Essays, biographical, critical, and historical, illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian
By: by Nathan Drake, M.D. author of Literary hours, &c ...
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 22082-83.
Publisher: Printed by C. Whittingham, ... for John Sharpe
Published: 1805
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Steele, Richard, -- Sir, -- 1672-1729; Addison, Joseph, -- 1672-1719; Tatler (London, England : 1709); Spectator (London, England : 1711); Guardian (London, England : 1713); English periodicals -- History and criticism; English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Notes: Without the portraits described in "Directions for placing the portraits" at end of volume 3.

Includes general observations on periodical writing, biographical sketches and critical analyses of the styles of Steele and Addison, and biographical and critical sketches of 46 occasional correspondents of Steele and Addison.

"Tables, exhibiting at one view the proportions of the several contributions to the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian":v. 3, p. 376-379.

"Observations on the effects of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, on the taste, literature, and morals of the age": v. 3, p. 380-401.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22082-83

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