Henry Morley gathers from the Tatler the papers that build up Isaac Bickerstaff, the persona Swift invented and Steele adopted: his ancestry in the Staffian race, his familiar spirit Pacolet, the marriage of his sister Jenny, cases of spleen and dreams of fame, and the oddities of the club where he is heard as an oracle.
A charming way into the essays that shaped English prose and the periodical essay. Download the free EPUB.