_Ptolemy of Alexandria._--"QUERY" wishes to be informed what works of
Ptolemy of Alexandria are to be met with in an English translation.
_Vanbrugh's London Improvements._--In the _London Journal_ of March
16th, 1722-23, there is the following paragraph:--
"We are informed that Sir John Vanbrugh, in his scheme for new
paving the cities of London and Westminster, among other things,
proposes a tax on all gentlemen's coaches, to stop all channels
in the street, and to carry all the water off by drains and
common sewers under ground."
Sir John Vanbrugh was chiefly known as an architect of noblemen's and
gentlemen's mansions. Can any of your readers supply me with a reference
to any detailed plan, from Sir John, for the general improvement of the
metropolis?