[ ESSAY ON WIT:

page viii: Whence in _Aristotle_ such Persons are termed
"epidexioi", dexterous Men
The Greek may read "epidezioi"; the letter-form is ambiguous.

page 14: ... without any Reference to their whimsical _Oddities_
or _Foibles_;
Text reads _Oddistie_.

page 20 and elsewhere: "Biass" is an attested variant spelling;
it has not been changed.

page 25: "teizes" (modern "teases") is an attested variant spelling;
it has not been changed.

page 40: --It is therefore no wonder that Signior _Don Quixote of
la Mancha_ ...
Text reads _Quoxote_. ]


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