JOSEPH ADDISON. SELECT ESSAYS OF ADDISON TOGETHER WITH MACAULAY'S ESSAY ON ADDISON'S LIFE AND WRITINGS EDITED BY SAMUEL THURBER 1942 ALLYN AND BACON 3300t0n Neto ffork Chicago IT COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY SAMUEL THURBER, PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS. FAS1 INTRODUCTION vii THE SPECTATOR CLUB. /Th/Spectatorintroduceshimselftothe reader 1 .e Spectator Club: Sir Roger de Coverley, the Templar, Sir Andrew Freeport, Captain Sentry, Will Honeycomb, the Clergyman 5 Membersofthe Clubdiscussthe Spectator'spapers 10 Will Honeycomb's dislike ofpedantryleadsthe Spectatortomor alize on thissubject 14 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY. The Spectator'sobservations at SirRoger's country-house 17 Coverleyhousehold: SirRoger's treatment ofhisservants.. 20 "'The Spectator describes Will Wimble, whom he meets at Sir Roger's 22 SirRoger's account ofhis ancestors 26 Ghosts andhaunted houses 29 /Sunday inthecountry: SirRogeratchurch 31 SirRogerinlove 34 Exercise the best means of preserving health: Sir Roger as a hunter 38 , The Spectatoraccompanies SirRogertothehunting-field 41 -^he Spectator discusses witchcraft: with Sir Roger he visits Moll White 45 SirRogeratthe assizes 48 SirRogertells astory of his boyhood, which leads the Spectator to discussthe evils ofparty-spirit 52 Strictures onparty-spiritcontinued , 56 Sir Rogerandthegypsies 59 iv Contents. PAQB The Spectatorseesreasons whyhehadbetterreturntotown .... 61 Sir Rogerintown 6j^ SirRogervisits WestminsterAbbey (67 |JfrfrRogergoestotheplay 71 SirRogerand the Spectatorgobywaterto the Vauxhall Gardens J Thedeathof SirRoger CT) EDITORIAL. The Spectatorcommends hispapersto sundryclasses ofmen,and especially to women 80 :The"Spectator imagines himself described by anantiquarian ofa /future age 84 v Large books versus pamphlets and newspapers 86 \VAffetcitonso.f tThheenSepwelcyt-aitmoprodseefdensdtsahmipsndount-ypaorntispaernicodoiucrasle publica- 89 The Spectator defendstheraisedprice 92 Precedenceinliterature 95 / THE STAGE. ^ignorNicoliniandhislions 97 /Artifices ofthedramaticpoets 101 -li'fhetrunk-makeratthetheatre 104 1 Stage,properties: dramatic critics 108 MANNERS. Folio Ill edSoftly 114 .Over-crowdingofthe learnedprofessions 118 On party patches 122 On country manners 126 V The samesubject 128 tx^Cm pinmoney 131 The falserumor 134 A friend of mankind brought togrief by an alchemist 138 POLITICS. vision of public credit 141 The Royal Exchange 145 The Tory fox-hunter 149