SECOND SERIES. 



THE WHITEFRIARS LIBRARY 

 OF WIT AND HUMOUR, 



EDITED BY W. H. DAVENPORT ADAMS. 



" Quid veritm atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum." 



HORACE. 



" We shall spare no pains to make instruction agreeable to our readers 

 and their diversion useful. For which reasons we shall endeavour to 

 enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality, that our 

 readers way, ifpossible t both ways find their account in the speculation 



of the day" 



ADDISON (adapted). 



