_Wiggan, or Utiggan, an Oxford Student._--To assist in deciphering a MS. I should be glad to know the name of a senior student of Christ Church, Oxford, April, 1721, which seems to be Wiggan, Utiggan, or some such like name. W. DN. _Prayers for the Fire of London._--When were the "Prayers for the Fire of London" first introduced into the Book of Common Prayer, and when were they discontinued? I have never seen them except in the Prayer Book prefixed to the Bibles "Printed at the Theater, Oxford; and are to be sold by Peter Parker at the Leg and Star in Cornhil. London MDCLXXXII." The Prayer Book bears the same colophon. W. E. _Donkey._--An omission in our dictionaries of a curious kind is that of the word _donkey_, which is not to be found in any that I know of. There may, however, be doubts as to the antiquity of this term; I have heard ancient men say that it has been introduced within their recollection. What is its origin? Whence also the name "moke," commonly applied to donkeys in and about London? Is the word used in other parts of England? C. W. G. _French and Italian Degrees._--Can you inform a young Englishman (of good general knowledge, and possessing a thorough knowledge of the French and Italian languages), who is desirous of obtaining a French or Italian _degree_ as inexpensively as possible, how to proceed in order to obtain the same, the expense, &c.? SEPTIMUS. Buntingford, Hertfordshire. _The Shadow of the Tree of Life._--Can any of your readers oblige me with information respecting the author of a little book, the title of which runs as follows:-- "Φαρμακα ουρανοθεν: The Shadow of the Tree of Life; or a Discourse of the Divine Institution and most Effectual Application of Medicinal Remedies, in order to the Preservation and Restoration of Health, by J. M. London, 1673." S. (An Original Subscriber.) _Sun-dials._--The following is an inscription on a sun-dial on the wall of a monastery, now suppressed, near Florence. I copied it on the spot in 1841. "A. D. S. Mia vita è il sol: Dell' uom la vita è Dio, Senza esso è l'uom, qual senza sol son' io." What signification has A. D. S.? L. S. _Nouns always printed with Capital Initials._--P. C. S. S. is desirous of information respecting the origin and subsequent disuse of the practice which appears to have prevailed among printers in the last, and towards the end of the preceding century, of beginning every noun-substantive with a capital letter. It prevailed also, to a certain extent, in books published in France and Holland during the same period; but P. C. S. S. is not aware of any other European language in which it was adopted. P. C. S. S.