Others aver, that to him Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle:
Strange that," &c.
III. In "N. & Q.," Vol. i., p. 245., the following passage occurs:
"In the Imitation of the Second Satire, Book I. of Horace, only to be found in modern editions, there is an allusion to 'poor E——s,' who suffered by 'the fatal steel' for an intrigue with a Royal Mistress."
Query, in what modern editions is this imitation found? I have searched most of them (including the last, and by no means the worst, by Mr. Robert Carruthers) in vain.
IV. It has always seemed to me desirable that a perfect edition of an author like Pope, whose pages teem with proper names frequently repeated, and personal allusions, should be furnished with an Index nominum propriorum, which would enable the reader to refer in a moment to the exact whereabouts of the line wanted. I once took the trouble to make such an Index to Pope for my own use, and add one word of it as a specimen:
| Granville's moving lays | Past. i. | 46 |
| Granville commands, &c. | Wind. For. | 5 |
| Granville could refuse to sing, what Muse for | " | 6 |
| Granville sings, or is it | " | 282 |
| Granville of a former age, Surrey the | " | 292 |
| Granville's verse recite, the thoughts of God let | " | 425 |
| Granville's Myra die, till | Epist. to Jervas | 76 |
| Granville the polite | Prol. to Sat. | 135 |
Is this a hint worthy the notice of Mr. Croker, Mr. P. Cunningham, or Mr. John Murray, whose joint labours promise us a new edition of Pope?
V. Roscoe and Croly give four poems on Gulliver's Travels. Why does Mr. Carruthers leave out the third? His edition appears to contain (besides many additions) all that all previous editors have admitted, with the exception of this third Gulliver poem, the sixteen additional verses to Mrs. Blount on leaving town, the verses to Dr. Bolton, and a fragment of eight lines (perhaps by Congreve); which last three are to be found in Warton's edition.