THE TATLER, NUMB. 230.
FROM TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26. TO THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 28. 1710.
From my own Apartment, September 27.[1]
The following letter has laid before me many great and manifest evils in the world of letters[2] which I had overlooked; but they open to me a very busy scene, and it will require no small care and application to amend errors which are become so universal. The affectation of politeness is exposed in this epistle with a great deal of wit and discernment; so that whatever discourses I may fall into hereafter upon the subjects the writer treats of, I shall at present lay the matter before the World without the least alteration from the words of my correspondent.