Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://archive.org/details/addison_00cour Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by curly brackets is superscripted (example: y{e}). English Men of Letters Edited by John Morley ADDISON by W. J. COURTHOPE Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London 1902 * * * * * ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS. EDITED BY JOHN MORLEY. JOHNSON Leslie Stephen. GIBBON J. C. Morison. SCOTT R. H. Hutton. SHELLEY J. A. Symonds. HUME T. H. Huxley. GOLDSMITH William Black. DEFOE William Minto. BURNS J. C. Shairp. SPENSER R. W. Church. THACKERAY Anthony Trollope. BURKE John Morley. MILTON Mark Pattison. HAWTHORNE Henry James, Jr. SOUTHEY E. Dowden. CHAUCER A. W. Ward. BUNYAN J. A. Froude. COWPER Goldwin Smith. POPE Leslie Stephen. BYRON John Nichol. LOCKE Thomas Fowler. WORDSWORTH F. Myers. DRYDEN G. Saintsbury. LANDOR Sidney Colvin. DE QUINCEY David Masson. LAMB Alfred Ainger. BENTLEY R. C. Jebb. DICKENS A. W. Ward. GRAY E. W. Gosse. SWIFT Leslie Stephen. STERNE H. D. Traill. MACAULAY J. Cotter Morison. FIELDING Austin Dobson. SHERIDAN Mrs. Oliphant. ADDISON W. J. Courthope. BACON R. W. Church. COLERIDGE H. D. Traill. SIR PHILIP SIDNEY J. A. Symonds. KEATS Sidney Colvin. CARLYLE John Nichol. 12mo, Cloth, 75 cents per volume. _Other volumes in preparation._ PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. _Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, Canada, or Mexico, on receipt of the price._ * * * * * CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. THE STATE OF ENGLISH SOCIETY AND LETTERS AFTER THE RESTORATION 1 CHAPTER II. ADDISON'S FAMILY AND EDUCATION 21 CHAPTER III. ADDISON ON HIS TRAVELS 38 CHAPTER IV. HIS EMPLOYMENT IN AFFAIRS OF STATE 53 CHAPTER V. THE "TATLER" AND "SPECTATOR" 78 CHAPTER VI. "CATO" 110 CHAPTER VII. ADDISON'S QUARREL WITH POPE 125