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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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(1709–11)
Periodical founded by *Steele, which appeared three times a week in the form of a letter or essay supposedly penned in one of several fashionable *coffee houses, whose patrons were the enthusiastic readers. Steele, assisted soon by *Addison (a school friend from *Charterhouse), wrote on a wide variety of topics in a lively and informal manner, with a consistent emphasis on the reasoned and moderate response considered suitable in a gentleman. The paper was *Whig in its politics and Steele brought it to an end when a *Tory administration came to power in 1711, replacing it almost immediately with the non-political *Spectator. The name was revived in 1901 for an illustrated monthly magazine, specializing in social events, which is still published today.
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