Miscellaneous.

"Masters of wisdom! No: my soul confidesIn that all-healing and all-forming Power,Who, on the radiant day when Time was born,Cast his broad eye upon the wild of ocean,And calm'd it with a glance; then, plunging deepHis mighty arm, pluck'd from its dark domainThis throne of freedom, lifted it to light,Girt it with silver cliffs, and call'd it Britain;He did, and will preserve it."

"Masters of wisdom! No: my soul confides

In that all-healing and all-forming Power,

Who, on the radiant day when Time was born,

Cast his broad eye upon the wild of ocean,

And calm'd it with a glance; then, plunging deep

His mighty arm, pluck'd from its dark domain

This throne of freedom, lifted it to light,

Girt it with silver cliffs, and call'd it Britain;

He did, and will preserve it."

C. B.

—To E. D.'s Query, "whether there is any well-authenticated instance of a woman having had more than twenty-five children?" something like a reply will be found in the following paragraph, which formed one of a series of "Curious Extracts," in theEdinburgh Antiquarian Magazine(1848):—

"'Extraordinary Number of Children.—The following extraordinary, yet well-attested fact, is copied from Brand'sHistory of Newcastle, lately published. The fact is mentioned and corroborated by a quotation from an Harleian MS. No. 980-87. A weaver in Scotland had, by one wife, a Scotch woman,sixty-twochildren, all living till they were baptized; of whom fourdaughters only lived to be women, but forty-six sons attained to man's estate. In 1630, Joseph Delavel, Esq., of Northumberland, rode thirty miles beyond Edinburgh, to be satisfied of the truth of this account, when he found the man and woman both living; but at that time had no children abiding with them. Sir John Bowes and three other gentlemen having, at different periods, taken each ten in order to bring them up; the rest also being disposed of. Three or four of them were at that period (1630) at Newcastle.'—European Magazine, Dec. 1786."

But, of course, the question still arises,canthis wonderful instance be recognised as "a well-attested fact?"

R. S. F.

Perth.

In Wanley'sWonders of the Little Moral World(London, 1806), vol. i. p. 76., will be found several instances of numerous families by one mother; in one case (No. 27.) fifty-seven children; and in another (No. 6.), no less than seventy-three! Your correspondent can refer to the authorities, which are also given. The authenticity of one of the cases mentioned (No. 23.) will probably be easily ascertained, as it is said to be the copy of an inscription in the churchyard of Heydon in Yorkshire, to the following effect:—

"Here lieth the body of William Strutton of Padrington, buried the 18th of May, 1734, aged ninety-seven, who had by his first wife twenty-eight children, and by a second wife seventeen; was father to forty-five, grandfather to eighty-six, great-grandfather to ninety-seven, and great-great-grandfather to twenty-three—in all 251."—Gent. Mag. Aug. 1731.

There appears to be some mistake in the reference, and I may mention that I have not been able to find the epitaph in Mr. Urban's pages with the assistance of the general index.[8]

E. N.

[8][It occurs in the October number of 1734, p. 571.—ED.]

—One of the handsomest quartos of our day, both in typography and engravings, is,Two Systems of Astronomy: first, the Newtonian System ... second, the System in accordance with the Holy Scriptures... by Isaac Frost, London, 4to., 1846 (Simpkin and Marshall). This work is Muggletonian, and contains some extracts fromThe Divine Looking-Glass of the Third Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, by Reeve and Muggleton. I request your readers to draw no inference from the letter with which I sign my communications.

—In reply to ABERDONIENSIS, I beg to inform him that the "Maitland Club" (Glasgow) circulated as the contribution of the Earl of Glasgow in the year 1832 a very handsome volume, entitledRegistrum Monasterii de Passelet,M.C.LXIII-M.D.XXIX.to which there was prefixed an highly interesting prefatory notice and illustrative notes, in which it is there stated—

"That it may be proper to correct a popular mistake regardinganotherrecord connected with the Monastery of Paisley.The Black Book of Paisley, quoted by Buchanan and our earlier historians, and which (having disappeared) was raised by later antiquaries into undue importance as a distinct and original chronicle, was nothing more than a copy of Fordun (Scotichronicon), with Bowers' Continuation. It appears to have been acquired by Thomas Lord Fairfax, but when Gale and Hearne wrote, had already been deposited in the Royal Library, where it is still preserved. (13. E. X.) Hearne particularly notices the inscription on this volume: 'Iste liber est Sancti Jacobi et Sancti Mirini de Pasleto.'—Præfatio ad Fordun, p. lxvi."

T. G. S.

Edinburgh.

—I have had these Italian lines in my MS. book for many years as an "Epigram on Bonaparte's Legion of Honor." If of earlier date, and another origin, they have been made good use of by the would-be wits of the day, as a quiz upon Napoleon's honorary badge.

HERMES.

—The Elegy on Coleman I have seen paraphrased or travestied, and thus attributed to Dryden, who, not being able to pay his wine-merchant's bill, was told, on dining with this creditor, in the exhilaration of his cups, that if he (Dryden) wouldimprovisefour lines expressive of pleasure to God, to the Devil, to the World, and to the Merchant, the debt would be forgiven. Instantly, therefore, the poet extemporised the following verses, sufficiently redolent of their inspiring source:

"God is pleased when we abstain from sin;The devil is pleas'd when we remain therein;The world is pleas'd with good wine,And you're pleased when I pay for mine."

"God is pleased when we abstain from sin;

The devil is pleas'd when we remain therein;

The world is pleas'd with good wine,

And you're pleased when I pay for mine."

J. R.

Cork.

—On theLiber Conformitatum, I confidently assert, from accurate inquiry, that no edition preceded that of 1510, nor is there any authority for the alleged one of Venice. A long account of this most disedifying volume will be found in DeBure'sBibliographie Instructive, No. 4540. I am in possession of the second edition in 1511, perfectly identical in the text. Its absurdity is equal to its obvious, though not intended, blasphemy; for it is written in genuine simplicity of design. I have likewise theAlcorand des Cordeliers, with the second book by Conrad Badius, the son of Jodocus Badius Ascencius, a native of Belgium, but one of the early Parisian printers, and author himself of various works. The title of my edition of theAlcoran, printed at Geneva, 1575, differs from that of 1586,but necessarily of the same import, and quite as prolix.

J. R.

Cork.

—As J. F. F. has repeated Blomefield's account of these curious pits (commonly known asGrimes Graves, in Weeting parish, Norfolk), it is right to add some more recent information respecting them. An investigation was made there last month, by digging a trench through the middle of a pit, and at the depth of about three feet an oval fire-place of flints was discovered, containing numerous bones of oxen, &c. One of the smaller pits was then similarly treated, and we found the same proofs of habitation. No stone implements were discovered, but further researches may bring some to light. Blomefield's statement that it is a Danish camp is quite without foundation, and his "form of a quincunx," in which he supposed the pits to be, could have existed only in his own imagination, stimulated by the learned labours of Sir Thomas Browne. There can be no doubt now that they were dwellings of the British, similar to the pits on the coast at Weybourne. ThatGrimewas a Danish leader, "Præpositus," &c., is also open to doubt. When so many British earthworks are designated by this name, what is more likely than that the Saxons, not knowing whose hands had erected them, superstitiously ascribed them to thegrimspirit, the Devil?—whenceGrimsdyke, the Devil's ditch, &c. Neither this opinion, however, nor Mr. Guest's (a "boundary") seems applicable to a Hundred, asGrimeshoo, unless as being so full of Grime's operations.

C. R. M.

—I confess that I could draw quite a different conclusion from that of CAROLUSCURSITORrespecting Junius's single misspelt mention of Lord Lyttleton's name. If, as the reviewer argues (supposing I remember the article correctly), the Hon. Thomas Lyttleton only once mentioned his father, in order to prevent public attention settling on himself as the author ofJunius's Letters, it seems to me to be in unison with such artifice, that he should have purposely made a slight error in spelling the name. But is the writer, and not the printer, responsible for this blunder?

ALFREDGATTY.

—A learned Cambridge professor, who has been a V.P.R.S., once related to me the following anecdote, in reference to the celebrated and most practical philosopher, the late Dr. Wollaston. In the rooms of the Royal Society the Doctor chanced to mention that he could not, for the life of him, discover the composition of the rich black pigment used by the ancient Egyptians in their inscriptions on the mummy cases. He had analysed it over and over again, and invariably found animal matter present. How was this? "Why," observed a member, to the grievous annoyance of the somewhat self-opinioned Doctor, "they used the ink of the (Sepia officinalis) cuttle-fish." This most remarkable excretion is of the deepest black hue; and that it retains its peculiar qualities unimpaired, even after being buried beneath the chalk formation of this earth of our's for unnumbered periods, is proved in the case of the well-known fossil ink of Dean Buckland. I know not whether or no this will answer the Query of MR. W. SPARROW SIMPSON, B.A.

COWGILL.

—AJAXis informed that the best map of Morocco that has probably appeared is given in the volume of theExploration Scientifique de l'Algérie, entitled "L'Empire de Maroc par Berbrugger." An excellent map of Algeria by R. H. Dufour, is published at a moderate price by Longuet, 8. Rue de la Paix, Paris. The date on my copy is 1850; it forms one of a series of maps issued by the same parties, and forming an Atlas of Algeria. I add from theLeipzig Catalogue(1849, viertes Heft) the title of a work which may assist AJAXin his labours. Though I have not examined the work myself, I know it to be of some repute. The author now forms one of the mission for exploring Central Africa:

"Barth Dr. Heinr. Wanderungen durch die Küstenländer d. Mittelmeers, ausgeführt in den J. 1845, 1846 u. 1847. In 2 Bdn 1 Bd A.u.d. T.: Wanderungen durch das Punische u. Kyrenäische Küstenland od. Màg'reb, Afrik'ia u. Bark'a. Mit 1 (lith. u. illum.) Karte (in Imp. fol.) gr. 8. Berlin, Hertz."

The travels of Dr. Barth had especial reference to the discovery and identification of ancient localities.

NORTHMAN.

—To this list may be added that of a learned lady, namely, of the Lady Ann Bacon (Cooke), second wife of the Lord Keeper, and mother of the Lord Chancellor. She translated, from the Italian of Bernardine Achine,Twenty-five Sermons, published about 1550.

Sir Nathaniel Bacon, the painter, was the youngest son of Nicholas, the eldest son of the Lord Keeper, and consequently the latter's grandson. This Nicholas, of Redgrave, Suffolk, was High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1597, and represented the same county in the parliament of 1603. He was the first person created a baronet; and from him are descended the Bacons of Redgrave, Suffolk, afterwards of Great Ryburgh, Garboldisham, Gillingham, and now of Raveningham, Norfolk, premier baronets of England.

There are engraved portraits of Lady Ann Bacon, and of Sir Nathaniel the painter.

COWGILL.

—In reference to the superstitious practices in question, the readers of theProse Edda, many of whose traditions still survive amongst us, will remember what it is therein narrated concerning the ship Naglfar. Amongst the terror-fraught prodigies preceding Ragnarök, or the Twilight of the Gods, and the Conflagration of the Universe, we are informed that "on the waters floats the ship Naglfar, which is constructed of the nails of dead men. For which reason," it is said, "great care should be taken to die with pared nails; for he who dies with his nails unpared, supplies materials for the building of this vessel, which both gods and men wish may be finished as late as possible." Of this ship, the more ancient and poetical Völn-spà also speaks in something like the following terms:—

"A keel from distant East is nearing,Pilotted by Loki's hand,Muspellheimr's children bearing,—Sea-borne comes that horrid band!With the wolf to join, are speeding,In a grim and gaunt array,Monster-forms 'neath Loki's leading,—Byleist's brother leads the way."

"A keel from distant East is nearing,

Pilotted by Loki's hand,

Muspellheimr's children bearing,—

Sea-borne comes that horrid band!

With the wolf to join, are speeding,

In a grim and gaunt array,

Monster-forms 'neath Loki's leading,—

Byleist's brother leads the way."

COWGILL.

—I have not seen the following motto noticed either in your pages or elsewhere. I quote it from memory, as I recollect reading it many years ago on the sun-dial in front of the Hospice on the summit of the Mont Cenis:

"Tempore nimboso securi sistile gradum—Ut mihi sic vobis hora quietis erit."

"Tempore nimboso securi sistile gradum—

Ut mihi sic vobis hora quietis erit."

J. E. T.

—Allow me to add to P. M. M.'s list:

It is hardly worth while to mention the larger tribe of contractions, such as Alsford for Alresford, Wilsden for Willesden, Harfordwest for Haverfordwest; nor the class of derivations from the Roman Castrum, as Uxeter for Uttoxeter, Toster for Towcester, and the like.

The railroads are correcting these grosser errors wherever they fall in with them. I remember a few years ago, being at Gloster, and intending to take the train toCisiter, as I had always called it. "Oh!" said the porter, with quite the air of aLingo, "you meanCi-ren-cester." But I believe the good folks of the neighbourhood still stick toAberga'nyandCisiter.

P. M. M.'s appeal to your Scotch and Irish correspondents will I think produce little. In Scotland, names are generally pronounced as written, with a few exceptions, such asEnbro'andLithgow, and perhaps a few others: but in Ireland I do not remember a single instance of the corruption of a name; though certainly the Irish might be forgiven if they had contracted or mollified such names asDrumcullagher,Ballaghaddireen,Moatagreenoque, andTamnaughtfinlaggan. The English are, I believe, the only people who habituallyclipproper names of persons or places, but I think it is also the only language in which the spelling of words does not afford a general guide for their pronunciation. No other language that I know anything of can afford such anomalies as are to be found, for instance, inrough,cough,lough,plough,dough,through, &c. &c.

The following are such names of places as have come within my observation:—

[9]By the last word this place is named to distinguish it from others beginning with the word "Wiggenhall."

J. N. C.

—In support of A. E. B., with whose view I entirely concur, it may be added thatvillainandknavedo not make the proposition such a truism as Horatio (who is not intended for a conjuror, much less a verbal critic) admits it to be. Alexander the Great has been called avillainand arobber, but never aknaveor athief. By the Rule of Three, villain: robber:: knave: thief. As a truism, intended by Hamlet before the first line was spoken, it is not good enough for Hamlet's wit. But, supposing the second line invented,pro re natâ, to cover the retreat of the disclosure which was advancing in the first line, it is just what might have suggested itself—for Hamlet's uncle was both villain and knave.

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LEBAHN'S WORKS.Fourth Stereotype Edition, price 8s.; with Key, 10s.6d.GERMAN in ONE VOLUME. Containing a Grammar; Exercises; Undine, a Tale by Fouqué, with Notes; and a Vocabulary of 4,500 Words synonymous in German and English.Price 6s.PRACTICE IN GERMAN. Adapted for Self-Instruction; containing the First Three Chapters of Undine, with a literal Interlinear Translation, and copious Notes.Price 6s.6d.THE SELF-INSTRUCTOR in GERMAN. Containing—I. "Der Muthwillige" (the Wag), a Comedy, in Five Acts, by KOTZEBUE. II. "Der Neffe als Onkel," a Comedy, in Three Acts, by SCHILLER. With a Vocabulary and Notes.Price 3s.6d.A FIRST GERMAN READING-BOOK. Containing—"Das Täubchen" (the Dove), a Tale for the Young, by CH. SCHMID. With an Introductory Grammar, and a Vocabulary, containing every Word occurring in the Text.Price 3s.6d.EICHENFELS, AND DIALOGUES; In What Manner Henry came to the Knowledge of God; a Tale, by CH. SCHMID. With a complete Vocabulary, and Dialogues, containing the ordinary Conversational Phrases.Price 3s.6d.PETER SCHLEMIHL; or, the SHADOWLESS MAN. By CHAMISSO. With a Vocabulary and Copious Notes.Price 3s.6d.EGMONT: a Tragedy, in Five Acts, by GOETHE. With a complete Vocabulary.Price 3s.6d.UNDINE: a Tale, by FOUQUÉ. With Notes.Price 3s.6d.WILHELM TELL: a Drama, in Five Acts, by SCHILLER. With a complete Vocabulary.About 250 commendatory Notices on the above Works have appeared.Sold by all Booksellers; and at Mr. LEBAHN'S Class Rooms, 1. Annett's Crescent, Lower Road, Islington.MR. FALCK-LEBAHN receives Classes and Private Pupils at 1. Annett's Crescent, Islington; 12. Norland Square, Notting Hill; and attends Students at their own Residences.

LEBAHN'S WORKS.

Fourth Stereotype Edition, price 8s.; with Key, 10s.6d.GERMAN in ONE VOLUME. Containing a Grammar; Exercises; Undine, a Tale by Fouqué, with Notes; and a Vocabulary of 4,500 Words synonymous in German and English.

Fourth Stereotype Edition, price 8s.; with Key, 10s.6d.

GERMAN in ONE VOLUME. Containing a Grammar; Exercises; Undine, a Tale by Fouqué, with Notes; and a Vocabulary of 4,500 Words synonymous in German and English.

Price 6s.PRACTICE IN GERMAN. Adapted for Self-Instruction; containing the First Three Chapters of Undine, with a literal Interlinear Translation, and copious Notes.

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PRACTICE IN GERMAN. Adapted for Self-Instruction; containing the First Three Chapters of Undine, with a literal Interlinear Translation, and copious Notes.

Price 6s.6d.THE SELF-INSTRUCTOR in GERMAN. Containing—I. "Der Muthwillige" (the Wag), a Comedy, in Five Acts, by KOTZEBUE. II. "Der Neffe als Onkel," a Comedy, in Three Acts, by SCHILLER. With a Vocabulary and Notes.

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THE SELF-INSTRUCTOR in GERMAN. Containing—I. "Der Muthwillige" (the Wag), a Comedy, in Five Acts, by KOTZEBUE. II. "Der Neffe als Onkel," a Comedy, in Three Acts, by SCHILLER. With a Vocabulary and Notes.

Price 3s.6d.A FIRST GERMAN READING-BOOK. Containing—"Das Täubchen" (the Dove), a Tale for the Young, by CH. SCHMID. With an Introductory Grammar, and a Vocabulary, containing every Word occurring in the Text.

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A FIRST GERMAN READING-BOOK. Containing—"Das Täubchen" (the Dove), a Tale for the Young, by CH. SCHMID. With an Introductory Grammar, and a Vocabulary, containing every Word occurring in the Text.

Price 3s.6d.EICHENFELS, AND DIALOGUES; In What Manner Henry came to the Knowledge of God; a Tale, by CH. SCHMID. With a complete Vocabulary, and Dialogues, containing the ordinary Conversational Phrases.

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EICHENFELS, AND DIALOGUES; In What Manner Henry came to the Knowledge of God; a Tale, by CH. SCHMID. With a complete Vocabulary, and Dialogues, containing the ordinary Conversational Phrases.

Price 3s.6d.PETER SCHLEMIHL; or, the SHADOWLESS MAN. By CHAMISSO. With a Vocabulary and Copious Notes.

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PETER SCHLEMIHL; or, the SHADOWLESS MAN. By CHAMISSO. With a Vocabulary and Copious Notes.

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EGMONT: a Tragedy, in Five Acts, by GOETHE. With a complete Vocabulary.

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UNDINE: a Tale, by FOUQUÉ. With Notes.

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WILHELM TELL: a Drama, in Five Acts, by SCHILLER. With a complete Vocabulary.

About 250 commendatory Notices on the above Works have appeared.Sold by all Booksellers; and at Mr. LEBAHN'S Class Rooms, 1. Annett's Crescent, Lower Road, Islington.

About 250 commendatory Notices on the above Works have appeared.

Sold by all Booksellers; and at Mr. LEBAHN'S Class Rooms, 1. Annett's Crescent, Lower Road, Islington.

MR. FALCK-LEBAHN receives Classes and Private Pupils at 1. Annett's Crescent, Islington; 12. Norland Square, Notting Hill; and attends Students at their own Residences.

TO BOOK COLLECTORS, ANTIQUARIANS, AND HISTORIANS.Now ready (in 8vo., pp. 124.). price 1s., or forwarded per post, 1s.6d.BIBLIOTHECA SELECTA, CURIOSA ET RARISSIMA.CATALOGUE of an Interesting Collection of Miscellaneous English and Foreign Books, chiefly in fine condition, now on sale for ready money, by THOMAS GEORGE STEVENSON, Antiquarian and Historical Bookseller, 87. Prince's Street, Edinburgh. (Second door west of the New Club.)"Whose shop is well-known, or ought to be so, by all the true lovers of curious little old smoke-dried volumes."—Chambers'Illustrations of the Author of Waverley."This shop is now, I believe, the only existing 'cask' in this city which preserves the true ancient Wynkyn de Worde 'odour.'"—Dr. Dibdin'sTour through Scotland, vol. ii. p. 503.

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CATALOGUE of an Interesting Collection of Miscellaneous English and Foreign Books, chiefly in fine condition, now on sale for ready money, by THOMAS GEORGE STEVENSON, Antiquarian and Historical Bookseller, 87. Prince's Street, Edinburgh. (Second door west of the New Club.)

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THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION was held on the 18th February.During the Year 1851The number of New Policies issued has been 677.The sum assured by these, exclusive of Annuities £274,775 0 0And the Annual Premium on New Assurances, besides a considerable sum for premiums by single payment 7,663 1 0Since the Institution of the Society in1837The number of Policies issued has been 5,236.Covering Assurances amounting to upwards of £2,300,000 0 0The Subsisting Assurances now amount to 1,866,488 0 0The Accumulated Fund exceeds 207,803 0 0And the Yearly Income amounts to about 61,500 0 0At the meeting various resolutions were adopted by which the Directors (under certain necessary provisions) were empowered, on application, to make arrangements by which the great body of the members will be secured, after a fixed period, from any charge for additional Premiums, in the event of their going beyond the limits of Europe, or entering into military or naval service; and generally to exempt their Policies from any ground of forfeiture whatever, excepting fraud or intentional falsehood. The effect of these alterations must be to enhance greatly the value of the Policies as marketable securities; and the Directors feel satisfied that they secure the Institution against any appreciable risk, by providing that the exemption shall not in any case take effect until after the lapse of five years from the date of the policy.Forms of proposal, prospectus, copies of the annual reports, and every information will be forwarded free on application at the office in London, 12. Moorgate Street.GEORGE GRANT, Agent and Secretary for London.

THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION was held on the 18th February.

During the Year 1851

The number of New Policies issued has been 677.

The sum assured by these, exclusive of Annuities £274,775 0 0And the Annual Premium on New Assurances, besides a considerable sum for premiums by single payment 7,663 1 0

The sum assured by these, exclusive of Annuities £274,775 0 0

And the Annual Premium on New Assurances, besides a considerable sum for premiums by single payment 7,663 1 0

Since the Institution of the Society in1837

The number of Policies issued has been 5,236.

Covering Assurances amounting to upwards of £2,300,000 0 0The Subsisting Assurances now amount to 1,866,488 0 0The Accumulated Fund exceeds 207,803 0 0And the Yearly Income amounts to about 61,500 0 0

Covering Assurances amounting to upwards of £2,300,000 0 0

The Subsisting Assurances now amount to 1,866,488 0 0

The Accumulated Fund exceeds 207,803 0 0

And the Yearly Income amounts to about 61,500 0 0

At the meeting various resolutions were adopted by which the Directors (under certain necessary provisions) were empowered, on application, to make arrangements by which the great body of the members will be secured, after a fixed period, from any charge for additional Premiums, in the event of their going beyond the limits of Europe, or entering into military or naval service; and generally to exempt their Policies from any ground of forfeiture whatever, excepting fraud or intentional falsehood. The effect of these alterations must be to enhance greatly the value of the Policies as marketable securities; and the Directors feel satisfied that they secure the Institution against any appreciable risk, by providing that the exemption shall not in any case take effect until after the lapse of five years from the date of the policy.

Forms of proposal, prospectus, copies of the annual reports, and every information will be forwarded free on application at the office in London, 12. Moorgate Street.

GEORGE GRANT, Agent and Secretary for London.

MR. EGESTORFF, translator of Klopstock's "Messiah," &c., respectfully announces that he is prepared to deliver the following Course of Lectures, publicly or privatim:—1. Lecture on the Gradual and Ruinous Progress of Inordinate Ambition, till its hapless votary becomes involved in a manner that leaves him no alternative but to plunge into crime.—exemplified in Schiller's "Wallenstein," with Introductory Remarks on Literary Institutions, how to be improved, and Remarks on National Intercourse.2. A Lecture on the Dangerous Tendency of Enthusiasm if not controuled by Reason, exemplified in Schiller's "Maid of Orleans."3. 4. 5. Lecture on Klopstock's "Messiah."6. A Lecture on Music, with a Selection of Classical Airs from the German Opera.5. BELGRAVE ROAD, PIMLICO, LONDON.

MR. EGESTORFF, translator of Klopstock's "Messiah," &c., respectfully announces that he is prepared to deliver the following Course of Lectures, publicly or privatim:—

1. Lecture on the Gradual and Ruinous Progress of Inordinate Ambition, till its hapless votary becomes involved in a manner that leaves him no alternative but to plunge into crime.—exemplified in Schiller's "Wallenstein," with Introductory Remarks on Literary Institutions, how to be improved, and Remarks on National Intercourse.

2. A Lecture on the Dangerous Tendency of Enthusiasm if not controuled by Reason, exemplified in Schiller's "Maid of Orleans."

3. 4. 5. Lecture on Klopstock's "Messiah."

6. A Lecture on Music, with a Selection of Classical Airs from the German Opera.

5. BELGRAVE ROAD, PIMLICO, LONDON.

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HANDBOOKS FOR THE CLASSICAL STUDENT,(WITH QUESTIONS):UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENCE AND EDITORSHIP OF THEREV. T. K. ARNOLD, M.A.,RECTOR OF LYNDON, AND LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE."The leading characteristics of these Handbooks is their exceeding simplicity, the excellent order with which they are arranged, the completeness of their details, and the remarkable accuracy and elaborate erudition which they exhibit in every page. They have this further advantage, which it is impossible to over-estimate:—that they bring down their respective subjects to the very latest period, and present us with the results of the most recent investigations of the critics and antiquarians by whom they have been discussed."—Dublin Review, October 1, 1851.I. HANDBOOKS OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY. From the German of Pütz. Translated by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.1. ANCIENT HISTORY, 6s.6d.2. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY, 4s.6d.3. MODERN HISTORY, 5s.6d.—These Works have been already translated into the Swedish and Dutch languages.II. THE ATHENIAN STAGE, 4s.From the German of WITZSCHEL. Translated by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.III. GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES, 3s.6d.—ROMAN ANTIQUITIES, 3s.6d.From the Swedish of BOJESEN. Translated from Dr. HOFFA'S German version, by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.—HEBREW ANTIQUITIES, by the Rev. H. BROWNE, M.A. 4s.IV. HANDBOOKS of SYNONYMES.1. GREEK SYNONYMES, 6s.6d.From the French of PILLON.2. LATIN SYNONYMES, 7s.6d.From the German of DÖDERLEIN. Translated by the Rev. H. H. ARNOLD.V. HANDBOOKS of VOCABULARY.1. GREEK (in the press).2. LATIN (in preparation.)3. FRENCH, 4s.6d.4. GERMAN, 4s.VI. HANDBOOK of GRECIAN MYTHOLOGY (with Outline Engravings of Ancient Statues), 5s.From the German of Professor STOLL, by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.RIVINGTONS, St. Paul's Church Yard, and Waterloo Place.

HANDBOOKS FOR THE CLASSICAL STUDENT,

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UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENCE AND EDITORSHIP OF THE

REV. T. K. ARNOLD, M.A.,

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"The leading characteristics of these Handbooks is their exceeding simplicity, the excellent order with which they are arranged, the completeness of their details, and the remarkable accuracy and elaborate erudition which they exhibit in every page. They have this further advantage, which it is impossible to over-estimate:—that they bring down their respective subjects to the very latest period, and present us with the results of the most recent investigations of the critics and antiquarians by whom they have been discussed."—Dublin Review, October 1, 1851.

I. HANDBOOKS OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY. From the German of Pütz. Translated by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.

1. ANCIENT HISTORY, 6s.6d.2. MEDIÆVAL HISTORY, 4s.6d.3. MODERN HISTORY, 5s.6d.—These Works have been already translated into the Swedish and Dutch languages.

II. THE ATHENIAN STAGE, 4s.From the German of WITZSCHEL. Translated by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.

III. GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES, 3s.6d.—ROMAN ANTIQUITIES, 3s.6d.From the Swedish of BOJESEN. Translated from Dr. HOFFA'S German version, by the Rev. R. B. PAUL.—HEBREW ANTIQUITIES, by the Rev. H. BROWNE, M.A. 4s.

IV. HANDBOOKS of SYNONYMES.

1. GREEK SYNONYMES, 6s.6d.From the French of PILLON.

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