2. Has there been preserved, in print or manuscript, verses which circulated from about 1782-1784, on the same body of men, as characterised, severally, by productions of the vegetable world, and, in particular, by flowers? The bouquet is curious, nor ill-selected and arranged. One individual, for example, finds his emblem in a sweet-briar; another, in a hollyhock; and a third, in a tulip. RICHARD WINTER, JAMES JOUYCE, HUGH WASHINGTON, are parts of the fragrant, yet somewhat thorny and flaunting nosegay. These intimations of it may perhaps aid recollection, and lead to the wished-for disclosure. It came from the hand, and seemed to indicate at least the theological partialities of the lady[1] who culled and bound together the various portions of the wreath.
W.
Dutch Language.—"E. VEE" will be indebted to "ROTTERODAMUS," or any other correspondent, who can point out to him the best modern books for acquiring a knowledge of the Dutch language,—an Anglo-Dutch Grammar and Dictionary.
Horns.—1. Why is Moses represented in statues with horns? The idea is not, I think, taken from the Bible.
2. What is the reason for assigning horns to a river, as in the "Tauriformis Aufidus."
3. What is the origin of the expression "to give a man horns," for grossly dishonouring him? It is met with in late Greek.
L.C.
Cambridge, March 27.
Marylebone Gardens.—In what year did Marylebone Gardens finally close?
NASO.