Particular circumstances make it requisite to state--that many of the foregoing, one hundred and twenty-five, little Prefaces, have been written, and printed, at periods by no means corresponding with the time of their publication; which depended solely on the engravers of the plates:--In consequence of which arrangement, some of them, that were written first, have been published almost at the conclusion of the work; whilst others that were hastily called for at its commencement, were not originally designed for so early an appearance before the public.--It has sometimes also occurred, that the performers accidentally mentioned in those Remarks, have not been such as the Editor has afterwards placed in the _Dramatis Personæ_ of the play; with which the writer had no previous concern or knowledge. * * * * * [=Transcriber's Note:= Variants spellings of numerous words are retained as in the original.]