Flinn, Mr., engages Goldsmith as private
tutor, 1. 30; brief term of the engage-
ment, ib; cause of the separation, ib.
Flood, Henry, in college with Goldsmith,
1. 18; opinion as to oratory, 216 n.
Florence, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 52.
Foley, J. H., R.A., his statue of Gold-
smith, I. 336.

Fontenelle, guest of Voltaire, with Gold-
smith, 1. 49; his attack upon the English
character, ib; description of him, ib, n.
Foote, explosion of malice against Gar-
rick, 1. 170; at Davies's, 213; threatens
to take off the Caliban of literature in
the Orators, 214, 215 ; deterred, ib;
Johnson's opinion of him, 215 n; libels
Faulkner, the Dublin printer, instead,
215; prosecuted for his pains, ib; visit
to the Cherokee kings, 217 n; with
Boswell at the Bedford, 222; jeers at
Powell's success, 266; loses his leg by
a practical joke of the Duke of York's,
II. 38; receives the summer patent of
the Haymarket as compensation, 37,
38; warns Garrick against patronising
Hiffernan, 102; at Garrick's jubilee,
122; talking about Goldsmith at the
Haymarket, 142; assists She Stoops to
Conquer, by an attack on the senti-
mental style, 259; his address to his
audience, ib.

Ford, Dr., II. 104 n.

Fordyce, Dr., consulted in Goldsmith's
last illness, II. 326.

Formey's Philosophical Miscellanies, 1. 129;
reviewed by Goldsmith, ib; published

by Francis, and paid for by John New-
bery, 311, ib, n.

Fox, Charles, at the club, I. 233 n; his
opinion of Garrick's acting, 264, 265 n;
of Goldsmith's Traveller, 282; praises
the Traveller when a boy, II. 15 n;
friendly intercourse with Burke, ib;
hears him talked about at his father's
table, 100; in the chair at the club
quoting Homer and Fielding, 109; con-
trasted with Burke as a talker, 144 n;
his masquerading attire for the gaming
table, 195; his passion for play, ib, n,
197; the apparent incompatibility of
his tastes, 195 n; sneer at Burke, 207;
change of tone, ib, n.

Fox-Strangways, Lady Susan, her mar-
riage with O'Brien the actor, 1. 267,
268; description of her, ib, n; packed
off to America, 268, 269 n.
Francis, Philip his father the author of
Eugenia, 1. 76; himself reputed author
of Junius, 11. 53 n, 55-57, 210, 211 m; his

abilities and character, ib; Mr. Meri-
vale on his Papers, 55-57; Mr. Macau-
lay's argument concerning him, 56;
opinion to Burke of the French revolu-
tion, 212 n. See JUNIUS.
Franklin's, Benjamin, protest on behalf
of American colonists, 1. 292.

G.

GAINSBOROUGH, letter to Garrick on stage
decorations, I. 243 n.

Game of Chess, Vida's, translated by Gold-
smith and others, I. 180-186.
Gangs, the Three, Bedfords, Temple-
Grenvilles, and King's friends, n. 16;
a humiliating study, the correspondence
of these great families, 99; their quar-
rels, 149.
Gardener, bookseller, his astounding
agreement with poor Kit Smart, 1. 290.
Garrick, David, refuses Douglas, 1. 74;
his reasons, ib; jealous of its success,
75; a party at Twickenham, 109, 110 n;
his jealousy of Goldsmith, 142; attacked
by Mr. Ralph for his management, 161;
by Ned Purdon, ib; discontented can-
didates for dramatic fame, 163; Wal-
pole's opinion of the stage, ib; his thea-
trical management, ib; his interference
with the plays submitted to him, ib;
insults to his self-esteem, 164; produces
Smollett's Reprisa's, ib; Home's Agis, ib;
Goldsmith's attack on, 164, 165, refuses
recommendation to Goldsmith for se-
cretaryship to Society of Arts, 165,166;
sketch of the actor's art, 166; account
of his youth and appearance on the
stage, 167-182; French origin of the
family, 168; acts Serjeant Kite at a
private play when eleven years old, ib;
early development of theatrical tastes,
ib; his father stationed at Gibraltar,
ib; family left behind at Lichfield, ib;
Johnson's reasons for his fondness for
money, b; letters to his father, ib;
pupil of Samuel Johnson's at Edial,
169; both travel to London together, ib;
a student at Lincoln's-inn,ib; lounger
at the theatres, ib; death of his father
and mother, ib; legacy of a thousand
pounds from a Lisbon uncle, ib; be-
comes partner with his brother Peter
as wine-merchant, ib; different charac-
ters of the brothers, ib, 170; acts pri-
vately at Ipswich under the name of
Lyddal, 170; performs Richard the
Third at Goodman's-fields, ib; state of
the tragic stage, b, 171; appears at

Covent-garden in the Fair Penitent, ib;|
deprecatory letter to his brother, 173,
174; the shock the family received, ib;
self-interested defence of actors, ib,
175; further family correspondence,
176, 177; Peter's horror at the report of
his brother playing harlequin, 178;
David confesses it, 179, 180; farce of
the Lying Valet, 178; surprising versa-
tility of genius, ib; Cibber's opinion of
Garrick, 179; the idol of the learned,
the wealthy, and the great, 180; Mr.
Pitt applauds him, 177; is to sup with
Mr. Pope, 181; letter to his brother
detailing his triumph, ib; rescues Peter
from the wine-vaults, 182; summary of
reasons for judging favourably of his
character, ib; his opinion of Mr. Da-
vies's shop, 213; of Johnson's dissipa-
tion with Langton and Beauclerc, 242;
Johnson's retort, 243; refuses Johnson-
an order for the play, 248; influence
shaken, 264, 265; riot at the theatre,
265; visit to the Continent, ib; reasons
alleged for, ib; his reception at Paris,
ib; sups with Marmontel and d'Alem-
bert, ib; Mademoiselle Clairon ex-
hibits before him, ib; recites for them
with extraordinary effect, ib; receives
the news of Powell's success, 265, 266;
writes him an admirable letter of ad-
vice, ib, n; conscious of the secret of
his power, ib; arrival in England, 296,
297; disturbed by visions of Powell,
ib; finessing and trick, 297; writes
squibs on himself, ib; endeavours to
establish the Drury-lane Fund, 298; at-
tempts to be elected to the Literary
Club, ib; complaints to Hawkins, 299;
his sketch of the Rev. Mr. Beighton,
298, 299 n; quarrel with Johnson, 305;
causes stated, ib; his reappearance by
command of the king, 306; popularity
still unabated, ib; charges Johnson
with insensibility to highest genius,
ib; puts upon his stage Falstaff's Wed-
ding, by Kenrick, ib; lives to regret his
relations with Kenrick, 307; his poor
opinion of the Vicar of Wakefield, 323;
plays before royalty and Rousseau,
II. 4; his share in the Clandestine Mar-
riage, 4, 5; his original draught of the
plot, ib; his meeting with Goldsmith
at Reynolds's, 24; the amazing prestige
of his name, 25; at tea with Peg Wof-
fington, 26 n; poor opinion of the Good-
Natured Man, 26; suggestions of altera-
tion, ib; unsound criticism on the char-
acter of Lofty in the Good-Natured Man,

29, 30; his annoyance at the secession
of Powell, 31, 33; in tears at Mrs.
Yates' acting, 33 n; bribes Barry and
Mrs. Dancer to secede, 33; open war
between the houses, ib; correspond-
ence with Goldsmith, 37; his felicity in
writing prologues and epilogues, 121 n;
plays round Johnson with fond viva-
city, 125; disquisition with Johnson on
the merits of Shakespeare and Con-
greve, 126, 127 n; founds a farce, the
Irish Widow, on an incident that oc-
curred to Goldsmith, 143; exertions to
help Kelly, 163 n; charge against Gold-
smith for gambling, 198; friendship
established between him and Gold-
smith, 219, 220; description of him by
the German traveller, Lichtenberg,
224 n; mistakes in management, 242;
increased scenic decorations, ib; tam-
pers with the text of Shakespeare, 243;
produces Hamlet with Alterations, ib;
on Goldsmith's envy, 253; a convert to
the natural school of comedy, 260,
275 n; his vanity discussed, 281; reason
to Mrs. More for Johnson's harshness
to him, 282 n; revenge on Johnson for
his attacks, 282, 283; elected member
of the Literary Club, 286; continued
objection to the character of Lofty,
308; kindness to Goldsmith in distress,
310; obtains the promise of a new
comedy, 311; travestie of Addison's
Cato, with Goldsmith, 313; another
game of Mufti, ib; his epitaph on Gold-
smith, 316; account of Retaliation, 317;
Goldsmith's famous epitaph upon him,
319; retort on the epitaph in Retalia-
tion, 320 n; second and third epi-
taphs, ib.

Garrick, Mr. Peter, brother of David, I.
169; wine-merchant at Lichfield, ib;
his disposition and character, ib; ob-
jections to the stage, 170; Mr. Swyn-
fen's announcement to him of Gar-
rick's first appearance, 172; depreca-
tory letter from David, 173; expostula-
tions and replies, 176, 177; correspond-
ence on partnership affairs, 177, 178;
indebted to his brother for retrieval of
his fortunes, 182. See GARRICK, DAVID.
Gaubius, professor, at Leyden, 1. 41.
Gay, his Trivia, quoted, 1. 81; the Beg-
gars' Opera, 194; its wearisome repeti-
tion, 200 n; application to Bow-street
for its suppression, ib n.
Geneva, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 48; in-
terview with Voltaire, ib; company
and conversation, 49.

suasion that Goldsmith wrote Goody
Two Shoes, 1. 262.

George the Third, King, full of compas-
sion for Lady Susan O'Brien's father,
1. 267 n; his glad assent to the Ameri-
can Stamp Act, 293; turns off its au-
thors, ib; result of governing without
party, 294; turns off Lord Rockingham,
II. 10, 11; what he would have sub-
stituted for party, 11; his interview
with Johnson, 21; his compliment, ib,
22; asks about the Monthly and Critical
Reviews, 22; wishes the literary biogra-
phy of England to be undertaken by
Johnson, ib; personal entreaties to
Chatham, 48; dispute between Gold-
smith and Burke as to his character,
247.

George's" Temple Exchange coffee-
house, celebrated by Goldsmith in an
essay, I. 90.

Germany, description of the lecture-
rooms there, 1. 50.

Gibbon, visit to Goldsmith in the Temple,
II. 239.

Giffard, Mr., manager of Goodman's-

fields theatre, 1. 170; recommends the
Garrick brothers for wine to the Bed-.
ford coffee-house, ib.

Gloucester, Duke of, marriage with Lady
Waldegrave, II. 280; cause of the Royal
Marriage Act, ib; opposed by Lords
Rockingham and Camden, ib; made
unpopular by Goldsmith, ib; allusion to
it in She Stoops to Conquer, ib; the Duke
present at the representation, ib.
Glover, Richard, author of Boadicea, 1.
76; author of Leonidas, 175; a patron of
Garrick's, ib; a city merchant, ib, n;
his character, popularity, and in-
fluence, ib; a member of the Leicester-
house councils, ib; his treatment by his
party, ib; successful speculation in the
copper trade, ib; taken for the author
of Junius, ib; Horace Walpole's de-
scription of him, ib; his description of
Lord Nugent, 292.

Glover, member of the Wednesday Club,
II. 43; physician and actor, ib; author
of anecdotes of Goldsmith in Annual
Register, ib; recommended by Garrick
for surgeoncy in Essex Militia, ib, n;
plays practical jokes on Goldsmith, ib;
story of the payment for the Deserted,
Village, 161.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang, criticism on
the Vicar of Wakefield, 1. 2; German
translation of Vicar of Wakefield, read
to him by Herder, 321; impression
made upon his mind, ib; had part in
his mental development, 322; tribute to
England for the production of Vicar of
Wakefield, 11. 20; ignorance of the dark
side of the picture, ib; his estimate
of actors, 26; translates the Deserted
Village into German, 153; his criticism
on it in his Autobiography, ib, n; fails
in his translation, 161 n.
Goldsmith, date of birth, 1. 5; place of
birth, b; parentage, 6; first instruc-
tress of, 7; slow development of his
nature, ib; placed under the tuition of
Mr. Thomas Byrne, ib; hears Carolan,
the blind harper, 8; attacked with the
small-pox, b; sent to school at Elphin,
ib; boards with his uncle John at Bally-
oughter, ib; discrepancies of opinions
respecting him, 9 n; his varying tem-
per, ib; examples of his quickness of
retort, ib; biographical preface to the
Miscellaneous Works, account of, 10, it,
n; comment thereon, 11; fondness for
ancient ballads, ib; reply to Dr. John-
son, exhibiting his character, ib; so-
ciety and character of his father, 12;
experience in the ways of the world,
12, 13; removed to school at Athlone,
13; his opinions on the state of youth,
ib, n; his destination for a trade al-
tered to that of the university, 14;
schoolboy acquaintance at Edgeworths-
town, ib; their accounts of him, id;
his classical predilections, ib; athletic
habits, ib; holidays at Ballymahon,
ib; orchard depredations at Tirlicken,
15; derives the idea of She Stoops to
Conquer from a boyish incident, ib;
close of school-days, 16; effects of his
sister's marriage on his fortunes, ib;
enters college as a sizar, ib; his
opinion on the foundation of sizar-
ships, contrasted with Prior's, 17;
character of his college tutor, 18; col-
lege acquaintance, ib; college charac-
ter, ib; chums with an Edgeworths-
town schoolfellow, 19; college rooms,
ib; scratches his name on the window-
pane, ib; the piece of glass preserved
in the college library, ib; death of his
father, 20; stoppage of the supplies,
ib; desperate means of existence, ib;

composes ballads at five shillings a-
piece, ib; steals out at night to hear
them sung, ib; self-denying charity of
his nature, ib; gives his blankets off
his bed, 21; dislike of mathematical
studies, 22; brutal treatment of his
tutor, 22, 23; a college riot, ib; ad-
monished, ib; tries for a scholarship
and fails, ib; obtains an exhibition, ib;
dance in honour thereof, 24; appear-
ance of Theaker Wilder on the scene,
ib; sells his books, and runs away from
college, ib; sets out for Cork, ib; has
thoughts of America, ib; returns to
Lissoy, ib; goes back to college, ib;
continued degradations, ib; takes de-
gree of B.A., 27th Feb. 1749, 25; lowest
on the list, b; no proof of demerit, ib;
oblivion of his compeers, ib; he and
his tutor part for ever, 26; returns to
his mother's house, ib; altered circum-
stances, ib; urged to take orders, ib;
objects, ib; uncle Contarine joins in
the request, ib; consents, ib; spends
two years at Ballymahon, ib; house-
hold occupations and amusements, ib;
president of the village club, 27; pas-
sion for cards contracted at the Bally-
mahon inn, ib; consoles himself with
his flute, ib; wins the prize at Bally-
mahon fair for throwing a sledge-
hammer, ib; first tastes acquired for
natural history, ib; entreats Bryanton
to avoid drink, 29; effects of Bally-
mahon life on his character, ib, 30; na-
ture of his objection to taking orders,
ib; presents himself to the Bishop of
Elphin, ib; rejected, ib; reasons al-
leged and disputed, ib; Dr. Strean's
belief as to the cause, ib; engages with
Mr. Flinn as private tutor, 31; brief
term of the engagement, ib; cause of
the separation, ib; returns to Bally-
mahon, ib; starts for Cork with a full
pocket, ib; another floating vision of
America, 32; returns home penniless,
ib; his horse Fiddleback, ib; his ac-
count of his adventures, ib; uncle Con-
tarine advances 50l. to study the law,
33; fate of the gift, ib; shame and for-
giveness, ib; returns to Ballymahon,
ib; disagreement with mother and bro-
ther, ib; is received by his uncle Con-
tarine, ib; recommended to the medi-
cal profession by the "grandee" of the
family, ib; sets out for Edinburgh, 34;
Edinburgh anecdotes, ib; no tradition
of his studies, ib; social reputation, ib;
becomes a member of the Medical So-

ciety, 35; Edinburgh acquaintance, ib;
fondness for chemistry, ib; the session
not spent unprofitably, ib; letter to
cousin Bryanton from Edinburgh, ib;
employment at the Duke of Hamil-
ton's, ib; harsh judgment formed as to
his early improvidence, 37; his Edin-
burgh tailor's account, 38; letters to
his uncle Contarine, 39; intentions of
travel, ib, 40; last draft upon uncle
Contarine, ib; hunted by bailiffs, ib;
arrested as a Jacobite in Newcastle-
on-Tyne, ib; account of his intended
voyage, ib; arrested in Sunderland by
a tailor, ib; thus escapes shipwreck, ib;
arrives at Leyden, ib; pursuits at
Leyden, 41; supports himself as a
teacher, ib; money won at play and
lost, ib; encounters every form of
distress," ib; borrows money from Dr.
Ellis, ib; spends it in buying flower-
roots for uncle Contarine, 42; quits
Leyden with one guinea, one shirt,
and his flute, ib; becomes a philosophic
vagabond, ib; influence of the Baron
de Holberg's history upon his charac-
ter, ib, 45; visits Louvain, 44; obtains
his medical degree, ib; travels through
Flanders, ib; mode of subsistence, ib;
arrives in Paris, ib; acts as companion
to a young gentleman of fortune, 46;
attends the chemical lectures at Rouelle,
ib; prophecy of the coming Revolu-
tion, 47; visits Voltaire at Geneva, 48;
the company and conversation, ib;
sends home first sketch of the Traveller,
50; "disputes" his passage through
Europe, 53; arrives at Dover without
a farthing, 54; appearance as low
comedian in a country barn, ib; ap-
plies for hire to an apothecary, ib, n;
on London streets, ib; finds employ-
ment as an usher, ib; applies to Dr.
Radcliff for a character, ib; applica-
tion countermanded, 55 n; letter to
Radcliff, ib; obtains employment with
chemist Jacob, ib; visit to Dr. Sleigh,
56; physician at Bankside, ib; inter-
view with schoolfellow Beatty, ib; at-
tends a printer's workman, 57; appli-
cation to Richardson suggested, ib; ap-
pointed corrector of the press in Salis-
bury-court, ib; sees the author of the
Night Thoughts, ib; begins a tragedy,
ib; interview with Mr. Farr, ib; be-
comes usher at Peckham academy, 58;
anecdotes of his life there, 59-63; in-
troduced to Griffiths the bookseller,
64; accepts an engagement on the