Death of Falkland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Earl of Clarendon 30
The End of the Pilgrimage . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Bunyan 35
Poetry and Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir William Temple 40
A Day in the Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Pepys 42
Captain Singleton in China . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Defoe 46
The Art of Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Swift 51
The Royal Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Addison 56
Sir Roger de Coverley's Ancestors . . . . . . . Richard Steele 60
Partridge at the Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Fielding 65
A Journey in a Stage-coach . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Johnson 71