St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-02-10
LIT'FELL'S LIVING. AGE.

ROS p ~US.
THIS work is conducted in the spirit Of
Lit'elIs Museum Of Foreign Literature.
(Which was favorably received bv the
public for twenty years, but as il is.
twice as large. and appears so often, we
not only give spiri md freshness To ID By
many ihings which were excluded by
Q months delay, but while ih0s exiending
our scope andega'heriHg = greater and
more niieassssTs --.suFietv, v,'Afe aflie 90 10
increase The s6lid end Substantial pa Il Of
oar literary. historical, and political
harvest, as fully 10 satisfy the wants of
he American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of
The Edinburgh. Quarterly, and other
Reviews: and Rlackwood's noble Grill
cisms on Poetry, hi, keen political Com.
menis ries, highly wrought Tales. and
vivid descriptions or rural and mountain
Scenery {; AMI the contributions 10 Litera-
ture. History, and Common Life. by the
sagsciou- Spectator, The spa ling Exami-
ner, the ludicious Alhenaum. the busy
and industrious Literary Gazette, The
sensible and comprehensive Britannia.
the sober and respectable Christian OBJ
server ih's" are intermixed with the
Military and Naval "reminiscences cf the
United Service. and with the best icles
Of The Dublin University, New monthly,
Fraser's Tait'~. Ainsworlh's, Hoods, and
Sporting Magazines, and Of Chambers
admirable Journal We do net consider
it b'nealh nnr Gigni'v to borrow wit and
wisdom from Punch and, when We think
il good enough, make use Of Ihs thunder
of The Times. We shall increase our
variety by imporiatinn~ foES The continent
Of Europe, and frOm The new growth Of
the British colonies,
The steamship has brought Europe,
: Asia. and africa, into our nrighhorhood ::
and will greatly multiply our connections,
! as Merchants, Travellers, and Politicians,
with oil parts OF the world SO tha, much
more than ever it now becomes every
, Intelligent American 10 he informed OF
the condition and changes Of foreign
countries. And this not only because OF
their nearer connection with ourselves,
but because III" nations seem 10 be has
,ening, through a rapid process OF change.
to some new state Of things, which the
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l a
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or forsee.
Geographical Discoveries, the progress
Of Colonization. (which is extending over
Ihe whole world and Voyages and
travels, will he ta"oriie matter fr our
selections; ami. in general, we shall
systematically and very fully ac1uaint
onr r"aders with the great de apartment of
Foreign affairs, without entirsly ueglec.
ting our own.
While We aspire to make the Living
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themselves informed Of The ra bid rrop rsSs
OF the movemenf-to S aiesmcn, Divines.
Lawyers, and Physicians-to men Of
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useful to their Wives and Children, We
believe that We can thus do some good in
our day and generation and hope 10
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sable. because in This dav Of cheap liiera.
'ure it is not possible to guard gain>t the
influx OF what is bal in taste and vicioue
IN morals in any other wav than bv fur.
- va nedInN
character. The mental and moral apre
lite must be gra,ifed.
! We hope that. bv winnowisR tn.
wheat from the chafF," by providing
nhnndsn'ly for the Imagination, and by .
large collection of Biography Voyages,
/ Travels, History, and more solid matter
| we may produce a work which shall he
! popular, while at The same time it will
aspire TO raise the standard Of public taste.
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| Of fremont and Bromfield sts. Boston ::
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December O. 1882