NOTICES OF LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. 



fflfajette, Bober, T*T. 3}. Notwithstanding the 

 wide range over which the Living Age has run in 

 its grasp of materials, it still keeps up an unflagging 

 interest, and richly merits the popularity it has 

 attained. 



35bcninjj CSajette. In closing our liter- 

 ary labors for this year there is one publication 

 which merits a notice ; and all our readers who 

 have had an opportunity of judging will agree with 

 us when we say that Litteirs Living Age is worthy 

 of all praise. We have from time to time acknowl- 

 edged the receipts of the weekly numbers ; but 

 such a brief mention conveys no idea to a stranger 

 of the value of this publication. It not only con- 

 tains the cream of foreign publications, but the 

 very essence, the very marrow, of eminent English 

 literature, and a person who reads it will obtain as 

 correct an idea of the spirit of the times, both so- 

 c-ially and politically, as if he became the veriest 

 book-worm, and possessed a supernatural power 

 of reading every line that emanates from the press. 

 It affords us pleasure to hear of the success of 

 this issue. It is creditable to our citizens that it is 

 supported by them, and we most sincerely wish 

 that its proprietor may be the receiver of a golden 

 harvest, for he is a skilful husbandman, growing 

 good fruit, from well-eelected stock. 



JFreemnn, (Koncortt, jfWs. We wish the Living 

 Age could take the place of the corrupting trash 

 which is poured forth in such unceasing torrents, 

 and is perverting taste and endangering the princi- 

 ples of our youth. 



N. U. SEfasJjtnfltom'an, Uostott. Amid the 

 multitudinous issues that daily come from the press, 

 which have their brief hour and are laid aside, the 

 work above announced stands conspicuous as a 

 notable exception to casual interest or speedy neg- 

 lect. Like the evergreen of winter, while all 

 around has withered and perished, its perennial 

 freshness gladdens and softens the asperities of the 

 general deartn. 



We wish to call the attention of the large class 

 of young men in our community to the merits of 

 this work to point out to them the vast fund of 

 valuable information which is tendered for almost 

 the simple asking. We know of no publication in 

 the whole range of literature which presents such 

 facilities for the acquisition of knowledge. In its 

 pages we find the products of the first minds of Eu- 

 rope and America. The reader can, at will, revel 

 in the delights of romance, follow the instructions 

 if the historian, trace the devious ways of national 

 politics, grasp the discoveries of science, or cull 

 flowers from the ever-teeming fields of popular 

 literature. There is no department of human lore 

 which does not here open its lecture-room no 

 teacher of the mysteries of nature that does not 

 here present his inculcations. It is, therefore, one 

 of the most valuable compilations of the age, and 

 should be the text-book of all. 



To the thousands of young men in this country 

 who are coming upon the stage of active usefulness, 

 whose desire is to possess themselves of a thorough 

 knowledge of what is transpiring among the nations 

 of the earth, what publication is more fitted for 

 their peculiar position 1 There is none. For six 

 dollars a year, or twelve-and-a-half cents weekly, 

 can this great boon be procured. How many there 

 are who, almost daily, foolishly squander more 

 than the weekly cost of this work, which, if in- 



vested in the way we suggest, would insure them 

 a rare treasure-house of delight, entertainment, 

 and instruction ! Young men, think of the oppor- 

 tunity thus offered. 



3Uj)tU)ltcan, W. SSnDjjetoater, $&a. We are 

 exceedingly giad to see this most valuable of maga- 

 zines on our table. What the reviews are to liter- 

 ature in general, the Living Age is to the reviews 

 a selection of the choice bits, the refined essence 

 of the leading European and American journals. 



^Journal, iJrobiDence, It. K. No periodical is 

 more welcome than this, which sustains the high 

 character it has so long enjoyed for the variety and 

 excellence of its selections. To those who are un- 

 able to take but a single periodical, LittelVs Living 

 Age is the best, as it culls the choicest papers on 

 all subjects, from the leading reviews and maga- 

 zines of England. It also contains many smaller 

 articles selected from the newspaper press of the 

 United States. 



fs.) bserber. We renew our 

 recommendation of the work to such of our readers 

 as desire to possess the best literary productions of 

 our time. The work is published in weekly parts 

 of 48 large two-column pages, making four vol- 

 umes, of over 600 pages each, per year. Its con- 

 tents are principally derived from the periodicals 

 of England, Scotland, and Ireland. They embrace 

 those reviews which form the great staple of the 

 quarterlies sparkling essays incidents of adven- 

 ture in all climes speculations on passing political 

 events notices of, and extracts from, new books 

 tales, poetry, witticisms, &c. In short, the selec- 

 tions are so judiciously made, that the " Living 

 Age" is adapted to all who desire to keep informed 

 of the movements of the period to professional and 

 business men and it is also attractive and useful 

 to women and children. It would be a " continual 

 feast" for every family, gratifying the mental and 

 moral appetite ; and one so ample as to ensure the 

 neglect of much that is bad in taste and vicious in 

 morals, but which, in this day of cheap publica- 

 tions, can be guarded against only by furnishing a 

 sufficient supply of a healthy character. Add to 

 the foregoing, that the work possesses more than a 

 temporary interest that its value is permanent 

 that it can be got bound for 50 cents per volume, 

 and thus the subscriber can make a rich addition 

 to his library each year. 



Datl ^Tribune, Worcester, i&s. Of course it 

 needs no comment from us, for every intelligent 

 person will concur with us, when we say, that for 

 a deep and solid reasoning in its articles, a purely 

 literary and scientific work, it stands in the first 

 rank of the literary works of the day. 



JSjrcelsfor, Wetoburflft, W. 3T. The Living Age 

 we have often brought to the notice of our readers ; 

 and, for their good, we cannot do it too often. It is 

 conducted upon the plan of Littell's Museum, which 

 long enjoyed an enviable popularity. It contains 

 the very cream of the foreign literature which is 

 worth republication ; and sprinkles that with choice 

 articles from able native pens. The British reviews 

 are very expensive ; and, after all, much of their 

 contents is not adapted to the tastes or wants of 

 American readers. Litteirs Living Age repub- 

 hshes the best of the articles from the reviews and 

 all the British periodicals of lighter cast. 

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