g it. I apprehend that
the aid given by Steevens consisted solely in recommending the Bishop
to procure certain rare productions which would contribute to the
purpose.

J. PAYNE COLLIER.

May 7, 1850.

[To this we may add, that about 1767, when Bishop Percy
printed these twenty-five sheets of poems of Lord Surrey and
the Duke of Buckingham, it appears by a letter of the Bishop
to Horace Walpole, that he presented a copy of them to
Walpole, with a request for information about Lord Surrey. The
Bishop never wrote the Life of Surrey; and in 1808 the whole
impression was burnt, with the exception of a copy or two that
the Bishop had given to his friends. In the letter to Walpole
the Bishop says, "A few more leaves will complete that book,
which with the second and Dr. Surrey's Songs and Sonnets, &c.
will be sufficient for the book."]

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SYMBOLS OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS.

Horne, in his _Introduction_, vol. iv. p. 254., says that Irenaeus was
the first to discover the analogy between the four animals mentioned
by Ezekiel (i. 5. 10.) and the four Evangelists, which gave rise to
the well-known paintings of these latter. He quotes from _Iren. adv.
Hoer._ lib. iii. cap. 11.:--

"The first living creature, which is like a lion, signifies
Christ's efficacy, principality, and regality, viz. John; the
second, like a calf, denotes His sacerdotal order, viz. Luke;
the third, having as it were, a man's face, describes His
coming in the flesh as man, viz. Matthew; and the fourth, like
a flying eagle, manifests the grace of the Spirit flying into
the Church, viz. Mark."
There is also an interesting passage in _Dionys Carthus. in Apocal.
Enarr._ iv. 7., from which the following is an extract:--

"Although the above exposition of Gregorius, in which by the
man in meant Matthew, by the calf Luke, &c., be the common
one, yet other holy men have held a different opinion, for as
Bede relates on this point, Augustine understood by the lion
Matthew, because in the beginning of his Gospel he describes
the _royal_ descent of Christ; by the calf he also understood
Luke, because he wrote of the _priestly_ descent of Our Lord;
by the man Mark, because he omits the question of Christ's
birth, and confines himself more especially to describing
His acts as a _man_; by the eagle, _all_ understa