NOTICES OF LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. 



Uoston ISost --No person can do better, who 

 wishes to keep cognizant of the literature and grea 

 events of the day, than to commence 1850 by sub- 

 scribing for this cheap and valuable work. 



Uoston iEbening CKajette. Always excellent. 

 We could write a column in its praise. 



33oston 3J)ati)ftnHer. Littell's Living Age is 

 rightly named, because it gives us, not the mouldy 

 literature of past ages, but the fresh, vigorous and 

 healthy productions of the men of to-day. 



American ffiafiinet, Boston. This truly valu- 

 able publication is ever welcome. The editor is as 

 one watching the tide of popular reading, and who 

 thrusts down his hand when something rich and 

 rare floats along, and makes it a part and parcel of 

 the " age." 



Hell) SSnjjIanOer, Boston. It bears indubitable 

 indications of the valued tact and nice discrimina- 

 tion of its conductor, Mr. Littell. Again. Need 

 we again commend this super-excellent work to 

 our readers ? Not, perhaps, for its necessities ; for 

 a generous patronage, and the universal commenda- 

 tion of the press, render such a task superfluous. 

 But to attract the attention of the young men of 

 our land to its merits we will gladly speak of it 

 weekly. There is no work in this country which, 

 in so convenient a compass, and at so cheap a rate, 

 furnishes a more varied, judicious or valuable read- 

 ing to the knowledge-seeking student. Five dol- 

 lars each to a club of four will secure this treasure 

 for one year. Again. It must be gratifying to 

 the publishers of this work, to notice that selec- 

 tions from its pages are travelling the round of the 

 press of this country a favorable comment on its 

 popular cast. It has been well said that he who 

 makes an able extract renders a service equivalent 

 to that of one who writes a good article and this 

 merit is peculiarly that of the conductor of the 

 Age. Again. We can with truth endorse a 

 contemporary, who says this celebrated weekly 

 holds on its unrivalled course vigorously, bearing 

 its rich freight of literary wares, gathered from 

 every civilized region, to the " uttermost parts of 

 the earth." Our experience has taught us that, 

 with the Living Age, we have no need of the 

 famous British Quarterlies, nor of most of the 

 valuable productions of the British periodical press. 

 Again. What do you read, good sir? Science, 

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 enjoyment. We speak " by the book." 



SBostou Sfouvnal. The accumulation of new 

 /jooks on almost all subjects, has become so rapid 

 of late, that no man, even by incessant reading 

 with out, sleep or rest, if possible, could wade 

 through but a small portion of them. They shower 

 down upon us from the sky ; they come up from 

 he mighty deep ; they tumble upon us from the 

 heights of Parnassus ; they rush upon us as mon- 

 sters from Domdaniel caverns, and they spread 

 around us in legions from Cyprian temples. What, 

 then, shall we read 1 What new work, worth the 

 precious hours of a fugitive existence, whether on 

 science, history, poetry or romance, shall we select? 

 The impartial Reviews and judicious Criticisms 

 of the day will answer. But they are also many, 

 and are becoming voluminous. On this account 

 the plan and conduct of LITTELL'S LIVING AGE 

 have met with such general approbation and patron- 

 age/ It skims the cream of Reviews. It supplies 

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| the wants of a reading community, and like a 

 Cicerone regulates the taste, and like a guide-board 

 points out the way, in making discreet selections ; 

 or in some cases serves to warn us from a waste of 

 time, in the perusal of a book, however popular 

 "A Stranger in Boston." 



(ffjjricttan deflector, JSoston. This sterling 

 cosmopolite continues to send out its gatherings* 

 from the standard periodical literature of the old 

 world and new. It has reached a vigorous man- 

 hood, and grows wiser and better as it grows older. 

 The contents are rich and varied. The selections 

 indicate an excellent taste and good judgment. 

 The circulation of this periodical keeps on rapidly 

 increasin. 



.Saturtraij Gambler. The Living Age 

 is too well known to the American public to need 

 any eulogium at our hands. The standing and 

 reputation which it has attained are its best recom 

 mendation. 



Dortlantt (,f&e.) STranscujpt. A man cannot 

 be said to live, in his age if he do not keep himself 

 informed of the course of its current of thought 

 and action. And we verily believe that he can do 

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 scribing for the Living Age. This publication is 

 no longer an experiment ; it is a fixed fact. And 

 as a fact, it is doing more for the spread of know - 

 edge among the people, than most men imagine. 

 It gives us all that is worth knowing in the foreign 

 quarterlies and monthlies, which are themselves 

 beyond the reach of the mass of the people, and 

 the most valuable of the many contributions to our 

 own current literature. Much of the space in the 

 number before us is devoted to articles of Ameri- 

 can origin, and we think this feature of the Living 

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 say to all who would cultivate an acquaintance with 

 the great minds of the old and the new worlds, 

 subscribe for the Living Age. 



fflfajette, 25ast STtjomaston, |&e. It is uni- 

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 the leading European monthlies, and there is no 

 ;aste, however various or exacting, that will fail to 

 ind in each number, at least one article fully repay- 

 'ng the cost of the whole, while, on the other hand, 

 it never contains anything which can be styled 

 objectionable. We could name a hundred articles 

 scattered through the last year's series, which havo 

 afforded us much interest and satisfaction, and, we 

 lope, at the same time, an equal share of profit. 

 [t is always rich in good things, arid we wish it 

 jreat and continued prosperity. 



democrat, ^erefiitl) 3Sri&flf, W. ?. This 

 work is acknowledged to be the freshest, most 

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irrasburn; (Vt.) (Sajette. Preeminent among 

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