No. 546. No. 547. No. 548, No. 549, No. 550, No. 551. No. 552. No. 553. a wren borne aloft on the wings of the eagle Steele, and finally mounting above his helpmate. (Theatre, ed. Nichols, II. 330.) Steele gave a kindly snub to Cibber's extravagant zeal in No. 12 of the Theatre (ib. I. p. 101, etc.). ཝཱ PAGE 270. The Honesty of an Author. Cf. note, supra, p. 321. PAGE 273. Sir William Read. See No. 472 (vol. vi.) and P. I. In PAGE 274. Dr. Grant. See ib., and B. I. Also Tatler, No. 55. Mrs. Baldwin. The Spectator was sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick Lane, who also took in advertisements. Delightful Blushing Colour. A hit at a familiar advertise ment, in the daily issue, of the 'Red Bavarian Liquor.' PAGE 275. Motto. Horace, Sat. I. iii. 68-9. PAGE 276. Poetical Justice. Mr. Spectator is poking fun at Dennis. Winding up your Bottoms. Bottom, a skein or ball of thread: Cf. Prior, An Epitaph, 47-48— "Each Christmas they accompts did clear Boileau. Satires, iv. 39-40. PAGE 278. Virgil, Æn. ii. 426-8 and 429-30. PAGE 279. The last paragraph is added in the octavo reprint. An old Ūsurer. Horace, Epod. ii. 67-70. "Behold Sir Balaam, now a man of spirit, PAGE 282. Motto. Horace, Ars Poet. 138. Cf. Pope A Coffee House in Paul's. Probably Child's. See note, vol. That excellent Epitaph (p. 289). Taken from Cowley's PAGE 291. Motto. Horace, Epist. II. i. 13-14. Peter Motteux. See Motteux's letter in No. 288 (vol. iv. p. 288, and note). See B. I. Poem upon Tea. Advertised in No. 475 (A) as just published, ' price 6d.' PAGE 294. Motto. Horace, Epist. I. xiv. 36. PAGE 296. Dextro tempore. Horace, Sat. II. i. 18. PAGE 298. Ugly Faces. See No. 17 (vol. i. p. 66), etc. Phaedria. A reference to the quotation from Terence's Eunuchus in No. 170 (vol. iii. p. 4). No. 553. A celebrated French Author. PAGE 299. Mr. Boyle. See note, supra, p. 318; and B. I. - CLIO. Chalmers pertinently remarks, "The letters C, L, I, O, seem to have suggested the name of the Muse to Steele currente calamo; but it does not appear that he had either the least intention or authority to explain the meaning of Addison's signatures.' He is rather doubtful (as he might well be) of the value of Calder's interpretation that C stood for Chelsea, L for London, I for Ireland, and O for Office, the places at which Addison is alleged to have written his papers. See the Spectator's humorous account, No. 221 (vol. iii.). PAGE 304. The Tender Husband was produced at Drury Lane on April Epilogue to the Distressed Mother. See notes, vols. iv. PAGE 308. Sir Godfrey Kneller. See No. 33 (vol. i.) and B. I. In A vos valete' etc. No. 555. NOTES TO VOL. VIII THE Spectator proper concluded with No. 555 in the seventh volume, Dedica in which Steele bade farewell to his readers. After an interval of tion. eighteen months, Addison opened' Mr. Spectator's mouth, and addressed his old public in the following papers. These supplementary essays appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The series ran to but eighty numbers, and Addison and his bookseller were careful to inform the public that it, with the earlier "constellation" of "seven stars," completed the tale of the gossip of the Spectator Club. In the present volume there are not a few examples of the happy humour which characterizes the previous volumes, but the general tone is too didactic. It proved too dull for the tea-tables which had been taught to enjoy the " 'janty Air and easy Motion" of the earlier numbers. The dedication of this volume to the imaginary William Honeycomb, Esq., instead of to a real patron, as in all the other volumes, is at once Addison's compliment to his happy collaboration with Steele, and a proclamation of the true kinship of this posthumous child. PAGE 5. Motto. Virgil, Æn. ii. 471-5. Opening my mouth. In the preceding volumes Mr. Spectator is drawn as possessed of a remarkable "taciturnity." See note, vol. i. p. 309. Croesus. Herodotus, I. lxxXV. PAGE 6. Button's. The famous Covent Garden Coffee-house established by Addison's old servant Daniel Button was much frequented "by the contributors to the Spectator, notably Philips, Tickell, Budgell, and Carey. It was the receiving-office for papers intended for the Guardian, and it was there that Ambrose Philips (according to a lively tradition) affixed the rod which was to chastise Pope for his unfriendly article in that paper. Child's. See note, vol. i. p. 310. The Englishman was Steele's Whig continuation of the The Examiner was the Tory organ to which Swift contributed. PAGE 7. Nil fuit, etc. Horace, Sat. I. iii. 18. The text reads 'Sic impar." -Jew at Jonathan's. See note, vol. i. p. 310. PAGE 8. A most unnatural ferment. An allusion to the excited political condition during this month, caused by the fears of the Queen's early death. Thomas Harley writes next day to Swift:-"But, seriously, you never heard such bellowing about the town of the state of the nation, especially among the sharpers, sellers of bearskins [stock-jobbers], and the rest of that kind; nor such crying No. 556. No. 556. No. 557, and squalling among the ladies; insomuch that it has at last reached PAGE 8. Motto. Virgil, Æn. i. 665. PAGE IO. Ambassador of Bantam. Cf. the Letter of the Indian King, vol. i. No. 50 (and note). No. 558. No. 559. No. 561. No. 562, No. 563. No, 564. No. 566, No. 568. PAGE 12. Motto. Horace, Sat. I. i. 1-19. PAGE 18. PAGE 20. The famous Conjuror. Duncan Campbell, u.s. See B.I. Speaking Head. See Mr. A. W. Ward's Introduction to Greene's Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay (p. xxv.). PAGE 21. Motto. Virgil, Æn. i. 724-6. Pictures of their deceased Husbands. A humorous reference Cowley. The opening passage of the essay 'Of Myself.' PAGE 26. Scaliger. "Monsieur de Montagnes. Son Père estoit ven- PAGE 34. Motto. Virgil, Georg. iv. 221-2. Cf. Tatler, No. 119 -Huygenius. The Dutch natural philosopher Christian Huygens van Zuylichem. PAGE 38. Motto. Ovid, Ars Amat. ii. 233. PAGE 42. PAGE 44. 'Marlborough' and 'Treasurer.' T-m Br-wn. Tom Brown. See B.I. |