THE INDEX AND TITLE-PAGE TO VOLUME THE THIRD is at press, and will be issued with our next Number.
J. O. B. The oft-quoted line—
"Tempora mutantur," &c.,
is from a poem by Borbonius. See "NOTES AND QUERIES," Vol. i., pp. 234. 419.
A READER:—
"Fine by degrees, and beautifully less,"
(not small, as it is too frequently misquoted), is from Prior's Henry and Emma. See our Third Vol., p. 154.
JAMES C. has misunderstood MR. PARSONS' Query, Vol. iii., p. 495., which refers to book plates, not plates or engravings in books.
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