THE

OF

SIR RICHARD STEELE;

INCLUDING

HIS FAMILIAR LETTERS

TO HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

FRAGMENTS OF THREE PLAYS;

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 II.

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.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Letters

264, 265. To Mrs. Steele.

266. To General Stanhope.

267. To Mr. Congreve..

268–270. To Mrs. Steele....

271. To the Countess of Burlington..

272. To Mrs. Bovey

284. To Mr. Meredith......

291. Address to the King, from the Lord Lieutenant

and Deputy Lieutenants of Middlesex and