Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele
Added at 05:38 on 13 June 2024
#OnThisDay 13 June 1827 Daniel Macnie of Drumraich, Kilmadock, a borrower at Dunblane's historic Leighton Library, borrowed 2 volumes of "The spectator. In eight volumes."Leighton Library has a 1785 edition of "The spectator. In eight volumes" by English essayist, poet, playwright and politician Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele. Together they founded the daily publication The Spectator magazine in 1711. Addison also wrote the popular church hymn "The Spacious Firmament on High", publishing it in The Spectator in 1712. The current weekly newspaper "The Spectator" consciously revived its name from the celebrated 18th century publication