NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908. 
ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE 
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 
BY D. F. LAMSON. 
Passing over the names of John 
Locke, the eminent philosopher, and 
Robert South, the witty, sensible and 
learned divine, who graced with dis- 
tinction the earlier years of the 
eighteenth century, the writer who next 
claims attention after Dryden is Joseph 
Addison, one of the brightest names that 
the age can boast. His life covered less 
than half a century, from 1672 to 1719, 
but he left a deep and lasting impress 
upon the world of letters; and he ac- 
complished more than any writer of his 
time not only in the refinement of the 
language, but in the improvement of 
manners and the elevation of morals. 
At an early age, Addison seemed des- 
tined to public life, but in 1702 a change 
of administration led him to turn to lit- 
erature for a living; and it soon became 
evident that this was the proper field for 
his powers. He had already gained the 
approbation of Dryden, and had become 
acquainted with Lord Somers, a dis- 
tinguished patron of letters. His first 
literary effort which brought him into 
public notice, and foreshadowed the 
career in which he was to attain such 
eminence, was his joint-authorship with 
Steele of the ‘‘ Tatler,’ a paper which 
may be called the father of English peri- 
odical literature. Soon after he projected 
the ““Spectator,’’ the work on which his 
fame chiefly rests. “This was a small 
four-page paper, issued at first daily, 
afterwards tri-weekly, from Mar. 1, 
1710 to Dec. 20, 1714. Brief as was 
its existence, it marks an era in English 
essay writing. It was chiefly the work 
of the two greatest masters of English at 
that time, Addison and Steele, and it all 
passed under Addison’s supervision and 
shaping hand. It had several rivals and 
imitations, but it has outlived them all, 
and still holds a high and unique place in 
literature. It resembled more the maga- 
zine than the paper of the present day, 
occupying itself with criticism on books, 
comments on fashion and manners, and 
attempts at character drawing and_por- 
traits of typical personages, as Sir Roger 
de Coverley, Will Honeycomb and 
others, who look out on us in such a life- 
like manner from the canvas. ‘The in- 
imitable pictures of manners and life, 
the keen but always kindly humor, and 
the comments on society and letters, 
with which these papers abounded, made 
them greatly admired and sought after, 
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MAGNOLIA GYMKHANA AND MOUNTED SPORTS. 
Society From all Along the North Shore over to Crescent Beach for 
the 
Sports on Tuesday. 
The event towards which the summer 
residents and hotel guests all along the 
North Shore have been looking forward 
with a great deal of interest and expecta- 
OFFICER MarTINn BurKE 
Magnolia’s Guardian of the Peace. A familiar 
figure to Summer visitors to Magnolia 
for the past 20 years. 
tion is nowa thing of the past, and but 
lingers in their memories as a most pleas- 
ant and enjoyable exhibition. Over two 
thousand spectators witnessed the gym- 
khana races and tournament of mounted 
sports at Magnolia Beach, ‘Tuesday after- 
noon, filling the boxes and reserved seats 
on the pavilion and overflowing onto 
the beach itself. Carriages and automo- 
biles by the score crowded the space at 
the rear of the pavilion and on the beach, 
where they lined up along the course. 
Rocking on the waters of the harbor off 
the beach were numerous pleasure craft 
with their merry parties of young and 
old, while in the lee of the island was 
the large steam yacht of Judge Moore, 
of the Pride’s summer colony, the 
** Zinganee.’’ 
The quarter of a mile stretch of hard 
smooth sand formed an excellent course 
for the events with its setting of many 
colored gowns of the ladies ever chang- 
ing as they moved back and forth. 
Shortly after three the events were start- 
ed. The most interesting of them all 
was the gymkhana race for gentlemen 
and a great deal of excitement and en- 
thusiasm centered on the result. 
From the very start the race lay with 
George P. Bell of Boston and he was 
constantly cheered on his course by the 
throng of spectators. Charles E. Scul- 
lin of St. Louts, who is spending the 
summer at the Masconomo, in Manches- 
ter, won second place, hard pressed by 
George Crocker, jr. In this event the 
contestants started from the one-eighth 
mile start and raced to the finish, where 
they dismounted and drank a bottle of 
ginger ale. “They then rode back to the 
start removed their coats, turned them 
inside out and dashed back to the finish. 
No little amusement was aroused by the 
antics of George Crocker’s pony, which 
excited by the race, refused at first to 
approach the table, on which were the 
bottles of ginger ale, and danced about 
the outskirts of the little band of riders 
for a minute or two making Crocker the 
last to ride to the starting point. The 
contestants in this event were: George 
Crocker, jr., riding Capt. F. de Jony’s 
Jimmy; James Frieland riding Gipsy 
belonging to Miss Regina Jones; 
George P. Bell on Capt. de Jony’s 
Tarentella; Charles Scullin riding Star- 
light, another of Capt. de Jony’s horses; 
Fred Hicks riding: Alywyn, belonging to 
Arthur Mason. ‘The first event of the 
day was the ladies’ riding tandem and 
was won by Miss F. Martin riding the 
chestnut, Melton, and driving the dark 
bay, Princess owned by F. O. Emerson. 
Miss Theresa Fitzpatrick the only other 
contestant won second cup. Miss Fitz- 
patrick rode and drove two of Capt. de 
Jony’s horses Tarentella and Starlight. 
Following this event came the ex- 
hibition of High School riding by Capt. 
F. de Jony on Mrs. B. B. Hale’s beau- 
tiful dappled gray, Conceit, and was re- 
ceived with rounds of applause. “The 
flowing tail and arched neck of the horse 
and the excellent equestrianship of the 
rider made a very striking picture against 
the background of the water. 
Bandi de Jony, riding his pony Star, 
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