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      Macm ill an ' s Magazine . Edited by DAVID JIASSON . No . VI . ( for APRIL . 18 ( 10 ) will 6 e ready on Wedr riesday , March 28 th . Price One Shilling . CONTENTS . 1 . The Revision of the Prayer Book . By the Rev . F . D . Maurice . 2 . Reduiescat in Pace . By R . JHbncMon Alilnes ' ¦ M . P , ¦ ' . . ' ¦ 3 . Some Recollections of aa Old Street . 4 . Buddha and Buddhism . By E . Vansittart Ncale . 5 . A Hedge-side Poet . By the Author of "John Halifax . " Q . Tom Brown at Oxford , Chapters W , 15 , 1 C . By the Author of "Tom Brown ' s School Dnys . " 7 . The Sleep of the Hyacinth . An Egyptian Poem . By the late Dr . George Wilson . 8 . TheJE ? cc ; ay and Preservation of Stone . By Prof . Ansted , F . R . S . 9 . An English Painter ' s Tombj By C . A . Collins . 10 . BritnSn '*) Duty to Itnly . )^ y Thomas Hughes . Volume I . will be published . on April 2 , haiiddomely bound in cloth , price 7 d , 0 d . Macmu-lan and Cp ., London and Cambridge . Sold by all Booksellers , Newsmen , and at ; thy Railwuy Stations .

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      Just published , Second Edition , with Illustrative Map , ¦ , price Is . . A meriean Securities : PracjljL tical Hints on the Tests of Stability and Profit ; for the Guidance and Warning of British Investors . By "AN ANGLO-AMERICAN . " Owiiig * to the rapid sale Of this Pamphlet -a Second Editiohi . revised and enlarged , has been published , with an Illustrative : Map showing tlie . principal Railways in operation in the Eastern and "W estern States . In this Edition the Author will , endeavour to answer every objection raised by the Editor of The Times ' City artirle and by other public wri'ters , in commenting on the First Editibn-ir and , it being to . the advantage of the people of both countries to uphold the character : of really sound and protitable enterprises , the Author ' s view ^ will be addressed not only to the I 3 ritish public , but to those whose successful administration ; pf money , advanced in England for IPublic "Works in America , deseryes honourable mention . Besides'JH . ooo miles already in operutioD , 16 , 000 miles of new Railway , involving an estimated expenditure of JE 80 , 000 , 000 sterling , are either , under construction or projected . This circumstance enforces the importance of British capitalists looking carefully to the existence of reliable guarantees for safety aiid profit . Contents . —The Author and the Reviewers : Practical flints for Guidance of Investors . ; Railway Progress in Americas Produce ,. Population , &c . ; Dividends and' Interest on Securities ; Commerce and Shipping , &c . , NOTICES OF THE T . OKDON" PRESS . ( From The Timex Ujty Article . ) "A well-written pamphlet just issued on 'American Securities' by ' An Anglo-American . ' . . . Undoubtedly the conditions he names ought to ensure ( ho prosperous results which seem so plain to him . Intending shareholders cannot do better than attend to ; his advice on these points' ; but . they must also satisfy themselves upon anothor , without which , alth iupii It has escaped hini . eve-ything elae is as nothing . . . . Add the certainty of honest- management , and of a iuithiiil regard to the interests of foreign ' partners to tlic requisites cited in the present pamphlet , and you will Indubitably have ukeyto . au income whiol > will enable you ever alter to despise Consols . . . . Meanwhile , every one will admit with him that America should , be the most secure nnd advantageous' Held tor Uio employment of British cupital . " ( Prom the Morning Chronicle City Article . ) " A very important nnd well-timed pnmphlct . , . , The clrcuiiisuince that will give grpnt weight to the writers sensible ami practical remarks is the total absence of anything Ulce a recomn ) eiiil « tU > i ) of nny purtk ' ulur kind ol American aecuitty . The remarlcs are gt-nc-ral , ami the render | a lett to form his own Judgment . \ Ve must extract the following rules for the guldunce of Investors . They ore so good tlint thvy mny be studied with advantage by all classes who huve money to Invest , nml to whom i ( large nnd securo return la an object . The author asserts thut In any case , where the following features ore found in combination , It may be n ( nrmv ( t Hint all ( he eU'iiiems of Immediate success exist In the highest degree , and thnt tlu * position of elmrelioldera la perfectly enl ' e nnd certain ;—1 . Tim possession of n IuiuIl-U vatutu of extensive , nrea and productive quality * ' £ . The existence upon . such land of nlmmlunt mineral resuurcfa and abundant forcat Krou'tli . ii . The line and Its contiguous landed estate being so situated as not to absorb , In cost of conveyance , too large a proportion of the prices obtainable at market tor the various commo-( llllea forwarded . In all now American enterprises , the author loBlata that the Hrltlah element In the directorial department , la essential where Ilrltlsli capltnliats are Invited to lend thulr support . Alloyether this Is ono of tho fairest lUtlu works that htivo yet appeared on thla subject , " ( From iho Morning Post Olty Article . ) , " A vnluahle pumphlet , " ( From tlie Alvrniiih llirald . ) " JVJUy bo perused wltn advantage . " London ; l ' ubllahed by 3 \ Iann Nephews , 30 , Oqrnhill 1 W . P . Afctghlm , £ 0 , Parliament Street 1 Mradtjhmv and liluoklock , 47 , Dlonin Street , Maiiohoatcr 1 and T , Fulrbrothur , 1 ;) , Oannlng 1 'lnoe , Llveriiool .

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      London : rrtiitod by William Stevens . 37 ,. I 3 oU Yard , Tomplo Bar , In tl » o Wberty of the Rolls , In the County of Middlesex » and publlehqd by ' Charles Nuttftll TomlJHs , at No . 18 , Cfttherlno Street , Strand , In tho County of Middlesex .-rMaroU 24 , 1900 .

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      292 The deader and Saturday Analysts [ March 24 , 1860 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 24, 1860, page 292, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2339/page/24/