ESSAYS FROM THE SPECTATOR

BY

ADDISON AND STEELE

EDITED

WITH NOTES AND AN INTRODUCTION

BY

ZELMA GRAY

INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH IN THE EAST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL

SAGINAW, MICHIGAN

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1909

All rights reserved

Set up and electrotyped March, 1899. Reprinted August
1899; March, July, 1900; April, August, 1901 ; Apr:!, 1903;
February, July, 1903; March, 1904: January, July, 1905;
January, November, 1996; October, 1907 ; March,
January, July, 1909.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PAGB

ix

1

I. THE SPECTATOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF

Spectator No. 1.

Addison.

II. DESCRIPTION OF CLUB MEMBERS

Spectator No. 2.

Steele.

16

III. SIR ROGER'S OPINION OF TRUE WISDOM

Spectator No. 6.

Steele.

21

IV. SIR ROGER AT THE CLUB

Spectator No. 34.

Addison.

27

V. SIR ROGER AT HIS COUNTRY HOUSE

Spectator No. 106.

Addison.

74

XIII. SIR ROGER'S DISCOURSE ON LOVE

Spectator No. 118.

Steele.

91

XVI. SIR ROGER AND PARTY SPIRIT.

Spectator No. 125.

Addison.

97

XVII. SIR ROGER AND THE GYPSIES

Spectator No. 130.

Addison.