London: Methuen & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket; Small white spot to front cover. DJ has edgewear; chipping and wear to spine ends; darkening to spine; chip to lower front corner. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Diverse essays, letters, and other prose from English periodicals from 1710-1790. Exerpted from The Tatler, The Spectator, The Guardian, The Freeholder, The Freethinker, The Champion, The Rambler, The Covent Garden World, The World, The Connoisseur, The Idler, The Bee, The Citizen of the World, The Mirror, and The Lounger. Edited, preface, and notes by Mary G. Segar. Printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich. Conservatively VG+ for defects, but interior is crisp, tight and fine. ; 16mo - 6" to 7" tall; 191 pages .