CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SPECTATOR MANY people besides Addison and Steele wrote at various times for the Spectator. A list of names, with number of essays contributed, is here given : — AIDS TO THE STUDY OF THE DE COVERLEY PAPERS FOR USE OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS Life of Richard Steele. Austin Dobson. Life of Joseph Addison. W. J. Courthope. Essay on Addison. T. B. Macaulay. Essays of Joseph Addison. Edited by J. R. Green. The Spectator. Edited by Henry Morley. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne. John Ashton. FOR USE OF TEACHERS Sir Richard Steele (Vol. II.). John Forster. Selections from Steele. Edited by Austin Dobson. Selections from Addison. Edited by T. Arnold. Lives of English Poets. Samuel Johnson. Introduction to English Literature. Henry S. Pancoast. History of Eighteenth Century Literature. Edmund Gosse. Manual of English Literature. Thomas Arnold. English Literature in the Eighteenth Century. Thos. S. Perry Reign of Queen Anne (Vol. I.). P. H. Stanhope. Short History of English Literature. George Saintsbury. 154 NOTES THE aim of these notes is not to take the place of the teacher, nor to deprive the pupil of the benefits of thinking. The intention is to give only those explanations that may be difficult to obtain, and which the pupil should know before coming to class; therefore all matter is avoided which tends to lead away from the immediate subject under consideration. It is left to the teacher to use his own discretion in estimating the advisability of dwelling on grammatical errors and peculiar expressions in use during Addison's time. PAPER No. I. Although Addison is describing an imaginary character, yet the likeness to himself is apparent. The student should trace points of similarity. Page 3, line 7. learned tongues. Latin and Greek. Allusion Page 3, line 17. controversies of some great men. to a work, Pyramidographia, or a Discourse of the Pyramids of Egypt, by a Persian scholar named John Greaves. (See Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XXIII., for life of Greaves.) 155 Page 4, line 5. Will's. Coffee-house named from its proprie. tor, William Urwin. It included two buildings in Covent Gar den, one facing Bow Street and the adjoining one Russell Street. Its popularity began when Dryden frequented it, and was declining in Spectator's time, although it was still the gathering place for literary men. Page 4, line 8. Child's. Coffee-house which stood in St. Paul's Churchyard, but the exact location is not known. It was frequented by physicians, philosophers, and clergy. Page 4, line 9. Postman. A penny paper which was very popular at that time. It was edited by a Frenchman, M. Fonvive. Page 4, line 11. St. James's coffee-house. On St. James Street overlooking Pall Mall. Here Whig politicians congregated, and here Swift" became a notable figure." (See Henry Craik's Life of Swift, Chap. V.) This building was removed in 1806. Page 4, line 14. Grecian. This coffee-house- one of the oldest in London—was frequented by lawyers and scholars, and was the scene of many learned disputes. The site, in Devereux Court, Strand, is now marked by Eldon Chambers. Page 4, line 14. Cocoa-Tree. Chocolate-house as distinctively Tory as the St. James was Whig. It was located at No. 64, St. James Street, Piccadilly, and is still standing. Page 4, line 19. Jonathan's. Coffee-house in Change Alley, where the lower class of stock-jobbers were found. Page 5, line 23. print myself out. Put my thoughts and opinions on paper. Page 7, line 11. Little Britain. Small neighborhood in cen |