THE

SELECT BRITISH ESSAYISTS.

A Series planned to consist of half a dozen volumes, comprising the Representative Papers of The Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Rambler, Lounger, Mirror, Looker-On, etc., etc.

Edited with Introduction, and Biographical Sketches of the Authors, by john Habberton.

This series has been planned to preserve, and to present in a form at once attractive and economical, the permanently valuable portions of those standard productions of the Essayists, which, as well for the perfection of their English style, as for the sterling worth of their matter, are deservedly perennial.

THE SPECTATOR

(SELECTED PAPERS.)

BY

ADDISON AND STEELE

WITH INTRODUCTORY ESS. AND BIOGRAPHICAL

SKETCHES

BY

JOHN HABBERTON

HARVARD
COLLEGE
LIBRARY
40 * 356

COPYRIGHT, 1876, BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS.

INDEX.

NO. OF

ORIGINAL

PAPER.

SUBJECT.

AUTHOR.

PAGE

I

Addison.

1. Addison, description of..

Steele. 142

188. Approbation, the love of..

. Steele. 124

1.58. Beau, a letter from.

..Steele. 93

87. Books for women.

. Steele.

27. Character, the formation of.

45

631. Cleanliness, influence of..

277

Addison. 249

584. Chinese Story, a.

585.

. Addison. 253

.Addison. 257

592. Critics, the faults of..

Addison. 129

163. Contentment, desirability of.

.Addison. 244

574. Contentment, profit of..

Steele, 86

79. Coquetry...

Addison. 32

16. Correspondents, hints to.

Addison. 97
99. Courage and Honour.
66. Daughters, education of.

. Steele. 69

Addison. 43

25. Death, the fear of..

. Steele. 103

104. Decency, the preservation of.

201. Devotional Spirit, the...i.

Addison. 146

15. Display, influence of, on womankind

. Addison. 28

225. Discretion, the dividing line between wise men

and fools....

.Addison. 159

..Steele. 204

438. Disagreeable Persons.

Addison. 241

569. Drunkenness.

34. Editors, duties of.

. Addison. 55

NO. OF
ORIGINAL
PAPER.

SUBJECT.

AUTHOR.

PAGR

II

. Steele. 175
Addison. 135

Addison. 232
Addison. 72

. Steele, 121

Steele. 192
.Steele. 144

4. Editor of Spectator, his method......

.Steele,
262. Editor of Spectator, his aims.
179.
302. Emilia, the character of..

Brome, 182
507. Falsehood, frequency of..

68. Friendship..
143. Friends, the rights of.
356. Forgiveness, the glory of.

. Addison. 196
346. Generosity, often comes from carelessness instead

of liberality..
196. Good-nature, the benefits of..
43. Handicraft, a, the value of.

Steele. 60
126. Honest Men, association of, for mutual defence.. Addison. 109
408. Human Nature, its contradictions...

.Pope, 200
162. Irresolution..

Addison. 122
483. Judgment, private, usually uncharitable..

Addison. 224
601. Kindness, obstacles to.

.Grove. 264
158. Ladies' Society, neglect of, by best men.
33. Letitia and Daphne.
79. Library for Women.

.Steele. 86
142. Love-letters, some old.
625. Lovers' questions answered.
53. Male Lovers, reformation of.

Steele. 124
. Steele. 49

Steele. 115

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