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Lady Mary makes the acquaintance of Edward Wortley Montagu Montagu attracted by her looks and her literary gifts Assists her in her studies Montagu a friend of the leading men of letters of the day Addison, Steele, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and others The second volume of the Tatler dedicated to him by Steele Montagu a staunch Whig His paternal interest for Lady Mary does not endure He becomes a suitor for her hand Lady Mary's devotion and respect for him Her flirtations She and Montagu correspond through the medium of his sister, Anne Lady Mary's mordant humour Her delight in retailing society scandal The death of Anne Wortley Lady Mary and Montagu henceforth communicate direct Her first letter to him.
When the civil war broke down the barriers of intellectual non-intercourse behind which the South had ensconced itself, it was found to be in a colonial condition. Its libraries were English libraries, mostly composed of old English literature. Its literary growth stopped with the reign of George III. Its latest news was the Spectator and the Tatler.
It was conducted by Arthur Mainwaring, a man of family and fortune, and an ardent Whig, with the assistance of Steele, Anthony Henley, and Oldmixon. With the reference to the Tatler, we pass from obscurity into daylight. Since April 12th, 1709, that delightful periodical had regularly appeared three times a week.
Steele was in Ireland. Mr. Swift for his 'Town Shower', and the 'Description of the Morn', with some other hints received from him in private conversation. I have also heard that several of those 'Letters', which came as from unknown hands, were written by Mr. Henley: which is an answer to your query, 'Who those friends are whom Mr. Steele speaks of in his last 'Tatler?
Steele shared his friend Addison's delight in Milton, and had not, indeed, got beyond the sixth number of the 'Tatler' before he compared the natural beauty and innocence of Milton's Adam and Eve with Dryden's treatment of their love. But the one man for whom Steele felt most enthusiasm was not to be sought through books, he was a living moulder of the future of the nation.
The watch would not interfere, the passers-by would take to their heels, my hired bullies and ruffians would convey him to some lonely spot where we would guard him until morning. Nothing would come of it, except added reputation to myself as a gentleman of adventurous spirit, and possibly an essay in the 'Tatler' with stars for names, entitled, let us say, 'The Budget and the Baronet."
I am, Sir, Your affectionate admirer SPECTATOR, Vol. IV. No. 408. The Advantages of representing Human Nature in its proper Dignity. TATLER, No. 198.
He was in Ireland when Steele, without any communication of his design, began the publication of the Tatler; but he was not long concealed; by inserting a remark on Virgil which Addison had given him he discovered himself.
At one coffee-house chiefly statesmen and politicians would gather, at another poets and wits, and so on. So Steele dated each article from the coffee- house at which the subject of it would most naturally be discussed. Steele meant the Tatler to be a newspaper in which one might find all the news of the day, but he also meant it to be something more.
In 1709 a few of them were brought together every post-day at the coffee-house in the Abbey Yard; and after one of the party had read aloud the last published number of the 'Tatler', they proceeded to talk over the subject among themselves. Even in distant Perthshire
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