the most extraordinary misprints never
get farther than the printing office or the
study; but although they may have been
discovered by the reader or the author,
they were made nevertheless.

Sometimes the fun of a misprint consists
in its elaborateness and completeness,
and sometimes in its simplicity
(perhaps only the change of a letter).
Of the first class the transformation of
Shirley's well-known lines is a good
example:--

``Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.''

is scarcely recognisable as

``All the low actions of the just
Swell out and blow Sam in the dust.''

The statement that ``men should work
and play Loo,'' obtained from ``men should
work and play too,'' illustrates the second
class.

The version of Pope which was quoted