On seeing Mrs. *** perform in the Character of ****

On the Death of the Right Hon.***

An Epigram. Addressed to the Gentlemen reflected on in The

Rosciad, a Poem, by the Author

To G. C. and R. L.

Translation of a South American Ode

The Double Transformation. A Tale

A New Simile, in the Manner of Swift

Edwin and Angelina .

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog

Song ('When Lovely Woman,' &c.)

Epilogue to The Good Natur'd Man

Epilogue to The Sister

Prologue to Zobeide

Threnodia Augustalis: Sacred to the Memory of Her Late Royal

Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales

Song ('Let School-masters,' &c.)

Epilogue to She Stoops to Conquer

Retaliation

Song (Ah, me! when shall I marry me?')

Translation ('Chaste are their instincts').

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Epilogue written for She Stoops to Conquer (1) .

Epilogue written for She Stoops to Conquer (2) .

The Captivity. An Oratorio

Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner

Letter in Prose and Verse to Mrs. Bunbury

Vida's Game of Chess

On seeing Mrs. *** perform in the character of **** .

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Portraits of Goldsmith

Descriptions of Newell's Views of Lissoy, &c.

The Epithet 'Sentimental'

Fragments of Translations, &c., by Goldsmith.

Goldsmith on Poetry under Anne and George the First

Criticisms from Goldsmith's Beauties of English Poesy

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

OLIVER GOLDSMITH. From Joseph Marchi's mezzotint of 1770 after the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds Frontispiece.

To face

PANE OF GLASS with Goldsmith's autograph signature, dated
March, 1746, now at Trinity College, Dublin.
VIGNETTE TO THE TRAVELLER. Drawn by Samuel Wale, and
engraved by Charles Grignion

To face p.

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HEADPIECE TO THE TRAVELLER. Engraved on wood by
Charlton Nesbit for Bulmer's Poems of Goldsmith and
Parnell, 1795.

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THE TRAVELLER. From a design by Richard Westall, R.A.,
engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick for Bulmer's Poems
of Goldsmith and Parnell, 1795
VIGNETTE TO THE DESERTED VILLAGE, 1770.

graved by Isaac Taylor .

p. 5

To face p.

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To face p. 21

Drawn and en

HEADPIECE TO the Deserted VILLAGE. Engraved on wood by Charlton Nesbit for Bulmer's Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell, 1795

THE WATER-CRESS GATHERER. Drawn and engraved on wood by John Bewick for Bulmer's Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell, 1795.

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p. 23

To face p. 27 THE DEPARTURE. Drawn by Robert Johnson, and engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick for Bulmer's Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell, 1795. EDWIN AND ANGELINA. From an original washed drawing made by Thomas Stothard, R.A., for Aikin's Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 1805 To face p. 59 PORTRAIT OF GOLDSMITH, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From an etching by James Basire on the title-page of Retaliation, 1774 . To face p. 87

SONG FROM THE CAPTIVITY. Facsimile of Goldsmith's writing and signature, from Prior's Life of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., 1837, ii, frontispiece

To face p. 119

GREEN ARBOur Court, Old BAILEY. From an engraving in the European Magazine for January, 1893

To face p. 160

KILKENNY WEST CHURCH. From an aquatint by S. Alken of a sketch by R. H. Newell (Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 1811)

HAWTHORN TREE. From the same

To face p. 179

To face p. 180

SOUTH VIEW FROM GOLDSMITH'S MOUNT. From the same To face p. 183 THE SCHOOL HOUSE. From the same

To face p. 187

PORTRAIT OF GOLDSMITH. Drawn by Henry William Bunbury and etched by James Bretherton. From the Haunch of Venison, 1776

To face p. 259

Portrait of GOLDSMITH. From a silhouette by Ozias Humphry, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery . To face p. 261 LISSOY (OR LISHOY) MILL. From an aquatint by S. Alken of a sketch by R. H. Newell (Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 1811)

THE PARSON AGE. From the same

To face p. 262

To face p. 264