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LIFE7E' s IF AFOU II A E 0 Cl i tT Y, 7, WATERLOO PLACE , PALL MALL, LON N. Lord Batookon. ROBERT HARDWICKE, 3k, CAREY-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN. The British x40,11.ft (a plain and easy aeooutit of), wherein each Species is des c ribed under it. re spective Gr ow' ; and the Chers.eteristlcs of those Genera givu in words of eoinutou use. With a Glossary of Tech uical Terms. cloth, gilt edges, price 2s. Nave ; The Solace of Rare Leisure. In Parse, Original and Translated. 1k Tito ItoN. JAMES BANKS, Lincoln College, Oxlhr.l, i of the Gruninar School of King Ed*ard VI., , Salop. Fop. Rao., price ft. Rhymes, by George T. May. Fcp. Bvo. cloth, price La. IV. Cobdenic Policy, the Internal Enemy of England—The fence tiociety. its Comilstiveuess—Mr. Cobden, hie Secretiveness. A Narrative of Historical Inel deets. By ALEXANDEII SOMERVILLE," this who has Whistled at the 'lough." Crown tivo., price le. a. The Autobiography of a Working Man. By ALEX49I , III4II2IME 41;11U, "One who his whistlod at the'PlOugh. NCI* EditiuM, with Portrait of the Author. Price bs. Will be ready shortly. A Plan of Publishing to enable Authors to place their Literary Productions before the Public with• out pecuniary risk or loss of interest in Copyright. London: ROBERT HARDWICKE, 88, Carey-street, Lincoln's Imt. TH.E ART-JOURNAL for N APRIL.--' o. (4, lI New Series, contains a beguiling Engraving in e Lips mannner, from Sir C. L. Eastlake's celebrated Picture " Christ lamenting over Jentsalem ;" also Engravings from the Pictures of " The Surprise," by E. Dubai°, and " A Summer Holiday," by F. Goodall, R.A.A. The principal literary contributions to this number are:—" On the Pigmentary and Titrctorial Matters of the Ancients," by Dr. Scoffern ; "What is Heraldry?" by W. Partridge, illustrated; "The Royal Academy Lectures un Sculpture "The Great Masters of Alt, No, 28—H. 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Bonuses may be commuted for equivalent reductions of Pre mium at the option of the Assured, by which arrangt.dient the amount originally mewed may be kept up at a etniiinkally de creasing cost. Insurances effected on joint as well as on single lives, for short terms or otherwise, and to meet any specified contingency The age of the life assured is admitted on the Polley at the time of effecting the Assurance, or at any other time, on produc tion of satisfactory proof. Every information and assistance will be given to Assurers, either at the °dices, No. 7, Waterloo-place,London; or by the So ciety's agents, established 14 all principal towns. JEREIdIAH LODGE, A. 8., Resident Acting, and Secretary. SOVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 49, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, LONDON. [ Established 1848.] TRUSTEE B. The Right Hon. the Earl Talbot The Right Hou. the Lord De Hanley Sir Claude Scott, Bart. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P. Henry Parnell, Esq. 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