The merit of this fine specimen will be found in its being at the same time _acrostic_, _mesostic_, and _telestic_. =I=nter cuncta micans =I=gniti sidera cœl=I= =E=xpellit tenebras =E= toto Phœbus ut orb=E=; =S=ic cæcas removet JE=S=US caliginis umbra=S=, =V=ivificansque simul =V=ero præcordia mot=V=, =S=olem justitiæ =S=ese probat esse beati=S=. The following translation preserves the acrostic and mesostic, though not the telestic form of the original:— In glory see the rising sun, Illustrious orb of day, Enlightening heaven’s wide expanse, Expel night’s gloom away. So light into the darkest soul, JESUS, Thou dost impart, Uplifting Thy life-giving smiles Upon the deadened heart: Sun Thou of Righteousness Divine, Sole King of Saints Thou art. [Illustration] The figure of a §FISH§ carved on many of the monuments in the Roman Catacombs, is an emblematic acrostic, intended formerly to point out the burial-place of a Christian, without revealing the fact to the pagan persecutors. The Greek word for _fish_ is Ιχθῦς, which the Christians understood to mean _Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Saviour_,—the letters forming the initials of the following Greek words:— Ιησους— Jesus Χριστος— Christ, Θεου— of God, Υιος— Son, Σωτηρ— Saviour. NAPOLEON FAMILY. The names of the male crowned heads of the extinct Napoleon dynasty form a remarkable acrostic:— N apoleon, Emperor of the French. I oseph, King of Spain. H ieronymus, King of Westphalia. I oachim, King of Naples. L ouis, King of Holland. RACHEL. Rachel, on one occasion, received a most remarkable present. It was a diadem, in antique style, adorned with six jewels. The stones were so set as to spell, in acrostic style, the name of the great _artiste_, and also to signify six of her principal _rôles_, thus: R uby, R oxana, A methyst, A menaide, C ornelian, C amille, H ematite, H ermione, E merald, E milie, L apis Lazuli, L aodice. This mode of constructing a name or motto by the initial letters of gems was formerly fashionable on wedding rings. MASONIC MEMENTO. The following curious memento was written in the early part of last century:—