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Litteu,s Living Age.

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do not consider it beneath our dignity to Dor
roS wit and wisdom from Punch; and, when we
think it good enough, make use of the thunder
of Tie Times. We shall increase our variety
by importations from the continent of Europe,
and from the new growth of the British colo
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Extracts of Letters from ia lqe Story, Chancellor
Kent and President Adt1,ns
CAMBRIDGE, April "a, 1914.
+ have lead the Prospectus with great pleas
ure; and entirely approve the plan. If it can
only obtain the public patronage long enough,
and large enough, and securely enough to attain
/ its true ends, it will contribute in an eminent
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us to possess, in IA moderate compass, select
library of the best productions of the age. 1t
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erature from the reproach of being devoted to
light and superficial reading, to transitnry spec
ulatlons, to sickly and ephemeral sentmentali-
ties, and false and extravagant sketches of life
and character. JOSEPH Story.
NEW YORK, 7th May, 1914.
approve very much of the plan of the Civ
ing Age" and if it be conducted with the intel
ligence, spirit and taste that the Prospectus in
dcates, (of which | have no reason to doubt J
it will be one of the most instructive and popu-
lar periodicals Of the day. JAMES KENT.
WASHINGTON, 9th Dee, 1915.
Of all the periodical journals devoted to lite
nature and science which abound in Europe, and
in this country, this has appeared to me the
most useful. 1t contains indeed the exposition
only of the current literature of the English Ian
guage; but this by its immense extent of COM
prehension, includes portraiture of the human
mind, in the utmost expansion of the present
| age. j. Q. ADAMS.