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at Stirling . The poem to his memory contains some beautiful passages ; witness the following : — " How oft have ive , environ'd by the throng Of tedious swains , the cooler shades among Contemn'd earth ' s gloiv-ivorm greatness , and the chase Of Fortune scorn'd , deeming it disgrace

To court inconstancy . How oft have wo Some Ohloris' name graven in each virgin tree ; And finding favours changing , tho nest day . What he had carved ive did deface aivay . "

Thus we find that one master of the King ' s works in Scotland inherited his father ' s skill in poetry . A little diligence among our northern antiquaries would possibly be rewarded by the discovery of some example of Sir Anthony Alexander ' s skill in the noble art of building well .

Contemporary with Alexander lived another "builder-architect , William Ay toun by name ; doubtless some relative to Sir Robert Aytoun , the poet and secretary to Henrietta Maria , the queen of Charles I . Sir Robert died in 1637 , and his monument in the ambulatory of Westminster

Abbey carries a characteristic bust of the poet in ¦ copper , the work of Francis Fanelli , a Florentine , " Fr . Fanellius , Florentinus , Sculptor Mag . Brit . Regis . " This mention of Fanelli will possibly pardon the introduction in this p lace of a new fact about

Fanelli connected with a great name in the history of art in England ; and wholly overlooked hy Walpole and his editors . In the will of the collector , Earl of Arundel , who died in 1646 , is

following passage : — " For my body , I bequeath it to the earth of which it is a part , to be buried at Arundel without all funeral pomp , * to have a convenient tomb , of a sitting figure of white marble or brass , with such an inscription in Latin as I have acquainted Junius

withal , to be designed by Seigneur Francesco Fanelli , if it may be . " This statue , if ever executed , was never erected . A member of the Arundel Society can possibly tell ns something more about it than has hitherto attended my researches , and the researches of abler antiquaries and connoisseurs than I can lay claim to be . Two other names that well deserve admission

into a dictionary of architects have lately come to light through the researches of Mr . B . W . Mylne . These names are " John Mylne , King ' s Principal Master Mason , 1648 , " and " George Thomson , Architect , 1634 . " My lne was engaged on the fine steeple of St . Giles ' s Church , in Edinburgh ;

and Thomson , on King ' s College , in Aberdeen . If the gathering and garnering of minutia ? of a like kind to the materials I have been pointing out appear of little consequence in the _ eyes of some of my readers , I would wish them to remember that a great English poet—no less a p > erson than Thomas

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Gray *—was p leased to be an annotator of Walpole ' s "Anecdotes , " and to commit to paper notes on a little name like that of Robert Adams , whose epitaph in old Greenwich Church described him thus : — " Operum Regiarum Supervisor ! Architectures peritissimo , " ob . 1595 : —Simon

Basil , Operationum Regiornm Controtrotulator , posuit 1601 . " Simon Basil who erected this monument to Adams , was Adams ' s successor as surveyor . Basil was succeeded by the illustrious Inigo ; while Inigo ' s successor was not Webb , his kinsman and assistantand able withal , but Sir

, John Denham , a true poet and no architect , who in a few years made way for England ' s greatest architect , Sir Christopher Wren . All that Walpole and his editors tell us of Robert Adams and Simon Basil may be found in half a page of the last edition- of Walpole . t I

purpose to tell your readers more about them in my next communication , and thus assist in obtaining the dictionary many would like to see , and many are in need of . —PETER CUNNINGHAM , in the Builder .

The Masonic Schools.

THE MASONIC SCHOOLS .

The children in the two . Masonic Schools , as well as various other schools paid a visit on invitation to Bro . Anderson ' s World of Magic on Saturday last , and spent a most pleasant afternoon in witnessing his masterly performance of the mysteries and wonders laid before them . There were a large number of Freemasons present , and

each of the children received a memento of their visit from tho hands of Bro . Anderson . Bro . ISTimmo was an obliging Master of the Ceremonies , and had made every possible arrangement for the enterfcaiiiaieiit of the guests .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

HEGEMANIS __ t AKD FREEMASONRY . The letter of a brother , who writes from Durham University , making inquiries upon this subject , has reached me . My answer is , that the followers of Hegel form three distinct parties , called the right side , the centre , aud the left side . The first merely

apply the Hegelian method in scientific researches . The second seek to reconcile Hegelian doctrine with Christianity . The third found on Hegelian doctrine a negation af the personality of God . There can he no reason whatever why Hegelians belonging to the first aud second parties should not become

Freemasons . But Hegelians belonging to the third party ought , iu my judgment , to be excluded from our lodges . —CHAIUJ - PCHTOH COOPER . THE KNIGHTS TEMPIAR . The true connexion between Freemasonry and the

Knights Templar is one of the most difficult , and is one of the most interesting subjects of Masonic inquiry and research ; and as one of the great uses of these " Notes and Queries" is to promote a friendly