Page 152, line 15. Venetian incendiary. Pierre in Otway's "Venice
Preserved." Lamb appended the passage in a footnote in the London
Magazine.
Page 153, line 12. Baddeley … Parsons … John Kemble. Robert Baddeley (1733-1794), the husband of Mrs. Baddeley, and the original Moses in the "School for Scandal." William Parsons (1736-1795), the original Crabtree in the "School for Scandal," and a favourite actor of Lamb's. John Philip Kemble (1757-1823), who managed Drury Lane from 1788 to 1801.
Page 153, line 11 from foot. Of birth and feeling. In the London
Magazine a footnote came here (see page 316).
Page 153, line 6 from foot. Length of service. In the London
Magazine a footnote came here (see page 316).
Page 154, line 24. House of misrule. A long passage came here in the London Magazine (see page 317).
Page 154, line 8 from foot. Hero of La Mancha. Compare a similar analysis of Don Quixote's character on page 264.
Page 155, line 23. Dodd. James William Dodd (1740?-1796).
Page 155, line 24. Lovegrove. William Lovegrove (1778-1816), famous in old comedy parts and as Peter Fidget in "The Boarding House."
Page 155, foot. The gardens of Gray's Inn. These gardens are said to have been laid out under the supervision of Bacon, who retained his chambers in the Inn until his death. As Dodd died in 1796 and Lamb wrote in 1822, it would be fully twenty-six years and perhaps more since Lamb met him.
Page 156, lines 26-29. Foppington, etc. Foppington in Vanbrugh's
"Relapse," Tattle in Congreve's "Love for Love," Backbite in
Sheridan's "School for Scandal," Acres in "The Rivals" by the same
author, and Fribble in Garrick's "Miss in her Teens."