Illustrated with Twenty-four Portraits on Steel, and many Hundred Wood Engravings.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM E. BURTON.

VOLUME II.

"I have observed, that in Comedy, the best actor plays the part of the droll, while
some scrub rogue is made the hero, or fine gentleman. So, in this Farce of Life, wise
men pass their time in mirth, whilst fools only are serious.-BOLINGBROKE.

NEW

D. APPLETON

YORK:

AND COMPANY,

443 & 445 BROADWAY.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.

1864.

ENTERED according to Act of Congress in the year 1858 by

D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York,