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; his change of circumstances,

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
Address to King William, 35

knowledge, 74

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

122-127

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

Fontainebleau, description of, 45

Restoration, the, 8; state of litera-
ture after, 1 seq.

Revolution of the Kingdoms of
Fez and Morocco (Lancelot
Addison's), 23-24

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, on character-
istic styles, 50; as critic, 180
Rochester, Earl of, 56
Rosamond (Addison's), 72-73
Roundhead tyranny, 10

St. James' Coffee House, 91
Salisbury Plain, description of,
27

Sanctity, Puritan notions of, 165
Sedley, 56

Selden, 19

Shadwell, 16

Shakespeare, 33; tragedies, 118;
Voltaire on, 126

'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,