6 NOVEMBER 1926, Page 43
THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH PERIODICALS. By Dr. Walter Graham. (Oxford
University Press. 1 Is. WI-- The beginnings of the Tatler, Guardian and our godparent, Addison's and Steele's Spectator, are here described. We feel this little volume might have been more amusing had there been more extracts from sheets such as " The Hermit," " The Grouter," or " The Tatting Harlot," which are too briefly referred to. So far as it goes, it is an interesting little volume, but it does not go far enough.