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THE
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
OF
OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
INCLUDING
A VARIETY OF PIECES
NOW FIRST COLLECTED.
BY
JAMES PRIOR,
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Member of the Royal Irish Academy; Author of the Life of Goldsmith, Life of Burke, etc. etc.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
New York:
G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 321 BROADWAY.
CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOLUME.
No.
L. INTRODUCTION,
On a beautiful Youth struck by Lightning,
Remarks on our Theatres, .
19
23
28
30
Story of Alexander and Septimius; showing, that no Circum- stances are so desperate, which Providence may not relieve,
On the Condition of the Poles; in a Letter from a Traveller,
A Short Account of M. Maupertuis,
On Dress; showing, that they are generally most ridiculous them-
selves, who are apt to see most ridicule in others,
.
Picture of the Swedes; with Anecdotes of Charles the Twelfth,
Happiness in a great measure dependent on Constitution,
On the Present State of our Theatres,
On the Use of Language,
History of Hypatia,
On Justice and Generosity,
Some Particulars relating to Father Feyjoo,
IV. On the Uncertainty of Literary Success,
Bidderman the Wise; a Flemish Tradition,
On the Sagacity of the Spider,
The Characteristics of Greatness,
V. Upon Political Frugality,
The Fame Machine; a Reverie,
67
84
94
A Word or Two on the Farce called " High Life Below Stairs," 101
Upon Unfortunate Merit,
103
On the Pride and Luxury of the Middling Classes of People,
Sabinus and Olinda,
The Sentiments of a Frenchman on the Temper of the English,
VIII. On Deceit and Falsehood,
The Augustan Age of England,
Of the Opera in England,
II.
On Public Rejoicings for Victory. [Now first collected,]
. 177
V.
The Fountain of Fine Sense; a Dream. [Now first collected,] 205
VI.
Account of Carolan, the Irish Bard,
208
VII. A Visit to Vauxhall-Parallel between Mrs. Vincent and Miss
Brent. [Now first collected,]
211
VIII A True History for the Ladies. [Now first collected,]
IX
A Visit to Elysium-Mansions of Poetry and Taste; a Dream.
x. History of Miss Stanton. [Now first collected,
XII. The Miseries of Ennui. [Now first collected,]
XIII. Adventures of a Strolling Player,
XIV. On the Approaching Coronation. [Now first collected,]
XV. On National Concord,
XVI. Female Warriors,
XVп. On a Taste for the Belles-Lettres,
XVIII. On the Cultivation of Taste,
XIX. On the Origin of Poetry,
11. On Poetry, as distinguished from other Writing,
*. 250
254
259
268
. 278
290
II. On the Use of Metaphors,
PAGE
. . 301
XXII. On the Use of Hyperbole,
XXIII. On Versification,
XXIV. Description of a Wow-wow in the Country. [Now first collected,] 330
XXV. On Abuse of our Enemies. [Now first collected,] .
320
. 324
334
XXVI. The Goddess of Silence, to the Ladies of London and Westmin-
ster, greeting. [Now first collected,] .
336
XXVII. On the English Clergy, and Popular Preachers,
xxvII. Progress of Politeness-Rules enjoined to be observed at a Rus-
339
sian Assembly, .
. 345
347
XXIX. Female Characters. [Now first collected,]
XXX. Zenim and Galhinda; an Eastern Tale. [Now first collected,] . 353
XXXI. Specimen of a Magazine in Miniature, .
XXXII. Asem the Man-hater; or Vindication of the Wisdom of God in
the moral Government of the World; an Eastern Tale,
XXXIII. A Biographical Memoir, supposed to be written by the Ordinary
369
of Newgate,
XXXIV. On the Tenants of the Leasowes. History of a Poet's Garden, . 372
XXXV. A Comparison between Sentimental and Laughing Comedy, .
XVXVI. History of a Sleep-Walker. [Now first collected,] .
XXXVII. A Register of Scotch Marriages,
XXXVIII. On Friendship. [Now first collected,]
1. The Causes which contribute to the Decline of Learning,
A Parallel between the Rise and Decline of Ancient and Modern
Learning. [Now first collected,]
409
Of Polite Learning in Germany,
IV. On the Present State of Polite Learning in Italy,
Of Polite Learning in Holland, and some other Countries of
Europe,
VII. The Polite Learning of England and France incapable of Com-
parison [Now First collected,]