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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Author: Oliver Goldsmith

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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##  SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

##  THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

##  THE HISTORY OF ROME

DEATH OF A MAD DOG

ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX

##  DALZIELS' ILLUSTRATED GOLDSMITH

##  THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

##  THE DESERTED VILLAGE

##  COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER"

By Oliver Goldsmith

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE,

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

ACT THE FIRST.

ACT THE SECOND.

ACT THE THIRD.

ACT THE FOURTH.

ACT THE FIFTH.

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

A TALE

By Oliver Goldsmith

CONTENTS

ADVERTISEMENT

CHAPTER 1 -- The description of the family of Wakefield; in which a kindred likeness prevails as well of minds as of persons

CHAPTER 2 -- Family misfortunes. The loss of fortune only serves to encrease the pride of the worthy

CHAPTER 3 -- A migration. The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found at last to be of our own procuring

CHAPTER 4 -- A proof that even the humblest fortune may grant happiness, which depends not on circumstance, but constitution

CHAPTER 5 -- A new and great acquaintance introduced. What we place most hopes upon, generally proves most fatal

CHAPTER 6 -- The happiness of a country fire-side

CHAPTER 7 -- A town wit described. The dullest fellows may learn to be comical for a night or two

CHAPTER 8 -- An amour, which promises little good fortune, yet may be productive of much

CHAPTER 9 -- Two ladies of great distinction introduced. Superior finery ever seems to confer superior breeding

CHAPTER 10 -- The family endeavours to cope with their betters. The miseries of the poor when they attempt to appear above their circumstances

CHAPTER 11 -- The family still resolve to hold up their heads

CHAPTER 12 -- Fortune seems resolved to humble the family of Wakefield. Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities

CHAPTER 13 -- Mr Burchell is found to be an enemy; for he has the confidence to give disagreeable advice

CHAPTER 14 -- Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration that seeming calamities may be real blessings

CHAPTER 15 -- All, Mr Burchell's villainy at once detected. The folly of being over-wise

CHAPTER 16 -- The family use art, which is opposed with, still greater

CHAPTER 17 -- Scarce any virtue found to resist the power of long and pleasing temptation

CHAPTER 18 -- The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lost child to virtue

CHAPTER 19 -- The description of a person discontented with the present government, and apprehensive of the loss of our liberties

CHAPTER 20 -- The history of a philosophic vagabond, pursuing novelty, but losing content

CHAPTER 21 -- The short continuance of friendship amongst the vicious, which is coeval only with mutual satisfaction

CHAPTER 22 -- Offences are easily pardoned where there is love at bottom

CHAPTER 23 -- None but the guilty can be long and completely miserable

CHAPTER 24 -- Fresh calamities

CHAPTER 25 -- No situation, however wretched it seems, but has some sort of comfort attending it

CHAPTER 26 -- A reformation in the gaol. To make laws complete, they should reward as well as punish

CHAPTER 27 -- The same subject continued

CHAPTER 28 -- Happiness and misery rather the result of prudence than of virtue in this life. Temporal evils or felicities being regarded by heaven as things merely in themselves trifling and unworthy its care in the distribution

CHAPTER 29 -- The equal dealings of providence demonstrated with regard to the happy and the miserable here below. That from the nature of pleasure and pain, the wretched must be repaid the balance of their sufferings in the life hereafter

CHAPTER 30 -- Happier prospects begin to appear. Let us be inflexible, and fortune will at last change in our favour

CHAPTER 31 -- Former benevolence now repaid with unexpected interest

CHAPTER 32. -- The Conclusion

HISTORY OF ROME:

By Oliver Goldsmith

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER

PAGE

I.

Geographical Outline of Italy

11

II.

The Latin Language and People—Credibility of the Early History

18

III.

Topography of Rome

23

IV.

The Roman Constitution

30

V.

The Roman Tenure of Land—Colonial Government

37

VI.

The Roman Religion

39

VII.

The Roman Army and Navy

43

VIII.

Roman Law.—Finance

51

IX.

The public Amusements and private Life of the Romans

55

X.

Geography of the empire at the time of its greatest extent

59

HISTORY.

I.

Of the Origin of the Romans

63

II.

From the building of Rome to the death of Romulus

66

III.

From the death of Romulus to the death of Numa

71

IV.

From the death of Numa to the death of Tullus Hostilius

73

V.

From the death of Tullus Hostilius to the death of Ancus Martius

75

VI.

From the death of Ancus Martius to the death of Taiquinius Priscus

77

VII.

From the death of Tarquinius Priscus to the death of Servius Tullius

80

VIII.

From the death of Servius Tullius to the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus

83

IX.

From the banishment of Tarquinius Superbus to the appointment of the first Dictator

88

X.

From the Creation of the Dictator to the election of the Tribunes

93

XI.

From the Creation of the Tribunes to the appointment of the Decemviri, viz.

Section 1.—The great Volscian war

96

—— 2.—Civil commotions on account of the Agrarian law

101

XII.

From the creation of the Decemviri to the destruction of the city by the Gauls, viz.

Section 1.—Tyranny of the Decemviri

106

—— 2.—Crimes of Appius—Revolt of the army

110

—— 3.—Election of Military Tribunes— Creation of the Censorship

115

—— 4.—Siege and capture of Veii—Invasion of the Gauls

119

—— 5.—Deliverance of Rome from the Gauls

125

XIII.

From the wars with the Samnites to the First Punic war, viz.

Section 1.—The Latin war

131

—— 2.—Invasion of Italy by Pyrrhus, king of Epirus

135

—— 3.—Defeat and departure of Pyrrhus

140

XIV.

From the beginning of the First Punic war to the beginning of the Second, viz.

Section 1.—Causes and commencement of the war—Invasion of Africa by Regulus

144

—— 2.—Death of Regulus—Final Triumph of the Romans

149

XV.

The Second Punic war, viz.

Section 1.—Commencement of the war—Hannibal's invasion of Italy

151

—— 2.—Victorious career of Hannibal

155

—— 3.—Retrieval of the Roman affairs—Invasion of Africa by Scipio—Conclusion of the war

160

XVI.

Macedonian, Syrian, Third Punic, and Spanish wars

164

XVII.

From the Destruction of Carthage to the end of the Sedition of the Gracchi, viz.

Section 1.—Murder of Tiberius Gracchus

170

—— 2.—Slaughter of Caius Gracchus and his adherents

174

XVIII.

From the Sedition of Gracchus to the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla, viz.

Section 1.—The Jugurthine and Social wars

178

—— 2.—The cruel massacres perpetrated by Marius and Sylla

183

XIX.

From the perpetual Dictatorship of Sylla to the first Triumvirate

188

XX.

From the First Triumvirate to the death of Pompey, viz.

Section 1.—Cæsar's wars in Gaul—Commencement of the Civil war

194

—— 2.—Cæsar's victorious career

199

—— 3.—The campaign in Thessaly and Epirus

204

—— 4.—The battle of Pharsalia

208

—— 5.—Death of Pompey

212

XXI.

From the Destruction of the Commonwealth to the establishment of the first Emperor, Augustus, viz.

Section 1.—Cæsar's Egyptian campaign

218

—— 2.—The African campaign

223

—— 3.—Death of Cæsar

228

—— 4.—The Second Triumvirate

234

—— 5.—The Battle of Philippi

239

—— 6.—Dissensions of Antony and Augustus

244

—— 7.—The Battle of Actium

249

—— 8.—The Conquest of Egypt

255

XXII.

From the accession of Augustus to the death of Domitian, viz.

Section 1.—The beneficent Administration of Augustus

262

—— 2.—Death of Augustus

267

—— 3.—The reign of Tiberius—Death of Germanicus

271

—— 4.—Death of Sejanus and Tiberius—Accession of Caligula

276

—— 5.—Extravagant cruelties of Caligula—His death

281

—— 6.—The Reign of Claudius

285

—— 7.—The reign of Nero

291

—— 8.—Death of Nero—Reigns of Galba and Otho

296

—— 9.—The reigns of Vitellius and Vespasian—The siege of Jerusalem by Titus

301

—— 10.—The Reigns of Titus and Domitian

307

—— 11.—The assassination of Domitian

312

XXIII.

The Five good emperors of Rome, viz.

Section 1.—The Reigns of Nerva and Trajan

316

—— 2.—The Reign of Adrian

321

—— 3.—The Reign of Antoninus Pius

325

—— 4.—The reign of Marcus Aurelius

330

XXIV.

From the accession of Commodus to the change of the seat of Government, from Rome to Constantinople, viz.

Section 1.—The Reigns of Commodus, Pertinax, and Didius

333

—— 2.—The Reigns of Severus, Caracalla, Maximus, and Heliogabalus

337

—— 3.—The reigns of Alexander, Maximin, and Gordian

342

—— 4.—The Reigns of Philip, Decius, Gallus, Valerian, Claudius, Aurelian, Tacitus, and Probus

346

—— 5.—The reigns of Carus, Carinus, Dioclesian, and Constantius—Accession of Constantine

350

—— 6.—The reign of Constantine

355

XXV.

From the death of Constantine, to the reunion of the Roman empire under Theodosius the Great, viz.

Section 1.—The Reign of Constantius

358

—— 2.—The Reigns of Julian Jovian, the Valentinians, and Theodosius

365

XXVI.

From the death of Theodosius to the subversion of the Western Empire, viz.

Section 1.—The division of the Roman dominions into the Eastern and Western empires

373

—— 2.—Decline and fall of the Western empire

377

XXVII.

Historical notices of the different barbarous tribes that aided in overthrowing the Roman empire

385

XXVIII.

The progress of Christianity

391

Chronological Index

395

DALZIELS' ILLUSTRATED GOLDSMITH

AND A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

One Hundred Pictures Drawn By G. J. Pinwell

CONTENTS

A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

vi

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

1

THE TRAVELLER

175

THE DESERTED VILLAGE

189

THE HAUNCH OF VENISON

202

THE CAPTIVITY

205

RETALIATION

212

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS

225

THE GOOD-NATURED MAN

266

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER

361

THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Illustrations By Birket Foster And H. N. Humphreys, Printed In Colours By Edmund Evans.

FOOTNOTES:

1 Miscellaneous Prose Works of Goldsmith, vol. i., p. 79.

2 "The year of Dr. Goldsmith's birth had been universally mistaken, till his family, some time after his death, furnished correct information of the circumstance."—Percy.

CONTENTS

PAGE

The Traveller

1

The Deserted Village

29

The Hermit

57

The Captivity

67

The Haunch of Venison

85

Retaliation

91

The Double Transformation

99

The Gift to Iris

104

The Logicians Refuted

105

An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog

108

Threnodia Augustalis

110

A New Simile

122

On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind by Lightning

125

Stanzas on Woman

126

Translation from Scarròn

126

Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec

127

Epitaph on Edward Purdon

128

Translation of a South American Ode

128

Epitaph on Thomas Parnell

129

Description of an Author's Bed-chamber

130

Song, from the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer"

131

Answer to an Invitation to Dinner.

133

Song, intended to have been sung in "She Stoops to Conquer"

135

From the Latin of Vida

135

An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize

136

Answer to an Invitation to pass the Christmas at Barton

138

On Seeing a Lady Perform a Certain Character

141

Birds

142

Prologue written and spoken by the Poet Laberius

143

Prologue to "Zobeide"

144

Epilogue to "The Sister"

146

Epilogue intended for "She Stoops to Conquer"

148

Another Intended Epilogue

153

Epilogue to "She Stoops to Conquer"

155

Epilogue to "The Good-natured Man"

157

On the Death of the Right Hon. ——

159

Epilogue Written for Mr. Charles Lee Lewes

163

ILLUSTRATIONS

ENGRAVED BY EDMUND EVANS,

FROM DRAWINGS BY BIRKET FOSTER.

MILL AT LISSOY (Frontispiece).

PAGE

GOLDSMITH'S TOMB IN THE TEMPLE CHURCHYARD

xvii

THE TRAVELLER.

Or where Campania's plain forsaken lies

5

Bless'd that abode, where want and pain repair

6

Even now, where Alpine solitudes ascend

7

Ye lakes, whose vessels catch the busy gale

8

The shuddering tenant of the frigid zone

9

Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave

10

While oft some temple's mouldering tops between

12

In florid beauty groves and fields appear

13

A mistress or a saint in every grove

14

Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansions tread

16

With patient angle trolls the finny deep

17

How often have I led thy sportive choir

18

The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail

21

There gentle music melts on every spray

24

Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around

27

THE DESERTED VILLAGE.

The never-failing brook, the busy mill

32

The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm

33

And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground

34

The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest

35

Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew

37

The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung

38

And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made

39

To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn

40

The village preacher's modest mansion rose

41

Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride

42

At church, with meek and unaffected grace

43

Low lies that house, where nut-brown draughts inspir'd

45

No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale

45

Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds

48

Where the poor houseless, shivering female lies

50

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn

51

Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey

52

The cooling brook, the grassy-vested green

53

And left a lover's for a father's arms

54

Downward they move, a melancholy band

56

THE HERMIT.

Then turn, to-night, and freely share whate'er my cell bestows

58

The hermit trimm'd his little fire, and cheer'd his pensive guest

61

And when, beside me in the dale; he caroll'd lays of love

64

THE CAPTIVITY.

Ye hills of Lebanon, with cedars crown'd

69

Fierce is the tempest rolling along the furrow'd main

74

As panting flies the hunted hind, where brooks refreshing stray

80

O Babylon! how art thou fall'n

83

THE HAUNCH OF VENISON

90

THE DOUBLE TRANSFORMATION

102

AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG

109

THRENODIA AUGUSTALIS

116

ON A BEAUTIFUL YOUTH STRUCK BLIND BY LIGHTNING

125

SONG—"THE THREE PIGEONS"

130

BIRDS

142

EPILOGUE WRITTEN FOR MR. CHARLES LEE LEWES

162

THE DESERTED VILLAGE

By Oliver Goldsmith

Illustrated by the Etching Club

MDCCCLVII

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page

Sweet Auburn! loveliest milage of the plain...T. Creswick, R.A.....007

The never-failing brook, the busy mill........T. Creswick, R.A.....008

The hawthorn bush, with seals in shade........C. W. Cope, R.A......009

The matron's glance that would reprove........H. J. Townsend.......010

The hollow sounding bittern guards its nest...F. Tayler............012

These, far departing, seek a kinder shore.....C. Stonhouse.........014

Amidst the swains show my book-learn'd skill..J. C. Horsley........015

And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue..F. Tayler............016

To spurn imploring famine from the gale.......C. W. Cope, R.A......017

While resignation gently slopes the way.......T. Creswick, R.A.....018

The playful children let loose from school....T. Webster, R.A......019

All but yon widow'd solitary thing............F. Tayler............020

The village preacher's modest mansion rose....T. Creswick, R.A.....021

He chid their wanderings; relieved pain.......C. W. Cope, R.A......022

Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd fields won..C. W. Cope, R.A......023

Beside the bed where parting life was laid....R. Redgrave, R.A.....025

And pluck'd his gown, share the man's smile...J. C. Horsley........026

The village master taught his little school...T. Webster, R.A......027

Full well they laugh'd with glee..............T. Webster, R.A......028

Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd...T. Webster, R.A......028

In arguing too the parson own'd his skill.....C. W. Cope, R.A......029

Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head high...T. Creswick, R.A.....030

Where village statesmen with looks profound...F. Tayler............031

But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade....J. C. Horsley........033

Proud swells the tide with loads of ore.......T. Creswick, R.A.....034

If to some common's fenceless limit stray'd...C. Stonhouse.........036

Where the poor houseless female lies..........J. C. Horsley........037

She left her wheel and robes of brown.........J. C. Horsley........038

The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake....T. Creswick, R.A.....040

The cooling brookt the grassy-vested green....T. Creswick, R.A.....041

The good old sire the first prepared to go....C. W. Cope, R.A......042

Whilst her husband strove to lend relief......R. Redgrave, R.A.....043

Down where yon vessel spreads the sail........T. Creswick, R.A.....044

Or winter wraps the polar world in snow.......T. Creswick, R.A.....045

As rocks resist the billows aNd the sky.......T. Creswick, R.A.....046

THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

Of Oliver Goldsmith

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chronology of Goldsmith's Life and Poems

POEMS

Descriptive Poems

The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society page 3

The Deserted Village page 23

Lyrical and Miscellaneous Pieces

Prologue of Laberius page 41

On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind with Lightning page 42

The Gift. To Iris, in Bow Street page 43

The Logicians Refuted page 44

A Sonnet page 46

Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec page 46

An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize page 47

Description of an Author's Bedchamber page 48

On seeing Mrs. *** perform in the Character of **** page 49

On the Death of the Right Hon.*** page 50

An Epigram. Addressed to the Gentlemen reflected on in 'The Rosciad', a Poem, by the Author page 51

To G. C. and R. L. page 51

Translation of a South American Ode page 51

The Double Transformation. A Tale page 52

A New Simile, in the Manner of Swift page 56

Edwin and Angelina page 59

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog page 65

Song ('When Lovely Woman,' etc.) page 67

Epilogue to The Good Natur'd Man page 68

Epilogue to The Sister page 70

Prologue to Zobeide page 72

Threnodia Augustalis: Sacred to the Memory of Her Late Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales page 74

Song ('Let school-masters,' etc.) page 84

Epilogue to She Stoops to Conquer page 85

Retaliation page 87

Song ('Ah, me! when shall I marry me?') page 94

Translation ('Chaste are their instincts') page 94

page v

The Haunch of Venison page 95

Epitaph on Thomas Parnell page 100

The Clown's Reply page 100

Epitaph on Edward Purdon page 100

Epilogue for Lee Lewes page 101

Epilogue written for She Stoops to Conquer (1) page 103

Epilogue written for She Stoops to Conquer (2) page 108

The Captivity. An Oratorio

Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner page 128

Letter in Prose and Verse to Mrs. Bunbury page 130

Vida's Game of Chess page 135

NOTES

Introduction to the Notes page 159

Editions of the Poems page 161

The Traveller page 162

The Deserted Village page 177

Prologue of Laberius page 190

On a Beautiful Youth struck Blind with Lightning page 192

The Gift page 193

The Logicians Refuted page 194

A Sonnet page 196

Stanzas on the Taking of Quebec page 196

An Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize page 197

Description of an Author's Bedchamber page 199

On seeing Mrs. *** perform in the Character of **** page 202

On the Death of the Right Hon. *** page 202

An Epigram page 203

To G. C. and R. L. page 203

Translation of a South American Ode page 203

The Double Transformation page 203

A New Simile page 205

Edwin and Angelina page 206

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog page 212

Song (from The Vicar of Wakefield) page 213

Epilogue (The Good Natur'd Man) page 214

Epilogue (The Sister) page 215

Prologue (Zobeide) page 216

Threnodia Augustalis page 218

Song (from She Stoops to Conquer) page 219

page vi

Epilogue (She Stoops to Conquer) page 220

Retaliation page 222

Song intended for She Stoops to Conquer page 235

Translation page 236

The Haunch of Venison page 236

Epitaph on Thomas Parnell page 243

The Clown's Reply page 244

Epitaph on Edward Purdon page 244

Epilogue for Lee Lewes's Benefit page 245

Epilogue (She Stoops to Conquer) (1) page 246

Epilogue (She Stoops to Conquer) (2) page 248

The Captivity page 249

Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner page 250

Letter in Prose and Verse to Mrs. Bunbury page 252

Vida's Game of Chess page 255

APPENDIXES

Portraits of Goldsmith page 259

Descriptions of Newell's Views of Lissoy, etc. page 262

The Epithet 'Sentimental' page 264

Fragments of Translations, etc., by Goldsmith page 266

Goldsmith on Poetry under Anne and George the First page 268

Criticisms from Goldsmith's Beauties of English Poesy page 270

page vii

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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

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.

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

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. Drawn and engraved by Isaac Taylor.

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. {This picture is unavailable.]

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.

PORTRAIT OF GOLDSMITH, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. From an etching by James Basire on the title-page of Retaliation, 1774.

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

GREEN ARBOUR COURT, OLD BAILEY. From an engraving in the European Magazine for January, 1803.

page viii

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.

SOUTH VIEW FROM GOLDSMITH'S MOUNT. From the same . . . To face p. 183. [This picture is unavailable.]

THE SCHOOL HOUSE. From the same.

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

PORTRAIT OF GOLDSMITH. From a silhouette by Ozias Humphry, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.

LISSOY (OR LISHOY) MILL. From an aquatint by S. Alken of a sketch by R. H. Newell (Goldsmith's Poetical Works, 1811).

THE PARSONAGE. From the same.

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

Click on the ## before each title to view a linked table of contents for each of the twelve volumes. Click on the title itself to open the original online file.

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

"SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER"

CONTENTS

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

A TALE

CONTENTS

HISTORY OF ROME:

CONTENTS

DALZIELS' ILLUSTRATED GOLDSMITH

AND A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH

One Hundred Pictures Drawn By G. J. Pinwell CONTENTS

THE POEMS OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH Illustrations By Birket Foster And H. N. Humphreys, Printed In Colours By Edmund Evans.

FOOTNOTES:

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE DESERTED VILLAGE

Illustrated by the Etching Club

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

Of Oliver Goldsmith

CONTENTS

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