"Great Palace now of Light! Hither, as to their Fountain, other Stars Repairing, in their golden Urns, draw Light; And here [sic] the Morning Planet gilds her Horns." [P.L. 7. 363-66] "Thus splendid, and superior, your Lordship now flourishes in honourable Ease, exerting universal Benevolence...." But in dedications, as in lapidary inscriptions, as Dr. Johnson might have agreed, a writer need not be upon oath. At the end of the _Essay_ Morris reprinted two essays from _The Spectator_, Nos. 35 and 62, and William Congreve's "An Essay concerning Humour in Comedy. To Mr. Dennis" (Congreve's _Works_, ed. Summers, III, 161-68). Since these are readily available, they have not been included in this edition. The present facsimile is made from a copy owned by Louis I. Bredvold, with his kind permission. James L. Clifford Columbia University * * * * * [Transcriber's Note: The ARS edition included an errata slip, reproduced here. Where text was changed or deleted, the original is given in brackets. Corrections to the _Essay_ itself are listed after the ARS errata.] Please paste the following in your copy of Corbyn Morris's _Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit_.... (_ARS_, Series One, No. 4) ERRATA INTRODUCTION: page 5, line 1--"word apparently omitted" should be inclosed in brackets. page 5, line 6--"not identified" should be inclosed in brackets. page 6, line 5--the first "of" should be omitted. ["modern readers need not regret too much of the omission of the fulsome 32 page dedication"] page 6, line 12, should read "Walpole is praised for not curbing the press while necessarily curbing the theatre, his aid to commerce". ["Walpole is praised for not curbing the theatre; his aid to commerce"] page 6, line 25--"sic" should be inclosed in brackets, as also "P.L. 7. 363-66" in the next line. [ ESSAY ON WIT: page viii: Whence in _Aristotle_ such Persons are termed "epidexioi", dexterous Men The Greek _may_ read "epidezioi"; the letter-form makes it uncertain. page 14: ... without any Reference to their whimsical _Oddities_ or _Foibles_; Text reads _Oddistie_. page 20 and elsewhere: "Biass" is an attested variant spelling; it has not been changed. page 25: "teizes" (modern "teases") is an attested variant spelling; it has not been changed. page 40: --It is therefore no wonder that Signior _Don Quixote of la Mancha_ ... Text reads _Quoxote_. ] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * An ESSAY Towards Fixing the TRUE STANDARDS of WIT, HUMOUR, RAILLERY, SATIRE, and RIDICULE. To which is Added, an ANALYSIS Of the CHARACTERS of