_Le Public et les Hommes de Lettres en Angleterre au XVIII^e Siècle_, by A. Beljame, 1881. _Lectures on the Comic Writers and Periodical Essayists_, by William Hazlitt. (Delivered in 1819; best edition in the _Temple Classics_, edited by Austin Dobson, 1900.) Chronological Table ====================================+==================================== | STEELE | ADDISON | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------ 1672. March 12. Born in Dublin, |1672. May 1. Born in Milston, Ireland. | England. |1683. His father appointed Dean | of Lichfield. 1684. November. Enters Charterhouse |1683-85. In the grammar school School. | of Lichfield. |1686. Entered the Charterhouse | School. |1687. Entered Queen's College, | Oxford. | | | |1689. Obtained a scholarship in 1690. Matriculates at Christ Church | Magdalen College. College, Oxford. | | |1693. Received the degree of M. A. 1694. Leaves the University and |1694. Printed _An Account of the enters the army as a cadet, | Greatest English Poets_. under Lord Cutts. | Translation of the _Fourth | Book of Virgil's Georgics_. 1695. Publishes _The Procession_, a |1695. _Address to King William_. poem on the death of Queen | Mary. | Secretary to Lord Cutts, and |1698. Made fellow of Magdalen Ensign in the Coldstream | College Guards. | |1699. _Latin Poems_. | Receives a pension of £300 | a year. |1699-1703. On the continent. 1700. Referred to as "Captain." | 1701. April. Publishes _The | Christian Hero_. | December. Publishes _The | Funeral_. | 1702. Captain in Lord Lucas' |1702. His pension lapses. Fusiliers. | |1703. Returns to England. | 1704. January. Publishes _The Lying |1704. Publishes _The Campaign_; Lover_.