Writing for Bread.

Landing in England.-Shifts of a man with-

out money. The pestle and mortar.-

Theatricals in a barn.-Launch upon London.-A city

night scene.-Struggles with penury.-Miseries of a tu-

tor.-A doctor in the suburb.-Poor practice and second-

hand finery.-A tragedy in embryo.-Project of the

ritten mountains.

... 77

Life of a pedagogue.-Kindness to schoolboys-pertness in

return.-Expensive charities.-The Griffiths and the

"Monthly Review."-Toils of a literary hack.-Rupture

with the Griffiths.

84

Newbury, of picture memory.-How to keep up appearances.-Miseries of

authorship.-A poor relation.-Letter to Hodson.
69

Hackney authorship.-Thoughts of literary suicide.-Return to Peckham.-

Oriental projects.-Literary enterprise to raise funds.-Letter to Edward

Wells-to Robert Bryanton.-Death of uncle Contarine.-Letter to

cousin Jane.

.. 97

Oriental appointment-and disappointment.-Examination at the College

of Surgeons.-How to procure a suit of clothes.-Fresh disappointment.

-A tale of distress.-The suit of clothes in pawn.-Punishment for

doing an act of charity.-Gayeties of Green-Arbor Court.-Letter to his brother.-Life of

Voltaire-Scroggins, an attempt at mock heroic poetry. . . . .
107

and Goldsmith.

CONTENTS.

An Author and his Readers.

7

Publication of "The Inquiry."-Attacked by

Griffith's Review.-Kenrick, the literary

Ishmaelite.-Periodical literature.-Gold-

smith's essays-Garrick as a manager.-

Smollett and his schemes.-Change of

lodgings.-The Robin Hood club.. 124

New lodgings-Visits of ceremony.-Hang-

ers-on.-Pilkington and the white mouse.

-Introduction to Dr. Johnson.-Davies

and his bookshop.-Pretty Mrs. Davies. -

Foote and his projects.-Criticism of the

cudgel.
.. 132

Oriental projects.-Literary jobs.-The Cherokee chiefs.-Merry Isling

ton and the White Conduit Honse.-Letters on the History of Eng-

land.-James Boswell.-Dinner of Davies-Anecdotes of Johnson

189

CHAPTER XIV.

Hogarth a visitor at Islington-his character.-Street studies.-Sympathies between authors

and painters-Sir Joshua Reynolds-his character-his dinners.-The Literary Club-its

members. Johnson's revels with Lanky and Beau.-Goldsmith at the club.
147

CHAPTER XV.

Johnson a monitor to Goldsmith-finds him in distress with his landlady-relieved by the

Vicar of Wakefield.-The oratorio.-Poem of the Traveller.-The poet and his dog.-Suc-

cess of the poem.-Astonishment of the club.-Observations on the poem..

...

158

Goldsmith and the Booksellers

New lodgings-Johnson's compliment.-A titled patrou.-The

poet at Northumberland House.-His independence of the

great.-The Countess of Northumberland.-Edwin and Ange-

lina-Gosford and Lord Clare.-Publication of Essays.-Evils

of a rising reputation.-Hangers-on.-Job Writing.-Goody

Two-shoes.-A medical campaign.-Mrs. Sidebotham.. 165

Publication of the Vicar of Wakefield-opinions concerning it-of

Dr. Johnson-of Rogers the poet-of Goethe-its merits.-Ex-

quisite extract.-Attack by Kenrick,-Reply.-Book building.

-Project of a comedy.
174

Social position of Goldsmith-his colloquial contests with Johnson.

-Anecdotes and illustrations.
188

Social resorts.-The shilling whist club.-A practical joke.-The

Wednesday club.-The tun of man.'-The pig butcher.-Tom

King-Hugh Kelly.-Glover and his characteristics. . . 190

The great Cham of literature and the King.-Scene at Sir Joshua

Reynolds'.-Goldsmith accused of jealousy.-Negotiations with

Garrick. The author and the actor-their correspondence. 195

More hack authorship.-Tom Davies and the Roman History.-

Canonbury Castle.-Political authorship.-Pecuniary tempta-

tion.-Death of Newbery the elder. . . .

CHAPTER XXII

202

Theatrical manoeuvring-The comedy of "False Delicacy."-First performance of the

"Good-natured Man."-Conduct of Johnson.-Conduct of the author.-Intermeddling of

the press.

CHAPTER XXIII.

206

Burning the candle at both ends.-Fine apartments-Fine furniture.-Fine clothes.-Fine

acquaintances.-Shoemaker's holiday and jolly pigeon associates.-Peter Barlow, Glover,

and the Hampstead boax.-Poor friends among great acquaintances.

212

Reduced to book-building.-Rural retreat at Shoemaker's paradise.-Death of Henry Gold-

smith-tributes to his memory in the Deserted Village..

218

CHAPTER XXV.

Dinner at Bickerstaff's-Hifferman and his impecuniosity.-Kenrick's epigram.-Johnson's

consolation.-Goldsmith's toilet.-The bloom-colored coat.-New acquaintances.-The

Hornecks.-A touch of poetry and passion.-The Jessamy Bride.

222

CHAPTER XXVL

Goldsmith in the Temple.-Judge Day and Grattan.-Labor and dissipation.-Publication

of the Roman History.-Opinions of it.-History of Animated Nature.-Temple rookery.

-Anecdotes of a spider.

229

CHAPTER XXVII.

Honors at the Royal Academy.-Letter to his brother Maurice.-Family fortunes.-Jane
Contarine and the miniature.-Portraits and engravings.-School associations.-Johnson
and Goldsmith at Westminster Abbey.

288

CHAPTER XXVIII,

Publication of the Deserted Village-notices and illustrations of it.

CHAPTER XXIX.

The poet among the ladies-description of his person and manners.-Expedition to Paris

with the Horneck family.-The traveller of twenty and the traveller of forty.-Hickey,

the special attorney.-An unlucky exploit.

253

CHAPTER XXX.

Death of Goldsmith's mother.-Biography of Parnell.-Agreement with Davies for the His-

tory of Rome.-Life of Bolingbroke.-The haunch of venison.

264

10

Dinner at the Royal Academy

Dinner at the Royal Academy.-The Rowley controversy.-Horace
Walpole's conduct to Chatterton.-John

son at Redcliffe Church.-Goldsmith's His-

tory of England-Davies's criticism.-Let-

ter to Bennet Langton.

269

Marriage of Little Comedy.-Goldsmith at
Barton.-Practical jokes at the expense of

his toilet.-Amusements at Barton.-Aqua-
tic misadventure.

275