The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-21
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/. From the late President of the United States,
John Quincy Adams ~ all the periodical cal
abound in Europe and this country, The LIVING
AGE has appeared to me the most ussful' =
o. From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, May, 1867
Were ], in view of all the competitors now in
the field. to choose, should undoubtedly choose
THE LIVING AGE.!- There is not in any library
that knewiot, So much instructive and enter
tanning reading in the same number of volumes"
.-,, From the New York Times. The taste, judg
ment, and wise tact displayed in ths selection of
articles, are above all praise, because they have
, sFrom the Springfield. (Mass} Republican,
1--WE can do those among our readers who love
,und and pure literature no better service than
by referring them TO this sterling weekly 1t is
decidedly the best magazine of its class published
in the United States, if not in the worid-"fJ
From the Boston Positive venture to say
that in no other lorna eaa work OF similar
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10 From the Church Unfon9 New York, Aug. 10,
1S67.-ttIts editorial Discrimination is such as
ever to afford its readers an entertaining resume
of the best current European magazine literature,
and so complete as to satisfy them Of their hav
ing no need to resort to its original sources In
this regard we deem it the best issue of its kind
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- From the New York Independent No one
can read, from. week to week, the selections
brought before him in The LIVING AGE, without
becoming conscious of quekening OF his own
faculties, and encouragement of his mental
horizon. Few private libraries, of course, can
now secure the back volumes, sets of which are
limited and costly; But public libraries in towns
and villages ought, il possible, to be furnished
with such treasury of good reading; and indi-
tviduals may begin as subscribers for the new
series: and TINS keep pace in future with the age
From the Richmond Whig, June 1, 1s67.-"f
a man were to read 'LttelPs magazine regularly,
and read nothing else, he would be well inform
ed ON all prominent subjects in the general field
OF human knowledge ..rif..,f -,.i aI.,4i.L
From the Illinois State Journal, Aug 8, 1857
ut has more real solid worth, more useful ill.,
formation, than any similar publication we kno"
Of, The ablest essays, the most entertaining
Stories the finest poetry OF the English language
are here gathered together " , -, -
- From the New Y ork Home Journal, June IL,
> 1867 As' LfTTELL's LIvINGAGE, long distinguish
foreign periodical literature. still holds the 1ore
most rank among works Ofits GLASS; Its sta ndaru
not only OF interest at the present moment but
possess an enduring value It's repfeseutaf1 Oh VI
the foreign field of periodical literature isai npiG
and comprehensive; and i combines the tasa elu
social and scholarly, the grave and gay, VIII u
skill which is nowhere surpassed, and which IS
admirably suited to please tine cultivated readei
e Age and life are alike its characteristics. 1t is
linked with our memories of the old library
home, and it seems to grow fresher and better il
matter as it growslolder In years. Once intro
dueed into the family circle ii cannot we'll be
dispensed with - and the bound volumes on the
library shelves WIN supply constant i a feast in
From Clergy man III Massachusetts,, Of much
literary celebrity. 80 I'M the formation of my
mind and character, T,9weas much to. THE IIv-
ING AGE as to all other means of education, put
together"
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