_Emblem on a Chimney-piece_.--In the committee room of the Church
Missionary Society, Nos. 16. and 17. Upper Sackville Street, Dublin, a
curious emblem-picture is carved on the centre of the white marble
chimney-piece. An angel or winged youth is sleeping in a recumbent posture;
one arm embraces a sleeping lion, in the other hand he holds a number of
bell flowers. In the opposite angle the sun shines brightly; a lizard is
biting the heel of the sleeping youth. I shall not offer my own conjectures
in explanation of this allegorical sculpture, unless your correspondents
fail to give a more satisfactory solution.