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Founded by E. LITTELL in 1844 



in 1844, and has 
Sporni or fifty-seven years 
foreign Eee literature, and reprints 
y essays, travel sketches. , Setion, 
social and Political, papers, and discussions of lite erary, artistic and scien- 
tific subjects from the leading quarterlies, monthly magazines and 


an journ 
To these long-established and distinctive Batas it has added an editorial 
department, devoted to ‘‘ Books and Authors," in which are published, vid 
paragraphs of literary news and comment, — — honest and discriminatin; 
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——The Living Age 
“Hale a siue position in he periodical world as a weekly eclectic magazine. 
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