The Lake English Classics General Editor } lvol.—MARSH ADDISON AND STEELE—Sir Roger de Coverly Papers— ABBOTT ADDISON AND STEELE-Selections from The Tatler and The Spectator-ABBOTT WARD 1 vol.—MOODY BYRON, MACAULAY, ARNOLD, and others-SCUDDER Familiar Letters, English and American-GREENLAW The Lake English Classics--continued 1 IRVING—Tales of a Traveller—and parts of The Sketch Book -KRAPP 1 NEWCOMER NEILSON MOODY Macbeth Midsummer-Night's Dream Ronieo and Juliet The Tempest Twelfth Night LEONARD ish-GREEVER SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY NEW YORK REVISED EDITION WITH HELPS TO STUDY Addinson, Joseph, 1672-1719 THE SIR ROGER FROM THE SPECTATOR EDITED FOR SCHOOL USE BY HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, SMITH COLLEGE SCOTT; FORESMAN AND COMPANY NEW YORK Grad Gift 37-27-33 PREFACE There is perhaps no humor in literature more likely to appeal to a girl of sensitive tastes than the delicate strokes of Addison; there is certainly no period in English life so likely to appeal to a boy of masculine tastes as the brilliant and intensely human age of Queen Anne. The humor of Addison must be left to disclose itself; it is never improved by the officiousness ; of an editor. Much can be done, however, to illustrate and make graphic the age for which and in which Steele and Addison wrote. This is the especial purpose of this volume. In the Introduction, I have not restricted myself to such a brief account of Queen Anne's time as a boy or a girl might read off-hand at a sitting. On the contrary, I have attempted to gather historical material from which the teacher may draw as occasion calls in the class-room. The teacher is urged, however, not to stop here; the pupils need to be set tasks of research for themselves. With this in view, he should, if possible, secure for them access to a com |