Which two men contributed to the tatler and spectator a serial of humorous and entertaining essays?
oliver goldsmith and mark twain
thomas carlyle and matthew arnold
joseph addison and richard steele
robert louis stevenson and john newman

Joseph Addison and Richard Steele

Explanation:

Tatler is a contemporary British society magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It contains articles on a wide range of topics, but is primarily focused on social trends between the very rich and the aristocrats. It is currently edited by Geordie Greig, who previously worked as a literary editor of the Sunday Times. Tatler was named after the Richard Steele newspaper of the same name of the eighteenth century. Spectator was an English newspaper, which began circulating on March 1, 1711, edited by Joseph Addison. Addison launched the paper two months after Tatler, the newspaper in which he was one of the collaborators, was over. Spectator was greatly admired and had great popularity, even selling twenty thousand copies a day. The newspaper ended on September 6, 1712. After the close of this paper, Addison founded The Guardian.