Eight essayists / edited by A. S. Cairncross

FRANCIS BACON Of studies Of travaile Of masques and triumphs Of youth and age RICHARD STEELE Mr. Bickerstaff on himself Fashionable affectations On long-winded people The art of story telling On judicious flattery A coffee-house and its frequenters The spectator club JOSEPH ADDISON Sir Roger at home Sir Roger at church Sir Roger at the assizes Sir Roger in London The dream Remarks on the English by the Indian Kings Mischiefs of party spirit OLIVER GOLDSMITH War Doctors The story of the man in black Parliamentary elections A reverie CHARLES LAMB The Londoner All fools' day Modern gallantry My first play The superannuated man Rejoicings upon the new year's coming of age Old China WILLIAM HAZLITT On a Sun-dial On nicknames John Cavanagh R. L. STEVENSON An apology for idlers El Dorado Walking tours The beggar G. K. CHESTERTON On lying in bed The architect of spears On the cryptic and the elliptic The worship of the wealthy The wheel Notes Essay Questions