edition of Quintilian, 1822, but no
_translation_. My information is positive that it was Wm. Gifford,
translator of Juvenal, 1802, 3rd ed. 1817.--215. Oxford: This constant
satirising of the great English university in connection with the
publisher's theory, doubtless grew out of a series of articles printed in
the Magazine during the years '23 and '24, and which may be summarised by
this notice in vol. lvi., p. 349: "In a few days will appear a series of
Dialogues between an Oxford Tutor and a Disciple of the new Commonsense
Philosophy; in which the mechanical principles of matter and motion will
be accurately contrasted with the theories of occult powers which are at
present cherished by the Universities and Royal Associations throughout
Europe".--220. Churchyard: St. Giles churchyard where Capt. Borrow was
buried on the 4th of March previous.--220. A New Mayor: Inexact. Robert
Hawkes was mayor of Norwich in 1822. Therefore he was now
_ex_-mayor--220. Man with a Hump: Thomas Osborn Springfield, was not a
watchmaker so far as is known in Norwich, but "carried on the wholesale
silk business, having almost a monopoly of the market" (Bayne's
_Norwich_, p. 588).--221. Painter of the heroic: Benjamin Robert Haydon
(1785-1846).--224. Norman Arch: The grand entrance and exit to the
Norwich Cathedral, west side.--225. Snap: The Snap-Dragon of Norwich is
the _Tarasque_ of the south of France, and the _Tarasca_ of Corpus day in
Spain. It represents a Dragon or monster with hideous jaws, supported by
men concealed, all but their legs, within its capacious belly, and
carried about in civic processions prior to the year 1835; even now it is
seen on Guy Fawkes' day, the 5th of November.--Whiffler: An official
character of the old Norwich Corporation, strangely uniformed and
accoutred, who headed the annual procession on Guildhall day, flourishing
a sword in a marvellous manner. All this was abolished on the passage of
the Municipal Reform Act in 1835. As a consequence, says a
contemporaneous writer, "the Aldermen left off wearing their scarlet
gowns, _Snap_ was laid up on a shelf in the 'Sword Room' in the
Guildhall, and the _Whifflers_ no longer danced at the head of the
procession in their picturesque costume. It was a pretty sight, and
their skill in flourishing their short swords was marvellous to behold."
See _Romany Rye_, pp. 349-50.--Billy Blind and Owlenglass (Till
Eulenspiegel): See _Bibliography_.--228. Brandt and S