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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 Acadomy;
Author of the Life of Goldsmith, Life of Burke, etc. etc.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
NEW-YORK: G. P. PUTNAM & COMPANY, 10 PARK PLACE.
NEW-YORK: NO P. TROW, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPE),
XLIX AND L: ANN-STREBT.
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CONTENTS
OF THE
FIRST VOLUME.
No.
I.
.
THE BEE.
PAGI
INTRODUCTION,
13
On a beautiful Youth struck by Lightning,
18
Remarks on our Theatres, .
19
Story of Alexander and Septimius ; showing, that no Circum-
stances are so desperate, which Providence may not relieve, 23
On the Condition of the Poles; in a Letter from a Traveller, 28
A Short Account of M. Maupertuis,
30
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, 38
Happiness in a great measure dependent on Constitution,
43
On the Present State of our Theatres,
48
On the Use of Language,
54
History of Hypatia,
57
On Justice and Generosity,
61
Some Particulars relating to Father Feyjoo,
65
On the Uncertainty of Literary Success,
67
Bidderman the Wise ; a Flemish Tradition,
72
On the Sagacity of the Spider,
76
The Characteristics of Greatness,
Upon Political Frugality,
The Fame Machine ; a Reverie,
94
A Word or Two on the Farce called “ High Life Below Stairs," 101
Upon Unfortunate Merit,
103
81
84.
PAOB
VI.
On Education, .
On the Instability of Worldly Grandeur,
Some Account of the Academies of Italy,
. 106
117
121
VII.
Of Eloquence—and the Pulpit,
Custom and Laws compared,
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, .
123
. 132
135
137
140
143
150
1.
II.
III.
IV.
IX
ESSAYS.
ESSAY
PREFACE,
165
On the Clubs of London,
168
On Public Rejoicings for Victory. [Now first collected] . 177
On the Different Schools of Music,
183
A Reverie at the Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap,
189
The Fountain of Fine Sense ; a Dream. (Now first collected,] 205
VI. Account of Carolan, the Irish Bard,
208
vn. A Visit to Vauxhall- Parallel between Mrs. Vincent and Miss
Brent. (Now first collected]
211
VII A True History for the Ladies. (Now first collected]
215
A Visit to Elysium-Mansions of Poetry and Taste; a Dream.
[Now first collected,] .
218
X. History of Miss Stanton. (Now first collected, ]
223
On National Prejudices,
XII. The Miseries of Ennui. [Now first collected]
233
XII. Adventures of a Strolling Player,
238
XIV. On the Approaching Coronation. (Now first collected,]
248
XV. On National Concord,
250
XVI. Female Warriors,
254
xvn. On a Taste for the Belles-Lettres,
259
XVIII. On the Cultivation of Taste,
268
XIX. On the Origin of Poetry,
278
IX. On Poetry, as distinguished from other Writing,
290
XI.
229
PAGB
XX1. On the Use of Metaphors,
. 301
XXII. On the Use of Hyperbole,
320
XXIII. On Versification,
. 324
xxIv. Description of a Wow-wow in the Country. (Now first collected,] 330
xxv. On Abuse of our Enemies. (Now first collected,] .
334
XXVI. The G dess of Silence, to the Ladies of London and Westmin.
ster, greeting. [Now first collected,] .
336
XXVII. On the English Clergy, and Popular Preachers,
339
IXVIII. Progress of Politeness—Rules enjoined to be observed at a Rus-
sian Assembly,
345
XXIX. Female Characters. (Now first collected,]
347
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, . 361
XXXII. A Biographical Memoir, supposed to be written by the Ordinary
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, . 376
XXXVI. History of a Sleep-Walker. (Now first collected]
. 381
XXXVII. A Register of Scotch Marriages,
385
XXXVIJI. On Friendship. [Now first collected]
388
AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF
POLITE LEARNING IN EUROPE.
CHAP.
I. INTRODUCTION,
395
The Causes which contribute to the Decline of Learning, 397
A View of the Obscure Ages,
405
A Parallel between the Rise and Decline of Ancient and Modern
Learning. (Now first collected]
409
On the Present State of Polite Learning in Italy,
Of Polite Learning in Germany,
414
VI. Of Polite Learning in Holland, and some other countries of
Europe,
418
y. The Polite Learning of England and France incapable of Com.
parison. (Now First collected,]
V.
422