OF

JOSEPH ADDISON

INCLUDING

THE WHOLE CONTENTS OF BP. HURD'S EDITION, WITH LETTK
AND OTHER PIECES NOT FOUND IN ANY PREVIOUS
COLLECTION; AND MACAULAY'S ESSAY
ON HIS LIFE AND WORKS.

EDITED,

WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON GREENE.

"No whiter page than Addison remninfl,
He from the taste obscene reclaims our youth,
And sets the passions on the side of truth;
Forms the soft bosom with the gentlest art,
And pours each human virtue thro' the heart."—Pops.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

a. P.

NEW-YORK:
PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE
1854.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858,
By GEO. P. PUTNAM & CO.,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New-York.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGB

The Tatler:

? Introductory Remarks, 12

18. On Signs: (probably), 15

,4 20. Dramatic News and Criticism, .... 17

24. Character of a very Pretty Fellow—A Toast, . . 20

42. Inventory of the Play-house, .... 25

75. Miss Jenny's Marriage—Choice of Matches in the Bick-

i:erstaff Family, 28

81. Vision of the Table of Fame, 34

86. Scene of Country Etiquette, 43

88. A Dancing-master practising by Book, ... 47

90. Unity of Sentiment in treating the Passion of Love—

Its allegorical History, 49

93. Letter from Switzerland—Remarks on Travelling—

Fools not to be exported—The Author's Precautions

against Assaults, ... .... 52

-—97. Hercules courted by Pleasure and Virtue, an Allegory, 55

100. Goddess of Justice distributing Rewards, . . 59

101. Danger of Authors from Pirates, . . 65

102. Continuance of the Vision of the Goddess of Justice, 70

103. Applications for Permission to use Canes, &c, . 75
( 108. Degradation of the Stage—Dignity of Human Nature

—Errors of French Writers, 82

110. Court of Judicature of the Dead in Reason, . . 87

111. On the Prevalence of Irreligious Principles, . . 92

114. Death-bed Scene, 97

116. Court of Judicature on the Petticoat, . . . .101

117. On the Pleasure derived from the Deliverance of the

Good from Danger—The Author's Dream, . . 106

119. Discoveries of the Microscope—A Dream, . . .111

120. Vision of the Three Roads of Human Life—Dogget's

Benefit 115

121. Consultation on the Sickness of a Lady's Lap-Dog—

Fondness for Animals, 122

122. The Author's Appearance at Dogget's Benefit—Virtu-

ous feelings of an Athenian Audience, . . 127

123. Continuation of the Vision of the Three Roads of Life, 131

131. Trial of the Wine-brewers, 137

133. On Silence—Instances of its Significance, . . 142

146. Various Cases of Complainers—Dream of Jupiter and

the Destinies, . 145

147. Juno's method to regain Jupiter's Affection, . . 150

148. On the Diet of the Metropolis—Pernicious Dishes—

False Delicacies, 154

152. Homer's Description of a future State, . . . 158

153. Characters in Conversation described as Instruments of

Music, . . . 165

154. Virgil's Allegory and Ideas of a future State, . . 170

155. Character of the Upholsterer—A great Politician, . 176

156. Visit of Telemachus to the other world, . . . 181

158. Pedantry of Tom Folio, the Book-broker, . . . 186

160. A Visit and Letter from the Upholsterer, . . 190

161. Dream of the Region of Liberty, . 193

182. Duty of a Censor—How performed by the Author—

Subscriptions for the Tatler, . . . . 198

163. Critical rending of Ned Softly's Poetry, . . 202