Grafton ministry, ib; rouses from his
apathy, 99: sees the impending triumphs
of democracy, 100; ceases his feud with
the Grenvilles and Rockinghams, 150;
assaults and overthrows the Grafton
ministry, ib; opinion as to an author
having a right to his own work, 338.
See PITT.

Chatterton, his opinion on the arts of
booksellers, II. 162; his unhappy his-
tory, 163-165; subject of dispute with
Goldsmith, Percy, and Walpole, 189-
191; Johnson's opinion of him, 189 n;
Walpole's remorse in connection with
him, 190; his MS. of Rowley, 191 n.
Chaulieu, Abbé de, lines resembling
famous ones by Goldsmith, II. 87.
Cherokee kings, the, Goldsmith's visit to,
I. 217, ib, n.

Chester, Bishop of, black-balled at the
Literary Club, I. 234.

Chesterfield, Lord, tells Hume that he
thinks Wilkie a great poet, 1, 78; Dun-
kins's Epistle to, 129; Johnson's letter
to, 149; Garrick dines with, 181; sup-
posed to be author of Goldsmith's His-
tory of England, 227; Hawkins thinks
him "a bear," 237 n.

Cheyne, Dr., of Bath, his maxim with
respect to poets, I. 256.
Cholmondeley, the Hon. Mrs., Peg Wof-
fington's sister, 1. 282; her warning to
Johnson against political spies, II. 214;
gets possession of a MS. copy of Retalia-
tion, 412, ib, n.

Churchill, the Rosciad, the hit it made,
1. 194; Goldsmith's opinion of it, 220;
death of, 276; pressed poetry into the
service of party, ib; his personal cha-
racter, ib; independence of his satire,
277; vigorousness of his verse, ib.
Cibber, Colley, his delightful theatrical
gossip, I. 153; Walpole praises his Pro-
voked Husband, 163; his "choking sing-
ing birds," ib; his tragic acting, 170;
popularity of his comic acting, ib; his
Master Johnny acted with Lear, 179;
what he said of Garrick to Mrs. Brace-
girdle, ib; his knowledge of Mr. Dryden,
II. 230.

Cibber, Mrs., the actress, I. 74, 171.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, transla-
tion of, reviewed by Goldsmith, I. 116.
Citizen of the World, or Chinese Letters,
Goldsmith's, his father's character in,
I. 12; his own character, 25 n, 143;
prediction as to French Revolution, 47;
a forecast of the Citizen in letter to
Bryanton, 102; defence of the writer's

profession, 112, 113 n; an attack on
Griffiths, 138 n; actors, 166; origin of
the letters, 188, 189; first appearance in
the Public Ledger, ib; contributed prin-
cipally to its success, 189; republished
as the Citizen of the World, ib; reviewed
by the British Magazine, 190; by Kenrick
in the Monthly Review, ib; peculiarity of
their tone and style, ib; spirit of politi-
cal prophecy, 191; a portrait from the
Church to match with Fielding's, 192n;
anticipations of domestic reforms, 191-
193; anticipate the arguments of Bent-
ham, 193 n; their religious toleration,
194; restore to us the scenes and people
of the day, ib; Beau Tibbs and the
Man in Black, 196; founded on actual
incidents, 197; payment for republica-
tion, 218; quoted for the original of
Mr. Croaker, II. 28, ib, n; for Gold-
smith's sympathy with the very poor,
58, 59 n; for politeness, 141, 142 n; for
his longing after rest and home, 155 n;
for love of Ranelagh and Vauxhall,
193 n.

Clairon, Mademoiselle, seen and admired
by Goldsmith, 1.46; subject of an essay
in the Bee, ib; professional interviews
with Mrs. Yates, II. 33 n.

Clandestine Marriage, the, its origin and
success, II. 4; sketch of the method of
its construction, 4-6; directs Gold-
smith's attention to the stage, 7.
Clare, Viscount, II. 46; his daughter's
recollections of Goldsmith, 157, 175;
Goldsmith stays with him, 174; his
haunch of venison, 176. See NUGENT.
Cleland, John, his infamous novel praised
in the Monthly Review, 1. 119 n.
Clive, Kitty, I. 171; her bad orthography,
II. 23, 24; her unrivalled genius on the
stage, ib, n; Johnson charmed with her
wit and sense, ib; her opinion of Mrs.
Yates, 32, 33; libelled by Kelly, 44.
Club, the Literary, not first known by
that name, I. 232; founded by Sir
Joshua Reynolds, ib; modelled on the
Ivy-lane Club, founded by Johnson, ib;
errors in the accounts of it, 233 n; its
first members, 232, 233; limitation of
its number, ib; known as the Turk's-
head Club, from its place of meeting,
234; its later places of meeting, 233,
234 n; alteration in the night of meet-
ing, 234; obtained the name of Literary
Club at Garrick's funeral, ib; head-
quarters of literature, ib; high station
of its members, and difficulty of elec-
tion, b; Goldsmith objected to by

Hawkins, 235; why Hawkins resigned,
236; the evening toast, ib, n; Gold-
smith's position in, 245; its judgment
on the Vicar of Wakefield, 323; election
of Percy and George Colman, I. 108;
new members, and new modelled, ib,
109; Goldsmith's differences with John-
son as to its constitution, ib; great
changes in its constitution, 286; elec-
tion of Garrick and Boswell, 287; |
Charles Fox and Steevens elected, 288;
Boswell's introduction, 289; a specimen
of the club talk, 290, 291; the vast
and varied attainments of its members,
200 n; request to Johnson that Gold-
smith's epitaph might be in English,
333.
Cock Lane Ghost, pamphlet on, supposed
to be written by Goldsmith, 1. 206.
Collier, Mr., furnishes fifth volume of
Goldsmith's Compendium of Biography,
I. 207, 208.

Collins, his hard destiny, 1. 65; Gray's
opinion of, 85; destroys the unsold
edition of his Odes and Eclogues, 144;
Goldsmith's borrowings from, II. 228 n.
Colman, George, the elder, writes the
Connoisseur with Thornton, 1. 78, 79;|
member of the Literary Club, 298; his
share in the Clandestine Marriage, II. 4,
6; purchases share in Covent Garden,
32; accepts the Good-Nutured Man, 33,
72; connection with Miss Ford, 38; at
Garrick's jubilee, 122; mortifying treat-
ment of Goldsmith about his comedy,
252; poor opinion of She Stoops to Con-
quer, 257; evasive answers, 258; letter
from Goldsmith, ib; conference with
Johnson on the subject, ib, 259; attacks
on him for his behaviour to Goldsmith,
268; returns to Bath, ib; appeals to
Goldsmith for deliverance, ib.
Colman, George, Jun., his recollections

of Goldsmith's kindness to children,
II. 39, 40, his early precocity, ib; de-
scription of a comical tribute to Gold-
smith's Deserted Village, 160 n.
Comedy, sentimental school of, II. 70;
disquisition on its character and effects,
71; destroyed by Goldsmith, 77.
Compendium of Biography, Goldsmith's,
1. 207.

Complete History of England, the, by
Smollett, 1. 79; its rapid production,
ib; scheme of the booksellers to thwart
the success of Hume's History, ib; its
effect on the tempers of Hume and
Warburton, 80; reviewed by Gold-
smith, ib.

Oliver Goldsmith's Life and Times. II.

Congreve, 1. 66, 306 n, II. 20; anecdotes
of, 11. 3 n; Johnson's comparison with
Shakespeare, 126, 127 n.
Contarine, Rev. Mr., rector of Kilmore
and Oran, character of, 1. 17; college
companion of Bishop Berkeley, ib;
married to Charles Goldsmith's sister,
ib, 18; his affection for Goldsmith, 18;
pays his school expenses, ib; receives
him during holidays, ib; conquers his
aversion to a sizarship, ib; urges him
to take orders, 26; befriends him after
rejection for orders, 31; advances 501.
for the study of the law, 33; fate of the
gift, ib; receives Oliver into his house,
ib; shame and forgiveness, ib; visit
from Dean Goldsmith of Cloyne, ib;
who recommends Oliver to prosecute
the medical profession, ib; another
purse from Uncle Contarine, ib; Gold-
smith's letters to, from Edinburgh, 36,
39, 40, 332, 333; from Leyden, 40, 333-
335; present of flower-roots from a
grateful nephew, 42; his knowledge of
Parnell, II. 128; illness and death, 129.
Contarine, Jane, cousin and playfellow
of Goldsmith, 1. 18; married to Mr.
Lawder, ib. See LAWDER.
Conversation, its general characteristics,
II. 59.

Conway, Marshal, joins the Rocking-
hams, 1. 295, 296; letter to Walpole in
his youth, ib, n; the great triumph of
his life, 310; his anxiety to obtain the
support of Burke, 11. 14; assails him,
206.

Conway, George, innkeeper at Bally-
mahon, 1. 27; inquiries after him, 35.
Cooke, his papers on Goldsmith in Euro-
pean Magazine, I. 43 n; anecdotes of
Pilkington and Charles Lloyd, 198,
199 ; of Peter Annet, 218 n; of Gold-
smith, 300; II. 2 n, 79, 83 n, 89, 92 n,
118, 127, 142, 201n, 252, 253n, 283-284n;
adventures of his guinca, 8, 9; his ac-
count of the difference between Gold-
smith and Kelly, 69, 70 n; notice of
Shuter's success in the Good-Natured
Man, 74; visit to Goldsmith's chambers,
89; account of the composition of the
Deserted Village, ib; enjoys a shoemaker's
holiday with Goldsmith, 90; description
of Goldsmith's involvements and their
cause, 118; Goldsmith explains to him
the plot of She Stoops to Conquer, 252;
account of Goldsmith's oratory, 253 n;
on the different styles of his modes of
living, 285 n.

Copyright, not extended to Ireland till
24

Act of Union, 1. 98; its effects, ib; dis-
cussions respecting it, I. 336-344.
Cork, Lord, reputed the author of Gold-
smith's Letters to a Nobleman, II. 41;
author of a translation of Pliny's Let-
ters, ib.

Corney, Mr. Bolton, I. 81 n; the author's
obligation to him, II. 42; his discovery
of the translation of Vida, 180.
Coromandel, Goldsmith appointed medi-
cal officer on this station, I. 107; de-
scribes the appointment, ib; loses it,
114.

Countess of Salisbury, a tragedy, 11. 38;
vast success in Dublin, ib; played at
Drury-lane, ib; subject of Goldsmith's
wit, ib.

Covent-garden Theatre, establishment of
benevolent fund, 1. 298; stimulates
Garrick to form a rival one at Drury-
lane, ib; its critical state at Rich's
death, II. 24; open war with Drury-
lane, 33; quarrels among its new pro-
prietors, 68; delays the appearance of
the Good-Natured Man, 69.

Cowley, Abraham, influence of Spenser
on his poetry, I. 127.

Cradock, Mr., confused anecdote as to
Vicar of Wakefield, 1. 316 n; Goldsmith's
affecting remark to him, II. 65; anec-.
dote of Yates, 77 n; on the charge of
Goldsmith's gambling, 197; arrival in
London with translation of Voltaire's
Zobeide, 227; his character and abilities,
ib; makes the acquaintance of Gold-
smith, ib; furnished by him with pro-
logue for his play, ib; gives Goldsmith
musical aid in his Threnodia Augustalis,
ib; his account of a visit to the puppet-
show, 245 n; recollections of Gold-
smith, 249; visit to him in the Temple,
300.

Creusa, a tragedy, by Mr. Whitehead, 1. 76.
Crisp, Mr., author of Virginia, 1. 76.
Critical Review, the, I. 69.

Croker, J. W., on Reynolds's prices, I.
230 n; authority in ladies' ages, estab-
lishes those of Mrs. Piozzi, Lady Cork,
and Fanny Burney, 271 n; story of
George Steevens, 273 n; an odd charge
against Goldsmith, 283 n; relates a
pun by Burke, II. 139 n; his summary
of Johnson's acquaintance with the
fashionable and great, 175, 176 n; on
Markham's abuse of Burke, 209 n; on
the Latin epitaph, 334 n.

Crossley, Mr. James, an error corrected,
I. 203 n.

Cumberland, Duke of, forbidden the court

for his marriage, 11. 279; the Royal Mar-
riage Act, ib; opposed by Lords Rock-
ingham and Camden, 280; made un-
popular by Goldsmith, ib; allusion to it
in She Stoops to Conquer, ib.

Cumberland, Richard, character of Gold-
smith, 1. 3; description of Garrick's
appearance in Lothario, 172; ludicrous
account of Goldsmith's arrest, 273 ; a
new dramatic antagonist to Goldsmith,
II. 199; social advantages from his high
connection, ib; first comedy played at
Covent-garden, 200; compliments Gar-
rick in the prologue, ib; introduction
to Garrick, ib; the West Indian pro-
duced at Drury-lane, ib; a reinforce-
ment of the sentimental style, ib; be-
lieved himself the creator of his school,
ib; satirised by Sheridan as Sir Fretful
Plagiary, ib; by Goldsmith in Retalia-
tion, ib, n; mistakes the wit for compli-
ment, 200, 201; his insincerity as to
Reynolds, 248 n; his judicious criticism
on actors, 261 ; account of the recep-
tion of She Stoops to Conquer, 265, 266;
visit to Goldsmith in the Temple, 301;
sorrowful contrast between the condi-
tions of their authorship, ib, 302; ac-
count of Retaliation, 318; describes the
company under the metaphor of liquors,
ib; his letter descriptive of the epitaphs,
ib; his complaint of Whitefoord, ib.
Cunningham, Peter, examines Newbery's
will, i. 274 n; edition of Goldsmith, 11.
186 n, 316.

Curwen, Mr., his Journal, mistake as to
the origin and scene of the Vicar of
Wakefield, 1. 316.

D.

DALY, Mr., schoolfellow of Goldsmith,
1. 14; account of early times, ib.
D'Arblay, Madame, anecdote of Haw-
kins, 1. 236; account of the Streatham
portrait-gallery, II. 133 n; on Miss
Reynolds and Boswell, 134 n.
Davies, Mr. Thomas, character of Gold-
smith, 1. 9 n; ex-performer of Drury-
lane, 212; extinguished by the Rosciad,
ib; establishes himself as bookseller
and publisher in Russell-street, Covent-
garden, ib; shop frequented by the ad-
mirers of Johnson, 213; by Goldsmith,
Foote, Beauclerc, Bennet Langton,
Reynolds, and Warburton, ib; sets up
as patron and critic, 213, 214; arranges
a dinner for Boswell to meet Johnson,
221; imitating Johnson, 222; introduc-

tion of Boswell to Johnson, 248; com-
forts Boswell with the assurance that
Johnson likes him, ib; supper at the
Mitre, 248, 249; consulted as to the
meaning of "Luke's iron crown," 280;
engages Goldsmith to write a History of
Rome, II. 41; liberality of his offer, ib;
opinion of Goldsmith's disposition, 92;
engagement with him to write a History
of England, 115; account of the feud
between Baretti and Goldsmith, 123,
124; publishes Goldsmith's Life of Par-
nell, 170, 171; its success, ib; engages
him to write a Life of Bolingbroke, 172;
difficulty of obtaining the proof sheets,
ib; compares Johnson's laugh to that
of a rhinoceros, 192, 193; character of
Kelly, 199 n; writes a review of Gold-
smith's History of England in the Ad-
vertiser, 216; a difference with Gold-
smith, 285 n; his anecdote about John-
son's confession of envy, 296; adverse
to the Popular Dictionary, 308, 309.
Day, Robert, Irish Judge, an acquaint-
ance of Goldsmith's, II. 191; friend of
Grattan, ib; his personal reminiscences
of Goldsmith, 191, 192; confirms the
general impression of his nature and
character, ib; comment upon his card-
playing, 197; account of the reception
of She Stoops to Conquer, 266; a mourner
at Goldsmith's funeral, 331.
Defoe, Daniel, his fame surviving the
pillory, 1. 145; popularity of his novels
shown by demand for them at the Man-
chester Free Library, II. 152 n; secret
of it elucidated by Gray, ib; complaint
of the encouragement given to puppet-
shows, 246 n.

De Foe, James, great-grandson of author

of Robinson Crusoe, 342 n; subscription
in his behalf, ib, £100 granted by Lord
Palmerston from Queen's bounty in aid
of his two daughters, ib.
Delap, Elizabeth, 1. 7; school-mistress of
Lissoy, ib; Goldsmith's first instruc-
tress, ib; conversation with Dr. Strean,
ib; her character of her pupil, ib; sur-
vived him thirteen years, ib.
D'Epinay, Madame, Memoir, her account

of Hume's popularity in Paris, 1. 303 n.
De Quincey, Mr., essay on first edition of
this biography in his Works, 1. 71, 72 n.
88, 89; cheerful view of the tenor of
Goldsmith's life, 11. 65, 66 n.
Derrick, Samuel, his Poetical Dictionary,
I. 203 n; introduces Goldsmith to Robin
Hood debating Club, 215, 216; anec-
dotes of his presence of mind, ib,n; his

letters to Dr. Wilson, b; succeeds Beau
Nash as master of the ceremonies at
Bath, ib, n; witticism on the baker, ib;
his unpublished MSS. quoted, 100 n,
108 n, 203 n, 288 n, 289 n; Mrs. Lessing-
ham begins life in his garret, II. 68 n;
Johnson engages him to gather mate-
rials about Dryden, 231 n.
Deserted Village, its philosophy less sound
than that of the Citizen of the World, II.
87, 88; its instant success, 151; arrives
at five editions in less than three
months, ib; its true and pastoral simpli-
city, 152; its unity, completeness, and
unsuperfluousness, 152, 153; compari-
son between it and the Traveller, 153;
Goethe sets about translating it into
German, ib; Macaulay on its construc-
tion, 154 n; its philosophy considered,
154; evidently inspired by scenes of
his youth, 158; question of identity of
Auburn with Lissoy, 159 n; England
manifestly the scene of the poem, 159;
attempts to get up the localities at
Lissoy, ib, n, 160; dedicated to Sir
Joshua Reynolds, ib; payment for it,
161; translations of it, ib; threat of
abandoning poetry, ib, 162.

Devil Tavern, the, Temple Bar, card-
club held there, frequented by Gold-
smith, II. 8.

Devonshire, Duke of, his patronage of
Garrick, 1. 182.

Dickens's, Charles, letter to the author
(fac-simile), vol. I. p. XIII-XX.

Diderot, guest of Voltaire with Gold-
smith, I. 49; his defence of the English
character, ib.

Dilly, bookseller, buys the Memoirs of a
Protestant, I. 95; his British Plutarch,
207; dinner to Johnson and Goldsmith,
II. 292; the argument with Toplady and
Dr. Mayo on toleration, ib, 293.
Dodd, Dr., conducts for Newbery the
Christian Magazine, 1. 202, 203.
Doddridge, Dr., reads the Wife of Bath's
Tale to young Nancy Moore, II. 2.
Dodsley, Robert, proprietor of the Lon-
don Chronicle, 1. 68; Samuel Johnson
writes paragraphs for it at a guinea a-
piece, ib; discussion with Goldsmith at
Tom Davies's, 220.

Dodsleys, booksellers, give Johnson ten
guineas for his London, I. 125; pub-
lishers of Goldsmith's Polite Learning,
ib; announcement of in the London
Chronicle, 133; omit Goldsmith's name
from title-page, ib; offer 6501. for a
second edition of Tristram Shandy, 195,

Dosa, family name of the Zecklers (a race
of Transylvanians), Luke and George,
I. 280: Tom Davies consulted as to the
meaning of "Luke's iron crown," ib.
Douglas, tragedy of, 1. 74; refused at
Drury-lane, ib; endorsed by the Scottish
capital, ib; pronounced to be superior
to Shakespeare, 75; David Hume's
critical opinion, ib; causes ejection of
its author by the Presbytery, ib; acted
at Covent Garden, ib; its success, ib;
jealousy of Garrick, ib; reviewed by
Goldsmith, ib, 76.

Dow, Colonel Alexander, author of Zingis,
a play, 11. 30; his mode of dealing with
manager Garrick, ib; a dinner with,
ib, n.

Drayton, his lines on the use of um-
brellas, 1. 81 n.
Drury-lane, Garrick's management of, I.
161, 163; I. 24-26, 241, 242; Goldsmith's
play withdrawn from, 37; anxiety to
transfer his play to, 308, 309.
Dryden, John, father of authorship by
profession, I. 112; Goldsmith's great
admiration of him, ib, n; his masterly
lines on "Life," 240, 241 n; echo of
his verse in Goldsmith's, II. 86 n; on
punning, 138 n; his conversation, 146;
the "thousand" anecdotes of Cibber,
230; a noble translation, 283 n.
Dublin, absence of literary taste in, in
1758, 1. 100 n, 108 n.

Du Deffand, Madame, her petits soupers,
I. 303, 304; her intimacy with Horace
Walpole and the English literati, ib.
Duffy, C. Gavan, anecdote contributed
by, 1. 36, 37 n.

Dunkins's Epistle to Lord Chesterfield, 1.
129; reviewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Dunning, his character of Reynolds's
dinner-parties, II. 136.

Dyer, Samuel, original member of the
Literary Club, I. 233; his ruin and
death, I. 207 n.

E.

EASTCOURT, Dick, his witty and gentle
ridicule, 1. 246, ib, n.

Eastlake, Sir Charles, on the ideal and
actual in art, II. 188 n; death and cha-
racter, ib, 189 n.

Edda, the, Mallet's translation of, first
book reviewed by Goldsmith, 1. 73.
Edgeworths of Edgeworthstown, Pallas
the property of, 1. 5.
Edinburgh, Goldsmith visits it as medical
student, 1.33, 34; anecdotes concerning

him there, 34; elected a member of the
Medical Society, 35; studious pursuits,
ib; college acquaintance, ib; employ-
ment at the Duke of Hamilton's, ib;
letters from, ib, 37; expenses in, ib; in-
troduced to a tailor by a fellow-student,
38; a tailor's bill, ib; hunted by bailiffs,
39; departure from, ib.

Edinburgh Review, suggestions by Lord
Lytton on behalf of literature, 1. 140,
141 n.

Edwards, Mrs., partner of Miss S. Shore,
her accounts for tea and sugar with
the Goldsmith family, 1. 26; "Master
Noll" the messenger, ib.

Edicin and Angelina, written for the
Countess of Northumberland, 1. 285,
286; suggested by ballad-discussions
with Percy, 285; criticisms upon it,
286; attacked by Kenrick as a plagiary,
ib; its originality defended by Gold-
smith, b; charge revived, 287 n.

Elegy of Adonis, translation of Bion's by
Langhorne, 1. 127; reviewed by Gold-
smith, ib.

Ellis, Dr., clerk to the Irish House of
Commons, student at Leyden, 1. 41 n;
his advice to Goldsmith about gam-
bling, ib; his ex-postfacto prophecy, ib;
assists Goldsmith pecuniarily, ib.
Elwin's, Rev. Mr., Essays in the Quarterly
Review, 1. 195 n.

Emblemore, residence of the Rev. Mr.
Contarine, 1. 17; its name changed to
Tempe by Mr. Mills, ib.

England, History of (Goldsmith's), appear-
ance of, II. 215; extracts from the pre-
face, ib, n; the work charged with
party spirit, ib; the author denounced
as a writer for pay, 216.

Enquiry into the present state of Polite
Learning, conceived and commenced
by Goldsmith at Dr. Milner's, I. 97, 98;
quoted for characteristic traits, 13 #,
17, 42, 43, 46, 66; asks his friends to
subscribe for it, 99, 100; published, 133;
its character and objects, 134-146; re-
viewed, 137, 138; its attack on Garrick's
management, 164, and see II. 324.
Epigoniad, the, an epic by Dr. Wilkie,
1. 76; story of its author, ib, 77 n; uncle
to the painter, ib, n; reviewed by Gold-
smith, 77; lauded by Scotchmen as the
Scotch Homer, 76, 77; puffed by Hume
in the Critical Review, 77; the verdict of
the Monthly not reversed, ib, 78.
Epistle to Lord Chesterfield, Dunkins's, I.
129, reviewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Erskine, Captain Thomas, conversation