in the Italian comedy, a buffoon dressed in parti-coloured clothes, and answering to our merry-andrew or jack-pudding. Harlequin has also been introduced upon our stage, and is one of the standing characters in the modern pantomime. The term, according to Ménage, took its origin from a famous Italian comedian who appeared at Paris in the time of Henry III., and, from frequenting the

Quarterly Review, No. 193, p. 24.