[St. Malachy's hieroglyphical descriptions or prophecy on the
succession of Roman Pontiffs will be found in _Flosculi Historici
delibati nunc delibatiores redditi, sive Historia Universalis_; Auctore
Joanne de Bussières, Societatis Jesu Sacerdote, Oxon. 1668. An
explanation of each prophecy is given from the pontificate of Celestus
II. A.D. 1143, to that of Innocent X. A.D. 1644. The present Pope being
the nineteenth from Innocent X., the following prophecy relates to him,
"Crux de Cruce." We subjoin the remainder: 20. Lumen in coelo. 21.
Ignis ardens. 22. Religio depopulata. 23. Fides intrepida. 24. Pastor
angelicus. 25. Pastor et nauta. 26. Flos Florum. 27. De medietate lunæ.
28. De labore solis. 29 Gloria Olivæ. St. Malachy concludes his
prophecy with the following prediction of the downfall of the Roman
Church: "In persecutione extrema Sacræ Romanæ Ecclesiæ sedebit Petrus
Romanus, qui pascet oves in multis tribulationibus; quibus transactis
civitas septicollis diruetur, et Judex tremendus judicabit populum."]
_Work on the Human Figure._--A few years ago there was a little work
published on _Dress and the Art of improving the Human Figure_, by (I
believe) a nobleman's valet: I wish to consult this for a literary purpose,
and should be much obliged to any of your readers who can favour me with
the exact title and date.