SUBJECTS FOR ESSAYS.

1. "Man is man and master of his Fate." (II.)

2. Describe the adventures of a modern Shilling. (IV.)

3. Describe from your reading some real adventures in the Arctic Regions. (V.)

4. What do you take to be the true functions of a newspaper? or, what is your favourite newspaper, and why? (VII.)

5. Ghosts. (VIII.)

6. What were "the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain" in Addison's day? What are they now? Is there any improvement? (IX.)

7. Compare the "Reflections in Westminster Abbey" with Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard. (X.)

8. Describe an imaginary visit of some Tibetans to England in the present day. (XI.)

9. What differences are there between "the customs, dress and manners" of France, Germany and England at the present time? (XI.)

10. Describe a visit to a real picture-gallery. (XIII. )

11. Compare Sir Roger's Chaplain with the Vicar of Wakefield or with the parson in Goldsmith's Deserted Village (XIV., XV.) 12. Is "good nature" (in Addison's sense) essential to the true gentleman? (XVIII.)

13. "A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections." Give reasons for this view. (XX.)

14. Describe any great orators (whether or preachers) whom you may have heard. effectiveness due to manner or gestures?

statesmen, lawyers How far was their

HELPS TO FURTHER STUDY.

1. Dr. Johnson's Life of Addison in Lives of the Poets.

2. Macaulay's Essay on the Life and Writings of Addison -brilliant and entertaining, though its statements require to be checked by other reading.

3. Thackeray's lecture in his English Humourists.

4. Courthope's Life of Addison in the English Men of Letters series.

5. Access to a complete edition of Addison's writings is desirable. They are contained in Bohn's Standard Library (6 vols., 3s. 6d. each). There have been several modern reprints of the complete Spectator. Useful notes will be found in Mr. Deighton's Selections from the Spectator and Coverley Papers from the Spectator (Macmillan's English Classics for Schools).

6. Prof. Courthope's criticism of Addison in Mr. Craik's English Prose Selections, Vol. III.

7. A study of the relations of Addison and the writers of his time to the social and political life of the period will be found in Leslie Stephen's English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century.

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