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, 2, 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
Aikin, Miss, Addison's biographer, Chaucer, 33
Church and State, 8
Civil War, the, 8
"Classic ground," origin of phrase,
Clubs, Addison on, 61
Coffee Houses as literary centres,
91
Collier, Jeremy, 93-94, 96
Comedies, the Caroline, 15-16
Congreve, 33
Conservative institutions, Burke
on, 5-6
Court (Charles II.), corruption of,
Cowley, 4; his treatment of love,
12; Addison's praise of, 34
"Cuckoldom," 167
Defoe, Daniel, 87
Democracy, rising power of, 21
Burney, Dr., on Addison's musical Dennis, John, 41, 137; on Cato,
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
Gothic architecture, Addison on,
49-50
Grand tour, effects of the, 41;
Pope on, 41-42; Addison's
benefits from, 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)
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
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.,
'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
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 Anglicana, 38; con-
tributors to, 38-39
Latin verse composition, value of, Music in England, 69-70
'Sir Andrew Freeport,' 10, 107
Sir Roger de Coverley,' 8, 106,
175, 176, 177, 192
Smith, Rag,' 38-39
Spectator, published daily, 105;
its aims, 107, 173; its mild
satire, 110; a "fair sex paper,
110; its popularity, 110-111;
contributors to, 112; its large
sale, 113; its well-timed appear-
ance, 113-114; the work of
different hands, 174
Spencer, his Puritan doctrines, 7
Squire Western,' 9
Stage, the, after the Restoration,
17, 93, 95, 166; chief school of
manners, 93; Jeremy Collier's
attack on, 94-96
Steele, 1; Addison's influence
over, 2; first Gazetteer, 85;
originator of the Tatler, 89;
influence of Swift on, 89-90;
his naturalness and sympathy,
97; his plea for Shakespeare,
102; expelled from House of
Commons, 147; dispute with
Addison, 157-158
Swift, 1; fascinated by Addison,
Tale of a Tub (Swift's), 5
Tatler, 81 seq.; its aims and
methods, 90, 91; origin of the
name, 89; its contents, 90,
91; its mottoes, 92; its excel-
lences of style and sentiment,
98; its authorship discovered,
99; Addison's first contribution
to, 99; its news articles, 101;
its end, 104
Tender Husband (Steele's), 69
Theatres, 18, 19
Versifications of Chaucer (Dry-
den's), 19
Virgil, Addison's translation of,
33
Voltaire on Cato, 126; on Shake-
speare, 126
Waller, his treatment of love, 13
Wars of the Roses, effect of, 6 seq.
Warwick, Countess of (Addison's
wife), 131
Wharton, the Earl of, 74-75
Whigs and Tories, 9-10; Addison's
Whig bias, 30
White's Chocolate House, 90-91
'Will Honeycomb,' 107, 186-187
Tickell, 1, 133, 135, 139, 140 William III., 59
Tonson, Jacob (publisher), 19, 32,
35, 52
Tragedies, artificial and affected
style of Caroline, 14; Greek,
Translations from the Latin Poets
(Dryden's), 19
Travelling, Lord Cowper on, 40,
41
Will's Coffee House, 91
Will Wimble,' 9
Wit, different kinds of, 34
Woman in feudal times, 12, 109;
under the Restoration, 109;
Addison's ideal of, 13, 109;
his favourite subject, 152; his
abhorrence of the "masculine "
woman, 172; his papers on
woman's dress, 172, 187
Trial and Conviction of Count | Wycherley, 16-20
Tariff (Addison's), 146
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