… then became a vocal critic. 3 1 . See 'The History of Parliament', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online). 2 . Spectator 152, 24 Aug. 1711. 3 . Spectator 97, 21 June 1711. Another feature of his life was his long-standing friendship with Joseph Addison, with whom he collaborated on the celebrated periodicals The Tatler (1709-10, with Steele as the major partner), The Spectator (1711-12) and The Guardian (1713). He and Addison were associated with Child’s Coffee House and were also …
… Image C. Grignion, ‘Frontispice of The Spectator’, The Spectator, 1763 Image R. Parr & Eliza Fowler Haywood , ‘Frontispiece to The Female Spectator’, Houghton Library, 005727193, 1746. Résumé The rise of the leisure press after 1690 caused the appearance of …