Absalom and Achitophel (Dry-
den's), 58
Absolutism, 11
Account of the Greatest English
Poets, 31; immaturity of,
35
Addison, Joseph, scant contempor-
ary records of, 1; Tickell's
bibliography of, 1; his shyness
and reserve, 31; his charm
of conversation, 2; his satire, 3,
182; his statue, 3; his merits
universally acknowledged, 3;
his task and its difficulties, 7-8;
family history, 23 seq.; his
father's literary abilities, 23-24;
Steele's description of the
Addison family, 26; Addison
runs away from school, 27;
goes to Charter House, 28;
attainments in Greek and Latin,
28-29, 48-49; at Queen's Col-
lege (Oxford), 29; made Fellow
of Magdalen, 31; his acquaint-
ances at Oxford, 30; begins to
write, 31 seq.; is introduced to
literary men in London, 35;
abandons the idea of taking
Orders, 36-37; travels on the
Continent, 39; effects of classical
training, 50; pecuniary em-
barrassments, 54; death of his
father, 54; return to England,
54; entry into political life,
55, 64; writes The Campaign,
63-64; becomes Under-Secretary
of State, 68, 69; writes libretto
for an English opera, 72; is
made Secretary to the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, 74; his
remarks on corrupt officials, 75;
his losses, 80; he contributes
to the Tatler, 99; founds the
Spectator with Steele, 105; his
opportunities, 114; his genius
essentially undramatic, 122;
produces Cato, 124; his quarrel
with Pope, 131 seq.; his nervous-
ness, 148, 156; becomes Secretary
again to the Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland, 149; his probity, 149;
marries the Countess of Warwick,
153 seq.; is made a Secretary of
State, 156; retires from public
life, 157; dies at Holland House,
158; his reported intemperance,
159; burial in Westminster
Abbey, 160; his genius, 161
seq.; his serenity and spirit of
independence, 162; as reconciler
of parties and founder of public
opinion, 163; his endeavours to
improve public morals, 167-168;
his reputation as a critic, 178
seq.; his irony, 182; as jour-
nalist, 189; his fastidiousness
in composition, 189-190; pos-
terity's verdict, 192
55; his change of circumstances, | Address to King William, 35
Burney, Dr., on Addison's musical Dennis, John, 41, 137; on Cato,
Button's Coffee House, 134, 140
Campaign, The, criticism of, 64;
Addison's treatment of the sub-
ject, 65; extracts from, 66-67;
finest passage in, 67; Johnson's
criticism of, 67
'Captain Sentry,' 107
Cato, 51, 115 seq.; remarks on,
116, 117, 119, 122; its formal
"correctness,
119;
Pope's
Prologue to, 120; Johnson's
criticism of, 121; its deficiencies
as an acted play, 122; rehearsal
of, 123-124; Pope's suggestions
and alterations in, 124; Epilogue
to, 124; production of, 124;
enthusiastic reception of, 124-
125; Pope's account of the
performance, 125; its unpre-
cedented run, 126; its fame
on the Continent, 126; extracts
from, 128-129; its imitation of
the French manner, 130
Dialogue on Medals (Addison's),
51
Dissuading from Poetry (Old-
ham's), 56-57
Dorset, Earl of, 56
Drama, after the Restoration, 14;
Addison on the modern, 117;
ancient and modern compared,
117; the Elizabethan, 14
Drummer, The (Pope's), 149-150
Dryden, 16, 20, 33, 34; Poet
Laureate, 58, 59
Duelling, Steele's attack on, 104
Dunton, John, 87
D'Urfey, Tom, 9
Epilogues of plays, 14; indecencies
of, 18
Epistle from Italy (Addison's), 51
Essay on Man (Pope's), tendency
to Deism of, 5
Etherege, Sir George, 16
Faery Queen, The, criticism of, 33
Charles II., his tastes and sym- Feudalism, 8
pathies, 11-13
Fontainebleau, description of, 45
France, literature in, 44
Freeholder, 9, 151, 152, 153
French people, Addison on, 47
Gambling, Steele's attack on, 103
Georgics, Addison's translation of,
31; essay on, 33
29; Addison's skill in, 29, 37-
39; Pope's low estimate of, 29
L'Estrange, Roger, 84
Letter to Lord Halifax (Addison's)
43
Letters, extracts from Addison's,
46, 47, 53
Gothic architecture, Addison on, Life of Dryden (Johnson's), 14
Literature, mock-heroic style, 39;
under James II. and William
III., 59
"Little senate," the, 2
Greek tragedies compared with Lives of the Poets (Johnson's), 162
Shakespeare's, 118
Guardian (Steele's), 114
Halifax, Lord, 63
Herodotus, 32
Hertford, Lord, 52-54
Hind and Panther, The (Dryden's),
58
Hydaspes, 74, 182 seq.
Iliad, Pope's translation, 133;
Tickell's translation, 133-139
Introduction to the Sacrament
(Lancelot Addison's), 23
'Isaac Bickerstaff,' 90, 92
Italian Opera, 70-71, 182 seq.;
Addison's dislike of, 74
James II., 59
'Jeremy Distaff,' 92
Johnson, Samuel, on Addison's
style, 3; on the Tatler and
Spectator, 108; on Addison's
critical powers, 181; on Addi-
son's favourite character, 175
Journal to Stella (Swift's), 1, 110
Kit-Kat Club, 52, 61, 147
La Bruyere, 108
Lamb, Charles, on the Caroline
comedians, 15; Lamb and Addi-
son compared, 191
Land-tenure, 8
Langland, 7
Louis XIV., French literature
under, 44
Lovelace, 12
Love-making, 13
Macaulay, eulogy of Addison by,
3; on Addison's classical know-
ledge, 28 seq.
Magdalen College (Oxford), its
Malebranche, 47
changing political opinions, 30
Manchester, Countess of, Addi-
son's verses on, 61
Mandeville, 2
Man of the Mode (Etherege's),
Steele on, 16, 166
Marlborough, Duke of, 62
Marriage, Addison's, 153 seq.;
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
on, 154
Medal, The (Dryden's), 58
Mercury (generic title of first
newspapers), 83-84
Milan Cathedral, 49
Milton, his Calvinistic opinions,
7; Addison's estimate of, 33-
34; Addison's papers on, 181;
his genius first appreciated by
Steele, 104
Miscellany (Dryden's), 19
Mistress,' Addison's, 80, 154
Montaigne, his egotism, 190
Montrose, his lyrics, 12
Musee Anglicana, 38; con-
tributors to, 38-39
Latin verse composition, value of, Music in England, 69-70
Burney, Dr., on Addison's musical Dennis, John, 41, 137; on Cato,
Button's Coffee House, 134, 140
Campaign, The, criticism of, 64;
Addison's treatment of the sub-
ject, 65; extracts from, 66-67;
finest passage in, 67; Johnson's
criticism of, 67
'Captain Sentry,' 107
Cato, 51, 115 seq.; remarks on,
116, 117, 119, 122; its formal
"correctness,
119;
Pope's
Prologue to, 120; Johnson's
criticism of, 121; its deficiencies
as an acted play, 122; rehearsal
of, 123-124; Pope's suggestions
and alterations in, 124; Epilogue
to, 124; production of, 124;
enthusiastic reception of, 124-
125; Pope's account of the
performance, 125; its unpre-
cedented run, 126; its fame
on the Continent, 126; extracts
from, 128-129; its imitation of
the French manner, 130
Faery Queen, The, criticism of, 33
Charles II., his tastes and sym- Feudalism, 8
pathies, 11-13
Fontainebleau, description of, 45
France, literature in, 44
Freeholder, 9, 151, 152, 153
French people, Addison on, 47
Gambling, Steele's attack on, 103
Georgics, Addison's translation of,
31; essay on, 33
Gothic architecture, Addison on,
49-50
Grand tour, effects of the, 41;
Pope on, 41-42;
29; Addison's skill in, 29, 37-
39; Pope's low estimate of, 29
L'Estrange, Roger, 84
Letter to Lord Halifax (Addison's)
43
Letters, extracts from Addison's,
46, 47, 53
Life of Dryden (Johnson's), 14
Literature, mock-heroic style, 39;
under James II. and William
III., 59
"Little senate," the, 2
Greek tragedies compared with Lives of the Poets (Johnson's), 162
Shakespeare's, 118
Guardian (Steele's), 114
Louis XIV., French literature
under, 44
Lovelace, 12
Love-making, 13
Macaulay, eulogy of Addison by,
3; on Addison's classical know-
ledge, 28 seq.
Magdalen College (Oxford), its
changing political opinions, 30
Malebranche, 47
Manchester, Countess of, Addi-
son's verses on, 61
Mandeville, 2
Man of the Mode (Etherege's),
Steele on, 16, 166
Marlborough, Duke of, 62
Marriage, Addison's, 153 seq.;
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
on, 154
Medal, The (Dryden's), 58
Mercury (generic title of first
newspapers), 83-84
Milan Cathedral, 49
Milton, his Calvinistic opinions,
7; Addison's estimate of, 33-
34; Addison's papers on, 181;
his genius first appreciated by
Steele, 104
Miscellany (Dryden's), 19
Mistress,' Addison's, 80, 154
Montaigne, his egotism, 190
Montrose, his lyrics, 12
Musa Anglicanæ, 38;
tributors to, 38-39
Latin verse composition, value of, Music in England, 69-70
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