The vol. contains Fables of Æsop, Barlandus, Anianus, Abstemius, Poggio the Florentine, Miscellany from a Common School Book, and a Supplement of Fables out of several authors, in which last section is that of the

Boys and Frogs

, which Addison has copied out verbatim. Sir R. l'Estrange had died in 1704, aged 88.

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[Footnote 8:]

Easter Day in 1711 fell on the 1st of April.

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[No. 24]Wednesday, March 28, 1711Steele