NOTES AND CORRECTIONS.
The Parody of “The Village Blacksmith,” on [page 9], signed Sphinx, was written by Mr. W. Sappe, of Forest Hill.
Foot Note, page 112.—Mr. Artemus Ward is here credited with the advice “Never to prophecy unless you know,” an Aberdeen correspondent points out that Mr. R. Lowell was the real author, the phrase occurs in “The Biglow Papers:”—
My gran’ther’s rule was safer’n’t is to crow,
Don’t never prophesy—onless ye know.
[Page 232]. Milton’s Epitaph on W. Shakespeare, the fourth line should read:—
“Under a star y-pointing pyramid.”
[Page 24.] Read Charles Baudelure, not Beaudelaire.
[Page 219]. Wine, a Poem. The Copy of this old poem in the Editor’s possession, was published anonymously in 1702. It has been ascribed to John Gay, who was born in 1688, the poem is certainly a remarkable production for a youth of twenty-one.