"_Sir Isaac Newton and Voltaire on Railway Travelling._--Sir Isaac Newton wrote a work upon the prophet Daniel, and another upon the book of Revelation, in one of which he said that in order to fulfil certain prophecies before a certain date was terminated, namely, 1260 years, there would be a mode of travelling of which the men of his time had no conception; nay, that the knowledge of mankind would be so increased, that they would be able to travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour. Voltaire, who did not believe in the inspiration of the scriptures, got hold of this, and said 'Now look at that mighty mind of Newton, who discovered gravity, and told us such marvels for us all to admire. When he became an old man, and got into his dotage, he began to study that book called the Bible; and it seems, that in order to credit its fabulous nonsense, we must believe that the knowledge of mankind will be so increased that we shall be able to travel at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The poor dotard!' exclaimed the philosophic infidel Voltaire, in the self-complacency of his pity. But who is the dotard now?--_Rev. J. Craig._" The Query I would more particularly ask is (presuming the accuracy of the assertions), What is the prophecy so wonderfully fulfilled? R. W. _Tom Thumb's House at Gonerby, Lincolnshire._--On the south-west side of the tower of the church of Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire, is a curious cornice representing a house with a door in the centre, an oriel window, &c., which is popularly called "Tom Thumb's Castle." I have a small engraving of it ("W. T. del. 1820, R. R. sculpt."): and a pencil states that on the same tower are other "curious carvings." I would ask, therefore, Why carved? From what event or occasion? For whom? Why called "Tom Thumb's House?" And what are the other curious carvings? G. CREED. _Mr. Payne Collier's Monovolume Shakspeare._--I should be extremely obliged to MR. COLLIER, if he would kindly give me a public reply to the following question. The express terms of the publication of his monovolune edition of Shakspeare, as advertised, were-- "The text regulated by the _old copies_, and by the _recently discovered folio of 1632_." These terms manifestly exclude corrections from any other source than those of _collation of the old copies_, and the _MS. corrections_ of the folio of 1632.