BIOGRAPHICAL, CRITICAL, AND HISTORICAL,

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
RAMBLER, ADVENTURER, & IDLER,

AND OF THE VARIOUS

PERIODICAL PAPERS

which,
In Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison,

HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED

Between the Close of the eighth volume of the Spectator,

and the commencement of the year 1809.
BY NATHAN DRAKE, M. D.
AUTHOR OF LITERARY HOURS,

AND OF
ESSAYS ON THE TATLER, SPECTATOR, AND GUARDIAN.

Evolvendi penitus auctores qui de virtute præcipiunt, ut

-vita cum scientia divinarum rerum sit humanarum-
que conjuncta.

QUINTILIANUS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

'VOL. I.

BE

· PRINTED BY J. SEELEY, BUCKINGHAM,
· FOR W. SUTTABY, STATIONERS COURT, LONDONI A

1809.

CONTENTS.

VOL. I.

PART I.

Page

Essay 1. Observations on the Taste which

had been generated by Steele and

Addison for Periodical Composi-

tion. Enumeration of the Perio-

dical Papers which were written

during the publication of the Tat-

ler, Spectator, and Guardian....

Essay 2. Observations on the Periodical Pa-

pers which were written between

the Close of the eighth volume