General Editor :-J. H. FOWLER, M.A.

ESSAYS FROM ADDISON

Selected and Edited, with Introductions, Notes

Glossary, etc., by
J. H. Fowler, M.A.
Assistant Master at Clifton College ; Author of

'A Manual of Essay.Writing,' etc.

"Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not
coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days
and nights to the volumes of Addison.'-JOHNSON.

London
Macmillan and Co., Limited
New York: The Macmillan Company

1907

All rights reserved

First Edition 1905.
Reprinted 1907.

GLASGOW : PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION, · · · · · · · · · vii

1. Life, . . . . . . . . . viii

II. Addison as a Writer, . . . . . . ix

III. Introductory Notes to the Selected Essays, - ..

iv. Dr. Johnson on Addison, · · · · ·

ESSAYS :

I. THE CHOICE OF HERCULES, . .

II. JUPITER AND THE DESTINIES,

III. THE SOCIAL CONCERT, · ·

IV. ADVENTURES OF A SHILLING, . .

V. FROZEN VOICES, . . . . . .

VI. THE SPECTATOR'S ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF, . .

VII. USES OF THE SPECTATOR, ·

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VIII. GHOST STORIES, . . . . . . .

IX. OPERA LIONS, - . . . . . . .

X. REFLECTIONS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, · · ·

XI. REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH BY THE INDIAN KINGS,

XII. FRIENDSHIP, · · · · · · · ·

XIII. DREAM OF A PICTURE GALLERY, . . . .

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