[2] We might have added stage managers. Their genius for the Bathos Precipitate is frequently displayed in notices of the following kind:-- “Monday, January 7. “The new drama, entitled ----, has been received with uninterrupted bursts of applause, and will be repeated every evening till farther notice.” “Tuesday, January 8. “In obedience to the wishes of the public, the new drama, entitled ----, is withdrawn.” [3] Sir Francis Wentworth points our quotation thus: Sic nos servavit A--Poll--Ο!--HΟR. [4] Every one knows the gradations of vis, visit, and visitation; _vis inertiæ_, therefore, signifies an idle visit. [5] _Stipula._ Hence the term stipulation. [6] The ceremony was rarely, if ever, used in the reign of Tiberius. [7] This was the customary response, signifying, “Where you are the master I shall be mistress.” [8] The greater part of the satire here alluded to was retrenched in our Second Edition. [9] In Petty Cury, Cambridge. [10] Pattison. [11] Bulwer--afterwards Lord Lytton. [12] Stapleton. [13] Ryland of St. John’s. [14] Macaulay. [15] Ord. [16] Praed. [17] Charles Austin. [18] Churchill. [19] Moore. [20] Prosser. Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: have writtten a farce=> have written a farce {pg 39} Susan sung us some simple=> Susan sang us some simple {pg 53} Ammon to ussume the quart-pot=> Ammon to assume the quart-pot {pg 66}