How was the lifelong friendship between them terminated? Who seems to have been at fault?

Can you characterize Addison's style? Steele's? If the papers were not signed, could you tell which were by Steele and which by Addison? Whose style is the more humorous and lively, whose the more finished and polished?

How does the style of the Spectator differ from that of the prose of today? Are there many unusual words? Compare the syntax, sentence length, and order with the best modern usage.

THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS

Describe the Spectator Club and characterize three of its members (pp. 55 ff.). How many of them are unimportant figures? Do you think that Addison was drawing a portrait of himself when he wrote the description of the Spectator (p. 49)?

What kind of places were the coffee-houses mentioned on page 52 (pp. 23, 24)? Which was Addison's favorite coffee-house?

What does Sir Roger think of fashion and of real worth (p. 63)? What characteristic of all human nature is represented in the paper beginning on page 68? Is this paper a good example of Addison's power of satire?

Describe the Spectator's visit to Coverley Hall (pp. 79 ff.—see p. 28).

Was the condition of Sir Roger's household different from that of other country gentlemen?

How did the small country gentleman live? What was his favorite sport (p. 29)? What duties did he have (p. 30)? Is Sir Roger a typical example of his class?

What kind of person was the woman of fashion (pp. 73-78-see p. 16)?

What was the nature of the books mentioned on page 75 (see p. 18) ?

What lament does the Spectator make about his condition (p. 92) ?

What characteristic of Sir Roger is brought out by the exhibition of the family portraits (p. 94)?

Was the belief in witchcraft common at this time (p. 100)? For what does the story from Josephus serve (p. 104)?

What were the most striking peculiarities of the services in Sir Roger's church on Sunday (p. 106-see p. 31)? Did the chaplain prepare his sermons?

Trace the progress of Sir Roger's love suit (p. 111). How often is the widow mentioned?

What is meant by "humors" and 'vapors' on page 124? Who was Moll White (p. 135)? What was the common belief concerning her? Where is her death mentioned?

How did the manners of a man from the city differ from those of one from the country (p. 146)?

Why did Sir Roger speak at the assizes (p. 156) ?

Who was Tom Touchy (p. 157)? Where is he again mentioned? To what particular inconvenience was the Spectator put (p. 178) on account of party prejudice? What does Addison say of the ruinous effects of party spirit (p. 170)? What remedy does he propose (p. 175) ?

What were the two parties at this time (p. 33)? What were the chief points of difference between them?

How do you account for Sir Roger's being a Tory and Sir Andrew Freeport a Whig (pp. 178, 194-see p. 33)?

Why were the Whigs anxious to continue the war against France and the Tories to end it (p. 34)?

Was Addison a Whig or a Tory?

What is most interesting about the Spectator's trip to London (p. 190) ?

What was the attitude toward the Puritans at this time (p. 195) ?

What is Sir Andrew's defense of the merchant class (p. 196)? What was the position of the merchants at this time (p. 26)? Was Sir Roger pleased with his visit to London (p. 200)?

Note what is most interesting about Sir Roger at the play (p. 214). Why was the theater so popular (p. 19)? At what time

did the play begin? What was the pit? Where did the lords and ladies sit?

What preparation did Captain Sentry make against the Mohocks? Why was it necessary (pp. 14, 15)?

For what reason does Addison have the death of Sir Roger announced by a letter from his butler? With what touching incident is the paper closed (p. 231)?

For what fates are the other members of the Club reserved (p. 232) ?

In what respect are the de Coverley Papers more like parts of a novel than like essays? That is, what elements of a novel do they contain (plot, character, setting, purpose)?

What do the de Coverley Papers lack to be a complete story? To what extent does it seem to you right to say that the de Coverley Papers were a forerunner of the English novel?

THEME SUBJECTS

1. The life of Addison (pp. 38, 39).

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The life of Steele (pp. 42, 43).

Character sketches of each; or a contrast of the two (pp. 40, 41, 44-47; see also Macaulay's Essay on Addison, and theme subjects based on it).

4. The Spectator as a portrait of Addison (pp. 49 ff.).

5. The work of Addison and of Steele in the de Coverley Papers. (Note the authorship of the respective papers, differences in manner or spirit that can be detected, etc,)

6. The Spectator as compared or contrasted with a newspaper of today (pp. 13, 35-38).

7. The Spectator and Irving's essays. (Cf. Sketch Book, Lake ed., pp. 25, 26.)

8. A Spectator of the twentieth century (the student's own comment, in the manner of The Spectator, on some folly of the day, or the like; cf. Thackeray's Spectator paper in Henry Esmond, Lake edition, pp. 408 ff.).

9. Character sketches of Sir Roger, Sir Andrew Freeport, Will Wimble, Will Honeycomb.

10. Elements of the novel in the de Coverley Papers (and what they lack to make a novel).

11. Some subjects of satire in the de Coverley Papers (e. g., pp. 74 ff., 170 ff., etc.).

12. The London coffee-house of Addison's time (pp. 23-25). (Has the coffee-house a present-day equivalent in social life?) 13. Sir Roger at a twentieth century theater (cf. pp. 215 ff.). 14. Sir Roger at Coney Island (or some other amusement park of the present).

15. The gypsies of Sir Roger's time and today (pp. 180-84). 16. A new version of Sir Roger's love story.

17. Rewrite the Spectator paper on "Party Feeling" (pp. 169-74) to fit our own political conditions, using the editorial form.

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SELECTIONS FOR CLASS READING

The Spectator and his club (pp. 50-53, 55-62).
Sir Roger on fashion (pp. 63-67).

3. Sir Roger and his household (pp. 79-81, 84-88).

"The Coverley Economy" (pp. 118-22).

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6. Sunday with Sir Roger (pp. 106-10).

7. Sir Roger's love affair (pp. 111-16, 140-45, etc.).

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Sir Roger as a hunter (pp. 125, 126, 128-34).

9. Moll White (pp. 136-39).

10. Sir Roger at the assizes (pp. 156-60).

11. The story of Florio and Leonilla (pp. 162-67).

12. Party feeling (pp. 169-74).

13. The journey to London (pp. 189-93).

11. Sir Roger visits Westminster Abbey (pp. 208-12).__ 15. Sir Roger at the play (pp. 213-17).