Designed to be light in tone but heavy in influence, essays published in two 18th-century publications THE TATLER and THE SPECTATOR examined everything from conduct and morals to phiolosophy, politics, science, and literature. These selections from the two papers illuminate the lives and thoughts of the intelligentsia of 18th-century England and France.

Selections from The Spectator and The Tatler

Literature & Fiction

Addison, Joseph

Steele, Richard

History & Criticism

Penguin Classics

Essays by Addison and Steele taken from the two periodicals they edited probe all aspects of eighteenth-century English politics, lifestyles, manners, social customs, and culture

Selections from The Tatler and The Spectator (Penguin Classics)

United States

A scholarly edition of a work by Joseph Addison. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

The Freeholder

British & Irish

Oxford University Press

A scholarly edition of a complete collation of the original sheets of The Spectator. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

The Spectator

Clarendon Press

A scholarly edition of a complete collation of the original sheets of The Spectator. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

Originally published in 1965 and now reissued, this masterly edition of The Spectator was the first to provide an authoritative text, based on a complete collation of the original sheets, and the first to establish the authorship of the contributions to the journal. An extensive introduction and commentary throw new light on problems of publication and enable the reader to enjoy these essays against the background of their own times. A full analytic index is included.

The Spectator, 1824, Vol. 2 of 12 (Classic Reprint)

Essays & Correspondence

Forgotten Books

Excerpt from Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C. In the Years, 1701, 1702, 1703Oft in the Winds is heard a plaintive Sound Of melancholy Ghol'ts that hover round; The lab'rin Plow-man oft with Horror {{pies Thin airy bapes, that o'er the Furrows rife, (a dreadful Scene and skim before his Eyes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C. In the Years, 1701, 1702, 1703 (Classic Reprint)

Travel

This volume offers a selection of essays from The Tatler and The Spectator (1709-1714). The accompanying texts include excerpts from other periodicals such as The Guardian, The London Spy, and The Female Tatler; advertisements; and selections by Defoe, Ward, Flecknoe, Gay, Mandville, Pope, and Swift. A general introduction providing historical and cultural background, a chronolgy of Addison's and Steele's lives and times, an introduction to each thematic group of documents, headnotes, extensive annotations, a selected bibliography, and illustrations make this volume a unique scholarly edition of the periodical papers that helped define eighteenth-century culture and standards.

The Commerce of Everyday Life: Selections from the Tatler and the Spectator (Bedford Cultural Editions)

History

Europe

Bedford/St.Martin's

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Selections from The Spectator and The Tatler

Selections from The Tatler and The Spectator (Penguin Classics)

The Freeholder

The Spectator

The Spectator

The Spectator

The Spectator

The Spectator, 1824, Vol. 2 of 12 (Classic Reprint)

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C. In the Years, 1701, 1702, 1703 (Classic Reprint)

The Commerce of Everyday Life: Selections from the Tatler and the Spectator (Bedford Cultural Editions)