_Anagrams._ _Stones._ _Signs._ _Angels._ [Hebrew: YHWH] Ruby. Aries. Mulchediel. [Hebrew: YHHW] Topaz. Taurus. Asmodel. [Hebrew: YWHH] Carbuncle. Gemini. Ambriel. [Hebrew: HWHY] Emerald. Cancer. Muriel. [Hebrew: HWYH] Sapphire. Leo. Verchel. [Hebrew: HHYW] Diamond. Virgo. Humatiel. [Hebrew: WHHY] Jacinth. Libra. Zuriel. [Hebrew: WYHH] Agate. Scorpio. Barbiel. [Hebrew: HWHY] Amethyst. Sagittarius. Adnachiel. [Hebrew: HYHW] Beryl. Capricornus. Humiel. [Hebrew: WHYH] Onyx. Aquarius. Gabriel. [Hebrew: HYWH] Jasper. Pisces. Barchiel. These stones had also reference to the twelve tribes of Israel, twelve parts of the human body, twelve plants, twelve birds, twelve minerals, twelve hierarchies of devils, &c. &c. _usque ad nauseum_. It is evident that all this absurd nonsense was founded on the twelve precious stones in the breast-plate of the High Priest (Exodus xxviii. 15.: see also Numbers xxvii. 28., and 1 Samuel xxviii. 6.). I may add that in the glorious description of the Holy City, in Revelation xxi., the mystical number twelve is again connected with precious stones. In the _Sympathia Septem Metallorum ac Septem Selectorum Lapidum ad Planetus_, by the noted Peter Arlensis de Scudalupis, the following are the stones and metals which are recorded as sympathising with what the ancients termed the seven planets (I translate the original words): Saturn Turquoise. Lead. Jupiter Cornelian. Tin. Mars Emerald. Iron. Sun Diamond. Gold. Venus Amethyst. Copper. Mercury Loadstone. Quicksilver. Moon Chrystal. Silver. N. D. inquires in what works he will find the emblematical meanings of precious stones described. For a great deal of curious, but obsolete and useless, reading on the mystical and occult properties of precious stones, I may refer him to the following works:--_Les Amours et noveaux Eschanges des Pierres Précieuses_, Paris, 1576; _Curiositez inouyes sur la Sculpture Talismanique_, Paris, 1637; _Occulta Naturæ Miracula_, Antwerp, 1567; _Speculum Lapidi_, Aug. Vind., 1523; _Les Oeuvres de Jean Belot_, Rouen, 1569. W. PINKERTON. * * * * * {38} NON-RECURRING DISEASES. (Vol. viii., p. 516.)