Chapter IV: Introduction

I. Steele and Addison 11

II. The Tatler and The Spectator 22

III. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers 29

BIBLIOGRAPHY 33

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 38

THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS:

I. The Spectator 45

II. The Club 51

III. Sir Roger's Criticisms on Polite Society 59

IV. The Club and The Spectator 64

V. A Lady's Library 69

VI. Coverley Hall 75

VII. The Coverley Household 80

VIII. Will Wimble 85

IX. The Coverley Ancestry 89

X. The Coverley Ghost 95

XI. Sunday with Sir Roger 100

XII. Sir Roger in Love 104

XIII. How to Bear Poverty 111

XIV. Labour and Exercise 116

XV. Sir Roger goes A-Hunting 121

XVI. The Coverley Witch 129

XVII. Sir Roger talks of the Widow 133

XVIII. Manners in the Country 139

XIX. Sir Roger at the Assizes 143

XX. The Education of an Heir 148

XXI. Whigs and Tories 155

XXII. Whigs and Tories--_continued_ 160

XXIII. Sir Roger and the Gipsies 165

XXIV. The Spectator decides to Return to London 170

XXV. The Journey to London 174

XXVI. Sir Roger and Sir Andrew in Argument 179

XXVII. Sir Roger in London 185

XXVIII. Sir Roger in Westminster Abbey 190

XXIX. Sir Roger at the Play 195

XXX. Will Honeycomb's Experiences 200

XXXI. Sir Roger at Vauxhall 205

XXXII. Death of Sir Roger 209

XXXIII. Captain Sentry as Master of Coverley Hall 213

NOTES 217