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Tis hearth-brush is now: frequently seen 
in respectable houses; the cbject of 
which is, as our readers will recollect, 
by means of a neat apparatus to conceal 
the brush part, except at the time of 
using. The principle of the invention 
before us is something similar, and the 
Spreading part of the ‘umbrella as, when 
mot used as. an umbrella, parasol, &c. 
‘concealed in; a walking-stick. The con- 
List of New Publecations. 
[April 1, 
trivance adopted is very simple, and well 
explained by the drawings attached to 
the specification. Not having seen one 
of the umbrellas, we cannot speak posi- 
tively on the subject; ; but we should be 
led to suspect that the cane, stick, &c. 
which is to include the head of an um- 
brella, must itself be almost too sions 
for the purpose of wala with, 
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