The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-12-18
Littell's Living Age.

Littell's Living Age.
In 1876 THE LIVING AGE enters upon its thirty
third year. 1t has failed to receive the warm
est support of the best and journals of the
try and has met with constantly increasing success
aang seen a5STSa s Gung eomPsetr
rival in its special field.
Il aceekly magazine of sixty-four pages, it gives
more than
THREE AND a QUARTER THOUSAND
doube-column octave pages of reading-matter year.
y, forming four large volumes. 1t presents in an
inexpensive form, considering its great amount of
matter, with freshness owing to its weekly ISSUE and
with satisfactory completeness attempted by no
other publication, the best Essays Reviews Criti-
cisms, Tales Sketches of Travel and Discovery Poe
try, Scientific, Biographical Historical and Political
Information, from the entire body Of Foreign Period
ical Literature.
During the coming year, the serial and short sto-
LEADING FOREIGN AUTHORS
will be given, together with an amount unap.
preached by any other Periodical i'm the
world, of the best literary and scientific matter of
the day, from the pens of the abovenamed and MANY
other foremost living Essayists, Scientists Critics
DsScocerers and Edators representing every depart
ment of knowledge and Progress.
The Importance of THE LIVING AGE to every
American reader as the only satisfactorily fresh and
COMPLETE compilation of an Indispensable cur
rent Observation-Disclosures because it embraces
the productions of the
ABLEST LIVING WRITER'S
in all branches Of Literature, Science, Art and Poll
tes-is sufficiently indicated by the following recent
OPINIONS.
Fought to find place in every American home''-
~: Y. Times.
Gin other single publication can there be found
SO much OF sterling literary excellence."-N. T. Eve-
ait reproduces the best thoughts of the best minds
of the civilized world, upon all topics of living in
terest." -Phtladetphi0 Inquirer.
Wherever there is culture and breadth of view it
Is appreciated and the more it is appreciated the
higher will rise the tone of American literature and
the taste of American readers. '-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
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aceek."-The Aduance, Chicago.
"a pure and perpetual reservoir and fountain of
entertainment and instruction."-Hon. Robert c.
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sits pages TEEN with the choicest literature of the
day."-N. Y. Tribune.
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tics, and science OF the day."-The Methodist, NJ Y.
"The ablest essays the most entertaining stories,
the finest poetry Of the English language are here
"Its publication in weekly numbers gives to it a
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the spirit and freshness Of its contents."-The Pa
sit is the only compilation that presents with
satisfactory completeness, as well as freshness the
best literature OF the almost innumerabe and gener
ally inaccessible European quarterlies, monthlies
and weekes-a literature embracing the productions
of the ablest writer's living. is therefore indispen-
sable to every one aoho desires thorough compen-
dun of all that is admirable and noteorthu IN the
literary acorld."- Boston Post.
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