riots of 1831? and whether _The Bristol Riots, their Causes, Progress,
and Consequences, by a Citizen_, is generally received as an accurate
account?

1, Union Place, Lisson Grove.


_A Living Dog better that a Dead Lion_.--Can any of your readers
inform me with whom the proverb originated: "_A living dog is better
than a dead lion?_" F. Domin. Bannez (or Bannes), in his defence of
Cardinal Cajetan, after his death, against the attacks of Cardinal
Catharinus and Melchior Canus (_Comment. in prim. par. S. Thom._ p.
450. ed. Duaci, 1614), says--

"Certe potest dici de istis, quod de Græcis insultantibus
Hectori jam mortuo dixit Homerus, quòd _leoni mortuo etiam
lepores insultant_."

Query? Is this, or any like expression, to be found in Homer? If so,
I should feel much obliged to any of your correspondents who would
favour me with the reference.

JOHN SANSOM.


_Author of "Literary Leisure_."--Can any of your readers inform me of
the name of the author of _Literary Leisure_, published by Miller,
Old Bond Street, 1802, in 2 volumes? It purports to have come out in
weekly parts, of which the first is dated Sept. 26. 1799. It contains
many interesting papers in prose and verse: it is dedicated to the