Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1923-11-09 | Page 7 | Sir Roger De Coverley

Sir Roger de Coverley. The name is that of a member of an imaginary club, under whose auspices the Spectator was supposed to be edited. ed-ited. Sir Roger is the type of an English Eng-lish gentleman of the time of Queen Anne (1702-1714), and figures in thirty papers of the Spectator. He is noted for his modesty, generosity and hospitality. hospi-tality. The name Sir Roger de Cover-ley Cover-ley was also given to a dance, similar to the Virginia reel, and supposed to have been the original of it. The title Is derived from the English squire described de-scribed in the Spectator.