"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.