The real and personal estate,—taking the property bequeathed by the last codicil at a valuation of something less than two years' purchase; and of course before payment of the legacies, the (inconsiderable) debts, and the testamentary and other expenses,—amounted, as nearly as may be calculated, to, £93,000.
III.
CORRECTIONS MADE IN THE LATER EDITIONS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
I regret to have had no opportunity until now (May, 1873) of making the corrections which appear in this impression of my second volume. All the early reprints having been called for before the close of 1872, the only change I at that time found possible was amendment of an error at p. [397], as to the date of the first performance at Devonshire House, and of a few others of small importance at pp. [262], [291], [320], [360], [444], and [446].
Premising that additional corrections, also unimportant, are now made at pp. [57], [135], [136], [142], [301], [329], [405], and [483], I proceed to indicate what may seem to require more detailed mention.
P. [50]. "Covent-garden" is substituted for "Drury-lane." The Chronicle atoned for its present silence by a severe notice of the man's subsequent appearance at the Haymarket; and of this I am glad to be reminded by Mr. Gruneisen, who wrote the criticism.
[50]. The son of the publican referred to (Mr. Whelpdale of Streatham), pointing out my error in not having made the Duke of Brunswick the defendant, says he was himself a witness in the case, and has had pride in repeating to his own children what the Chief Justice said of his father.
[117]. The "limpet on the rock" and the "green boots" refer to a wonderful piece by Turner in the previous year's Academy, exhibiting a rock overhanging a magnificent sea, a booted figure appearing on the rock, and at its feet a blotch to represent a limpet: the subject being Napoleon at St. Helena.