Get this book in print
About this book
My library
Books on Google Play
OF
JOSEPH
ADDISON,
INCLUDING
THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITII LETTERS
AND OTHER PIECES NOT FOUND IN ANY PREVIOUS
COLLECTION; AND MACAULAY'S ESSAY
ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS.
New York: G. P. PUTNAM & Co., 321 BROADWAY.
1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,
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.
grad
Sift 314603
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAG
1
6
10
16
THE SPEOTATOR: 253. On Detraction among bad Poets-Pope's Essay on Criti-
cism,
255. Uses of Ambition-Fame difficult to be obtained,
256. Subject—Disadvantages of Ambition,
257. Ambition hurtful to the Hopes of Futurity,
261. Love and Marriage,
262. The Spectator's Success—Caution in Writing-an-
nounces his criticism on Milton, 265. Female Head-dress—Will Honeycomb's Notions of it, 267. Criticism on Paradise Lost, 273. 279.
20
24
28
32
66
38
44
.
369.
160
269. Visit from Sir Roger_his Opinions on various Matters, 169
271. Letters from Tom Trippit, complaining of a Greek Quo-
tation-soliciting a Peep at Sir Roger from a Showman, 177
275. Dissection of a Beau’s Head,
181
281. Dissection of a Coquette's Heart,
185
287. On the Civil Constitution of Great Britain,
188
289. Reflections on Bills of Mortality-Story of a Dervise, 193
293. Connexion betwixt Prudence and good Fortune- Fable
of a Drop in the Ocean,
198
295. Letter on Pin-Money–Reflections on that Custom, 203
299. Letter from Sir John Envil, married to a Woman of
Quality,
208
305. Project of the new French Political Academy,
212
311. Remarks on Fortune-stealers-on Widows,
218
317. On waste of Time-Journal of a Citizen,
222
323. Clarinda's Journal of a week,
227
329. Visit with Sir Roger de Coverley to Westminster Abbey, 233
335. Sir Roger de Coverley at the Theatre,
239
343. Transmigration of Souls—Letter from a Monkey,
249
349. Consolation and Intrepidity in Death,
252
355. Use to be made of Enemies,
256
361. Letter on Cat-calls-History of them,
259
367. Various Advantages of the Spectators—Paper-Printing 263
371. Humorous way of sorting Companies—for Mirth—for
useful Purposes,
267
377. Bill of Mortality of Lovers,
271
381. Cheerfulness preferable to Mirth,
274
383. Sir Roger de Coverley's Visit to Spring Gardens,
279
387. Motives to Cheerfulness,
283