[3]. See Life of the Earl of Hardwicke. G. Harris. 1847. Vol. II. pp. 456-7. [Back]
[4]. Tom Jones. Dedication. [Back]
[5]. See [Appendix] for this, hitherto unpublished, receipt. [Back]
[6]. London Magazine. Feb. 1749. [Back]
[7]. In Germany an edition of 1771 was followed by a second in 1780, and a third in 1786. In 1765 a lyrical comedy founded on the famous novel was acted in Paris; and the same year it was transformed into a German comedy by J.H. Steffens. [Back]
[8]. S. T. Coleridge. Manuscript notes in a copy of Tom Jones, now in the British Museum. [Back]
[10]. J. T. Smith. Nollekens and his Times. Vol. i. pp. 124-5. [Back]
Footnotes for Chapter 12
[1]. His Commission in the Peace for Westminster bears date October 25. 1748. [Back]