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And so Here is Monsieur Tonson come again. And being here, I wish I could behave like a popular actor, who, at the close of a well-played part, is called before the curtain to receive the applause of his audience; and having 'Patty,' &c. With Ninety Illustrations. Crown 8vo. GEORGE ROOPER. FLOOD, FIELD, and FOREST. By GEORGE ROOPER. With Eighteen Illustrations by G. Bowers and J. Carlisle. Crown 8vo. REV. W. DENTON. [Fourth Edition, nezt vek thus presented myself, I would fain further imitate my proto- SERBIAN FOLK-LORE: Popular Tales. Selected and Translated type, make my three bows, and retire. But courtesy forbids that course. So I trust I may be excused if, instead of urging, as I have done already on three previous occasions, namely, in 1856, 1862, and 1868, the utility of such an Index as that which I now have to introduce to the readers of Notes and Queries, I point with some justifiable pride to the contents of the twelve volumes which it epitomizes as the crowning result of the four-and-twenty years which Notes and Queries has been in existence,-to the unanswerable proof which the continuance of this Journal furnishes that the literary jealousy of each other, so persistently charged against literary men, is without real foundation; and that the noble eulogy, in which Chaucer summed up his character, on the Clerk of Oxford, And gladly wolde he learne and gladly teche, is as justly applicable to all real lovers of literature at the present day as it was when the great Father of English Poetry sketched, with his matchless pencil, the motley group which started from the Tabard on their never-to-be-forgotten pilgrimage. 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Also, a Subscribed Capital of more than £1,500,000 At the last Quinquennial Investigation the Surplus, after making ample provision for all Claims thereafter becoming payable under the then existing Contracts, was found to be 847,570l. Of this sum, 184,6541. was set aside for distribution by way of Bonus amongst the Share and Policy_holders. The remainder-namely, 662,916).—was reserved for future Bonuses, Expenses, and other contingencies. GEORGE HUMPHREYS, Actuary and Secretary. SCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (FIRE and LIFE). Established 1824. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital, 5.000,000l. Invested Funds, 1,270,000l. Special Notice.-The next investigation and division of profits take place on 1st August, 1876, when five-sixths of the profits made during the five years preceding fall to be divided among the Policy-holders entitled to participate. All policies taken out before 1st of August, 1874, will rank for three full years at such division. No. 37, Cornhill, London; Edinburgh and Dublin. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Dale-street, Liverpool; Cornhill, London. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Life Assurances, Annuities, and Endowments upon favourable conditions. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Insurances against Loss or Damage to Property of every description. RENEWAL PREMIUMS falling due at MIDSUMMER should be paid within Fifteen Days therefrom. AUGUSTUS HENDRIKS, Cornhill, London. Actuary and Resident Secretary. BELFAST.. DUBLIN GLASGOW EDINBURGH.. LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER MELBOURNE street. Branches. 7. Donegal-square North. 30, Lower Sackville street. 2, Cowgate. 20, St. Andrew-square. .. 19. St. Vincent-place 5, Tithebarn-street. . 52, Spring-gardens. 105, Collins-street West. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE.. 13, Mosley-street. The THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this Company was held within their House at Aberdeen, on FRIDAY, the 12th of June, 1874, when the Directors' Report was adopted, and a Dividend of 108, per share, and a Bonus of 58. per share, free of incometax, were declared, making, with the amount already paid, a total distribution of 258. per share for the year 1873. Resolutions were at the same time passed for increasing the Company's Capital from Two to Three Millions sterling by the creation of 10,000 new shares of 100l. each, to be allotted rateably amongst the existing Proprietors. The following are extracts from the Report submitted:- Notwithstanding a considerable contraction of the Company's liabilities in various places abroad, and an increase of nearly 9,000 in the amount paid away for re-insurance, the net premiums for the year 1873 exceeded those of the preceding year by the sum of 8,513. 128. 4d., and amounted to 278,9401. 138. The losses for the year were above the average, and amounted to 179,1651 188. 2d., or 64 23 per cent. of the premiums received, making the ratio of losses to premiums upon the Company's whole business from the commencement 61'56 per cent. The expenses of management were 2578 per cent., against 27-63 in 1872 The result of the year's operations is that the Reserve Fund of this Department has been increased by the sum of 27,8571. 178. 5d., and now amounts to 258,2641. 48. 9d. LIFE DEPARTMENT. The number of Lives upon which the Company granted new Assurances during the year was 184; The aggregate of the sums assured amounted to 316,953; and The claims amounted to 83,2671. 68. 10d. (of which 9,4201. 48. 11d. was for Endowments), after payment of which, and all other outgoings, the funds of this Department were increased by the sum of 66 018 18. 11d. The sum of 5,2691. 18. 9d. was received by the sale of Annuities during the year. LONDON BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Chairman-Sir WILLIAM MILLER, Bart. Deputy-Chairman-DUNCAN JAMES KAY, Esq. THE GRENADIER GUARDS. Now ready, with 17 Portraits and 75 Illustrations, 3 vols. medium 8vo. 63s. THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE FIRST OR GRENADIER GUARDS, From Documents in the State Paper Office, War Office, Horse Guards, Contemporary History, Regimental Records, &c JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle-street. Just published, fcap. 8vo. cloth, 58. SONGS OF TWO WORLDS. By a NEW WRITER. "We are glad to find that in our busy and practical age there is a sufficient number of readers susceptible of impressions from healthy poetry to have encouraged this New Writer' to a second venture."-Saturday Review. "This volume is a real advance on its predecessor of the same name, and contains at least one poem of great originality, as well as many of much tenderness, sweetness, and beauty. Second Series. ....The very striking one on 'The Organ Boy,' which we hav read again and again with fresh pleasure on every reading" Spectator "It will be gratefully welcomed by all who have read the first, as a help to the more intimate knowledge of a poet whose first work came so unmistakably out of an admirable and amiable nature.”—Examiner. HENRY S. KING & Co. 65, Cornhill; and 12, Paternoster-row. LEGAL AND GENERAL Has taken a leading part in freeing Assurance Contracts from complication. "By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by s careful application of the fine properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills."-Civil Service Gazette. MANUFACTURE of Cocoa.-"We will now give an account of the process adopted by Messrs. 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Analyst-Dr. Arthur Hill Hassall. Secretary (pro tem.)-Col. T. R. H. Drummond-Hay. Her Majesty's Civil Service. Capital, 100.000l. in 20,000 Shares of 51. each, whereof 10,000 are Ordinary, which, after receiving out of profits Dividends half-yearly at the rate of 10l. per centum per annum, will, out of surplus profits, be redeemed at par, with a Bonus of 1l. per share; and 10,000 Preference Shares of 51. each, which will be entitled, in priority to the Ordinary Shares, to Dividends half-yearly, at the rate of 7 per centum per annum, and after the Ordinary Shares are redeemed in manner aforesaid, to be redeemed, out of surplus profits, at par, without bonus. To be issued in series. First Issue, 5,000 Shares, to be issued at par. (Further Issues to be on such terms, as to Premium or otherwise, as the Directors sll determine.) To be paid 10s. on Application, 108. on Allotment, a 12. every month, from date of Allotment until the Shares are fully id. Subscribers may pay up in full on any day on which an instalment is due, entitling them to full Dividends on amount paid. If the Shares allotted to any applicant be less thau those applied for, the balance of deposit will be applied towards the amount due on Allotm ut, and the remainder (if any) returned to the applicant. If no allo ment takes place, the deposits will be returned in full. In addition to the advantages of wholesale prices for cuh payments, as developed with such astounding results by the Civil ervice Supply Association. the special system on which this Associa n is founded entitles the purchasing members to entire participation in the profits in proportion to the amount of their purchases at the Stores, and gradually, by redeeming the Shares, to become sole proprietors of the Company, with all its future paid-up Capital, Reserve Fund, and other assets. An allotment of one or more Shares of the first issue entitles the allottee to a Purchaser's Life-Ticket without charge. Applications in writing for the Office of Secretary will be received, with copies of testimonials, up to the 1st day of July, 1874; but no application can be laid before the Committee unless supported by recommendations from at least Two Members of the Civil Service, or Two Shareholders in the Company. Salary to commence at 300l. per annum. Prospectuses can be had from the Bankers, Auditors, or from the Secretary, at the Offices of John Chisholme & Co. (Limited), being the Registered Offices of the Company, 10, Cornhill, London, E.C., to an y whom applications for Shares may be sent. H. J. NICOLL'S celebrated SOVEREIGN TWEED OVERCOATS (Waterproof yet evaporable), or with Silk Lapels, One Guinea each, are further improved by the insertion of Pockets so constructed as to allow Expansion on the Inside without showing any appearance of bulging from the exterior. This useful invention was Registered by H. J. NICOLL, January 7th, 1874, and these Overcoats can only be obtained at his several addresses in LONDON: 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill; LIVERPOOL: 50, Bold-street; LLEN'S SOLID LEATHER PORTMANTEAUS. ALLEN'S VICTORIA DRESSING BAG. ALLEN'S STRONG DRESS BASKETS. ALLEN'S REGISTERED ALBERT DESPATCH BOX. ALLEN'S NEW CATALOGUE of 500 articles for Continental Travelling, post free. 37, West Strand, London. JOSEPH GILLOTT'S CELEBRATED The cost of delivering Goods to the most distant parts of the United undertake delivery at a small fixed rate. Kingdom by Railway is trifling. WILLIAM S. BURTON will always ROYAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FOREIGN WINES. The various Types of Ports and Sherries, in Butts and Pipes, exhibited by me in No. 5 Vault, at the Royal Albert Hall, are Shipped direct from the Lodges of Messrs. SILVA & COSENS, Villa Nova (Oporto), and from the Bodegas of F. W. COSENS, Jerez de la Frontera (Cadiz), and can be Tasted by any Gentleman giving his Card to the Attendant. Half-Pint Samples can be taken away on Payment. HENRY HOLL, 18A, Basinghall-street, E.C. TWENTY TO FIFTY PER CENT. REDUCTION IN PRICE. JENNER & KNEWSTUB, having purchased the ENTIRE STOCK of a CELEBRATED WEST-END MANUFACTURER, consisting of Despatch Boxes, Dressing Cases, Desks, Envelope Cases, Jewel Cases, Purses, Wallets, Writing Cases, &c., are now disposing of them (together with a few Ladies' and Gentlemen's Travelling Bags, with Plated and Silver Fittings), at Twenty to Fifty per Cent reduction in price.-JENNER & KNEWSTUB, 33, St. James's-street; and 66, Jermyn-street.-Catalogues post free. CARLSBAD, MINERAL FRIEDRICHSHALL, PULLNA, VICHY, VALS, and others. WATERS. Imported direct from the Springs, by W. BEST & SONS, Foreign Wine, Spirit, and Mineral Water Merchants, Agents for Struve & Co. Brighton, and R. Ellis & Son, Ruthin. ICE SAFES and WENHAM LAKE ICE. The WENHAM LAKE ICE COMPANY'S celebrated ICE, in Town or Country, Ice Water-Pitchers, Ice Butter-Dishes, Ice-Cream Machines, Prize-Medal and New Duplex Refrigerators, fitted with Water-Tanks and Filters, and all modern improvements, can be obtained only at the Sole Office, the WENHAM LAKE ICE COMPANY, 125, Strand, London (corner of Savoy-street). Illustrated Price-Lists free. FIELD'S PATENT « OZOKERIT" CANDLES. E. IMPROVED IN COLOUR. IMPROVED IN BURNING. Made in all Sizes, and LAZENBY & SON'S PICKLES, SAUCES, and CONDIMENTS. E. LAZENBY & SON, Sole Proprietors of the celebrated Receipts, and Manufacturers of the PICKLES, SAUCES, and CONDIMENTS, so long and favourably distinguished by their name, are compelled to CAUTION the Public against the inferior preparations which are put up and labelled in close imitation of their goods, with a view to mislead the public.-92, WIGMORE-STREET, Cavendish-square (late 6, Edwards-street, Portman-square); and 18, Trinity-street, London. HARVEY'S SAUCE.-CAUTION.-The admirers of this celebrated Sauce are particularly requested to observe that each Bottle, prepared by E. LAZENBY & SON, bears the label used so many years, signed " Elizabeth Lazenby." HA [AIR RESTORER.-Large Bottles, 1s. 6d. each. LOCKYER'S SULPHUR HAIR RESTORER (Pepper's Preparation) will restore in a few days Grey or prematurely Light Hair to its original Colour with perfect safety and completeness.-Sold by all Chemists; and J. PEPPER, 37, Tottenham-court-road, whose Name and Address must be on the Label, or it is not genuine. HEALTH, STRENGTH, and ENERGY. PEPPER'S QUININE and IRON TONIC strengthens the Nerves, enriches the Blood, promotes Appetite, and thoroughly restores Health. Bottles, 48. 6d., 118., and 228.; carriage free, 66 stamps. -J. PEPPER, 237, Tottenham-court-road, London, and all Chemists. IGESTION DIGEST PROMOTED BY PEPSINE. Prepared by T. MORSON & SON, Sold as Wine in bottles from 38., Lozenges in boxes from 28. 6d.; Globules in bottles from 28., and as Powder in 1-oz. bottles, at 58. cach, by all Chemists, and the Manufacturers, THOMAS MORSON & SON, 24, Southampton-row, W.C., London. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The best remedy for ACIDITY of the STOMACH, HEARTBURN, HEADACHE, GOUT, and INDIGESTION; and the best mild aperient for Delicate Constitutions; especially adapted for LADIES, CHILDREN, and INFANTS. DINNEFORD & CO. 172, New Bond-street, London; PATENTED, HAY THE LITERARY MACHINE, PATENTED, in any position over a Bed, Sofa, Easy Chair, Garden Seat, Boat, or Sea Beach. As used by Princess Louise. Invaluable to Students, Invalids, Artists, and Tourists. Admirably adapted for India. A most useful and elegant gift. Prices from 218. Drawings post free. Bed Tables, 258. Invalid Couches, Bed Rests, &c.-J. CARTER, 6A, New Cavendish-street, Great Portland-street, W. In allaying the painful Symptoms of this distressing affection, this simple remedy (administered in the form of spray) stands unequalled. Price 2s. 6d per oz; free by post, 28. 9d.; or, with Glass Spray Producer, 108. 6d.; Plated ditto, 148. 6d.; superior vulcanite ditto, 258. and 298. 6d., carriage paid. Prepared only by JAMES EPPS & CO., Homœopathic Chemist, 170, Piccadilly, and 48, Threadneedle-street. |