Steele and Addison together 1704. Swift: Tale of a Tub. in London.

STEELE.

LITERATURE.

1709. First number of the Tatler 1709. Pope: Pastorals. issued April 12th.

1710. Defends the Whig ministry 1710.
in the Whig Examiner.
With the fall of the Whigs
loses his office.

1711. Resigns his fellowship. Writes for the Spectator.

Translation of parts
of Books XII. and
XVI. of the Iliad.

Made one of the commis- 1710. Swift begins his Journal to

sioners of the Stamp

Office.

Stella. Writes for the
Examiner, a Tory paper.

Berkeley: Principles of

Human Knowledge.

Leibnitz: Theodicée.

1711. March 1st, the Spectator be- 1711. Pope: Essay on Criticism. 1711.

gun.

Gay's pamphlet, The Pres-
ent State of Wit (contain-
ing interesting remarks in
regard to the Tatler).
Swift: Conduct of the Al-
lies.

Pope: The Messiah.

The Rape of the
Lock.

Ambrose Philips: The Dis-
tressed Mother (acted in
1711).

Blackmore: Creation.

1713. Cato acted April 14th. Writes for Steele's Guardian.

1713.

First number of the Guar-
dian published March
12th.

1713.

Pope: Windsor Forest.

Trial of Dr. Sacheverell.
Fall of the Whig ministry,
and formation of a Tory
ministry under Harley and
Bolingbroke.

Pamphlet: The Impor-
tance of Dunkirk Con-
sidered.

The Guardian succeeded
by the Englishman.
Steele attacked by Swift in
his pamphlet: The Inde-
pendence of the Guardian
Considered.

phlet published by Steele.
His expulsion from the
House of Commons.
Publication of the Lover
and the Reader.
On the accession of George
I., Steele is made super-
visor of the Theatre and
given several other ap-
pointments.

His most important politi-
cal pamphlet: Mr. Steele's
Apology for Himself and
his Writings.

The Ladies' Library, a
compilation.

Receives a patent appoint- 1715.
ing him manager of Drury

Lane Theatre.

Again elected to Parlia

series of the Englishman.

Publication of Town Talk.

Pope: Temple of Fame.
Translation of the
Iliad: Vol. I.
(containing Books
İ.-IV.).

Le Sage: Gil Blas (Parts
I.-III.).

Commissioner of forfeited 1716. Birth of Thomas Gray. estates in Scotland.

1714. Death of Queen Anne and accession of George I.,

Elector of Hanover.
The Whigs in office.

1715. Rebellion of the First Pre

tender.

Louis XV. succeeds to the throne of France.

Triple Alliance between
France, Great Britain, and
Holland.

Quadruple Alliance of Great
Britain, France, Austria,
and Holland against Spain.

717. Becomes one of the secretaries of State.

1717. Pope: Eloisa to Abelard.

1717.

718. Retires in March, on ac- 1718. Death of Lady Steele.

count of ill health, with a

Elegy on an Un-
fortunate Lady.

1718.

1719.

Controversy over the Peer- 1719. Defoe: Robinson Crusoe age Bill. Steele's Plebeian.

Married to Charlotte, Dowager Countess of Warwick, August 2d.

SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDENTS.

THERE are so many valuable and interesting works dealing with the reign of Queen Anne in its various aspects that it is difficult to make a wise selection. It is hoped that the following list may meet the requirements of the student.

HISTORICAL READING.

The student who would thoroughly enjoy the Sir Roger de Coverley Papers should possess an accurate knowledge of the history of England from 1660 to 1720, and a general knowledge of what was taking place on the Continent during the same period. John Richard Green's History of the English People (1879) is a valuable work for the student of English literature. Should his account of the period mentioned be too long, the student would do well, after consulting some shorter work (the Short History by the same author is one of the best), to read the following in Green: Book VIII. chap. I. from the beginning to the paragraph on "Charles the Second"; and Book VIII. chap. IV. from the paragraph on "England's Intellectual Influence" through the paragraph on "Public Opinion." J. H. Burton's History of the Reign of Queen Anne (1880) is the best history of the period treated; chaps. II., XVIII., and XX. are of special interest. A short account of Queen Anne's reign may be found in The Age of Anne, by E. E. Morris, — Epochs of Modern History (1877); for matters of general interest, see chaps. XXI. and XXII. There is much of value in the third chapter of Lord Macaulay's History of England (1849-1855). A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, by W. E. H. Lecky (1878), is an important work; chaps. I., II., and IV. should be read without fail.

WORKS ON LITERATURE.

The best short account of English literature as a whole is given by Stopford Brooke, in his English Literature (new Ed. 1897). The literature of Queen Anne's reign is dealt with in chap. VI. The most