What an interesting selection.One of my coworkers is an early scifi geek, which is cool; he was telling me about this Hoffman guy. This thing has, like, Hawthorne in it. Just a neat way of looking at it.
[Read the 1915 edition in 2 volumes:]. Not "the complete," by any means, but a sufficiently representative selection from The Tatler and The Spectator for my purposes. To this are added a number from The Guardian and The Freeholder, and even one from The Lover! I find Addison's style pleasant and un...