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JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, 



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THE BEST FOOD FOR CHILDREN, INVALIDS, 



AND OTHERS. 



TJOBINSON'S PATENT BAKLEY, for making 



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 and is acknowledged to stand unrivalled as an eminently pure, 

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ROBINSON'S PATENT GROAT for more than 30 years 

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a light and nutritious supper for the aged, is a \ ular recipe 

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 alternately with the Patent Barley, is an excellent food for 

 Infants and Children. 



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OIXOWAY \s — PILLS ARE UNDENIABLY 



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A History of Rome, from the 

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A Popular History of Birds. 

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Five Years in Damascus. By 

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The Analogy of Religion to the 

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Lilliesleaf: being some Pas- 

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 Alexandre Dumas. 



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r and Resources. Being a description of the country 

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NEW LABEL.— In consequence of the great variety 

 of Counterfeit Labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MA- 

 CASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble 

 the original as frequently to deceive the unwary— they have em- 

 ployed those eminent artists Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, & Co., 

 who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have 

 succeeded in producing from steel " A NEW LABEL," which 

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INVALIDS, whose ailments are increased by damp 

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Ask for Spencer's Pulmonic Elixir. 

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 three small ones. 



TO GARDENERS AND OTHERS, 



TO BE LET, Eight Miles from London, about 

 an ACRE of NURSHHV GROUND, with 150 Fruit Trees, 

 six years planted. Also Pigsties, Stables, Yard, Ac., with 

 Apartments in adjoining House. Has a good frontage to main 

 •ad; would suit any person wishing retirement— Apply 6, Old 



tiSti Iheohald's 1 id. 



^O BE LET, with immediate possession, the 



BOWATER NUR8ERY, being the only Nursery in or 

 near the town of Woolwich, comprising Seed shop, two Green- 

 houses, two Brick Pits stocked with soft-wooded plants, Seed 

 Loft, Packing Shed, about li Acre of Ground partly covered with 

 cl ce Fruit trees, which nearly pay the rent. ( nig in about 

 100/., or by valuation ; very satisfactory reason for letting, &c — 

 Apply at the Seed Shop, or if by letter, address to G. S., as above. 



TO BE LET, a NURSERY and SEED BUSINESS. 



1 —John Young begs to say that he is desirous of treating 

 with a Tenant for his Nursery Ground, which he is at present 

 occupying himself, and which offers an eligible opportunity to 

 any one wishing to enter on the business. The Stock is light, 

 and the quantity of Land may be made to suit the convenience 

 of the Tenant. — For further particulars, apply to Joror Yoottg, 

 Elm Cottage, Taunton. i 



TO NURSERYMEN, GARDENERS, AND OTHERS, 



TO BE DISPOSED OF, by Private Contract, the 

 LEASE, GOODWILL, and STOCK of Birch Field 

 Nurserv, eligiby situated about two miles from the centre of the 

 town of Birmingham, out of the borough, on the turnpike road 

 to Walsall. It occupies an area of about 2 Acres, the rent ia 

 very low. and the Stock of an ordinary and useful character. 

 There is a Cottage, Stable, Greenhouse, and other necessary con- 

 veniences for carrying on an extensive and protitable business. — 

 For further particulars, and to treat, apply to Mr. Joseph J agger, 

 Bank, High Street; or to Mr. C. H. Jaggeb, Solicitor, Cannon 

 Stre et, B irmingham. _ 



CANNES, SOUTH OF FRANCE. 



TO BE SOLD, completely furnished, in one of the 

 warmest, driest, and most healthy and agreeable localities 

 for invalids in all Europe, that beautiful Marine Residence and 

 Grounds known as the CHATEAU ST. GEORG1 - fit for the 

 immediate reception of any nobleman's or gentleman's family, 

 and situate one mile west of the town and port of Cannes, with- 

 in a few minutes walk of the chateau of the Right Hon. Lord 

 Brougham, and 20 miles south-west of Nice. The property faces 

 the Mediterranean, which forms its southern limit, while its 

 northern boundary is the grande route from Italy to Marseilles, 

 from which latter town it is only 14 hours' by posting, or 11 hours' 

 by the-steamers, and there are also two diligences daily each way, 

 in connection with the railway from Paris to Marseilles, which 

 is now opened throughout, and the distance is performed each 

 way in 20 hours— total travelling from London to Cannes, 47 

 hours.— For particulars and viewing plans, apply to Messrs. 

 Green, Estate Agents and Auction eers, 28. Old Bond Street. 



TO NURSERYMEN, GAROENtRS, ETC. 



TO BE SOLD, 10 ACRES OF FREEHOLD 

 LAND FOR 150Z., at Farnham. Surrey, adjoining a 

 Nursery, and an allotted Estate of a Building Society. Good 

 Roads, good Water, Enclosed, and level Title, from Government. 

 No Agent need apply. Purchase-money may be paid by instaJk 

 menta, or the whole let on Lease.— Those requiring an answer to 

 enclose a directed stamped envelope to M. M., Office of this 



P&D6F» 



'i O BE SOLD7~Pure Bred" WHITE CHINESE 



1 and THOULOUSE GEF-E.— Birds of this or last year. 





Apply to P. Duitok, Pelamere, near Northwich. 



To those who wish to IMPROVE 



their BREED by giving New Blood from the best strains, 

 this being the time for so doing.- " ~~ % ' ' ~ ' A " 



Post Office, Watlington, Oxon. 



"POULTRY. 



Apply for particulars to A. G 



Sales to auction. 



PEAR TREES. 

 Cultivated by Mr. de Josghe, of Brussels. 



MR. J. C. STEVENS will sell by Auction at his 

 . Great Room, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on TUES- 

 DAY, 18th December, at 1 o'clock precisely, 500 PEAR TREES, 

 3, 4, and 5 years, grafted on Quince and Pear stocks and trained 

 as pyramids and Dwarfs, including the best varieties amongst 

 the hardv novelties cultivated in BelK 1 ™. where they are still 

 1 scarce.— May be viewed on the mo* 1 * 11 * of Sale, and Cata- 

 logues had. m 



STANCERIA PARADOX A FROM NVTAL, AND SEEDS 



FROM ANGOLA. 



MR. S. STEVENS, Natural History Agent, &c f 

 24, Bloomsbury Street, London, begs to announce that he 

 has lately had consigned to him for sale a few fine root*, m 

 excellent condition, of the verv curious and remarkable Cicida- 

 ceous Plant STANGFRIA PARADOXA, price 25.?. the root, 

 or five for 51. He has also received t- n his correspondent, Dr. 

 Wellwitsh, the well-known Botanist, a COLLECTION Ol 

 SEEDS from Angola, in tine state, consisting of about 100 

 varieties, with Latin descriptions to each packet; many are 

 presumed to be new and remarkable; they have been put into 

 six sets, price 47. the set. 



