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in witli a Bogus Bolus, to " examine tlie label and purchase of men of 

 integrity !" As will be observed in sundry examples quoted 

 above, there is a pleasant indifPerence to the relations ordinarily 

 supposed to subsist between grammatical nominatives and verbs, which 

 frequently adds a novel and exceedingly striking effect to these highly 

 seasoned specimens of our own nineteenth century commercial litera- 

 ture. Had we not indeed, already exhausted our available space, we 

 could select specimens of "Canadian" and "American English," 

 such as we can suppose some future Trench, or Latham, or Guest, 

 puzzling his critical brains over, in the bewildering effort to invent the 

 Grammatical rule which shall embrace an authority so high and indis- 

 putable. But we leave the further investigation of the subject to the 

 enterprising reader, who will find a whole library of truth and fiction, 

 fact and fancy, embraced within the ample boards of Lovell's Canadian 

 Directory, and extending through one thousand five hundred and forty- 

 four pages of as varied typography as his eye is ever likely to travel 

 over. 



To such glimpses of this New World of ours, in the year of Grace 

 1857, we can fancy the curious descendant of our Canadian generation, 

 turning with no little wonder, in that coming century we have ventured 

 to look forward to. If, however, any Map survives to tell him of the 

 localities to which the various advertising sheets pertain, he will pro- 

 bably have penetration enough to perceive that the science of adver- 

 tising in all its superlative magnificence, pertained to the Union Cities 

 South of the Lakes ; and that our Canadian enterprise confined its 

 utterances, for the most part, to a much more homely and sober style 

 in setting forth the virtues of its wares, being actuated possibly by the 

 somewhat antiquated aim of — being believed. 



Annual Hejjorf of the Board of Regents of the Smitlisonian Institution, 

 sliowing the operations, expenditures, and condition of tlie Insti- 

 tution, for the year 1856, and the proceedings of the Board tip to 

 January 2Sth, 1857. "Washington: Cornelius Wandell, Printer, 

 1857. 34th Congress, 3rd Session. House of Eepresentatives. 

 Mis, Doc. No. 55. 



The progress of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington can- 

 not fail to be watched with jealous interest by Scientific men, and 

 especially by the countrymen of the founder, to whom it might be 



