JOSEPH

OF

ADDISON,

INCLUDING

THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITH LETTERS
AND OTHER PIECES NOT FOUND IN ANY PREVIOUS

COLLECTION; AND MACAULAY'S ESSAY

ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853,

BY GEO. P. PUTNAM & CO.

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.

2.

Of the Club-Sir Roger de Coverley-the Templar---Sir

Andrew Freeport-Captain Sentry-Will Honeycomb

12.

45

49

Custom of telling Stories of Ghosts to Children,

13. Conduct of the Lions at the Opera-Merit of Nicolini,

15. Story of Cleanthe--on Happiness, exemplified in Aurelia

-Fulvia,

16. Various Articles of Dress-Lampoons-Scandal-Poli-

tics-Letter from Charles Lillie,

18. History of the Italian Opera,

53

57

61

THE SPECTATOR (Continued),

21. Divinity, Law, and Physic overburdened with Practi-

PAGE

28. Project of an Office for the Regulation of Signs--a Mon-

key recommended for the Opera,

83

29 Italian Recitative-Absurdities of the Opera Dresses,

31. Project of a new Opera,

87

92

34. Success of the Spectators with various Classes of Read-

ers, represented by the Club,

96

35. False Wit and Humour-Genealogy of Humour,

100....

37. Catalogue of a Lady's Library-Character of Leonora,.

39. English Tragedy-Lee-Otway,

104

109

40. Tragedy and Tragi-Comedy,

114

42. English Tragedy-Methods to aggrandize the Persons in

Tragedy,

119

44. Stage Tricks to excite Pity-Dramatic Murders,

45. Ill Consequences of the Peace-French Fashions-Child-

ish Impertinence,

129

46. The Spectator's Paper of Hints dropped-Gospel-gossip

--Ogling,

133

47. Theory of the Passion of Laughter,

137

50. Remarks on the English, by the Indian Kings,

55. Effects of Avarice and Luxury on Employments,

Difference between True and False Wit-Mixt Wit,

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74

THE SPECTATOR (Continued),

69. Visit to the Royal Exchange-Benefit of Extensive

Commerce,

70 Critique on the Ballad of Chevy-Chase,

72. Account of the Everlasting Club,

73. Passion for Fame and Praise--Character of the Idols,

Continuation of the Critique on Chevy Chase,

198

203

210

214-

218

81. Female Party-Spirit discovered by Patches,

225

83. Dream of a Picture Gallery,

230

85. Fate of Writings-Ballad of the Children in the Wood,

86. On Physiognomy,

235

239

89. Lovers--Demurrage-Folly of Demurrage,

244

90. Punishment of a voluptuous Man after Death-Adven-

The Chief Point of Honour in Men and Women-Duel-

ling,

271

101

Uncertainty of Fame-Specimen of a History of the

Reign of Anne I.,

275

102.

Exercise of the Fan,

279

105.) Will Honeycomb's Knowledge of the World-various

Kinds of Pedants,

283

106.) Spectator's visit to Sir R. de Coverley's Country Seat--

112. A Sunday in the Country-Sir Roger's Behaviour at