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.

D

NEW-YORK:

G. P. PUTNAM & COMPANY, 10 PARK PLACE.

NEW-YORK:

JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, XLIX AND LE ANN-STREET.

·APRI932

DRARY

On a beautiful Youth struck by Lightning,

Remarks on our Theatres,

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,

18

19

23

II.

On Dress; showing, that they are generally most ridiculous them-

selves, who are apt to see most ridicule in others,

33

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,

38

43

48

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,

. 132

135

. 137

140

. 143

II.

III.

On Public Rejoicings for Victory. [Now first collected,]

On the Different Schools of Music,

IV.

V.

VI.

A Reverie at the Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap,

The Fountain of Fine Sense; a Dream. [Now first collected,]

Account of Carolan, the Irish Bard,

vn. A Visit to Vauxhall-Parallel between Mrs. Vincent and Miss
Brent. [Now first collected,]

.

VIII A True History for the Ladies. [Now first collected,]

. 165

168

A Visit to Elysium-Mansions of Poetry and Taste; a Dream.

[Now first collected,]

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,

XVI. On a Taste for the Belles-Lettres,

XVIII. On the Cultivation of Taste,

XIX. On the Origin of Poetry,

zx. On Poetry, as distinguished from other Writing,

.278

290

334

XXIV. Description of a Wow-wow in the Country. [Now first collected,] 330

xxv. On Abuse of our Enemies. [Now first collected,] .

XXVI. The Goddess of Silence, to the Ladies of London and Westmin-

ster, greeting. [Now first collected,] .

. 336

339

345

347

XXVII. On the English Clergy, and Popular Preachers,
XXVIII. Progress of Politeness-Rules enjoined to be observed at a Rus-
sian Assembly,

xxix. Female Characters. [Now first collected,]

xxx. Zenim and Galhinda; an Eastern Tale. [Now first collected,]. 353

XXXI. Specimen of a Magazine in Miniature, .

357

XXXII. Asem the Man-hater; or Vindication of the Wisdom of God in

the moral Government of the World; an Eastern Tale,

xxxш. A Biographical Memoir, supposed to be written by the Ordinary

. 361

of Newgate,

369

XXXIV. On the Tenants of the Leasowes. History of a Poet's Garden,. 372

XXXV. A Comparison between Sentimental and Laughing Comedy, .

XYXVI. History of a Sleep-Walker. [Now first collected,]

XXXVII. A Register of Scotch Marriages,

xxxvïï. On Friendship. [Now first collected,]

AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF

POLITE LEARNING IN EUROPE.

The Causes which contribute to the Decline of Learning,

A View of the Obscure Ages,

IV.

A Parallel between the Rise and Decline of Ancient and Modern

Learning. [Now first collected,]

On the Present State of Polite Learning in Italy,

Of Polite Learning in Holland, and some other Countries of

Europe,

VI. The Polite Learning of England and France incapable of Com-

parison. [Now First collected,]

422