_Equestrian Statues_ (Vol. iii., p. 494.).--I should inform Fm. that there is an equestrian statue of the Earl of Hopetown in front of the Royal Bank, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh. The earl, however, is not mounted; he stands beside the horse. S. WMSON. _Monumental Symbolism_ (Vol. iii, p. 449.).--I have seen no answer to Reader's inquiry. I have always understood that the kneeling figures were the children who died in the lifetime of their parents (sometimes they are even represented in the swaddling-bands of Chrysom children), while those represented standing survived them. This of course is only when some are represented kneeling and others standing, as in some instances _all_ are kneeling. I believe my supposition is grounded on some better authority than my own fancy, but I cannot refer to any at present. H.N.E. Bilton, July 3. 1851. _Organs in Churches_ (Vol. iii., p. 518.).--R. W. B. will find some information on the subject of _organs_ in Staveley's _History of Churches in England_, pp. 203. 207., a work replete with much interesting matter connected with churches. E. C. HARINGTON. Exeter, July 1. 1851. _Tennyson: "The Princess"_ (Vol. iii., p. 493.).--Does not the passage-- "Dare we dream of that, I asked, Which wrought us, as the workman and his work That practice betters"-- simply mean, "Dare we dream of" the God who made us as of a finite creature, who requires "practice" ere His work can be perfect, and whose skill shall be progressive? In short, "dare we" think of Him as such an one as ourselves? SELEUCUS. Information on this subject will be found in Hawkins's _History of Music_, vol. i. p. 398. _et seq._; Burney's _History of Music_, vol. ii. p. 131. Busby's _Dictionary of Music_; John Gregory's _Works_ ("Discourse declaring what Time the Nicene Creed began to be Sung in the Church"), and in Staveley's _History of Churches in England_. T. J. "_Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love_" (Vol. iv., p. 24.).-- "AN EXPOSTULATION. "When late I attempted your pity to move, Why seem'd you so deaf to my prayers? Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love, But--Why did you kick me down stairs?" From _An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces, in Prose and Verse, not in any other Collection_, vol. i. p. 15. London: Debrett, 1785. The above has been inquired for: of the author I know nothing. S. H. St. Johns Wood.