the

Monthly Review, ib; removes to Grif-
fiths's for board and lodging, and small
salary, ib; matriculates in Grub-street,
68; miserable drudgery for bread, 70;
contributions to the Monthly Review
never acknowledged, 72; his reviews
discovered from a marked copy, 73;
review of Home's tragedy of Douglas,
75, 76; of the Epigoniad, 76; of the
Connoisseur, 78; of the Sublime and
Beautiful, 79; objections to his critical
judgment, 78; not defended, ib; style of
criticism of the day, b; review of
Smollett's History of England, 79, 80;
of Hanway's Journey from Portsmouth,
82; of Cardinal Polignac's Anti-Lucre-
tius, 83; of Voltaire's Universal History,
84; of Gray's Odes, ib; quarrel with
Griffiths, 88; crimination and recrimi-
nation, 88, 89; Griffiths retains his
hold, 89; launched again on the world,
90; frequents Temple-exchange coffee-
house, ib; occupies a garret near Salis-
bury-square, ib; visit from his brother
Charles, ib; letters to his brother-in-
law Hodson, 92-94; translates
Memoirs of a Protestant, 94; published
under the name of Willington, 95;
gives up literature, and returns to Dr.
Milner's, 96; hopes of a medical foreign
appointment, 97; Enquiry into the pre-
sent State of Polite Learning undertaken,
98; hopes and expectations, ib; leaves
Dr. Milner's, ib; letter to Edward
Mills, 99, 100; to Bryanton, 101, 102;
"dunned for a milkscore," 103; letter
to Mrs. Lawder, (Jane Contarine),
104-106; obtains medical appointment
on the coast of Coromandel, 107; writes
to his brother Henry, ib; letter to Mr.
Hodson, 108; critical state of affairs,
109; applies to Mr. Archibald Hamil-
ton, ib; why he had joined and left
Smollett, ib; resumes writing for the
Critical Review, 110; reviews transla-
tions of Ovid, ib, 111; his admiration of
Dryden, 112 n; his opinion with re-
gard to interlopers in literature, ib,
113; removes to Green-arbour-court,
ib; intimates and associates in that
locality, 114; loses his Coromandel ap-
pointment, ib; causes supposed, ib; de-
signs to pass the Surgeons'-hall, 115;
deplorable condition of his wardrobe,
ib; applies to Griffiths, ib; contracts for
four articles to Monthly Review, ib; ob-
tains credit for a suit of clothes on
Griffiths's security, ib; reviews Some
Enquiries concerning the First Inhabit-

ants of Europe, ib; Anselm Bayly's In-
troduction to Languages, 116; Dr. Bur-
ton's Pentalogia, ib; translation of
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, ib; pre-
sents himself for examination at Sur-
geons'-hall, ib; rejected, ib; extract
from the books of the college, ib;
lamentation in Green-arbour-court,
117; pawns his new suit of clothes, ib;
angry correspondence with Griffiths,
118; true beginning of his literary
career, 119; contracts to write Life of
Voltaire, 120; letter to his brother
Henry, 121-123; announcement of Life
of Voltaire, 124; completion of the Polite
Learning, 125; disposes of his Polite
Learning to the Dodsleys, ib; visit from
Mr. Percy in Green-arbour-court, ib,
126; working again for Hamilton, 127;
reviews Langhorn's Elegy of Adonis,
ib; work on Oratory, 128; Murphy's
Orphan of China, ib; Butler's Remains,
ib; Marriott's Answer to the Critical Re-
view, 129; Dunkins's Epistle to Lord
Chesterfield, ib; Gouget's Origin of Laws,
Arts, and Sciences, ib; Formey's Phi-
losophical Miscellanies, ib; Van Egmont's
Travels in Asia, ib; Guicciardini's His-
tory of Italy, 130; Montesquieu's Miscel-
laneous Pieces, ib; Hawkins's Works, ib;
Jemima and Louisa, 131; bids adieu to
both Reviews, 132, 133; first announce-
ment of Polite Learning, 133; his name
omitted from the title-page, ib; the
overruling feeling of the book, 134; his
remarks upon style, 136 n; reviewed
by Smollett in the Critical Review, 137;
by Kenrick in the Monthly, ib; spirit of
their reviews, ib. 138; definition of the
uses of an author, 145, 146; engaged by
Wilkie to produce the Bee, 152; ex-
cellence of his stage criticisms, 153;
ill-success of the speculation, 155, 160;
visited by Smollett, 158; by Samuel
Johnson, ib; a night walk among the
wretched, 159; his passion for the
stage, 160; gives offence to David Gar-
rick, 165, 166; visited by Smollett and
Newbery at Green-arbour-court, 182;
engagement to write for the British
Magazine, 183; first appearance of well-
known essays, 184; the "humble op-
timist" translated into French, 185;
few of those fugitive essays repub-
lished by Goldsmith, ib; the Wow-wow
club puff for the British Magazine, 186;
writes for the Public Ledger for New-
bery, 187; nature of his contributions,
188; rate of remuneration, ib; alleged

work for the nursery, 187, 188 n; first
appearance of the Chinese Letters,
188, 189; their origin and growth, 189;
republished as the Citizen of the World,
ib; pawns his watch for Jack Pilking-
ton, 197; his kindness to the dying
swindler, ib; adventure in White Con-
duit-gardens, b; with Charles Lloyd,
ib; anecdote of Roubiliac and the flute,
199; humble recreations, the pot-house
clubs, 200, 201; begins to learn his
value, 202; edits the Ladies' Magazine,
ib; raises its circulation, ib; con-
tributes to the British Magazine, ib; re-
moves to Wine-office-court, 203; visit
from Samuel Johnson and Percy, 204;
gives a supper on the occasion, ib;
neatness of Johnson's attire, its rea-
sons and effects, ib, 205; supposed pam-
phlet on the Cock-lane Ghost, 206;
History of Mecklenburgh, ib; assists New-
bery with the Art of Poetry, 207; Com-
pendium of Biography, ib; his illness,
ib; Mr. Collier furnishes fifth volume
of Biography, 208; hopeless entangle-
ment of booksellers' advances, ib; re-
moves to Tunbridge and Bath, ib;
writes the Life of Beau Nash, 209; its
style and character, ib, 210; original of
Beau Tibbs, ib; a frequent visitor at.
Davies's the bookseller's, 213; first in-
troduction to Reynolds, ib; friendship
of Johnson, 214; member of the Robin
Hood debating society, 215; failure of
his oratory, 216; visit to Peter Annet
in the King's Bench, 217; memorialises
Lord Bute for the means to travel, 219;
commences the Vicar of Wakefield, ib,
220; opinion of the poetry of the day,
220; dinner at Davies's and first meet-
ing with Boswell, 221, 222; his noble
defence of Johnson, 223; removes to
Islington for health and quiet, 224; re-
sides with Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming, ib;
introduced by Newbery, ib; terms of
his agreement, ib, 225; revises Descrip-
tion of Millenium Hall, 225; makes ad-
ditions to Wonders of Nature and Art,
ib; revises Brooke's System of Natural
History, 226; engaged in the Martial
Review, ib; writes preface to Universal
History, ib; to Rhetoric, ib; to Chronicle,
ib; writes for Critical and Monthly, ib;
Letters on History of England, ib; in-
troduced to the public as written by a
nobleman, ib; translated into French
by the wife of Brissot, with the revolu-
tionary leader's notes, 227; intimacy
between him and Hogarth, 228, 229;|

original member of the Literary Club,
233; peculiarity of his position in the
Literary Club, 245, 246; want of self-
confidence, 246, 247; Johnson's opinion
of his future, 247; conversation of Bos-
well and Johnson at the Mitre con-
cerning him, 249; suppers at the Mitre,
250; takes rooms in the Temple, 255;
visit from Johnson, ib; engagement
with James Dodsley, ib; undertakes
Chronological History of Lives of Eminent
Persons, ib; overtures to Tonson, 256;
busy with poem and novel, ib; disap
pearance from his usual haunts, and
distress, 257; kindness to Christopher
Smart, 258; writes words for an ora-
torio, 259; decisive evidence of dis-
tress, ib; struggles for enduring fame,
ib; return to Mrs. Fleming's, ib, 260;
writes papers for the Christian Maga-
zine, 262: alleged to have written
child's books for Newbery, ib; visit
from Reynolds, 263; member of the
Society of Arts, 264; borrows money
from Newbery, ib; visit from his old
friend Grainger, 269; advises with
Percy concerning the Reliques, 270;
writes ballad of Edwin and Angelina,
ib; arrested for rent by his landlady,
272, 273; produces the Vicar of Wake-
field, 273; the Traveller lying in his
desk, 275; published and dedicated to
Henry Goldsmith, ib, 276; new edition
of his Essays, 284; attacked by Grif-
fiths, 285 ; recommends books (De
Blainville) for the trade, 287 n, n. 10;
interview with Lord Northumberland,
1. 288; practises his profession at the
suggestion of Reynolds, 299; instances
of the junction of the professions of
literature and medicine, ib; his only
patient and the consequences, 300;
literary engagements, 301; Survey of
Experimental Philosophy, ib; his re-
moval to better chambers in Garden-
court, 302; publishes the Vicar of Wake-
field, 312; how long the story had been
in hand, 317 n; variations in second
edition, 320, 323 ; return to the old
drudgery, II. 1; compiles Poems for
Young Ladies, ib; compiles Beauties of
English Poetry, 2; an unfortunate selec-
tion, ib; zealous attendance at the
theatre, 3; success of the Clandestine
Marriage directs his attention to the
stage, 4; involvement of his accounts
with Newbery, 7; determines to write
a comedy, 8; frequents a card-club at
the Devil Tavern, Temple Bar, ib; his

simplicity the butt of the club-wits, |
ib; writes Preface to Wiseman's Gram-
mar, 9; recommends books for the
booksellers, 10; services in calling up
another generation of writers, 16; still
poverty and drudgery, 20; dramatic
labour in progress, ib; his estimate of
Congreve and Farquhar, ib; dislike of
the sentimental school, ib; determines
to found his comedy upon hearty
humour and actual life, 21; places the
MS. of the Good-Natured Man in Gar-
rick's hands, 24; withdraws it from
Garrick and offers it to Colman, 33;
correspondence with Garrick, 37;
specimen of theatrical partisanship,
38; teaches Miss Hawkins to play Jack
and Gill, 39; writes for Newbery, 40;
writes History of Rome for Davies, 41;
applies for Gresham lectureship on
civil law, ib; returns again to lodgings|
in Islington, ib, 42; the Wednesday
Club, 42; his "clubable" propensities,
ib; desire of superior minds to relax
with inferior, ib; epitaph on Edward
Purdon, 45; effects on him of Purdon's
melancholy fate, ib; the turret of
Canonbury House, 46; his society
there, ib; club at the Crown-tavern,
Islington, ib; returns to the Temple,
ib; in communication with Burke about
his comedy, ib; receives a visit from
Parson Scott at the Temple, 53, 54; ob-
ject of his visit, ib; declines to become
the tool of faction, ib; the doctor's dis-
gust at his independence, ib; sympathy
with the very poor, 58; excuse for his
inconsiderate talk, 60; consideration of
his position among the men of his
time, 61; his simple and sensitive na-
ture, 62; played on even by his friends,
63; charge of gambling considered, 64;
profuseness in clothes and entertain-
ments, ib; his excuses, national and
personal, ib; his manful struggle, ib,
65; dissatisfaction with Colman, 69;
difference with Kelly, ib, 70 n; first ap-
pearance of the Good-Natured Man, 73;
returns to supper at the club after per-
formance, 75; private confession to
Johnson of his feelings on the occa-
sion, ib; mentioned in note-books of
Reynolds, 73, 84, 118; influence on
him of the success of his play, 78, 79;
purchases chambers in Brick-court
with his profits, 79; involved in dif-
ficulties and debt, ib; borrows money
from Mr. Bott, a barrister, ib; enter-
taining in his chambers, 80; dancing a

minuet, ib; occurrences at the Wednes-
day Club, ib, 81; practical jokes upon
him, ib, 82; intention to marry Kelly's
sister-in-law checked by a sensible re-
monstrance, 83; loses his brother
Henry, 85; character of the village
preacher, ib; idea of the Deserted Vil-
lage, 87; some unsound views of poli-
tical economy, ib, 88; no settled eco-
nomical views, 88; country excursions
to verify his poetical pictures, ib; mode
of composition of the Deserted Village,
89; his shoemaker's holiday, 90; skittles
and angling, ib, n; his style the model
of the poet Rogers, 92; takes a cottage
in Edgeware-road in partnership with
Mr. Bott, 93; proceeds with his History
of Rome, 94; composes the Deserted Vil-
lage, ib; dinners at the Crown and
Anchor, 96; musters a party against
Home's tragedy of Fatal Discovery, 101;
intimacy with Bickerstaff and Hif-
fernan, ib; writes for the Gentleman's
Journal, 105; a startling visit, ib, 106;
intimacy with General Oglethorpe,
106; Jacobite leanings, 107; Johnson
and Goldsmith in Westminster Abbey,
ib; completion of the Roman History,
ib; takes (?) ad eundem degree of M.B.
at Oxford, ib; proposes extension of
the club, 109; club incidents, 110;
writes epilogue for Mrs. Lennox's play
of the Sister, 111; excellence in com-
position of vers de société, ib; acquaint-
ance with the Horneck family, ib; his
affection for the "Jessamy Bride," 112; a
letter in verse, 113; publishes the Roman
History, 114; well received by the critics,
ib; preferred by Johnson to Robertson
as an historian, ib; agreement with Grif-
fin to write History of Animated Nature,
115; with Davies for a History of Eng-
land and abridgment of Roman History,
ib, 116; change in his habits of life,
118; anticipates the proceeds of the
Natural History, ib; the style and tem-
per in which he purposed to write the
History of England, ib, 119; his dislike to
Baretti, 123, 124; reasons for it de-
tailed, ib; habit of arriving late to din-
ner, 125; bragging of his dress, ib; his
bloom-coloured coat, 126; occupied on
the English History, and the Animated
Nature, 128; engaged upon a Life of
Parnell, ib; publication of the Deserted
Village announced, but delayed and
worked at, ib; hears of a legacy of 157.
from his uncle Contarine, 129; cor-
respondence with his brother on the

occasion, ib, 130; his portrait painted
by Reynolds, 132, 133; engraving in
the print-shops, ib; constant guest at
the dinner parties in Leicester-square,
136, 137; repeats stories, forgetting
their point, 138, 139; his mortifications,
139, 140; wears his heart upon his
sleeve, 141; his thoughtless talk, ib;
Burke's practical jokes against him,
142, 143; his talk and wit, 143-145;
often successful in witty contests with
Johnson, 146; the little fishes and the
whales, ib; notion of fables for chil-
dren, ib; his "liberties" with Johnson,
147; publication of the Deserted Village,
151; Gray's opinion of the poem, 152;
Goethe's opinion, 153; his longing for
home, 155; stated to have been a
strong republican in principle, 157; his
opinion on the game-laws, ib, n; his
picture of London streets, ib, 158; his
farewell to poetry, 162; remark to Lord
Lisburn, ib; visits France in company
with the Hornecks, 165; his account of
the journey, 165, 166; letter to Rey-
nolds, 167, 168; joined by his friend
Mr. Hickey, 169; return to London,
ib; receives the intelligence of his mo-
ther's death, ib; Life of Parnell, 171;
proposal to mend Gray's Elegy, ib, n;
Life of Bolingbroke, 172; imitation of
Johnson, ib, 173, 174; visit to Lord
Clare, 174; visit to Bath, ib (1. 326, 327);
writes the Haunch of Venison for Lord
Clare's amusement, 176; translates
Vida's Game of Chess, 180; his interest
in Chatterton, 189, 190; controversy
with Walpole on the subject, 190;
quarrel with Percy, b; desire to pur-
chase the MS. of Rowley's poems, 191n;
new acquaintances frequent the Temple,
ib; introduction to Henry Grattan and
Judge Day, ib, 192; occupations and
dress, 193; libelled by Kenrick, 194 n;
fondness for masquerades, ib; a round
of pleasures with Reynolds, 195, 196;
charge of gambling against him, 197;
determines to attempt the theatre
again, 199; satirises Cumberland in
Retaliation, 200; conscious of Cumber-
land's rivalry, 201; determines still to
adhere to the old school of comedy,
ib; encouraged by Colman, ib; takes
lodgings in the Edgeware-road, ib;
visited there by Boswell in company
with Mickle, ib; his qualifications for
writing a Natural History, discussed,
201; how he prepared himself for it,
202; his humble researches in natural

history, ib; his humorous experiences,
202-205; epitaph on Burke prophetic,
213, 214; appearance of his History of
England, 215; charges of party spirit
against him, ib, 216; denounced as a
writer for pay, ib; formal defence in
the Public Advertiser, ib; still employed
upon his comedy, 217; letter to Bennet
Langton, 218, 219; invitation to Mrs.
Bunbury's at Barton, 219; fresh en-
gagements to Francis Newbery, ib; re-
newed intimacy with Garrick, ib, 220;
frolics at Barton, 220, 221; letter to
Mrs. Bunbury, 222, 223; battling it out
in London, 224; scene in the Temple-
gardens, 225; liability to imposture
from his countrymen, 225, 226; makes
the acquaintance of Mr. Cradock, 227;
writes the Threnodia Augustalis, ib; in-
stances of plagiarism, 228 n; dinner at
General Oglethorpe's, 231; discussions
with Johnson, ib, 232; returns to his
Edgeware lodging, 234; engaged upon
his Animated Nature, ib; straitened cir-
cumstances, 237; undertakes to write
another tale like the Vicar of Wakefield,
238; fraud practised on his name in
France, ib; incapability of composing
by dictation, 239; remarks on his
Animated Nature, ib; some sound views
in political economy, 240; hopes in his
new comedy, 241; given to Covent-
garden, ib; prescience of the French
Revolution, 245; visit with Burke to
the Puppets in Panton-street, ib; sup-
per with Burke, ib; severe illness from
sedentary habits, 246; benefited by
James's powders, ib; visits the theatre
with Steevens to see Macklin, ib; Art-
discussion with Barry, 247; political
discussions with Burke, ib; dispute
with Johnson on the merits of Venice
Preserved, ib; deficient in high criti-
cism, 248; his desire to play Scrub,
249; his brogue an objection, ib; his
"little Cornelys," 250; tête-à-tête sup-
pers with Johnson, 251; mortifications
from Colman, and sad self-misgivings,
252; Colman's objections and delays,
257, 258; sends the MS. of She Stoops to
Conquer to Garrick, ib; annoyances
with the actors, 260; celebrities at-
tending his rehearsals, 261; difficulties
as to an epilogue, 262; letter to Cra-
dock on his perplexities, ib; the play
not yet named, 263; Reynolds's sug-
gestion, ib; name decided on at last,
ib; the comedy's success, 265, 266;
state of his feelings the night of per-

formance, 267; enters the stage door at |
the fifth act, ib; gratitude to Quick and
Lewes for their exertions, ib, 268; at-
tacked by Kenrick, 270; scuffle with
Evans, publisher of the London Packet,
273; defence of himself in the Daily
Advertiser, 274, 275; dinner at Ogle-
thorpe's, 276; dinner at Paoli's, ib;
conversations and discussions, 276-281;
dinner at Thrale's, 280, 281; argument
with Johnson, ib; dinner at Ogle-
thorpe's, ib; arguments between Bos-
well and Johnson, 281, 282; discussion
on natural history, 283, 284; distresses
and disputes, 285; engaged upon his
Grecian History, ib; goes oftener to the
club, 286; dinner at bookseller Dilly's,
292; argument with Johnson on tolera-
tion, ib, 293; quarrel with Johnson at
Dilly's, ib, 294; Johnson's apology, ib,
295; opinion of Johnson's visit to the
Hebrides, 296; speculation to obtain
the literary assistance of his friends,
299; projects a Popular Dictionary of
Arts, ib, 300; promised the assistance
of Dr. Burney, ib; altered condition of
his Temple-chambers, ib; negligence
of books and money, ib; requests
Percy to be his biographer, 301; de-
pression of spirits and bursts of pas-
sion, ib; whist parties at Sir William
Chambers's, 302; the unfortunate bal-
lad-singer, b; a pension in agitation
for him, ib; application neglected by
the ministry, 303; reasons assignable
for their neglect, ib; resentment against
Reynolds for his patronage of Beattie,
305; judgment upon the ill-advised al-
legoric picture, ib; disappointed hopes
from Lord Shelburne, 306; puff for
Lord Mayor Townshend, 307; mal-à-
propos remark to Lord Shelburne, ib;
breach with Colman, 308; wishes to
withdraw his comedies from Covent-
garden, ib; project of Popular Dictionary
declined by the trade, ib; reasons for
abandoning the speculation, ib, 309;
writes letter to Garrick, 310; offers to
alter the character of Lofty for Gar-
rick, ib; letter of thanks for money
lent, 311; intended visit to Barton, ib;
Goldsmith and Sir Joshua at Vauxhall,
ib, 312; dinner at Beauclerc's, ib; Gold-
smith and Garrick's travestie of Addi-
son's Cato, 313; game of Mufti, ib; visit
from Cradock in the Temple, 314; last
dinner with his friend Cradock, ib;
increase in the abruptness of his man-
ners,
315; origin of Retaliation, ib; re-l

turns to the Edgeware-lodging, 323;
letter to Mr. Nourse, publisher, ib, ";
last literary engagements, 324; pur-
poses selling his Temple chambers,
325; good resolutions suddenly ar-
rested, ib; his last illness, ib; his per-
verse treatment of his malady, 326, 327;
his last words, 329.

Goldsmith, Rev. Charles, descent, 1.6;
marriage, ib; succeeds to the rectory
of Kilkenny West, ib; removes to Lis-
soy, ib; a prominent character in his
son's works, ib; indignation at his
daughter Catherine's marriage, 16; en-
cumbers his property for a marriage
portion, ib; partly sketched in the De-
serted Village, II. 86; what his parsonage
came to, 159 n.

Goldsmith, Anne, mother of Oliver, I. 6;
her distress after her husband's death,
26; her cool reception of Oliver after
the Fiddleback adventures, 31; he
writes to her, ib; objection to receive
him, 33; letter to her, 328; allusions to
her in his letters, 122, 331; II. 130; her
death, 169; silly story by Miss Rey-
nolds refuted, 170.

Goldsmith, Rev. Henry, birth, 1. 6; goes
pensioner to Dublin University, 14;
obtains a scholarship, 16; becomes pri
vate tutor, ib; receives Goldsmith into
his house, 33; quarrels with his bro-
ther, ib; receives first sketch of the
Traveller from Switzerland, 50; writes
to his brother as to Essay on Polite
Learning, 120; Goldsmith's letter to
him, 121-123; dedication to him of the
Traveller, 275; Oliver intercedes for
him with Lord Northumberland, 258;
his death, 11. 85; his widow matron to
an infirmary, 354; his daughter dies in
distress, ib.

Goldsmith, Esther, wishes to be made
housekeeper to Irish Academy, 11. 348;
fails, ib.

Goldsmith, Maurice, 1. 6; writes about
an unappropriated legacy of uncle
Contarine's, II. 129; requests it as an
outfit, and asks for an appointment,
ib; binds himself to a cabinet-maker,
130, 131; keeps a shop in Dublin, 131;
comes to London on his brother's
death, 331; his subsequent destitution,
345; made a mace-bearer, ib; dies in
want, 347.
Goldsmith, Charles, 1. 7; visit to his bro-
ther in the garret near Salisbury.
square, 90; object of his journey from
Ballymahon, 91; wins the secret of