THE

OF

SIR RICHARD STEELE;

INCLUDING

HIS FAMILIAR LETTERS

TO HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

FRAGMENTS OF THREE PLAIS;

TWO OF THEM UNDOUBTEDLY STEELE'S,

THE THIRD SUPPOSED TO BE ADDISON'S.

FAITHFULLY PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINALS;

AND ILLUSTRATED WITH

LITERARY AND HISTORICAL ANECDOTES,
BY JOHN NICHOLS, F. S. A. E. & P.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY AND FOR JOHN NICHOLS AND SON,

RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET ;
AND SOLD BY MESSRS. LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1809.