Nebraska advertiser., 1856-08-02

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ES5g0SsQ LHteFs JrO1l Judge ot0fT, CbdBcaIOg
Ksat, Gsd PrssjdeHt Adamss.
CANEEIDGE, APrT q, 1874.
/ have read the prosraazs with The greatest pIeIs-
urs; and entirely approve the plan. III it can only
obtain the pubAie patronags long enough, and large
enough, and securely enough, to attain its true ends,
1t viii Contribute IN an eminent degree to 1--WE a
healthy tone, not only to car HteratETe bat to public
opinion. IL VIII enable Ms to possess, in q moderste
cdnpasz, q select library Of the best predictions Of
the age. Il viii do n1oFs : It VIII redeem osr period
zeal literature from the reprOach Of being devoted to
Iighf and superficial reading, to ranzitUy-sueeu1a-
ti0ns, to sickIy and epbeineral sentimental ties. and
false and eztrayagant sketches Of life and character.
JOSEPH STORY
NEW YoRK, 7g, 1884,
1 approve TeEy much Of the plan Of the Living
Age " and if it be conducted with the intelligence.
spirit and taste, that the prospectus indicates, fof
which l have no reason to dOubt) it viii be one Of
the most Instructive and popular periodicals Of the
day. JANIS KENT.
WAsHSGrox, 9th Dee. 1874.
or al The Periodical Journals devoted to Hte-a-
tare and Aeiencs which abound in Europe, and in this
coHutfy thissgpeaEed tome the most useful. Ite0n-
tains indeed the exposition only Of the current liter
ature o. the English language; this, by its immense
extent and comprehensive, includes a p~ortature of
the human mind In the utmost expansion of the pres
ent age. J. Q. ADAMS.
This work Is made up 81 the elaborate and stately
eSsaFs Of the Edinburg,' Quarterly aud other Re
views; and BIaekWOOd'S noble criticisms on Poetry.
his keen political Commentaries, highly wrought
Tales, and vivid descriptions Of rural and mountain
Scenery; and the contributions to Literature, HistO-
~, and Common Life, By the sagaeious Spectator. :
the sparkling EXAMINER the judicious aAthenaum.
the busy and industrious LITERARY Gazette the sen
Hible and comprehensive Britannia the sober and
respectable Christian Observer these are intermix-
Cd with the Military and Naval "reminiscences of the
United Service,' and with the best articles Of the
Dublin University New Monthly Frasers,s Taits ;
AinsEorth's,' Hoods and Sporting Magazines. ana
Of Chambers admirable Journal. We do not con
sider il beneath our dignity 70 borrow Wit and Wis
dom from Puneh;; and when we think it good enough,
make use Of the thunder Of The Tines We shall
increase our variety By irnpOrtations from tho Cont
nent Of Europe, and from the new growth Of the
British Colonies.
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The SECOND SERIES began with Aprii. 1859
1t makes four large volumes a year.
Complete Sets Of the FIRST SERIES. in tbirtv-
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pense Of freight, are for sale at seventy-tgo dollars
Any volume may DC had seperateIy, at two doIlarz
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ANY Number may be had for twelve and a hsII
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purchasers tOeonPlete any broken volume, they MAJ
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