Footnotes for Chapter 5
[1]. Life of Garrick. T. Davies, vol. ii. [Back]
[2]. Works of Henry Fielding, edited by Edmund Gosse. Introduction, p. xxix. [Back]
[3]. The Works of Mr George Lillo, with some Account of his Life, T. Davies. [Back]
Footnotes for Chapter 6
[1]. The fullest newspaper for theatrical notices at this date, preserved in the British Museum, the London Daily Post, is unfortunately missing for this year. [Back]
[2]. Now first printed, from documents at the Record Office. [Back]
[3]. A table inscribed by a former owner as having belonged to Henry Fielding, Esq., novelist, is now in the possession of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society. The inscription adds that Fielding "hunted from East Stour Farm in 1718." He would then be eleven years old! [Back]
[4]. From the hitherto unpublished original, in the library of Alfred Huth, Esq. [Back]
[5]. "Cro: Eliz." is the legal abbreviation for Justice Croke's law reports for the reign of Elizabeth. [Back]