Note 55 — A SHORT HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE.

The Morning Herald was called “Mrs. Harris,” because it was said that no one ever saw it, a peculiarity which, in common with its general disregard for veracity, made it uncommonly like “Mrs. Gamp’s” invisible friend as portrayed by Dickens. But the Herald has long since departed this life, and with it has gone the title of “Mrs. Gamp,” as applied to the Standard, which is, though, as impulsive and Conservative as ever.—Ed. [55]