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  LITTELL'S 
  LIVING 
  AGE. 
  

  

  ♦" 
  ■ 
  

  

  As 
  The 
  LIVING 
  Age 
  approaches 
  its 
  jubilee, 
  it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  recall 
  

   the 
  prophecy 
  made 
  concerning 
  it 
  by 
  MR. 
  JUSTICE 
  STORY 
  upon 
  read- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  prospectus 
  in 
  April, 
  1844. 
  He 
  then 
  said, 
  "I 
  entirely 
  approve 
  

   the 
  plan. 
  If 
  it 
  can 
  obtain 
  the 
  public 
  patronage 
  long 
  enough, 
  it 
  will 
  

   contribute 
  in 
  an 
  eminent 
  degree 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  healthy 
  tone, 
  not 
  only 
  to 
  

   our 
  literature, 
  but 
  to 
  public 
  opinion. 
  It 
  will 
  enable 
  us 
  to 
  possess 
  in 
  a 
  

   moderate 
  compass 
  a 
  select 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  productions 
  of 
  the 
  age." 
  

   That 
  The 
  Living 
  Age 
  has 
  fully 
  justified 
  this 
  forecast 
  is 
  proved 
  by 
  

   the 
  constant 
  praises 
  which, 
  during 
  all 
  the 
  years 
  of 
  its 
  publication, 
  

   have 
  been 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  press; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  recent 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  given 
  below. 
  

   A 
  Weekly 
  Magazine 
  of 
  sixty-four 
  pages, 
  The 
  Living 
  Age 
  gives 
  more 
  than 
  

  

  Tliree 
  and 
  si, 
  C^ti^xrtoi- 
  Tliousand 
  *" 
  

  

  double-column 
  octavo 
  pages 
  of 
  reading-matter 
  yearly, 
  forming 
  four 
  large 
  volumes. 
  It 
  

   presents 
  in 
  an 
  inexpensive 
  form, 
  considering 
  its 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  matter, 
  with 
  fresh- 
  

   ness, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  weekly 
  issue, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  completeness 
  attempted 
  by 
  no 
  

   other 
  publication, 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  Essays, 
  Reviews, 
  Criticisms, 
  Tales, 
  Sketches 
  of 
  Travel 
  and 
  Discovery, 
  Poetry, 
  Scientific, 
  Biographical, 
  

   Historical, 
  and 
  Political 
  Information, 
  from 
  the 
  entire 
  body 
  of 
  Foreign 
  Periodical 
  Literature. 
  

   It 
  is 
  therefore 
  invaluable 
  to 
  every 
  American 
  reader, 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  satisfactorily 
  fresh 
  

   and 
  COMPLETE 
  compilation 
  of 
  an 
  indispensable 
  current 
  literature, 
  — 
  indispensable 
  

   because 
  it 
  embraces 
  the 
  productions 
  of 
  THE 
  ABLEST 
  LIVING- 
  WRITERS 
  in 
  all 
  

   branches 
  of 
  Literature, 
  Science, 
  Politics, 
  and 
  Art. 
  

  

  Opinions. 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  a 
  cultured 
  stranger 
  from 
  another 
  world 
  were 
  to 
  

   find 
  himself 
  in 
  this 
  one, 
  and 
  were 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  

   our 
  literary 
  advantages, 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  impressed 
  espe- 
  

   cially, 
  we 
  are 
  confident, 
  by 
  the 
  abundance, 
  variety 
  and 
  

   high 
  average 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  Littell's 
  

   Living 
  Age." 
  — 
  The 
  Congregationalist, 
  Boston. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  is 
  nearly 
  half 
  a 
  century 
  since 
  the 
  first 
  volume 
  of 
  

   this 
  sterling 
  publication 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  press, 
  and 
  to- 
  

   day 
  it 
  stands 
  the 
  most 
  perfect 
  publication 
  of 
  its 
  kind 
  

   in 
  the 
  world. 
  . 
  There 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  Living 
  Age, 
  though 
  

   many 
  have 
  essayed 
  imitations. 
  While 
  their 
  Intent 
  

   has 
  no 
  doubt 
  been 
  worthy, 
  they 
  have 
  lacked 
  that 
  rare 
  

   discriminating 
  judgment, 
  that 
  fineness 
  of 
  acumen, 
  and 
  

   that 
  keen 
  appreciation 
  of 
  what 
  constitutes 
  true 
  excel- 
  

   lence, 
  which 
  make 
  Littell's 
  Living 
  Age 
  the 
  incom- 
  

   parable 
  publication 
  that 
  it 
  is. 
  . 
  We 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  other 
  

   publication 
  that 
  is 
  so 
  thorough 
  an 
  educator, 
  for 
  it 
  

   touches 
  all 
  live 
  subjects 
  and 
  gives 
  the 
  best 
  thought 
  of 
  

   leading: 
  minds 
  concerning 
  them." 
  — 
  Christian 
  at 
  Work, 
  

   New 
  York. 
  

  

  "No 
  eclectic 
  journal 
  has 
  ever 
  deserved 
  so 
  well 
  of 
  

   the 
  public. 
  . 
  It 
  contains 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  good 
  literature 
  

   of 
  the 
  time."— 
  The 
  Churchman, 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  "It 
  improves 
  with 
  age. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  treasure-house 
  of 
  

   the 
  best 
  periodical 
  literature 
  in 
  the 
  language, 
  and 
  

   subscribers 
  are 
  easily 
  enabled 
  to 
  keep 
  themselves 
  ac- 
  

   quainted 
  with 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  eminent 
  writers 
  

   of 
  the 
  time." 
  — 
  Standard 
  of 
  the 
  Cross, 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  maintains 
  its 
  leading 
  position 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  

   multitude 
  of 
  aspirants 
  for 
  public 
  favor. 
  . 
  He 
  who 
  

   subscribes 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  to 
  it 
  gathers 
  a 
  choice 
  

   library, 
  even 
  though 
  he 
  may 
  have 
  no 
  other 
  books." 
  — 
  

   Neic- 
  York 
  Observer. 
  

  

  "Indeed 
  it 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  doubted 
  whether 
  there 
  exists 
  

   any 
  more 
  essential 
  aid 
  to 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  mind 
  

   among 
  English-speaking 
  people; 
  and 
  its 
  importance 
  

   increases 
  with 
  the 
  ever-growing 
  rush 
  and 
  hurry 
  of 
  

   modern 
  times. 
  . 
  Certain 
  it 
  is 
  that 
  no 
  other 
  magazine 
  

   can 
  take 
  its 
  place 
  in 
  enabling 
  the 
  busy 
  reader 
  to 
  keep 
  

   up 
  with 
  current 
  literature," 
  — 
  Episcopal 
  Recorder, 
  

   Philadelphia. 
  

  

  "It 
  has, 
  in 
  the 
  half 
  century 
  of 
  its 
  existence, 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  its 
  host 
  of 
  readers 
  with 
  literature 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  

   the 
  day, 
  such 
  as 
  cannot 
  fail 
  to 
  educate 
  and 
  stimulate 
  

   the 
  Intellectual 
  faculties, 
  and 
  create 
  tastes 
  and 
  desires 
  

   for 
  loftier 
  attainments." 
  — 
  Presb'n 
  Banner, 
  Pittsburgh. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  incomparably 
  the 
  finest 
  literary 
  production 
  

   of 
  modern 
  times." 
  — 
  Herald 
  and 
  Presbyter, 
  Cincinnati. 
  

  

  "For 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  tries 
  to 
  be 
  truly 
  conversant 
  with 
  

   the 
  verv 
  best 
  literature 
  of 
  tins 
  and 
  other 
  countries, 
  it 
  

   is 
  indispensable." 
  — 
  Central 
  Baptist, 
  St. 
  Louis. 
  

  

  "The 
  subscription 
  price 
  is 
  low 
  for 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   excellent 
  reading 
  given." 
  — 
  New- 
  York 
  Evangelist. 
  

  

  "It 
  would 
  be 
  cheap 
  at 
  almost 
  any 
  price.'*— 
  Califor- 
  

   nia 
  Christian 
  Advocate, 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  saves 
  much 
  labor 
  to 
  a 
  busy 
  man 
  who 
  only 
  wants 
  

   to 
  read 
  the 
  best."— 
  The 
  Advance, 
  Chicago. 
  

  

  "It 
  retains 
  the 
  characteristics 
  of 
  breadth, 
  catho- 
  

   licity 
  and 
  good 
  taste 
  which 
  have 
  always 
  marked 
  its 
  

   editing. 
  The 
  fields 
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  fiction, 
  biography, 
  travel, 
  

   science, 
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  religious 
  

   discussion 
  all 
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  within 
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  and 
  all 
  are 
  well 
  

   represented." 
  — 
  Boston 
  Journal. 
  

  

  " 
  It 
  maybe 
  truthfully 
  and 
  cordially 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  never 
  

   offers 
  a 
  dry 
  or 
  valueless 
  page." 
  — 
  New- 
  York 
  Tribune. 
  

  

  "To 
  read 
  it 
  is 
  itself 
  an 
  education 
  in 
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  course 
  of 
  

   modern 
  thought 
  and 
  literature."— 
  Buffalo 
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  it 
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   monthly 
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  and 
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  — 
  San- 
  Francisco 
  

   Chronicle. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  invaluables 
  to 
  those 
  whose 
  time 
  is 
  

   limited." 
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  {Tex.) 
  Post. 
  

  

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  one 
  who 
  pretends 
  to 
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  au 
  courant 
  with 
  

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  doing 
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  and 
  literature 
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  — 
  Hartford 
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  " 
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  best 
  current 
  

   literature, 
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  the 
  best 
  writers 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  

   it 
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  Toronto. 
  

  

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