PREFACE BY THE GENERAL EDITOR

PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. Steele and Addison

II. The Tatler and The Spectator

III. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chronological Table

I. THE SPECTATOR

II. THE CLUB

III. SIR ROGER'S CRITICISMS ON POLITE SOCIETY

IV. THE CLUB AND THE SPECTATOR

V. A LADY'S LIBRARY

VI. COVERLEY HALL

VII. THE COVERLEY HOUSEHOLD

VIII. WILL WIMBLE

IX. THE COVERLEY ANCESTRY

X. THE COVERLEY GHOST

XI. SUNDAY WITH SIR ROGER

XII. SIR ROGER IN LOVE

XIII. HOW TO BEAR POVERTY

XIV. LABOUR AND EXERCISE

XV. SIR ROGER GOES A-HUNTING

XVI. THE COVERLEY WITCH

XVII. SIR ROGER TALKS OF THE WIDOW

XVIII. MANNERS IN THE COUNTRY

XIX. SIR ROGER AT THE ASSIZES

XX. THE EDUCATION OF AN HEIR

XXI. WHIGS AND TORIES

XXII. WHIGS AND TORIES.—Continued

XXIII. SIR ROGER AND THE GIPSIES

XXIV. THE SPECTATOR DECIDES TO RETURN TO LONDON

XXV. THE JOURNEY TO LONDON

XXVI. SIR ROGER AND SIR ANDREW IN ARGUMENT

XXVII. SIR ROGER IN LONDON

XXVIII. SIR ROGER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY

XXIX. SIR ROGER AT THE PLAY

XXX. WILL HONEYCOMB'S EXPERIENCES

XXXI. SIR ROGER AT VAUXHALL

XXXII. DEATH OF SIR ROGER

XXXIII. CAPTAIN SENTRY AS MASTER OF COVERLEY HALL

NOTES

I. The Spectator

II. The Club

III. Sir Roger's Criticisms on Polite Society

IV. The Club and the Spectator

V. A Lady's Library

VI. Coverley Hall

VII. The Coverley Household

VIII. Will Wimble

IX. The Coverley Ancestry

X. The Coverley Ghost

XI. Sunday with Sir Roger

XII. Sir Roger in Love

XIII. How to bear Poverty

XIV. Labour and Exercise

XV. Sir Roger goes A-Hunting

XVI. The Coverley Witch

XVII. Sir Roger talks of the Widow

XVIII. Manners in the Country

XIX. Sir Roger at the Assizes

XX. The Education of an Heir

XXI. Whigs and Tories

XXII. Whigs and Tories—Continued

XXIII. Sir Roger and the Gipsies

XXIV. The Spectator decides to return to London

XXV. The Journey to London

XXVI. Sir Roger and Sir Andrew in Argument

XXVII. Sir Roger in London

XXVIII. Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey.

XXIX. Sir Roger at the Play

XXX. Will Honeycomb's Experiences

XXXI. Sir Roger at Vauxhall

XXXII. The Death of Sir Roger

XXXIII. Captain Sentry as Master of Coverley Hall

FOOTNOTES