THE

SPECTATOR;

A NEW EDITION:

CORRECTED FROM THE ORIGINALS.

WITH

A PREFACE,

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL,

BY ALEX. CHALMERS, F. S. A.

VOL. VIII.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY E. SARGEANT, AND M. & W. WARD;
AND MUNROE, FRANCIS & PARKER, AND

EDWARD COTTON, BOSTON.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY APR 13 1955

A. & G. BRUCE, Printers,
Slote-Lane

CONTENTS.

VOL. VIII.

No.

453. ON pious Gratitude-Poem on it

......

454. Advantages of being so easily pleased-
different Characters, in a Tour through
the Metropolis

455. Letters on Education—from the Husband
of a Scold-on Money--the Use of Si-
milies..

456. Miseries of Debt and Bankruptcy-Letter
from a Bankrupt and Answer.

ADDISON.

STEELE.

457. Proposal for a Newspaper of Whispers.. ADDISON.

458. On true and false Modesty

STEELE.

Complimentary Letter to the Spectator

462. On pleasant Fellows-Pleasant Character

of Charles II.

463. Weight of Wisdom and Riches, a Vision ADDISON.

464. Mediocrity of Fortune to be preferred

465. Means of strengthening Faith...

466. On the Advantages of Dancing.

STEELE.