| PAGE |
| Introduction: |
| I. | Steele and Addison | 11 |
| II. | The Tatler and The Spectator | 22 |
| III. | The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers | 29 |
| Bibliography | 33 |
| Chronological Table | 38 |
| The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: |
| I. | The Spectator | 45 |
| II. | The Club | 51 |
| III. | Sir Roger's Criticisms on Polite Society | 59 |
| IV. | The Club and The Spectator | 64 |
| V. | A Lady's Library | 69 |
| VI. | Coverley Hall | 75 |
| VII. | The Coverley Household | 80 |
| VIII. | Will Wimble | 85 |
| IX. | The Coverley Ancestry | 89 |
| X. | The Coverley Ghost | 95 |
| XI. | Sunday with Sir Roger | 100 |
| XII. | Sir Roger in Love | 104 |
| XIII. | How to Bear Poverty | 111 |
| XIV. | Labour and Exercise | 116 |
| XV. | Sir Roger goes A-Hunting | 121 |
| XVI. | The Coverley Witch | 129 |
| XVII. | Sir Roger talks of the Widow | 133 |
| XVIII. | Manners in the Country | 139 |
| XIX. | Sir Roger at the Assizes | 143 |
| XX. | The Education of an Heir | 148 |
| XXI. | Whigs and Tories | 155 |
| XXII. | Whigs and Tories—continued | 160 |
| XXIII. | Sir Roger and the Gipsies | 165 |
| XXIV. | The Spectator decides to Return to London | 170 |
| XXV. | The Journey to London | 174 |
| XXVI. | Sir Roger and Sir Andrew in Argument | 179 |
| XXVII. | Sir Roger in London | 185 |
| XXVIII. | Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey | 190 |
| XXIX. | Sir Roger at the Play | 195 |
| XXX. | Will Honeycomb's Experiences | 200 |
| XXXI. | Sir Roger at Vauxhall | 205 |
| XXXII. | Death of Sir Roger | 209 |
| XXXIII. | Captain Sentry as Master of Coverley Hall | 213 |
| Notes | 217 |