_Astronomical Query_ (Vol. vii., p.84.).--Your fair correspondent LEONORA makes a mistake in reference to the position, in regard to the zodiac, of the newly-discovered planets. It is indeed not at all surprising that these bodies were not discovered before, for this reason--they _do not move within the circle of the zodiac_: they lie far beyond it, so much so, that to include them the zodiac must be expanded to at least five times its present breadth. Hence they lie out of the path of ordinary observation, and their discovery is usually the result of keen telescopic examination of distant parts of the heavens. LEONORA is of course aware, that, with the exception of Neptune (the discovery of which is a peculiar case), all the recently discovered planets belong to the cluster of asteroids which move between Mars and Jupiter. These are all invisible to the eye with the exception of Vesta, and she is not to be distinguished by any but an experienced star-gazer, and under most favourable circumstances; their minuteness, their _extra_-zodiacal position, and the outrageous orbits which they describe, all conspire to keep them out of human ken until they are detected by the telescope, and ascertained to be planets either by their optical appearances, or by a course of watching and comparison of their positions with catalogues of the fixed stars. SHIRLEY HIBBERD. _Tortoiseshell Tom Cat_ (Vol. v., p. 465.; Vol. vii., p. 271.).--See Hone's _Year Book_, p. 728. ZEUS. _Sizain on the Pope, the Devil, and the Pretender_ (Vol. vii., p. 270.).--This is given as one of the prize epigrams in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ for 1735, vol. v. p. 157. ZEUS. {511} _Wandering Jew_ (Vol. vii., p. 261.).--Your correspondent will find an account of the Wandering Jew prefixed to "Le Juif errant," the 3ieme livraison of _Chants et Chansons Populaires de la France_. THOS. LAWRENCE. Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The earliest account of this legend is in Roger of Wendover, under the year 1228: _De Joseph, qui ultimum Christi adventum adhuc vivus exspectat_, vol. iv. p. 176. of the Historical Society's edition, vol. ii. p. 512. of Bohn's Translation: see also Brand's _Popular Antiquities_, vol iii. p. 360., Bohn's edition. ZEUS. _Hallett and Dr. Saxby_ (Vol. vii., p. 41.).--I know nothing of the parties, but have the book about which S. R. inquires. The title is not accurately given in the _Literary Journal_. Instead of "An Ode to Virtue," by Dr. Morris Saxby, it is _An Ode on Virtue by a Young Author, dedicated to Dr. William Saxby; with a Preface and Notes, Critical and Explanatory, by a Friend_--"Mens sibi conscia recti"--A good intention. Printed anno Domini MDCCXCI, pp. 16. A more stupid production could not easily be found; but, as it must be scarce, if the story about the destruction of all but eight copies is true, I transcribe a part of the dedication: "Most August Doctor,