Page 169, line 21. Farley…Knight…Liston. Charles Farley (1771-1859), mainly known as the deviser of Covent Garden pantomimes; Edward Knight (1774-1826), an eccentric little comedian; John Listen (1776?-1846), whose mock biography Lamb wrote (see Vol. I.).
Page 169, line 7 from foot. Sir Christopher Curry…Old Dornton. Sir Christopher in "Inkle and Yarico," by the younger Colman; Old Dornton in Holcroft's "Road to Ruin."
Page 170, line 6. The Cobbler of Preston. A play, founded on "The
Taming of the Shrew," by Charles Johnson, written in 1716.
THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA
Page 171. PREFACE.
London Magazine, January, 1823, where it was entitled "A Character of the late Elia. By a Friend." Signed Phil-Elia. Lamb did not reprint it for ten years, and then with certain omissions.
In the London Magazine the "Character" began thus:—
"A CHARACTER OF THE LATE ELIA
"BY A FRIEND
"This gentleman, who for some months past had been in a declining way, hath at length paid his final tribute to nature. He just lived long enough (it was what he wished) to see his papers collected into a volume. The pages of the LONDON MAGAZINE will henceforth know him no more.