Page 259, line 33. The ingenious Mr. Farley. Charles Farley (1771-1859), who controlled the pantomimes at Covent Garden from 1806 to 1834, and invented a number of mechanical devices for them. He also acted, and had been the instructor of the great Grimaldi. Lamb alludes to him in the essay on "The Acting of Munden."
Page 262, line 10. "Sun, stand thou still …" See Joshua x. 12. Martin's picture of "Joshua commanding the Sun to stand still" was painted in 1816. Writing to Barton, in the letter quoted from above, Lamb says: "Just such a confus'd piece is his Joshua, fritter'd into 1000 fragments, little armies here, little armies there—you should see only the Sun and Joshua … for Joshua, I was ten minutes finding him out."
Page 262, line 29. The great picture at Angerstein's. This picture is "The Resurrection of Lazarus," by Fra Sebastiano del Piombo, with the assistance, it is conjectured, of Michael Angelo. The picture is now No. 1 in the National Gallery, the nucleus of which collection was once the property of John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823). Angerstein's art treasures were to be seen until his death in his house in Pall Mall, where the Reform Club now stands.
Page 263, line 35. The Frenchmen, of whom Coleridge's friend. See the Biographia Literaria, 1847 ed., Vol. II., pp. 126-127.
Page 265, line 5. "Truly, fairest Lady …" The passage quoted by Lamb is from Skeltoa's translation of Don Quixote, Part II., Chapter LVIII. The first sentence runs: "Truly, fairest Lady, Actæon was not more astonished or in suspense when on the sodaine he saw Diana," and so forth.
Page 266, line 9. "Guzman de Alfarache." The Picaresque romance by Mateo Aleman—Vida y Lechos del picaro Guzman de Alfarache, Part I., 1599; Part II., 1605. It was translated into English by James Mabbe in 1622 as The Rogue; or, The Life of Guzman de Alfarache. Lamb had a copy, which is now in my possession, with Mary Lamb's name in it.
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Page 266. REJOICINGS UPON THE NEW YEAR'S COMING OF AGE.
London Magazine, January, 1823.
This paper, being printed in the same number as that which announced
Elia's death, was signed "Elia's Ghost."