London Chronicle, its criticism on the
bailiff scene in the Good-Natured Man,
II. 74 n.
Louvain, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 43, 44;
supposed to have conferred on him a
medical degree, ib; university_records
lost in the revolutionary war, ib.
Lumpkin, Tony, the first, II. 256 n.
Lyttelton, Lord, authorship of Gold-
smith's History of England ascribed to
him, 1. 227.
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwer (Lord Lyt-
ton), on precept and example, 1. 29 n;
opinion as to the tragedies of Voltaire,
84 n; on state assistance to literary
men, 140, 141 n; points out resemblance
between the celebrated simile in De-
serted Village and some lines by Abbé
de Chaulieu, II. 87 n.
MACAULAY, his description of men living
by literature, 1. 66 n; his opinion of the
Traveller, 279 n; on the debate on the
American Stamp Act, 309 n; on the
Vicar of Wakefield, 317; his second paper
on Chatham, II. 12 n; germ of a famous
passage by, 18 n; argument on the
authorship of Junius, 210 n.
Macauley, Mrs., her History compared to
Robertson's, by Walpole, II. 17; her
statue set up in St. Stephen's Walbrook,
121; described by Walpole as the brood-
hen of faction, 122 n.
Macklin, acts Iago at eighty years of age,
II. 246; Johnson and Goldsmith present,
ib.
Smollett's British Magazine, 183; Gold-
smith edits the Lady's Magazine, 202;
Dodd's Christian Magazine, ib; the Lon-
don Magazine, 273 n; Town and Country
Magazine, its editor a friend of Gold-
smith's, II. 46; Burke complains of its
libels, 149.
Mahomet, a tragedy by Mr. Miller, 1. 76.
Mahon, Lord, History, 1. 142 n; on near-
sightedness in statesmen, II. 50 n; notice
of Oglethorpe, 106 n; anecdotes of the
Literary Club in modern days, 109,
110 n; on authorship of Junius, 52,
Mallet, Professor, of Copenhagen, I. 63;
first explores the field of Northern fic-
tion, ib; translates the Edda, ib; directs
attention to Scandinavian poetry and
mythology, ib; subject of Goldsmith's
specimen-review, ib.
Mallet, David, discussion between John-
son and Goldsmith on his literary re-
putation, 11. 284.
Malone, Richard, Lord Sunderlin, asso-
ciate of Goldsmith's in the university,
I. 19.
Malone, Edmund, correspondence with
Percy about the Memoir, I. 10, 11 n;
Goldsmith's remark to, 22; "our little
bard," 11. 78 n; recollection of a party
at Reynolds's, 138 n; his anecdote of
Goldsmith's reading, 249 n; loses some
verses by Goldsmith "addressed to a
lady going to Ranelagh," 301 n.
Mangin, Rev. Edward, Essay on Light
Reading, quoted, 1. 7; communications
with Dr. Strean, 12, 13; character of,
325; letter to the author, 326.
Macleane, Lauchlan, associate of Gold-Man in Black, original of, 1. 25 n.
smith in the university, I. 19; political
pamphleteer, ib; challenge to Wilkes,
ib; party-writer, ib; intimacy with
Goldsmith in Edinburgh, 35.
Macready, Mr., produces Gerald Griffin's
Gisippus at Drury-lane, I. 154 n; restores
Shakespeare's original text, 306n; con-
templated the revival of the Good-
Natured Man, II. 29; a note by, 104.
M'Donnell, Dr., his desolation in the
Temple-gardens, 11. 225; object of Gold-
smith's generous kindness, ib; em-
ployed in translating Buffon for Ani-
mated Nature, ib, n.
Mansfield, Lord (Mr. Murray), entertains
Mr. Garrick at Lincoln's-inn-fields, 1.
180; opinion in favour of author's copy-
right, II. 337.
Mantua, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 52.
Marchais, Madame de, member of Ma-
dame du Deffand's society, 1. 303 n;
description of her appearance at home,
ib, 304.
Maestricht, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 44;
its celebrated cavern, ib.
Magazines, the fashionable literature of
1759-60, I. 147; Cave's Gentleman's Ma-
gazine, 68; Literary Magazine, Johnson's
reviews in, 82; the Grand Magazine, 99;|
Markham, Dr., introduces Burke to the
Duchess of Queensberry, 1. 237 n; early
associate and political friend of Burke's,
II. 207; receives a mitre from Lord Mans-
field, 208; gross attack upon Burke, ib.
Marlay, Dr., Bishop of Waterford, asso-
ciate of Goldsmith in the university,
1. 19; conversation in the painting-room
of Reynolds, ib.
Marriott, Mr., author of the Art of Fleas-
ing, antidote to Ovid's Art of Love,
I. 110; reviewed by Goldsmith, ib; his
Answer to the Critical Review, 129; re-
viewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Marshall, sizar, associate of Goldsmith in
the university, I. 19; one of his chums,
ib.
Martinelli, Signor, teacher of Italian, II.
277; compiler of a History of England,
ib; dinner at Paoli's, ib; argument be-
tween Goldsmith and Johnson respect-
ing the continuation of his history, ib.
Mason, Shaw, his Statistical Account, year
of Goldsmith's birth first correctly given
in, I. 5 n; account of Theaker Wilder,
22n; determines the period of Gold-
smith's obtaining the degree of B.A. by
examining the library records, 25 n.
Mason, William, his Letters of Gray, II.
66 ; tamperings with, ib; his Heroic
Epistle, 148; Johnson's and Goldsmith's
enjoyment of it, ib; attack on Johnson
and his pension, ib; his sneer at Gold-
smith, ib; laughs at Walpole for be-
lieving in Chatterton, 190.
Massey, Mr., keeper of a boarding-school |
at Wandsworth, translator of Ovid's
Fasti, 1. 110, 111; reviewed by Gold-
smith, ib.
Maton, Dr., physician to the king, sup-
plies hint for discovering the rejection
of Goldsmith at the College of Surgeons,
I. 116.
Maxwell, Mr., reader of the Temple, de-
scription of Johnson's levees in Inner
Temple-lane, 1. 253; his Collectanea in
Boswell, II. 57 n, 75 n, 169 n.
Medical degree, whether or not Gold-
smith took one abroad, 1. 44, 52, 53.
Merivale, Mr. Herman, edits Mr. Parkes's
collections for a Life of Sir Philip
Francis, II. 53 n; a memorandum on
the Francis Papers, 55, 56.
Merope, a tragedy by Mr. Aaron Hill,
Mickle, William Julius, visit to Gold-
smith with Boswell, II. 201; translator
of the Lusiad, and author of Cumnor
Hall, ib; originally a compositor, ib, n;
his ballads praised by Sir Walter Scott
as better than the old ballads them-
selves, ib; dispute with Garrick about
a tragedy, ib.
Milan, visited by Goldsmith, 1. 52.
Miller, Mr., author of Mahomet, 1. 76.
Mills, Mr. Edward, relation of Gold-
smith's, I. 17; succeeds to the property
of Emblemore, ib; associate of Gold-
smith in the university, 19; relieves
Goldsmith's necessities, 21; celebrates
his benevolence, b; letter to, asking
help for circulation of the projected
Enquiry, 99, 100; neglects the com-
munication, 101.
Milner, Dr., master of academy at Peck-
ham, I. 58; author of various school-
books, ib; engages Goldsmith as an
assistant, ib; traditions of Goldsmith
House, ib; old pupils claiming the
honour of his tuition and correction, ib;
anecdotes of Goldsmith while there,
58-62; a contributor to the Monthly
Review, 64; introduces Goldsmith to
Griffiths, ib; receives him again after
his quarrel with Griffiths, 96; uses in.
fluence to procure him foreign medical
appointment, 97; releases him from
the school, 98; redeems his promise,
106; death of, 117.
Milner, Dr., fellow-student with Gold-
smith at Edinburgh, 1. 58; recommends
him to a situation in his father's aca-
demy, ib; a physician in large practice
at Maidstone, ib, n.
Milner, Miss Hester, anecdotes of Gold-
smith while tutor at her father's aca-
demy, 58, 62; her excellent character,
62 n.
Milton, on the reward of authors, I. 145;
among the booksellers, 205; his agree-
ment for Paradise Lost, 256 n.
Montesquieu, Miscellaneous Pieces by, I.
130; reviewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Moore, Edward, author of Zeluco, antici-
pating his death, I. 143.
More, Mrs. Hannah, Johnson's politeness
to her, I. 254 n; her request to Boswell
concerning Johnson, II. 230; her opin-
ion upon the Piozzi style of biography,
282 n.
Mountrath-court, Reindeer Repository, I.
Murphy, Arthur, author of the Orphan of
China, I. 128; reviewed by Goldsmith,
ib; dines at Burke's with Johnson, 151;
Goldsmith shuts fame's door on him,
158; visit to Johnson in Inner Temple-
lane, 211; accredited by Wedderburne
to offer him a pension, ib; meets John-
son at the Mitre, 212; persuades him to
wait upon Lord Bute, ib; his articles
on Hawkins's Life of Johnson, 215 n;
Johnson's opinion to him of Burke, 241;
first meeting of Boswell in company
with Johnson, 247, 248; provider of
literary dinners at the Thrales', 271;
introduces Johnson there, ib; his paper
the Auditor, 317 n; letter from Burke,
II. 173 n; translation of Vida's Game at
Chess, 180n; parody of Garrick's Hamlet,
244; his version of the visit to the
puppet-show, 245 n; defends the pirates
in the copyright case, 336, 337 n.
Murray, Mr., owner of the Newbery MSS.,
I. 208.
Musical-glasses, alluded to in the Vicar of
Wakefield, 1. 317; date of their introduc-
tion, ib, n; mentioned by Gray in a
letter to Mason, ib, n; by Walpole in a
letter to Mann, ib; performance on,
announced in the St. James's Chronicle,
ib, 318 n.
NAPER, General, evictions at Lissoy, II.
158.
Nash, Beau, king of Bath, 1. 209; Life of
him by Goldsmith, ib; an unconscious
likeness, 210; his character and dictator-
ship, 211 n.
Nash, Thomas, his Pierce Pennilesse, com-
plaint of the state of a scholar, 1. 104.
Newbery, John, establishes paper to
which Johnson contributes the Idler,
1. 151; scantiness of pecuniary advances,
ib, 152; publishes a daily paper, 187,
188; Goldsmith writes Chinese Letters in
it, 188, 189; sale to, of copyright of
Citizen of the World, 189 n; Goldsmith's
character of him, 206 n; less cordial
relations, 255; reluctance to advance,
connected with Goldsmith's arrest, 273,
274; his character niched in the Vicar
of Wakefield, 311; employs Goldsmith
on an historical subject, I. 40; his
death, 63, 64, 68; Goldsmith's epigram
upon him, 257 n.
Newbery, Francis, receives the Vicar of
Wakefield for publication, 1. 274; trade
connection between him and his uncle,
310, 311; Goldsmith's money-obliga-
tions to him, n. 219; pays him back
some advances, 224; offers him the
copyright of She Stoops to Conquer, 264;
not very generous conduct, 308; resent-
ment, 311; statement to vindicate the
fame of his fever medicine, 327.
Newbery MSS. quoted, 1.208 n, 225, 226n,
260-262, 284 n; II. 9 n, 41 n, 64 n &c. &c.
Newcastle, Duke of, his resignation, I.
209; minister of state and ministers of
fashion, ib; thought of again for premier,
294; his antipathy to the Burkes, 296;
denounces Edmund as Jacobite and
Jesuit, ib; efforts to return to office, II.
47; his death, 100.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Goldsmith arrested
there as a Jacobite, 1. 40; grammar-
school, II. 108.
Newton, Bishop, book on the Prophecies,
I. 266, 267 n; tutor to Lord Carpenter's
son, ib; his admiration of Garrick, ib;
letters of advice, ib.
Nicholls, Norton, friend of Gray, quoted
or referred to, I. 22 n, 83, 84 n, 143 n,
221 n, 252 n; II. 66 n, 94 n, 96 n, 148 n,
152 n, 179 n.
North, Lord, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
II. 50; scandalous reports on his resem-
blance to the king, ib; his pleasant
character and great abilities, ib, 51; his
ministry, 150; his majorities crushed
by Junius and Wilkes, 206.
Northcote, 1. 3; Conversations, opinion of
Reynolds, 231 n; anecdotes of Gold-
smith, II. 20, 24, 25 n, 118 n; mis-telling
Boswell's stories,127 n; his criticism
on Miss Reynolds's painting, 133; ex-
cellent remark on mimicry, ib, 134 n;
another instance of mis-telling, 135,
136 n; anecdote of Reynolds's dinners,
ib, n;
his power in conversation, 141,
142 n; apology for a silly story, 167n;
what he thought of Retaliation, 213 n;
pupil of Reynolds's, 246; desire to see
Goldsmith, ib; introduction to him, ib;
reminiscences of Barry, Burke, John-
son, and Goldsmith, 247; charge of in-
tolerance against Sir Joshua's "set,"
248; account of the reception of She
Stoops to Conquer, 266.
Northumberland, Earl of, afterwards
Duke, Goldsmith's intercourse with his
house, I. 287, 288; commences by his
writing the poem of Edwin and Angelina
for the countess, ib; Hawkins meets
him at Northumberland-house, ib; the
earl's offers of patronage, ib; declined
in favour of his brother, ib; Percy's
statement of what the earl would have
done, 289; Goldsmith's mistake at Bath,
II. 174; breakfasting with the duke and
duchess, 174.
Northumberland, Countess of, Edwin and
Angelina privately printed for her amuse-
ment, I. 287, 288.
Notes and Queries, characterised, 1. 155;
and frequently referred to in my notes
for the information conveyed by it.
Novels, fashionable family, of Goldsmith's
day, 1. 131; his ridicule of them, ib,
132.
Nugent, Lord, Goldsmith's solitary patron,
I. 290, 291; his character and history,
ib; writes an Ode to Pulteney, ib; sup-
posed by Gray not to be his own, b;
attaches himself to the Prince of Wales, O'Moore, Col., anecdote of Goldsmith
ib; assists him with money, ib; a mem-
ber en esse of the Leicester-house ima-
ginary administrations, ib; comptroller
of the prince's household, lord of the
treasury, and vice-treasurer of Ireland,
ib; obtains large fortunes with his
several wives, ib; close watching the
political wheel at Burke's entry into
public life, 292; his speech on the Stamp
Act, 309; his verses, II. 1; lordship of
the Board of Trade, 46; elevated to the
dignity of Baron Nugent and Viscount
Clare, ib. See CLARE.
and Burke, narrated to Mr. Croker, II.
142.
Oratorio, Smart's, 1. 259; Goldsmith's, ib.
Orators, the, by Foote, in which he threat-
ened to libel the Caliban of literature,
I. 214, 215; deterred by Johnson's
threat, 215; first piece in which the
actors were mingled with the audience,
ib.
Nugent, Lord (the late), letter to the
author concerning his mother's recol-
lection of Goldsmith, Ir. 256, 257 n.
Nugent, Dr., Roman Catholic physician,
original member of the Literary Club,
1.233; introduced by Burke, his son-in-
law, ib.
Nugent, Mr., school friend of Goldsmith,
I. 14; account of those early times, ib.
O'BRIEN, the actor, a rival of Garrick's
in Ranger, 1. 267; marriage with Lady
Susan Fox-Strangways, ib; consterna-
tion of Horace Walpole, 268; obtains a
grant of 40,000 acres in America, 267,
268 n; Goldsmith's opinion of his
elegance and accomplishments, 268;
Churchill's character of him in the
Rosciad, ib; letter from New York, ib,
269 n; appointed receiver-general of
the county of Dorset, ib; the only
'genteel" actor, II. 6n; his marriage
has political results, 207 n; judicious
criticism on actors and stage business,
261 n.
O'Carolan, Thurlogh, the Irish bard, 1. 8;
Goldsmith a listener to his melodies, ib.
Oglethorpe, General, witnesses a strange
scene in Goldsmith's chambers, II. 105,
106; origin of his acquaintance with
Goldsmith, ib; rendered historical by
the compliment of Pope, 106; his
patronage of Johnson's London, ib;
connected with the colonisation of
Georgia, ib; his Jacobite leanings, ib;
sympathies between him and Gold-
smith, ib; dinner party at his house,
231; the question of duelling discussed,
ib; argument between Boswell and
Johnson respecting friendship, ib, 232;
dinner to Goldsmith and Johnson, 276;
Goldsmith favours the company with a
song, ib,
Origin of Laws, Arts, and Sciences, 1. 129;
reviewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Orleans, Duke of (Egalité), the king of
the barricades, 1. 82; present at the
Royal Academy dinner, II. 187 n; his
son in England, ib.
Orphan of China, Murphy's, I. 128; re-
viewed by Goldsmith, ib.
Osborne, Tom, the bookseller, Johnson
knocks him down, I. 149; how and why
he did it, ib, n.
Otter-hunting, Goldsmith's love of it
when a boy, I. 27.
Outcast protégées, Reynolds helping Gold-
smith, II. 118 n.
Overbury, Sir Thomas, his opinion of the
playhouse, 1. 160.
Ovid, translations of, reviewed, I. 110, 111;
the reviews recommend Goldsmith to
Smollett, 127.
PADUA, visited by Goldsmith, 1.52; ques-
tion of taking his M.B. degree there,
53; university records lost, ib; com-
piling literary news from, 79 n.
Paine, Thomas, pamphlet on the Excise,
II. 246; sends copy of it to Goldsmith,
ib; introduced to the notice of Franklin,
ib; sent by Franklin to America, ib;
deputy for the department of Calais, ib.
Pallas, Pallasmore, place of Goldsmith's
birth, I. 5; various modes of ortho-
graphy, ib; Macaulay's description of,
ib, n.
Paoli, Pascal, visited by Boswell in Cor-
sica, I. 303; made the stepping-stone
for his visit to Pitt, 308, 309; offers
Wilkes a regiment in Corsica, II. 53;
arrival in London, 122; his struggles
end in the defeat of Corsica, ib; pen-
sioned by the Court, ib; description of
him by Walpole, ib, n; declines a visit
from Mrs. Macauley, ib: godfather to
Napoleon Bonaparte, 123 n; dinner to
Goldsmith and Johnson, 276; history
and politics, 277, 279; elegant compli-
ment to Goldsmith, 280.
Papyrius Cursor, first witty example of
cross-readings, II. 19.
Parisian society before the Revolution,
I. 302, 303; strange mixture of English
celebrities, ib.
Parker, author of Life's Painter, anecdote
of Goldsmith, II. 82.
Parnell, Goldsmith undertakes to write
his life, II. 128; the task completed,
171; character of the work, ib.
Patronage, in literature, its influences, 1.
65, 66; Goldsmith's views respecting,
135, 136, 141, 142; its death-knell, 149.
Pelham, ministry of, treatment of litera-
ture, 1. 66, 67.
Pension list, the, its curious anomalies,
1. 145.
Pentalogia, by Dr. Burton, 1. 116; reviewed
by Goldsmith, ib.
Percy, Dr., Bishop of Dromore, com-
munications with Mrs. Hodson respect-
ing Goldsmith's biography, I. 9; com-
pilation of Memoir, 10, 11; translates
Runic Verses from the Icelandic, 74;
translates Northern Antiquities, ib; con-
nection with the Grand Magazine, 99;
his affection for Grainger, ib, n; intro-
duced by Grainger at Temple-exchange
coffee-house, to Goldsmith, 125; vicar
of Easton Mauduit, ib; Johnson's char-
acter of him, ib, n; visit to Goldsmith
in Green-arbour-court, 125, 126; his
Chinese novel, 189 n; translated by
Wilkinson, ib; preface and notes by
the bishop, ib; arranges a meeting be-
tween Johnson and Goldsmith, 204;
takes counsel with Goldsmith about the
Reliques, 270; Johnson's indifference to
the scheme, ib; original MS. of Reliques,
286 n; opinion of Goldsmith's disposi-
tion, II. 92, 93; is elected to the club,
108; account of the difference of Gold-
smith's composition of poetry and prose,
128; quarrel with Goldsmith on the
subject of Rowley's poems, 190, 191 n;
his hasty temper, ib; Johnson's im-
patience at hearing him praised, 232 n;
visit to Goldsmith in the Temple, 301;
the Rowley dispute reconciled, ib; re-
quested by Goldsmith to be his bio-
grapher, b; what he proposed to do,
and did, for Goldsmith's relatives, 345-
355.
Percy Memoir, circumstances of its com-
position, I. 10, 11.
Periodicals, the fashion of Goldsmith's
day, 1. 68; Fielding's Jacobite Journal,
True Patriot, and Covent-garden Journal,
ib; Grub-street Journal, ib; Cave's Gentle-
man's Magazine, b; Griffiths's Monthly
Review, 69; Critical Review, edited by
Smollett, ib; Universal Review, supported
by Samuel Johnson, ib; Literary Maga-
zine, Johnson reviews in, 82; the Grand
Magazine, 99; the Bee, 152, 153; the
Busy Body, 157; Smollett's British Maga-
zine, 183; the Public Ledger, 187; the
Lady's Magazine, 202; Dodd's Christian
Magazine, ib; the London Magazine, 273 n;
the St. James's Chronicle, principal lite-
rary newspaper, 283; the Quiz, 286; the
Universal Visitor, 290; Town and Country
Magazine, its editor a friend of Gold-
smith's, II. 46; the Gentleman's Journal,
105; Burke complains of the libels in
the Town and Country Magazine, 149;
Chatterton engaged in writing for
them, 164.
Personal appearance of Goldsmith, 1. 8,
9, 57, 121, 213, 251, 282; II. 134 n, 191;
of Dr. James Grainger, 1.90; of Charles
Goldsmith, ib, 91; of Dr. Hurd, 143 n;
of Johnson, 158, 204, 254; of Garrick
and his father, 168, 172; of Quin, 171;
of Delane the actor, 180n; of Newbery,
182; of Sterne, 194, 195; of Beau Nash,
211 n; of Foote, 213; of Boswell, 222,
223, 248; of Levett, 223; of Hogarth,
228; of Bennet Langton, 243; of Ma-
dame de Boufflers, 254; of O'Brien and
Lady Susan Fox-Strangways, 267, 268;
of Thrale, 270; of Mrs. Thrale, 271;
of Miss Reynolds, 281, 282; of Nugent
(Lord Clare), 292; of David Hume, 302;
of Rousseau, 303 n; of Garrick, 11.39 n,
224 n; of Lord North, 50, 51; of General
Oglethorpe, 106 n; of Colman and Gar-
rick, 110; of Horace Walpole, 190 n; of
the weaver poet Cunningham, 192 n;
of the leading Maccaronis, 195 n.
Philaster, by Beaumont and Fletcher, the
play in which Powell achieved his
greatest success, 1. 266.
Philosophical Miscellanies, Formey's, I. 129;
reviewed by Goldsmith, ib; published
by Francis, and paid for by John New-
bery, 311.
Piedmont, Goldsmith visits, I. 52; ob-
serves floating bee-houses, ib.
Pilkington, Jack, visits to Green-arbour-
court, I. 197; the duchess and the white
mice, ib; prevails on Goldsmith to
pawn his watch, ib; Goldsmith's charity
to him on his death-bed, 198; supposed
hero of the screw of sugar anecdote,
II. 106.
Piozzi, Mrs., her age settled by Mr.
Croker, 1. 271 n; her MS. notes in
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