French and Italian Degrees.
—Can you inform a young Englishman (of good general knowledge, and possessing a thorough knowledge of the French and Italian languages), who is desirous of obtaining a French or Italian degree as inexpensively as possible, how to proceed in order to obtain the same, the expense, &c.?
SEPTIMUS.
Buntingford, Hertfordshire.
The Shadow of the Tree of Life.
—Can any of your readers oblige me with information respecting the author of a little book, the title of which runs as follows:—
"Φαρμακα ουρανοθεν: The Shadow of the Tree of Life; or a Discourse of the Divine Institution and most Effectual Application of Medicinal Remedies, in order to the Preservation and Restoration of Health, by J. M. London, 1673."
S. (An Original Subscriber.)
Sun-dials.
—The following is an inscription on a sun-dial on the wall of a monastery, now suppressed, near Florence. I copied it on the spot in 1841.