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p. 11). Cradock says he practised as an apothecary in Newman Street; and it is further alleged of him that he once paid a small debt with an undrawn lottery ticket which came up a prize of £20,000. In 1807, according to Annesley Strean, his son, Oliver Goldsmith Hodson, had succeeded to the paternal estate. The Dr. Hunter, mentioned at p. 258, is Dr. William Hunter; and the closing lines of the second letter (p. 260) tend to confirm the belief that Goldsmith never re-visited Ireland after he left it in 1752.

Index

"ADVENTURES of a Strolling | Bunbury, Mrs., see "Horneck,

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BALLANTYNE, William, 157.
Barlow, Peter, 175.
Beatty, John, 13, 17, 46.
"Beauties of English Poesy,"
151.

Beauclerk, Topham, 111, 224;
quoted, 225.
"Beau Tibbs," 98.
Bee, The, 78-81; quoted, 48,
81; verses in, 82-83.
"Bolingbroke, Life of." 198.
"Bookseller of the Last Cen-
tury, A," 102, 104.
Boswell, James, 112, 117, 139,
195, 206, 221, 232, 237-239,
243, 244, 248, 249; quoted,
134, 181-183.
Bott, Mr. Edmund, 178.
Breakneck Steps, 66, 71.
Brick Court, Middle Temple
(No. 2), 169, 206, 231.
British Magazine, The, 43, 86,
88, 89, 90.
Brooke's System of Natural
History," Preface to, 107.
Bryanton, Robert, of Bally-
mulvey, 17, 22, 57, 58, 69;
letters to, 28-29, 58.
Bunbury, Henry William, the
Caricaturist, 192, 235.

Catherine."

Burke, Edmund, 111, 162, 196,

226, 228, 231, 245, 246.
Busy Body, The, 77, 82.
Byrne, Thomas, 5, 34, 187.

CAMPBELL, Mr., 9.
Canonbury House, 104, 153.
"Captivity, Oratorio of the,"
233 n.

Chamier, Mr., 111.
Chatterton, Thomas, 205.
"Chinese Letters," 90, 93.
Christian Magazine, The, 91.
Churchill, Charles, 109, 116.
"Citizen of the World, The,"
42, 71, 90, 93; preface
quoted, 93-84; characteris-
tics of, 95-96; the "Man
in Black" and "Beau
Tibbs," 97-98.

"City Night Piece, A," 79,
95.

"Clandestine Marriage, The,"

160.

Clare, Lord, see "Nugent,
Robert."

"Clown's Reply, The," 28.
"Club, The," 110, 111, 158.
Cock Lane Ghost, Pamphlet

on, 92.

Collins, Benjamin, printer, of
Salisbury, 103, 132, 139, 141,
145.
Colman, George, Manager of
Covent Garden Theatre,

160, 162, 163, 196, 211, 212,
214, 217;
Comedy,Genteel," or "Sen-
timental," 159.
"Compendium of Biography,"

100.

Contarine,

Jane, afterwards
Mrs., Lawder, 22, 23, 57;
letter to, 59-62.
Contarine, Rev. Mr., 12, 17,
21, 23, 26, 30, 34, 62; letters
to, 30-34
Cook, William (European
Magazine), 118, 140, 169,
175, 176, 177, 185, 239;
quoted, 35, 61, 107, 137, 172,
173, 186, 214.
Cradock, Joseph, 130, 144, 209,
218, 223; quoted, 239.
Critical Review, The, 65.
Croker, John Wilson, quoted,
245.
Crown Tavern at Islington,
154, 157.
Cumberland, Richard, 136, 226,
227; quoted, 136.

DAVIES, Thomas, the book-
seller, 157, 198, 199, 223, 227,
243, 244; quoted, 237.
Delap, Elizabeth, 5.
"Deserted Village, The," 71,
79, 172; published, 185;
dedicated to Reynolds, 185;
depopulation theory, 185;
identity of Auburn and Lis-
soy, 186-187; qualities of
the poem, 188; farewell to
poetry, 188, 189; sum paid
to author, 189.
"Description of an Author's
Bedchamber," 69, 70.

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Dictionary of Arts and
Sciences," 223, 224.
"Distresses of a Common
Soldier," 95, 125.

"Distresses of the Poor," 82.
Dodsley, the bookseller, 136.
"Double Transformation,

The," 126.
Dyer, Samuel, 111.

"EDWIN and Angelina" (The
Hermit), 129, 130, 131, 141,
142, 150, 151-152.
"Elegy on a Mad Dog," 141.
Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize,"
45, 82, 83.

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Ellis, Dr., Goldsmith's fellow
student at Leyden, 34.
"English Grammar," 151.
"Enquiry into Polite Learning
in Europe," 42, 57, 59, 73-78,
82, 109, 116.
"Essays, by Mr. Goldsmith,"
98, 124; preface and con-
tents, 124-125; European
Magazine, The, 35, 66.

"FALSE Delicacy," Kelly's,
163.

Fielding, Henry, 80.
Filby, William, Goldsmith's
Tailor, 182, 183 n., 240;
quoted, 241.
Fleming, Mrs., of Islington,
105, 106, 109, 140; her ac-
counts, 105-106, 110, 113.
Foley, Statue of Goldsmith by,
233.

Ford, Mr. Edward, 144.
Forster, Mr. John, 157, 204 n.,

219, 235, 240; his "Life of
Goldsmith" quoted, 51, 107,
109, 111, 162, 201.
"Friar of Orders Gray," 152,
153.

"GAME of Chess," Goldsmith's
translation of Vida's, 204 n.
Garden Court, Temple, Gold-
smith in, 154.

Garrick, David, 160, 161, 162,
164, 181, 182, 223, 224, 225,
229; epitaph on, 226.
Gaubius, Professor of Chem-
istry at Leyden, 33.
Gibbon, Edward, 224.
Gibbs, Mr. J. W. M., 39, 54 n.
Glover, William, 158, 176;
quoted, 40, 176.
Goethe, quoted, 146-147.
Golden, Peggy, 7, 171.
Goldsmith, Ann (Goldsmith's
mother), 3, 21, 24, 198.
Goldsmith, Catherine (after-
wards Mrs. Hodson), 11, 20,
24.

Goldsmith, Rev. Charles (Gold-
smith's father), 3, 4, 12, 17,

20.

Goldsmith, Charles (Gold-

smith's brother), 54:
Goldsmith, Dean, of Cloyne, 27.
Goldsmith, Rev. Henry (Gold-
smith's eldest brother), 4, 8,
11, 17, 20, 26, 115, 172, 185;
letter to, 19, 64-65, 68-71.
Goldsmith, John, of Bally-
oughter (Goldsmith's uncle),
8.

Goldsmith, Oliver, his family, 1;

father, 3; birth, 4; removal
to Lissoy, 4; first teachers,
Elizabeth Delap and Thomas
Byrne, 5-6; has the small-pox,
7; anecdotes of childhood,
7-8; at school at Elphin and
Athlone, 8-9; at Edgeworths-
town,9; adventures at Ardagh,
10, 11; marriage of sister
Catherine, II; sizar at Trin-
ity College, Dublin, 13; his
tutor, Theaker Wilder, 13;
involved in a college riot, 15,
16; gets a small exhibition,
16; runs away and returns,
16, 17; writes songs for bal-

lad singers, 17; anecdote of
his benevolence, 18; takes
B. A. degree, 18; relics of
college life, 18; rejected for
holy orders, 23; tutor to Mr.
Flinn, 23; sets out for Amer-
ica and returns, 24-25; letter
to his mother, 25-26; starts
(fruitlessly) to study law, 26;
goes to Edinburgh to study
medicine, 27; admitted a
medical student, 27; visits
the Highlands, 30; starts for
Paris, 30; adventures by the
way, 30-32; leaves Leyden,
34; travels on the Continent,
34-40; lands at Dover, 40;
first struggles on reaching
England, 43-44; physician
in Bankside, 44-45; proof
reader to Richardson, 46;
his tragedy, 47; projects for
the East, 47; at Peckam
Academy, 48-51; bound to
Griffiths, the bookseller, 51;
"Memoirs of a Protestant,"
55-56; goes back to Peckham,
56; obtains and loses appoint-
ment in East Indies, 62; fails
at Surgeons' Hall as a hospi-
tal mate, 63; No. 12, Green
Arbour Court, Old Bailey,
66; difficulties with Griffiths,
67, 68; visit from Percy, 71,
72; "Present State of Polite
Learning," 73-78; writes
for The Busy Body and The
Lady's Magazine, 77; The
Bee, 77-83; visited by New-
bery and Smollett, 86; con-
tributions to The British
Magazine 86, 87; "History
of Miss Stanton," 87, 88;
contributions to The Public
Ledger, 89; edits The Lady's
Magazine, 90; moves into

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92;

No. 6, Wine Office Court,
Fleet Street, 91; visited
there by Johnson, 91;
Me-
moirs of Voltaire," 92; "His-
tory of Mecklenburgh," 92;
"Mystery Revealed,'
"Citizen of the World,'
93-99; "Compendium of
Biography," 100; "Life of
Nash," 101; sale of third share
of "Vicar of Wakefield,"
101, 102; removes to Mrs.
Fleming's at Islington, 103-
104: Mrs. Fleming's ac-
counts, 105, 106; hack-work
for Newbery, 106, 107;
"Let-
ters of a Nobleman," 107;
Hogarth at Islington, 109-
110; The Club" formed,
110, 111; working on "The
Traveller," 113; publication
of that poem, 115; described,
115-123; "Essays, by Mr.
Goldsmith," 124-125; friend-
ship with Nugent (Lord
Clare), 127; visits North-
umberland House, 127-128;
"Edwin and Angelina," 129;
resumes medical practice, 131,
132; "Vicar of Wakefield,"
132; story of sale, 133-141;
date of production, 141; char-
acteristics, 142-144; theories
of Mr. Ford, 144; bibliogra-
phy, &c., 144-147; Formey's
"History of Philosophy,"
&c., translated, 150; "Poems
for Young Ladies," 150;
"English Grammar," 151;
"Beauties of English Poesy,"
151; letter to St. James's
Chronicle, 151; at Canonbury
House, 153; at the Temple,
154; visited by Parson Scott,
"Roman
155;
History,"
157; the "Wednesday Club,"

158; "Good Natur'd Man "
produced, 163; its story,
159-167; at 2, Brick Court,
Middle Temple, 169; relaxa-
tions and festivities, 169–171;
death of Henry Goldsmith,
171; begins "The Deserted
Village," 172; "Shoemaker's
holidays" and "Shoemaker's
Paradise,"
173-174; Mr.
Edmund Bott, 178-179; old
compilations and new, 179,
180; epilogue to Mrs. Len-
ox's "Sister," 180; a dinner
at Boswell's, 181-183; ap-
pointed Professor of History
to the Royal Academy, 184;
letter to Maurice Goldsmith,
184; portrait painted by
Reynolds, 184; "The De--
serted Village," 185-190; the
Horneck family, 191-192;
"Life of Parnell," 193; visits
Paris, 193-197;“ Abridgment
of Roman History,'
"198;
"Life of Bolingbroke," 199;
Lord Clare and "The Haunch
of Venison," 200-204; at the
Royal Academy dinner, 204;
at Edgeware, 206-207; "His-
tory of England," 207; pro-
logue to Cradock's "Zo-
beide," 209; "Threnodia
Augustalis," 209; letter to
Mrs. Bunbury, 209-211;
"She Stoops to Conquer"
produced, 213; its story, 211-
216; libelled by The London
Packet, 217-220; dining at
Oglethorpe's, 221; at Paoli's,
221; "The Grumbler," 222;
"Grecian History," 223;
"Dictionary of Arts and
Sciences,' 223; "Retalia-
tion," 225-228; illness, 229-
death and burial, 231,

230;

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