1766. Vicar of Wakefield. 1766. Poems for Young Ladies. 1766. Formey's History of Philosophy. (Trans.) 1766. History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. (Attributed.) 1767. Beauties of English Poesy. 1768. The Good-Natured Man, a Comedy. 1769. Roman History. 1770. The Deserted Village. 1770. Life of Thomas Parnell. 1770. Life of Bolingbroke. 1771. History of England. 1772. Threnodia Augustalis. 1772. Abridgment of Roman History. 1773. She Stoops to Conquer, a Comedy. 1774. The Grecian History. 1774. History of the Earth and Animated Nature. 1776. Haunch of Venison. 1776. Survey of Experimental Philosophy. 1836. The Captivity, an Oratorio. SOME MODERN EDITIONS OF THE WORKS Bohn's Library. Gibbs. Harper. New York. Cunningham. Lippincott. Philadelphia. STANDARD BIOGRAPHIES 1879. Prior, James. The Life of Oliver Goldsmith, from a variety of original sources. With extracts from his correspondence. Two Vols. London. 1848. Forster, John. The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith. A Biography, in four books. London. 1854. Second Edition. Two Vols. London. Reprint, abridged in Minerva Library of Famous SHORT LIVES AND CRITICISMS APPENDED TO EDITIONS OF THE 1801. 1825. WORKS Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. A new edition (Edited by S. Rose) to which is prefixed some account of his life and writings. (Compiled for Bishop Percy.) London. Other Editions in 1801, 1806, 1812, 1820. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. With an account of his life and writings. A new edition, edited by Washington Irving. Paris. 1864-65. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated. With introduction, notes, and a life by John Waller. London. 1871-72. 1869. 1883. 1883. 1885. 1885. 1886. Another Edition. schmidt. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver GoldWith biographical introduction by Professor D. Masson. London. (Globe Edition.) The Vicar of Wakefield. With a memoir of Oliver Goldsmith, by Professor Masson. (Globe readings from standard authors.) The Vicar of Wakefield. With a preface and notes by Austin Dobson. London, and subsequent reprints. The Vicar of Wakefield. Being a fac-simile reproduction of the first edition published in 1766. With an introduction by Austin Dobson, and a bibliographical list of editions of "The Vicar of Wakefield," published in England and abroad. London. The Vicar of Wakefield. Plays and Poems. With an introduction by Henry Morley. London. (Morley's Universal Library.) The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Life by J. Mitford. SHORT LIVES OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1844. Irving, Washington. The Life of Oliver Goldsmith. With selections from his works. New York. Numerous later editions. 1885. Rossetti, W. M. Lives of Famous Poets. London. (Oliver Goldsmith, pp. 161-175.) 1878. Black, William. Goldsmith. (English Men of Letters.) London and New York. Dobson, Austin. Life of Oliver Goldsmith. London. CRITICISMS 1806. Hunt, Leigh. Classic Tales, serious and lively. 1853-60. DeQuincey, Thomas. Works. London. Vol. VI., pp. 194-233. 1856. 1886. Macaulay, T. B. Encyclopædia Britannica. Eighth and Ninth Editions, also in Miscellaneous Writings, Speeches and Poems of Lord Macaulay. London, 1880. Oliver Goldsmith, Vol. II., pp. 40-58. Minto, William. A Manual of English Literature. Third Edition. Edinburgh. NOTES Title. Vicar of Wakefield in Yorkshire. Mr. Austin Dobson, the greatest authority extant on this period of English "Life and Letters," coincides with Mr. Edward Ford in thinking that in all probability "the small cure" as well as the other localities mentioned in this book, are all to be identified in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Page 1, L. 4. Taken orders. Been ordained a minister in the Episcopal Church. L. 9. notable. Exercising care or skill, prudent, clever housewife. L. 9. breeding. Indicating gentle birth and the best education of the day. Page 2, L. 14. herald's office or Herald's College of Arms. A body of men incorporated in 1483. Their duty lay in preserving genealogical records and in preparing and granting Coats of Arms and Crests. Page 3, L. 9. Squire and his lady. Title given to the landed gentry. They generally acted as patrons to the villagers and folks lower down in the social scale than themselves. A survival of a term in chivalry. L. 11. Courtesy. Polite kindness, from old French courtoisie, courtois-the manner of courtiers. L. 16. Softness. Undue indulgence and luxury. L. 21. Count Abensberg. The old chroniclers give the Count of Abensberg thirty sons and eight daughters. Summoned to attend, with only " a small retinue," a hunting party of the Emperor of Germany, the Emperor was displeased to see |