Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

X. Oriental Appointment, and Disappointment--Examination at the College of Surgeons--How to procure a Suit of Clothes--Fresh Disappointment--A Tale of Distress--The Suit of Clothes in Pawn--Punishment for doing an act of Charity--Gayeties of Green-Arbor Court--Letter to his Brother--Life of Voltaire--Scroggins, an attempt at Hock Heroic Poetry

XI. Publication of "The Inquiry"--Attacked by Griffith's "Review"--Kenrick, the Literary Ishmaelite--Periodical Literature--Goldsmith's Essays--Garrick as a Manager--Smollett and his Schemes--Change of Lodgings--The Robin Hood Club

XII. New Lodgings--Visits of Ceremony--Hangers-on--Pilkington and the White Mouse--Introduction to Dr. Johnson--Davies and his Bookshop--Pretty Mrs. Davies--Foote and his Projects--Criticism of the Cudgel

XIII. Oriental Projects--Literary Jobs--The Cherokee Chiefs--Merry Islington and the White Conduit House--Letters on the History of England--James Boswell--Dinner of Davies--Anecdotes of Johnson and Goldsmith

XIV. Hogarth a Visitor at Islington--His Character--Street Studies--Sympathies between Authors and Painters--Sir Joshua Reynolds--His Character--His Dinners--The Literary Club--Its Members--Johnson's Revels with Lanky and Beau--Goldsmith at the Club

XV. Johnson a Monitor to Goldsmith--Finds him in Distress with his Landlady--Relieved by the Vicar of Wakefield--The Oratorio--Poem of The Traveler--The Poet and his Dog--Success of the Poem--Astonishment of the Club--Observations on the Poem

XVI. New Lodgings--Johnson's Compliment--A Titled Patron--The Poet at Northumberland House--His Independence of the Great--The Countess of Northumberland--Edwin and Angelina--Gosford and Lord Clare--Publication of Essays--Evils of a rising Reputation--Hangers-on--Job Writing--Goody Two-shoes--A Medical Campaign--Mrs. Sidebotham

XVII. Publication of the Vicar of Wakefield--Opinions concerning it--Of Dr. Johnson--Of Rogers the Poet--Of Goethe--Its Merits--Exquisite Extract--Attack by Kenrick--Reply--Book-building--Project of a Comedy

XVIII. Social Condition of Goldsmith--His Colloquial Contests with Johnson--Anecdotes and Illustrations

XIX. Social Resorts--The Shilling Whist Club--A Practical Joke--The Wednesday Club--The "Ton of Man"--The Pig Butcher--Tom King--Hugh Kelly--Glover and his Characteristics

XX. The Great Cham of Literature and the King--Scene at Sir Joshua Reynolds's--Goldsmith accused of Jealousy--Negotiations with Garrick--The Author and the Actor--Their Correspondence

XXI. More Hack Authorship--Tom Davies and the Roman History--Canonbury Castle--Political Authorship--Pecuniary Temptation--Death of Newbery the elder

XXII. Theatrical Maneuvering--The Comedy of False Delicacy--First Performance of The Good-Natured Man--Conduct of Johnson--Conduct of the Author--Intermeddling of the Press

XXIII. Burning the Candle at both Ends--Fine Apartments--Fine Furniture--Fine Clothes--Fine Acquaintances--Shoemaker's Holiday and Jolly Pigeon Associates--Peter Barlow, Glover, and the Hampstead Hoax--Poor Friends among Great Acquaintances

XXIV. Reduced again to Book-building--Rural Retreat at Shoemaker's Paradise--Death of Henry Goldsmith--Tributes to his memory in The Deserted Village

XXV. Dinner at Bickerstaff's--Hiffernan and his Impecuniosity--Kenrick's Epigram--Johnson's Consolation--Goldsmith's Toilet--The bloom-colored

Coat--New Acquaintances--The Hornecks--A touch of Poetry and Passion--The Jessamy Bride