CONTENTS

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Introduction:
I.Steele and Addison11
II.The Tatler and The Spectator22
III.The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers29
Bibliography33
Chronological Table38
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers:
I.The Spectator45
II.The Club51
III.Sir Roger's Criticisms on Polite Society59
IV.The Club and The Spectator64
V.A Lady's Library69
VI.Coverley Hall75
VII.The Coverley Household80
VIII.Will Wimble85
IX.The Coverley Ancestry89
X.The Coverley Ghost95
XI.Sunday with Sir Roger100
XII.Sir Roger in Love104
XIII.How to Bear Poverty111
XIV.Labour and Exercise116
XV.Sir Roger goes A-Hunting121
XVI.The Coverley Witch129
XVII.Sir Roger talks of the Widow133
XVIII.Manners in the Country139
XIX.Sir Roger at the Assizes143
XX.The Education of an Heir148
XXI.Whigs and Tories155
XXII.Whigs and Tories—continued160
XXIII.Sir Roger and the Gipsies165
XXIV.The Spectator decides to Return to London170
XXV.The Journey to London174
XXVI.Sir Roger and Sir Andrew in Argument179
XXVII.Sir Roger in London185
XXVIII.Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey190
XXIX.Sir Roger at the Play195
XXX.Will Honeycomb's Experiences200
XXXI.Sir Roger at Vauxhall205
XXXII.Death of Sir Roger209
XXXIII.Captain Sentry as Master of Coverley Hall213
Notes217