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sponsible, tlie advertising of fictitious 

 capital, false number of policies, false 

 representation of illusory Acts of Par- 

 li-rfment, particularly of those which 

 enable to sue and screen the compa- 

 nies from being- sued, and pretended 

 distribution of profits. The system of 

 forfeiture of policies, from error in the 

 age, neglect of punctual payment to 

 the day, military service, death upon 

 the seas, by duelling, suicide, and the 

 hands, or doubtful legality of interest,, 

 are freely discussed, and the best mode 

 is pointed out to guard ajjainst tech- 

 nical advantages, by which the unwary 

 arc injured ; with hints to the legisla- 

 ture for regulating offices for the pub- 

 lic protection. 



Early in July will appear Vol. II. 

 of Whittingham's French Classics, 

 containing Elizabeth, ou Ics Exiles en 

 Sibcrie, par Mad. Cottin; also Part 3, 

 of Whittingham's Cabinet Edition of 

 Elegant Extracts in Poetry. 



Iniaginary Conversations of Lite- 

 rary Men and Statesmen, by W. S. 

 Landor, esq. are in the press. 



A Classical Assistant to the Study 

 of Homer, Virgil, &c. in the Transla- 

 tions of Pope and Dryden, by Mrs. 

 OoM, will soon appear. 



Journal of a 'I'our in France in the 

 years 1817 and 1818, by F. J. Carey, 

 is printing. 



Flora Domcstica, or the Portable 

 Flower Garden, with directions for 

 the treatment of plants in pots, and 

 illustrations from the works of the 

 poets, is in preparation. 



The English Flora, by Sir J. E. 

 Smith, President of the Linncan 

 Society, &c. will soon appear. 



Journal of a Ten Months' Residence 

 in New Zealand, is printing, by Capt. 

 A. Cruise, of the 84th regt. 



Sketches of the Lives of Corrcggio 

 and Parmegiano, with notices of their 

 principal works, will appear in a few 

 days. 



Lectures on the General Structure 

 of the Human Body, and on the 

 Anatomy and Functions of the Skin, 

 delivered before the Royal College of 

 Surgeons of London, during the course 

 of 18'23, by Thomas Chevalier, f.r s. 

 F.S.A. and F.L.s. will soon be pub- 

 lished. 



Proposals are made for publishing 

 by subscription, Six Etchings from 

 Pen Drawings, drawn and etched by 

 W. CowEN. Tlic subjects uf these 

 etchings represent some of the finest 



scenery in Italy and Switzerland, and 

 they are facsimiles of his own draw- 

 ings actually made upon the spot. 



A republication is preparing, in two 

 volumes, octavo, of Pseudodoxia Epi- 

 demica, or Inquiries into very many 

 received 'J'enets and commonly re- 

 ceived Truths, by Thomas Brown, 

 Doctor of Physic, much enlarged by 

 the author, with additions and correc- 

 tions, by the editor, in the form of 

 notes. 



Miscellaneous Collections, forming 

 a fourth volume to the " Lawyer's 

 Common-place Book," will appear 

 shortly. 



A new work, for the use of commer- 

 cial gentlemen, will appear in a few 

 days, by Mr. Wright, accountant, 

 Fenchurch-street, entitled, the New 

 Mercantile Assistant, and General 

 Cheque Book, containing nine copious 

 and distinct sets of new and useful 

 tables. 



A Memorial of the late Rev. Mr. 

 Evans, of Wymondhani, Norfolk, is in 

 the press, including a selection from 

 his private correspondence ; to which 

 is subjoined a funeral semion, by the 

 Rev. J. Hooper. 



The third Number of the Free- 

 thinking Christians' Quarterly Regis- 

 ter, will be published July 1. It will 

 contain authentic documents relative 

 to some scenes which have lately 

 taken place at the celebration of dis- 

 senters' marriages ; also the protests, 

 &e. of the parties, together with an 

 account of the former Fleet mar- 

 riages, and a review of the present 

 laws and practice. The subject is at 

 this time one of peculiar interest, the 

 Marquis of Lansdown having signified 

 his intention of again presenting a bill 

 to parliament for the relief of Dissen- 

 ters, as to the mode of celebrating 

 marriages, early in the ensuing session. 

 A new edition is printing of the 

 Young Countess, a talc for youth. 



Mr. BiAGioLi, author of several 

 esteemed elementary works on the 

 Italian language, is printing a new 

 edition of th.e Decameron of Boccac- 

 cio, iu five volumes, octavo and 

 quarto, in Italian, reprinted from the 

 original text from the manuscript of 

 UranncUi, with the most remarkable 

 variants of several other editions, and 

 illustrated with an historical and lite- 

 rary commentary; 



Berthollet on' Dyeing, translated 

 from the last Parisian edition, with 



notes 



