF FOREIGN
countries. And this not only because OF !
their nearer connection with ourselves.
ont because The nations seem 10 be has.
tenlng, through ra pid process. orchsnse,
10 some new slate Of things, which Inc
merely political prophet cannot compute
or forsee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress
OF Colonization, (Which is extending over
the whole world and Voyages and
l ravels, will be favoriie matter fer our
selections; and, in general, we shall
and very fully scquaint
our readers with The greet department of
Foreign affairs, without entirely ssgl.c.
ing our own.
while we aspire 10 make the L;ving
Age desirable TO all who wish 10 keep
themselves informed of the rapid progress
u the movemenf--to Statesmen, Divines.
Lawyers, and Physicians-to men OF
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ur day and generation and hone 10
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aoIe, because in This day of cheap lltera.
IRE 1t is not possible 10 guar gains, the $
'hux OF what is bad in taste AMI vicioue I
morals IN any other way Than by fur.
i'hinR sufficient supply Of healthy !
"S:ac'er. The mental and moral anne. q
lie must be gratifsd. !
we hope that, by winnowi,p the 9
heat from the chaR," bv protiding f
'pndaniiy for the Imagination, and bv
rye collection of Biography Voyae..,
raveis, History, and more solid matter, q
may produce a work which shall b. u
'Putar, while a, The same time il will o
pre- TO raise the standard cfpublic taste. II
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December 8, 1852. Ii
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