Author: Lionel Thomas Berguer

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Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9781330853375

Excerpt from The British Essayists, Vol. 16 of 45: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical Between the completion of the seventh volume of the Spectator, and its final resumption, we have remarked in the life of Steele that there intervened eighteen months; and that a considerable portion of this lapse was occupied by the publication of the Guardian. It may be observed here, that it was evidently intended by its great conductors to shut the Spectator at the seventh volume; and the conjecture, that its resumption on the close of the Guardian, was a mere bookseller's speculation, cannot be far from the fact. While, however, any adventurers for profit can enlist into their schemes such co-operators as Steele and Addison, we shall always rejoice in a spirit of enterprise; no matter, literary or commercial - which must conduce ultimately to results so advantageous for mankind. In the opinion of Johnson, the eighth volume of the Spectator is, 'perhaps, more valuable than any of those that went before it. Addison produced more than a fourth part, and the other contributors are not unworthy of appearing as his associates.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.