Lake English Classics. Under the editorial_supervision of LINDSAY TODD DAMON, A. B., Associate Professor of English, in Brown University. fADDISON-The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. 30C. HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT, A. M., Columbia University. *BURKE-Speech on Conciliation with America, 25C. GEORGE B. AITON, State Inspector of H. S.. Minn. JOSEPH VILLIERS DENNEY, B. A., Ohio State University. †CARLYLE-Essay on Burns, 25c. COOPER-Last of the Mohicans, EDWIN H. LEWIS, Ph. D., Lewis Institute, Chicago. †COLERIDGE-The Ancient Mariner, DE QUINCEY-The Flight of a Tartar Tribe, MAY ESTELLE COOK, A. B., Chicago. †GEORGE ELIOT-Silas Marner, ALBERT E. HANCOCK, Ph. D., Haverford College. †GOLDSMITH-The Vicar of Wakefield, EDWARD P. MORTON, A. M., The Indiana University. HAWTHORNE-The House of the Seven Gables, ROBERT HERRICK, A. B., The University of Chicago. IRVING-Tales of a Traveller and parts of The Sketch Book, 40c. LOWELL-Vision of Sir Launfal. See Coleridge. *MACAULAY-Essays on Milton and Addison, 40C. One Vol., 25c. WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, A. M., University of Chicago. 25c. 25c. RS GEORGE P. KRAPP, Teachers' College, New York. ALPHONSO G. NEWCOMER, A. M., Leland Stanford Junior 30C. MACAULAY-Essays on Addison and Johnson, *MILTON-L'Allegro, II Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas, W. A. NEILSON, Ph. D., Harvard University. MILTON-Paradise Lost, Books I and II, FRANK E. FARLEY, Ph. D., Syracuse University, POB-Poems and Tales, Selected, POPE-Homer's Iliad, Books I, VI, XXII, XXIV, WILFRED W. CRESSY, A. M., and' WILLIAM VAUGHN 25C. MOODY, A. M. SCOTT-Lay of the Last Minstrel, 25c. WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, A. M., and MARY R. WILLARD, High School, Jamestown, N. Y. WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY, A. M., and MARY R. WILLARD, JOHN HENRY BOYNTON, Ph. D., Syracuse University. †SHAKSPERE-Merchant of Venice, 25C. ROBERT MORSS LOVETT, The University of Chicago. 25c. †SHAKSPERE-Julius Caesar, W. A. NEILSON, Ph. D., Harvard University. †TENNYSON-The Princess, 25c. CHARLES TOWNSEND COPELAND, A. B., Harvard College. *For Study and Practice. College Entrance Requirements in †For Reading. (English, 1903. SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 378-388 WABASH AVENUE.....CHICAGO The Lake English Classics EDITED BY LINDSAY TODD DAMON, A.B. Associate Professor of English in Brown University THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR EDITED FOR SCHOOL USE BY HERBERT VAUGHAN ABBOTT INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY HARVARD COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY ROBT. O. LAW CO., PRINTERS AND BINDERS, CHICAGO. PREFACE There is perhaps no humor in literature more likely to appeal to a girl of sensitive tastes than the delicate strokes of Addison; there is certainly no period in English life so likely to appeal to a boy of masculine tastes as the brilliant and intensely human age of Queen Anne. The humor of Addison must be left to disclose itself; it is never improved by the officiousness of an editor. Much can be done, however, to illustrate and make graphic the age for which and in which Steele and Addison wrote. This is the especial purpose of this volume. In the Introduction, I have not restricted myself to such a brief account of Queen Anne's time as a boy or a girl might read off-hand at a sitting. On the contrary, I have attempted to gather historical material from which the teacher may draw as occasion calls in the class-room. The teacher is urged, however, not to stop here; the pupils need to be set tasks of research for themselves. With this in view, he should, if possible, secure for them access to a complete copy of 5 |