Dutch Versions of English Essayists

How much the works of the British Essayists were appreciated by my Dutch ancestors, the following plain facts may show. I have now before me A translation of the Tatler: "De Snapper, of de Britsche Tuchtmeester. Door den Ridder Richard Steele. Uit het Engelsch vertaald door P. le Clerc. t'Amsterdam, by Hendrik Vieroot, 1733, iv. vol. in 12º." A second edition of "De Guardian of de Britsche Zedemeester, door den Ridder Richard Steele. Uit het Engelsch vertaald dor P. le Clercq. Te Rotterdam, by Jan Daniel Beman, 1734, iii. vol. in 12º." A third edition of "De Spectator, of verrezene Socrates. U…