The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-09
Littell's Living Age.

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ga aceekly magazine of sixty-fou pages, THE L1y-
ING AGE gives more than THREE AND A
QUARTER THOUSAND double-column oc-
.avO pages of reading matter yearly forming four
large volumes. 1t presents in an inexpensive FORM
considering its great amount of matter with fresh
tory completeness attemp by other publication.
the best Essays, Reviews Criticisms, Tales, Poetyy
Scientific Biographicat, Historical, and Political
Information, from the entire body Of Foreign PERI
odical Literature.
A NEW SERIES
Was begun Jan. l. 1873, with entirely new Tales, al
ready embracing Serial and Short Stories by distin-
gushed English, French, German and Rus
sian authors /; viz: Lord Lytton (Bulwer), Erck-
Mrs. OnSant. Fritz Reaier Ms. PAR taat@or "
"Dorothy For'o, Julia Karanagh, dc.
Daring the coming year, as heretofore, the
choicest serials and short stories by the Lending
Foreign Authors will be given, together with an
amount unapprOe ched by any other period-
ical in the world, of the best literary and scen-
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