[We are inclined to think that Bacon's reference was to the Mirror for Magistrates, and will probably be found in connexion with the following lines:
"A little wren in beake with laurell greene that flew,
Foreshew'd my dolefull death, as after all men knew.">[
The Violin.
—Which is the best work hitherto published on the history and construction of the violin?
MUSICUS.
[Certainly the best work on the history of this favourite instrument is the amusing little volume published by Mr. George Dubourg, in 1836, under the title of The Violin, being an Account of that leading Instrument, and its most eminent Professors, from its earliest Date to the present Time: including Hints to Amateurs, &c.]
Sir Thomas Malory, Knt.
—I should feel obliged if any of your correspondents could give me any information relative to Sir Thomas Malory, Knt., who translated into English The most Ancient and Famous History of the renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britaine? Also any particulars relative the original author of that work?
M. P. S.