THE SPECTATOR; A NEW EDITION CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS, WITH A PREFACE, HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A. VOL. I. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT, AND M. & W. WARD; EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON. 1810. CONTENTS, HISTORICAL and Biographical Preface- 1. The Spectator's Account of himself ADDISON. Sentry-Will Honeycomb—the Clergyman .. STEELE. 3. Public Credit, a Vision ADDISON. 4. Advantages of the Spectator's Taciturnity- Care of the Female Sex STEELE. 5. On the Absurdities of the Modern Opera ADDISON. 6. Preference of Wit and Sense to Honesty and Virtue STEELE. 7. Popular Superstitions ADDISON. 8. Letters on Masquerades 9. Account of various Clubs 10. The Uses of the Spectator 11. Character of Arietta—the Ephesian Matron-- Inkle and Yarico STEELE. 12. Custom of telling Stories of Ghosts to Children ADDISON. 13. Conduct of the Lions at the Opera-Merit of Nicolini ADDISON. 14. Letters from the Lion from an Under-sex- ton-on the Masquerade-Puppet-show STEELE. 15. Story of Cleanthe-on Happiness, exemplified in Aurelia-Fulvia · ADDISON. . 16. Various Articles of Dress—Lampoons-Scan- dal-Politics-Letter from Charles Lillie.. ADDISON. 18. History of the Italian Opera 21. Divinity, Law, and Physic, overburthened 22. Absurdities of the Opera exemplified in Let- ters from the Performers of Beasts 24. Complaint of Thomas Kimbow-impertinent Acquaintance-Letter from Mary Tuesday .. STEELE. 25. Letter from a Valetudinarian-Excess of Anx- 26. Reflections in Westminster Abbey STEELE. 28. Project of an Office for the Regulation of Signs—a Monkey recommended for the Opera ADDISON. 29. Italian Recitative-Absurdities of the Opera Dresses 30. Club of Lovers established at Oxford STEELE. 31. Project of a new Opera ADDISON. 32. Admission of the Spectator into the Ugly Club STEELE. 33. Characters of Lætitia and Daphne-Art of im- HUGHES. 34. Success of the Spectators with various classes of Readers, represented by the Club ADDISON. 35. False Wit and Humour-Genealogy of Humour 36. Letters from the Play-house, on the Dismission of inanimate Performers STEELE. 37. Catalogue of a Lady's Library-Character of Leonora Addison. 38. On Affectation—Vanity STEELE. 39. English Tragedy-Lee-Otway ADDISON. 41. Women called Picts no Faith to be kept 42. English Tragedy-Methods to aggrandize the 43. Account of the Hebdomadal Club— Remarks 44. Stage Tricks to excite Pity-Dramatic Mur- 45. Ill Consequences of the Peace-French Fash- 46. The Spectator's Paper of Hints dropped- 47. Theory of the Passion of Laughter 48. Spectator's Letter to the Ugly Club—Letters from Hecatissa—an old Beau-Strolling Play- 49. Character at the Coffee-Houses-Eubulus STEELE. 50. Remarks on the English, by the Indian Kings Addison. 52. Letter from the Ugly Club-Hobbe's Theory of Laughter 53 Letters on Female Education HUGHES. The best bred Men—the Spleen-a Peeper King Latinus.. 54. Account of the new sect of Loungers 55. Effects of Avarice and Luxury on Employ- ments ADDISON. 56. Vision of Maraton Addison. 57. Mischiefs of Party Rage in the Female Sex 58. Essay on Wit-History of False Wit 59. The same subject continued. 60. Wit of the Monkish Ages—in Modern Times 61. The subject continued |