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nces of the authors noted (for example, Steele's experiences as a soldier suggested by _The Journey to London_); and the skill of the writer pointed out in variety of incident, unity of thought, naturalness and picturesqueness of narrative. Most of the study will naturally be on the content, but a certain amount of attention should be given to practice writing in imitation of Addison's easy but dignified style. For composition work there are suggestions for description and narration as well as for exposition and argument. Imitations of certain papers may be extremely profitable and usually arouse a healthy interest in the content of the essays as well as in the style. III. Study of the Book as a Whole CONTENT.--What follies of the time, or of human nature of all time, are satirized here? Show how they are satirized. What views on politics do you find expressed directly or indirectly? What evidence do you find of the Spectator's Whig prejudices? (See Papers XII, paragraph 3; XX, paragraph 2; XXI; XXII.) What views are given on practical questions of life, for example, management of a house, attending church, economy, etc.? Do you think a man unfit "for studies of a higher nature" and "uncapable of any liberal art or profession," likely to succeed "in the occupations of trade and commerce"? (See Paper VIII.) Discuss the wisdom of a liberal education for boys who expect to be business men. Do you suppose the observance of the Sabbath was more necessary, as Addison seems to imply, for country people than for people in London? (Paper XI.) Which do you think Addison preferred, the city or the country? Give evidence. Make a list of the eighteenth-century customs and manners referred to in these papers. Write an account of the Spectator and Sir Roger at Button's or Will's. Recast or modernize Paper XIV on _Labour and Exercise_ in such a way as to adapt its argument to the support of school and college athletics. What types of character or classes of men are represented by persons in these papers? Which, if any, do not seem like real persons? Do they develop, or do they remain throughout as they are first represented? By what means does the author make us acquainted with them,--by what he says of them, by what they say themselves, or by what others say of them? Do the whimsicalities of Sir Roger make him ridiculous or lessen our respect for him? What qualities would such a man find to admire in th
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