St. Mary's beacon., 1853-02-10

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TE@ work is conducted i'm the spirit of |
bittei5s Museum IF Foreign Literature.
(which was favorahiy received BY tie |
public for twenty years, but as it is,
twice Is large, and APPEARS 50 often, we
rot ot;F give spirit ahi freshness to il BY i
many khings which were excluded By |
q uinnsBs DELAY, but while thus extending |
cur scTe and gathering greater ami |
more attractive variety, ara able so 10 !
increase The solid and substantial part Of
our laerary, historical, and political
harvest as fully 20 satisfy The wants OF
he 4 aerican reader.
The. elaborate and stately Essays of
the Edinburgh. Quarterly, and other
Reviews: and Rack wood's noble criii
cisms on Poetry, his keen political Com
menis ries, highly wrought Tales, and
vivid descriptions of rural and mountain
Scenery and the contributions 10 Litera-
lure, History, end Common Life, hv the
sagacous Spectator, the sparkling Exami-
ner, the iulicious Aihenaum, the busy
and Industrious Literary Gazette, the
senSiLA and comprehensive Britannias
the sober and respectable Christian Ub-
server: these are iniermixed with the
Military aud Naval "reminiscences of the
United Service, and with the best articles
of the Dublin University. New m0n'hiF.
FraseI's Tait'S. Ainswor'h's, Hoods, and
Sporting Magazines, ana of Chambers
admirable Journal. We do not consider
ii beneath oar dignity 10 borrow Wit a"d
wisdom from Punch and, " aen " e think
it good enough, make use oil ths thunder
Of The Times. We shall increase our
variety by importa'ionS fiorn the con'nen!
of Europe, and FROM he new growth Of
The British colonies,
The steamship has brought Europe.
Asia, aud Africa, into our neiShhorhoot
and Will greatly multiply our connec'lonS,
as Merchants, Travellers, and Politicians,
with all parts Of the world; so that much
more than ever il now becomes every
intelligent American 10 he informed OF
the condition AMI charges OF !Jreigr
countries. Ard this MT only because of
their nearer connection with ourselves,
but because The nations seem 10 be has
tening, through rapid process of charge,
10 some new state OF things, which The
merely political prophet canhot compute
or for>ee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress
of Colonization, (Which is extending over
the whole wor'd.) and Voyages and
Travels, will be favoriie matter FER our
selections and. in general, we shall
systematically and very fully acquain'
our readers with the great depa rtmen, Of
Foreign affairs, without entirely noglec-
Ting our own.
While we aspire to make the Living
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in morals in any other way than by fur
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wheat from the chaff," By providing
/ ahunian,ly for the Imagination, and by a
large collection of Biography Voyages,
! Travels, History. aud more solid matter,
we may produce a work which shall he
popular, while al The same time it will
aspire to raise The standard ofpublic taste.
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