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London, England, 1847-12-29 00:00:00

Just published, In 10 V 01.4 foolscap Bvo., reduced to 11. 10s., cloth,
110SIVELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON, by
'JP the itight Hon. J. W. CROKER ; inclu ling the Tour to the
Hebrides, Johnson's own Diary of a Tour into Wales, and many
unpublished Letters. New Edition, revised and re-arranged (ac-
cording to the suggestion of the Quarterly Review), by T. Wright;
with two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana, and a complete
Index. lliwtrated by upwards of 50 Engravings on Steel ,fter
Stanfield and others.
This e'egant edition, printed in the popular form of Sir Walter
Scott's Works, is exactly what Dr. Johnson himself loved and re-
commended. " Books (he says) that you may carry to the fire, and
ho'd readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such books
form the mass of general and easy reading."
Henry G. Bohn, York-street, Covent-garden.

ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received
from Paris an unusual large variety •f Feurteen-day
CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, marble, and
china. The designs are pastoral and historical, and include a few of
great merit, In the style of Louis XIV. The price is four, five, and
seven guineas each, and upwards.
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, COrnhill, London, opposite the
statue of the Duke of Wellington.

DIAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT.
The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in
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gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—this
is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp
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To be had. only at the Establishment of Om Metropolitan Light
Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, west Strand,

WILL SHORTLY be CLOSED, at the
PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER-SQUARE, the
VIEW of CAIRO, from Drawings taken by David Roberts, Esq.,
R.A., with its splendid Mosques, Minarets, and Domes, the River
Nile, the Eternal Pyramids, and a gorgeous Asiesiblage preparatory
to a Pilgrimage to Mecca. The VIEWS of the HIMALAYA
MOUNTAINS, and the PLAINS of lIINDOSTAN, and of the
lassie CITY of ATHENS, are also Now Opel.

A R R I A G E.
31- One half the wend are desolately single, and the other
grippe/Mg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a
sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
cornproaixe harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour end justice demand that health should form au item
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols. Is.
wich (by vest, In stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let ne Imaginatively
er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
oy misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
For the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the" above subiects, by anqualifled authors, which aline or
together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
little publications claim your attention. (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " hat to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " Hoy to be nappy." They aro not merely
pamphlets, but equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
Itfe,who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would inculcate—te do unto others as he
would be done unto—tc live after nature's laws—and to keep always
on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; leet•strect ; Mann,
rn
39, Cehill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direcl47, }
t (by post or other-
wise) from the author (who may bpleaceoenfuerergat„wistrtheetproannaalialyl,
mornings and evenings), 10, Arial'.
booksellers.

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON I'MYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENEItATITE INCA! A.-
CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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