SELECTIONS

FROM

THE SPECTATOR

WITII

AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

K. DEIGHTON

London
MACMILLAN AND CO

AND NEW YORK

1892

[All rights reserved]

INTRODUCTION,

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SELECTIONS FROM THE SPECTATOR-

v I. The Spectator's Account of Himself,

II. Of the Club, -

CIII. Public Credit, a Vision,

CIV. Popular Superstitions,

c V. Reflections in Westminster Abbey,

C VI. False Wit and Humour,

VII. Remarks on the English by the Indian Kings,

VIII. Vision of Marraton,

LIX. Visit to the Royal Exchange,

6 X. Account of the Everlasting Club,

XI. Party Patches,

XII. Ladies' Head-Dresses,

XIII. Exercise of the Fan,

LXIV. Sir Roger at Home,

XV. Will. Wimble,

XVI. Rural Manners,

XVII. Sir Roger at the Assizes,

XVIII. Difference of Tempers in the Sexes,

XIX. Sir Roger and the Gipsies,

XX. The Vision of Mirza,

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