REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES:--Buonaparte's Abdication-- Burton Family--Drainage by Machinery--Nattochiis and Calchanti--"One while I think," &c.--"Spires 'whose silent finger points to heaven'"--Dr. Eleazar Duncon --"Marriage is such a rabble rout"--Cambridge Mathematical Questions--Reversible Masculine Names-- The Man in the Moon--Arms of Richard, King of the Romans--Brothers with the same Christian Name-- Arch-priest in the Diocese of Exeter, &c. 183 MISCELLANEOUS:-- Books and Odd Volumes wanted 187 Notices to Correspondents 187 * * * * * INSTRUCTION IN ART, General and Special, as afforded at the SCHOOLS of the DEPARTMENT of SCIENCE and ART, at MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, Pall Mall, London. The School consists of I. A NORMAL SCHOOL for TRAINING TEACHERS. II. SPECIAL CLASSES for TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. _Art Superintendent_:-- RICHARD REDGRAVE, R.A. The SPRING SESSION will COMMENCE on 1st of MARCH, and end 31st of July; and the Fees are for that period. 1. The Courses of Instruction are intended to impart systematically a knowledge of the scientific principles of Art, especially in its relation to the useful purposes of life. A limited application of those principles is demonstrated with the view of preparing Students to enter upon the future practice of the Decorative Arts in Manufactories and Workshops, either as Masters, Overseers, or skilled workmen. At the same time, instruction is afforded to all who may desire to pursue these studies without reference to a preparation for any special Branch of Industry. Special Courses are arranged in order to train persons to become Masters of Schools of Art, and to enable Schoolmasters of Parochial and other Schools to teach Elementary Drawing as a part of general Education concurrently with Writing. 2. The Lectures and Courses of Instruction are as follows:-- GENERAL COURSE FOR MALE STUDENTS ONLY. A. Free-hand, Model, and Elementary Mechanical Drawing, Practical Geometry and Perspective, Painting in Oil, Tempera, and Water Colours. Modelling. The Classes for Drawing, Painting, and Modelling, include the Figure from the Antique and the Life: and Artistic Anatomy. Lectures, Teaching, and Practice, in the Morning and Evening, Fee 4l. the Session.--Head Master, Mr. Burchet; Assistants, Messrs. Herman, Walsh, Denby, Wills, and Hancock. B. The Evening Instruction is limited to advanced Drawing, Painting, and Modelling, including the Figure. Fee 2l. TECHNICAL COURSES. C. Practical Construction, including Architecture, Building, and the various processes of Plastic Decoration, Furniture, and Metal Working. Lectures, Teaching and Practice, Morning and Evening. Fee 4l. Evening Course only, Fee 2l. for Male Students only. Superintendent, Professor Semper.