[32] _The London Daily Post and General Advertiser_, Saturday, 15 November 1740. "WHEREAS it has been generally reported that I am the Author of a Poem, lately publish'd, entitled ARE THESE THINGS SO? I think it necessary to assure the Public, that the said Report is without any Foundation, being entirely a Stranger both to that Piece and the Author of it. P. Whitehead." [33] "There is just now come out another imitation of the same original [_Ars Poetica_], _Harlequin Horace_, which has a good deal of humour." Sherburn, III, 173. [34] See _Fog's Weekly Journal_, 14 April 1733. [35] For an account of the publication of these verses see Mack, p. 70, _n_. 1. [36] It should be noted that the pamphlet is full of typographical errors. Lines 104-106, p. 6, should be prefixed by "G.M.," since Walpole must be the speaker, as should the last two lines in the poem, lines 251-252, p. 13. Page ten mistakenly carries the number twelve at the top of the page. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The facsimiles of _Are these things so?_ (1740; the Second Edition, corrected; 163.n.57) and of _The Great Man's Answer_ (1740; 11630.h.50) are reproduced from copies in the British Museum by kind permission of the Trustees. Are these Things So? THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, FROM AN ENGLISHMAN in his GROTTO, TO A GREAT MAN at COURT. _Lusisti Satis, edisti Satis, atque_[A] _bibisti_, TEMPUS ABIRE TIBI----Horat. The Second Edition corrected: With the Addition of Twenty Lines omitted in the former Impressions. _LONDON:_ Printed for T. Cooper, at the _Globe_ in _Paternoster-Row_. MDCCXL. [A] Some great and erudite Criticks, instead of _Bibisti_, read Bribisti in this Place. Which of the two is the most applicable, our Querist does not pretend to determine. [Illustration: Decoration] Are these Things So? The Second Edition. With great Additions and Corrections. [Illustration: Decoration] (Price One Shilling.) ADVERTISEMENT.