tre of London, just east of Christ's Hospital. It was called Little Britain because it was formerly the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. In the early part of the seventeenth century it was a favorite mart for booksellers. (For further information see "Little Britain," Irving's Sketch Book. New York: Silver, Burdett & Co., 1896.)

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These characters represent typical men of the times, and it is not worth while to inquire what particular persons Addison may have had in mind. It is mere conjecture, at most.

Page 7, line 20. country-dance. In this dance partners, ranged in rows, face each other and in couples dance down the line and back to places. It is somewhat similar to the Virginia reel.

Page 8, line 9. Soho Square. South side of Oxford Street, was then the centre of fashionable life. It now marks the eastern limit of the social world of London.

Page 8, line 12. fine gentleman. Notice the qualities which entitled him to the term.

Page 8, line 14. Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege. Dissolute wits of the time. The latter was then well known as a dramatist, but to us his greatest merit consists in his being the originator of "the school of prose comedy, which reached its highest point in Congreve and ended with Sheridan." (For further information see Introduction to Works of Sir George Etherege. by A. Wilson Verity. London: John C. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, Strand, 1888.)

Page 8, line 15. Bully Dawson. A man of low morality who aped the higher classes and tried to get into their society.

Page 9, line 13. Game-Act. Poaching was so common that it was necessary to pass laws for the preservation of game.

Page 9, line 16. Inner Temple. One of the four Inns occupied by legal societies which have the exclusive right of calling candidates to the bar. It is called Inner Temple to distinguish it from the Middle and the Outer Temples. The fourth of these "Inns of Court" is called Gray's Inn. They are all situated in what is called "The City," a tract between the "East End " and the "West End." (Instead of Outer Temple, Lincoln's

Inn now makes the third.)

Page 9, line 23. Aristotle and Longinus were versed in art; Littleton and Coke in law.

Page 10, line 9. wit. Intellectual ability.

Page 10, line 18. Plays began at five or six o'clock in the afternoon.

Page 10, line 22. Rose. A tavern in Russell Street, near Drury Lane Theatre, and consequently much visited by play-goers.

Page 12, line 4. Captain Sentry. See Spectator, No. 517. Page 15, line 17. chamber-counsellor. A chamber-counsellor gives advice only in private.

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Page 17, line 7. Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. A square or garden on the south side of High Holborn Street, not far from the Inner and the Middle Temples. It was the scene of much lawlessness

and rioting till 1735, when it was railed off and became more reputable. Now it is a fine park, with imposing buildings fronting it.

Page 19, line 4. Sir Richard Blackmore says, etc.

Addison

quotes from Sir Richard Blackmore's poem, The Creation, which at that time was unpublished.

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A theme which fur

Page 23, line 16. province for satire. nishes to the writer abundant material for the exercise of his wit.

Page 23, line 19. Horace, Juvenal, Boileau. Three satirical poets. Horace (65 B.C.-8 A.D.) and Juvenal (60-140 A.D.) were Romans; Boileau (1636-1711) a Frenchman.

Page 27, line 1. Punch. Any man who places himself before the public. Punch was the chief character in the puppet show Punch and Judy. (See use of "Punchinello" in Spec

tator, No. 14.)

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See Macaulay's History of England, Vol. I., Chap. III., for account of country gentlemen and country clergy.

Page 31, line 18. present of all the good sermons. It was a common practice of the clergy to read sermons written by other people.

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so good an husband. So economical.

the dress. Indication of service.

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Page 39, line 12 younger brother to a baronet. The oldest son always inherited the estate of his father; and the younger sons of the nobility, not supposed to transact business, were dependent for a living upon the generosity of their relatives. (See Tatler, 256.

Page 39, line 20. makes a may-fly. Artificial fly used in fishing.

Page 40, line 2. carries a tulip-root. The mania for tulips, which was carried to so great an extent in the seventeenth century, still existed in a mild form.

Page 41, line 23. quail-pipe. Pipe blown to call or attract quails.

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Page 43, line 14. human. Distinguished from divine.

Page 44, line 7. 'Change. Exchange. Place where business is transacted.

Johnson says that although this paper was written by Budgell, Addison corrected and rewrote it.

Page 62, line 3. Bastile. A noted prison in Paris. During the French Revolution it was torn down by the infuriated mob. Some time afterward the huge key was presented by Lafayette to George Washington, and it may now be seen at Mt. Vernon. (For further information see Bingham's Bastille. London: Chapman & Hall, 1888.)

Page 67, line 24. Monsieur Pascal. A celebrated French writer of the seventeenth century.

In connection with this paper read Charles Dudley Warner's A-Hunting of the Deer.

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Witchcraft had lost its hold on the minds of educated people, but the belief still prevailed among ignorant ones. The last person tried, found guilty, and condemned to capital punishment was Jane Wenham, and she was finally pardoned. Her trial occurred in 1712.

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Was there anything in Addison's own experience that would enable him to understand Sir Roger's feeling for the widow?

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Page 85, line 9. For description of head-dress see Spectator, No. 98.

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Page 86, line 20. within the Game-Act. No person possess ing less than forty pounds a year was allowed to shoot game.

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