In Number 10, Mr. Spectator states that The Spectator will aim "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with … See more

Despite a modest daily circulation of approximately 3,000 copies, The Spectator was widely read; Joseph Addison estimated that each number was read by thousands of Londoners, about a tenth of the capital's population … See more

In The Spectator, No.11, Steele created a frame narrative that would come to be a very well known story in the eighteenth century, the story of Inkle and Yarico. Although the periodical essay was published o… See more

• Bully Dawson, mentioned in The Spectator as being kicked by "Sir Roger de Coverley" in a public coffee house
• The Spectator, a current weekly British conservative magazine, which borrows its name from the 1711 public… See more

• The standard edition of The Spectator is Donald F. Bond's edition in five volumes, published in 1965. Selections can be found in The Norton Anthology of English Literature.
• Ross, Angus (ed.) Selections from The T… See more