Dramatic Works.—Dramatic and Poetical Works, very rare, privately printed, 1840. Information relative to this work will oblige
John Martin.
Woburn Abbey.
Devreux Bowly.—An old and excellent hall clock in this city bears the name of Devreux Bowly, of Lombard Street, London, as the maker. Can any of the readers of "N. & Q." (either horologists or others) say when he lived?
Uneda.
Philadelphia.
"Corruptio optimi," &c.—What is the origin or earliest use of the saying, "Corruptio optimi est, al. fit, pessima," in its present form? I state it in this way, because I am aware of its having been referred to Aristotle's remarks on the different forms of government. The old Latin translation however, does not contain the expression, and I have not traced it farther back than to writers of the seventeenth century,—to Jeremy Taylor, for instance.
E. M.
Hastings.
Lamenther.—Who was the writer of the Life of Lamenther, written by herself, published by subscription in 1771? Is it a genuine narrative; and if so, where can I find a key to the initials?