Eight essayists / edited by A. S. Cairncross

Includes notes.

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