Masonic Notes And Queries.

G . 0 . OP GENEVA . In 1798 , the G . M . of the Grand Lodge and Grand 0 . of Geueva was Paul Louis Rival ; the P . G . M . P . Jean Jean ; the G . S . W-, E . Jean Francois Piffard ; the G . J . W ., Pierre Aaron Carey ; the G . Orator , D . B . Ettley ; the G . Treasurer , Abraham Louis Meulme ; of the G . M . C ., Ph . Boudal ; of the G . Archiviste , Jean Marc Rosset ; G .

Almoner , Abraham Guillot ; G . Sec , E . J . Voullaire ; G-. Keeper of the Seals , Joseph Ootten . —M . SQUARE , CIRCLE , AND TRIANGLE . What is the Masonic symbolism of a square with a circle in it , and a triangle within the circle , a dot being placed in the centre of the triangle?—Ex . Ex . EREXCH STEP IJ 0 A 11 DS .

Are there such things as French step boards , and where can I get one ?—A NEW MMBEK . —[ We do not know if the treadmill is domiciled as one of the French Institutions , and have no intention of acquiring the information for the use of any correspondent . Your duty , as a now member , is to seek information through legitimate channels , and , although you scarcely deserve

the advice , we counsel you to go to a Lodge of Instruction , or seek from such brethren as W . Watson , T . Adams , Muggeridge , Isaacs , or hosts of others , such tuition as you require . Take care your step boards don ' t lead to walking the plank . ] LAPLECHE LODGE . In an old diploma of the 10 th of 9 th month , 5812 , I

find the Lodge of Eleasis , at Lafleche , under the auspices oftheG . O . of France ; Mottet , W . M . ; Hennecart , Sec , ; Forest , Archivist ( a relative of the Candidate ) . The other names I cannot make out . The holder , Louis Nicolas Forest , born at Liseux , about 1790 , was , in 1812 , an officer in a light regiment , and most likely afterwards proceeded to Smyrna . —HYDE CLARKE .

Notes On Literature, Science, And Art.

NOTES ON LITERATURE , SCIENCE , AND ART .

lii oiu- last we presented our readers with two specimens of Dean Alford ' s new transaction of Homer ' s Odyssey , we now give the corresponding passages from the Odyssey of Homer , translated into English Verse in the Spenserian Stanza , hy Philip Stanley Worsley , M . A ., Scholar of Corpus Christ College , Oxford . And first we have the description of Calypso's cave : —

- ' ' And through the land walked on , and came to a great cave . " There dwelt the fair-haired nymph , and her he fomid Within . Bright ilames , that on the earth did play , Fragrance of "burning cedar breathed around , And fume of incense wafted every way . There her melodious voice the livelong day , Timing the golden shuttlerose and fell .

, And round the cave a leafy wood there lay , Where green trees waved o ' er many a shady dell , Alder and poplar black , and cypress sweet of smell . " Thither the long-winged birds retired to sleep , lialcon and owl and sea-crow loud of tongue , Who plies her business in the watery deep ; And round the hollow cave her tendrils flung

A healthy vine , with purpling clusters hung ; And fountains four , in even order set , Near one another , from the stone out-sprung . Streaming four ways their crystal-showery jet Through meads of parsley soft , and breathing violet . " So that a god , if any came that way , " Sat wonderadmirationand delight ,

, , Would stand agaze , as Hermes gazed that day ; Who , having satisfied his soul with sight , Moved where the broad cave did his steps invite . Nor did Calypso , nymph divine , I trow , His features or his form not read aright ... Por never do the gods—not even though Asunder far they dwell—each other fait to know , " The following is Mr . Worsley ' s rendering of the passage from the eighth book : — J

"Enryalus , answering , jeered him to his face ; ' Now am I , stranger , not at all inclined To judge thee versed in wrestling and the race , Or games that are in vogue among mankind . Thee rather with the ship-frequenting kind Of traders , overseers of merchandise , Whose talk is all of cargoesand their mind

, Dreams of unjust gains , and doth bargains prize , I class ; with athletes not , if I may trust my eyes . " To whom Odysseus , scowling , thus replied ; ' Man , thou hast not said well ,- a fool thou art . Not all fair gifts to all doth God divide , Eloquence , beauty , and a noble heart , One seems in mien poorbut his feebler part

, God crowns with language , that men learn to love The form , so feelingly the sweet words dart Within them . First in councils he doth prove , And , ' mid the crowd observant , like a god doth move , "' Another , though in mould of form and face Like the immortal gods he seemed to be , Hath no wise word to crown the outward grace .

So is thine aspect fair exceedingly , Wherein no blemish even a god might see ; Yet is thine understanding wholly vain . Thou with thy witless scorn hast angered me , And stung the spirit of thy guest with pain , And mocked me to my face in unbeseeming strain . "' I in these contests am not void of skill

, As thou here vauntest in thine emptiness , But with the very best held rank at will , While yet the nerves of youth these hands did bless . But now you see me married with sore distress . Toil in the wars of heroes on me lay , Nor hath the rage of waters tired me less . Yet , fresh from sorrow , I your games essay

Even as I am : thy words have stung me deep this day . Mr . Thomas Hood , son of the great humourist and pathetic poet of that name , has recently published The Daughters of King Vaher , and other Foetus , in which the death of that monarch is told as follows : — " But a cry

• Daher is slaughtered 1 ' ran along the line That wavered as it heard—as you may note By nodding grasses whore a noisome snake Slides from his sunny bashing-place to hide . 3 ? or , lo ! a crafty arrow smote the king Between the corselet and the hood of mail And buried in his throat its venomed barb . Then from his beast in death-throes Daher fell

Headlong among the fighting-men—and lay Unknown and trampled in the panic flight Which followed on his fall . Yet some there were Still faithful found , forgetful of themselves , Who gathered round the king and bare him back , Hoping where hope was none—until they ^ ssvw A smile upon his face begin to grow . And then they knew biui dead : and looking found

The whole vast army , which the morn beheld Mass upon mass roll down from Oomerkote . Now driving scattered o ' er the shameful field Like the last clouds—ragged and ruddy-stained—That fly across the heavens along the track Of some o ' er-spent and broken summer storm . Then hastily they scooped a shallow grave Within the trampled oozy ground and hid The kingly corse—and fled . "

We understand that an able article on the Geology of Cleveland , by John Phillips , Esq ., M . A ., F . E . S ., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford , and Assistant General Secretary to the British Association for the Advancement of Science , has been kindly contributed by that gentleman to Bro . George Markham Tweddell ' s forthcoming History of Cleveland . The assiduous labours of Professor Phillips for about half a

century as a Geologist , and his intimate knowledge of the important district which Bro . Tweddell purposes to embrace in his new History , will render this paper of peculiar value at a tim