Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 51757-h.htm or 51757-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51757/51757-h/51757-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/51757/51757-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/samuelpepysworld00whea Transcriber’s Note Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text in small capitals is shown in UPPER CASE. Several unusual characters are used in this book, notably scribal abbreviations (e.g. Ꝑ, Ꝭ, ꝉ) in Appendix II. If these are being displayed as empty squares, try using a different font to view the book. A monospace font is recommended to make the lists in Appendix VI line up. If changing font does not correct the problem, the reader should consult the html version noted above. If the characters are not properly displayed in the html version, the reader should consult the original page images noted above. A transcriber's note at the end of the book provides details about the changes that were made. SAMUEL PEPYS AND THE WORLD HE LIVED IN. [Illustration: Nell Gywn] SAMUEL PEPYS AND THE WORLD HE LIVED IN. by HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A. “His Diary is like a good sirloin, which requires only to be basted with its own drippings.”--_Athenæum_, 1848, page 551. Second Edition. [Illustration: Decoration] London: Bickers and Son, 1, Leicester Square. 1880. Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane. [Illustration: Decoration] PREFACE. This little book does not need any long Preface, as the title sufficiently explains the object aimed at. Although the various subjects referred to in the “Diary” are annotated in the different editions, there is in none of these any complete analysis of the entire work or of the incidents of Pepys’s life.