the chief dexter quarter an eagle displayed or.

H. G. S.

_Engine-a-verge._--What is the _engine-a-verge_, mentioned by P. Daniel in
his _Hist. de la Milice Franc._, and what the origin of the name?

CAPE.

_Garrick's Funeral Epigram._--Who is the author of these verses?

"Through weeping London's crowded streets,
As Garrick's funeral pass'd,
Contending wits and poets strove
Which should desert him last.

"Not so this world behaved to Him
Who came this world to save;
By solitary Joseph borne
Unheeded to the grave."

K. N.

_The Rosicrucians._--I should be extremely glad of a little information
respecting "the Brethren of the Rosy Cross." Was there ever a regular
fraternity of philosophers bearing this appellation; or was it given merely
as a title to all students in alchemy?

I should wish to obtain a list of works which might contain a record of
their studies and discoveries. I subjoin the few in my own library, which I
imagine to belong to this class.

Albertus Magnus de Animalibus, libr. xxvi. fol. Venet. 1495.

Albertus Magnus de Secretis Mulierum, de Virtutibus Herbarum, Lapidum
at Animalium.

Albertus Magnus de Miribilibus Mundi, item.

Michael Scotus de Secretis Naturae, 12mo., Lugd. 1584.

Henr. Corn. Agrippa on the Vanitie of Sciences, 4to., London, 1575.

Joann. Baptist. Van Helmont, Opera Omnina, 4to., Francofurti, 1682.

Dr. Charleton, Ternary of Paradoxes, London, 1650.

Perhaps some of your correspondents will kindly furnish me with notices of
other works by these writers, and by others who have written on similar
subjects, as Paracelsus, &c.

E. S. TAYLOR.

_Passage in Schiller._--In the _Memoirs of a Stomach_, lately published,
the editor asks a question of you: "Is it Schiller who says, 'The
metaphysical part of love commences with the first sigh, and terminates
with the first kiss'?" I pray you look to the merry and witty and learned
little book, and respond to his Query.

AMICUS.

_Sir John Vanbrugh._--This eminent architect and poet of the last century
is stated by his biographers to have been "born in Cheshire." Can anybody
furnish me with the place and date of his birth?

T. HUGHES.

Chester.

_Historical Engraving._--I have an ancient engraving, size 143/4 in. wide and
113/4 in. high, without title or engraver's name, which I should be {620}
glad to authenticate. It appears to represent Charles II. at the Hag