PAGE 46, ll. 11, 17. “_Another for Alexander!_” PAGE 50, l. 21. “_Those of Sir Isaac._”—Mr. Craik and others have noticed that Swift’s grammar, especially in unrevised pieces, is not always impeccable. But this, like other things in this Introduction, is clearly writ in character, the character of the more polite than pedantic Wagstaff. PAGE 56, l. 26. “_Wit at Will._”—Readers of the minor and even of the greater writers of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries will remember the interminable jingles and plays on these two words wherever they could be introduced. The phrase “Wit at will” survived most of its companions as a catchword. PAGE 58, l. 3. “_Queen Elizabeth’s dead._”—A minute philosopher might be pleased with the inquiry when Queen Anne superseded her gracious predecessor in this phrase. Naturally that time had not come when the “Conversation” was first planned. PAGE 59, l. 2. “_Push-pin._”—Allusions to this old children’s game are very common in the seventeenth century; rare, I think, in the eighteenth. PAGE 64, l. 20. “_Vardi._”—See Introduction, p. 32, where the form is “Verdi.” PAGE 65, l. 28. “_Lob’s pound_” means an inextricable difficulty. In Dekker’s paraphrase of the “Quinze Joyes du Mariage,” it is used to render the French _dans la nasse_. PAGE 72, l. 1. I do not understand “_Map-sticks_.” PAGE 76, ll. 3, 4. “_Cooking._”—_I.e._ (as I suppose), putting the bread-and-butter in the tea. I believe this atrocious practice is not absolutely obsolete yet. PAGE 76, last line but one. “_Head for the washing._”—I think this is quite dead in English; _laver la tête_ is of course still excellent French for to scold or rate. PAGE 79, l. 3. “_A Lord._”—Lord Grimstone, whose production made the wits merry for a long time. He is Pope’s “booby Lord,” and this absurd play (which, however, he is said to have written at the age of 13), was reprinted in his despite by the Duchess of Marlborough, with whom he had an election quarrel. _Lady Sparkish_ is in orig., but is probably a slip for Lady Answerall. PAGE 82, l. 23. “_The Lord of the Lord knows what._”—A peerage revived with slightly altered title by Peter Simple’s shipmates in favour of “the Lord Nozoo.” PAGE 103, l. 4. “_Ld. Smart._”—Erratum for “Ld. Sparkish.” PAGE 103, l. 13. “_Tantiny Pig._”—The pig usually assigned as companion to St. Anthony. PAGE 105, l. 26. “_Poles._”—St. Paul’s. PAGE 109, l. 4. “_Jommetry._”—See Introduction. PAGE 110, l. 7.—I do not know the origin of Miss’s catchword. Julia, the heroine of Dryden’s “Amboyna,” had used it beforehand. PAGE 111, l. 25. “_Tansy_” has two senses, a plant and a sort of custard. The reader may choose which suits the circumstances best for metaphorical explanation. PAGE 112, l. 11. “_Otomy_,” for “anatomy,” “skeleton.” PAGE 114, l. 17. “_Ld. Smart_” again for “Ld. Sparkish;” at the foot of the next page for “_Lady_ Smart.” PAGE 117, last line. “_Smoke_,” “look at;” later, “twig.”