6. The Poet true = The writer who assumes the name of Barry Cornwall.

7. The English Petrarch = The Rev. Mr. Strong, translator of Italian

sonnets.

8. Mistress Gupp = A lady immortalized by her invention to keep

muffins warm on the lid of the tea-urn.

9. Rip Van Winkle = E. V. Rippingille, painter of the "Country Post

Office," the "Portrait of a Bird," &c.