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i: "Strange! all this difference should be, 'Twixt Tweedle-DUM and Tweedle-DEE!" The various editors print only these two lines. Where have I seen it printed as follows, in _six_ lines; and whence came the other four?[3] {446} "Some say, that Signior Bononcini Compared to Handel's a mere ninny; Others aver, that to him Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle: Strange that," &c. III. In "N. & Q.," Vol. i., p. 245., the following passage occurs: "In the Imitation of the _Second Satire, Book I._ of Horace, _only to be found in modern editions_, there is an allusion to 'poor E----s,' who suffered by 'the fatal steel' for an intrigue with a Royal Mistress." Query, in _what_ modern editions is this imitation found? I have searched most of them (including the last, and by no means the worst, by Mr. Robert Carruthers) in vain. IV. It has always seemed to me desirable that a perfect edition of an author like Pope, whose pages teem with proper names frequently repeated, and personal allusions, should be furnished with an Index _nominum propriorum_, which would enable the reader to refer in a moment to the exact whereabouts of the line wanted. I once took the trouble to make such an Index to Pope for my own use, and add one word of it as a specimen: Granville's moving lays _Past._ i. 46 Granville commands, &c. _Wind. For._ 5 Granville could refuse to sing, what Muse for " 6 Granville sings, or is it " 282 Granville of a former age, Surrey the " 292 Granville's verse recite, the thoughts of God let " 425 Granville's Myra die, till _Epist. to Jervas_ 76 Granville the polite _Prol. to Sat._ 135 Is this a hint worthy the notice of Mr. Croker, Mr. P. Cunningham, or Mr. John Murray, whose joint labours promise us a new edition of Pope? V. Roscoe and Croly give _four_ poems on _Gulliver's Travels_. Why does Mr. Carruthers leave out the _third_? His edition appears to contain (besides many additions) all that all previous editors have admitted, with the exception of this _third_ Gulliver poem, the sixteen additional verses to Mrs. Blount on leaving town, the verses to Dr. Bolton, and a fragment of eight lines (perhaps by Congreve); which last three are to be found in Warton's edition. HARRY LEROY TEMPLE.
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