Calendar: 1876-1877 Page 544

544 ISGLIS SCHOLARSHIPS treatment and choice of subjects what differences are clearly observable between the two writers What are the vices and follies in the two sexes respectively against which both authors direct their remaiks What changes seem to have been agreed upon by Steele and Addison as to their respective contributions during the latter half of the work that is about May 1712 How long did the Spectator" continue to exist What events happened during that interval What allusions are made to them in the "Spectator" When was the act passed imposing stamp upon printed papers and advertisements For what purpose and with what effect How far did it tend to shorten the duration of the Λ Spectator יי What was the price of each number before and what afterwards How did this rise in the price affect the contributors and their contributions Give brief sketch of Sir Roger de Coverley What portion of the papers in which he is introduced is due to Steele and what to Addison When is he killed off and why How is it that 80 important personage formed no part of the original desi2n Why was he introduced Of what class is he the representative What skill has been exhibited by Addison in preventing the old Tory squire from becoming ridiculous 10 What difference of statement is observable in Addison and Steele as to the correspondence which appears in the various numbers 11 When Addison's style is commended for its excellence in what does that excellence mainly consist II -dFor an £&ga The life and genius of Dryden as exhibited in his poems on political and religious subjects