"As we read in these delightful volumes of the Tatler and Spectator the past age returns, the England of our ancestors is revivified. The Maypole rises in the Strand again in London; the churches are thronged with daily worshippers; the beaux are gathering in the coffee-houses; the gentry are going to the drawing-room; the ladies are thronging to the toy-shops; the chairmen are jostling in the streets; the footmen are running with links before the chariots, or fighting round the theatre doors."THACKERAY: English Humourists. IX. On the Death of Friends (Tatler, No. 181), · x. The Spectator Club (Spectator, No. 2), XI. The Ugly Club (Spectator, No. 17), 46 XIII. The Character of Ned Softly (Tatler, No. 163), XIV. Nicolini and the Lions (Spectator, No. 13), XVI. Sir Roger at the Assizes (Spectator, No. 122), XVII. The Vision of Mirza (Spectator, No. 159), XVIII. The Art of Grinning (Spectator, No. 173), XIX. Sir Roger at the Abbey (Spectator, No. 329), ALEXANDER POPE- xxv. On Dedications (Guardian, No. 4), GEORGE COLMAN and BONNEL THORNTON- XXVII. The Ocean of Ink (Connoisseur, No. 3), WILLIAM COWPER- XXVIII. On Conversation (Connoisseur, No. 138), - PHILIP STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield- XXIX. On Passion (World, No. 196), - Xxx. The Change of Style (World, No. 10), XXXV. National Prejudice (Citizen of World, No. 4), XXXVI. The Man in Black (Citizen of World, No. 26), - 170 XXXVII. A Club of Authors (Citizen of World, No. 30), 173 XXXVIII. Beau Tibbs (Citizen of World, No. 70), XXXIX. A City Night Piece (Citizen of World, No. 117), 185 |