66

Leyden, ib; pursuits at Leyden, 57;
attainment of knowledge more general
than professional, ib; supports himself
as a teacher, ib; money won at play
and lost, ib; encounters
every form
of distress," ib; borrows money from
Dr. Ellis, 58; spends it in buying flower-
roots for uncle Contarine, ib; quits
Leyden with one guinea, one shirt, and
his flute, ib; becomes a philosophic
vagabond, 59; influence of the Baron de
Holberg's history upon his character, 59,
63; visits Louvain, 61; obtains his
medical degree, ib; travels through
Flanders, 62; mode of subsistence, 63;
arrives in Paris, 64; acts as companion
to a young gentleman of fortune, 65;
attends the chemical lectures of Rouelle,
ib; sees the actress Clairon, ib; pro-
phecy of the coming Revolution, 66;
visits Voltaire at Geneva, 68; the com-
pany and conversation, 69; sends home
first draught of The Traveller, 71; "dis-
putes" his passage through Europe, 74,
75 (for omitted incidents and anecdotes
of his travel, A.N. xxviii); arrives at
Dover without a farthing, 76; appear-
ance as low comedian in a country
barn, ib; applies for hire to an apothe-
cary, ib; on LONDON streets, 77; finds
employment as an usher, ib; applies
to Dr. Radcliffe for a character, ib;
application countermanded, ib; letter
to Radcliffe, ib; obtains employment
with chemist Jacob, 78; visit to Dr.
Sleigh, 79; physician at Bankside, ib
interview with schoolfellow Beatty, ib;
attends a printer's workman, 80; appli-
cation to Richardson suggested, ib; ap-
pointed corrector of the press in Salisbury-
court, ib; sees the author of the Night
Thoughts, ib; begins a tragedy, ib;
interview with Mr. Farr, 81; becomes
usher at Peckham academy, 82; anec-
dotes of his existence there, 83-88;
introduced to Griffiths the bookseller,
90; accepts an engagement on the
Monthly Review, 91; removes to Grif-
fiths for board and lodging, and small
salary, ib; matriculates in Grub-street,
96; miserable drudgery for bread, 102;
contributions to the Monthly Review
never acknowledged, 104; his reviews
discovered from a marked copy, 105;
review of Home's tragedy of Douglas,
108, 109; of the Epigoniad, 110; of
the Connoisseur, 112; of the Sub-
lime and Beautiful, ib; objections to
his critical judgment, ib; not defended,

;

ib; style of criticism of the day, ib;
review of Smollett's History of England,
113; of Hanway's Journey from Ports-
mouth, 117; of Cardinal Polignac's Anti-
Lucretius, 118; of Voltaire's Universal
History, 119; of Gray's Odes, ib; quarrel
with Griffiths, 125; crimination and
recrimination, ib; Griffiths retains his
hold, 127; launched again on the world,
128; frequents Temple-exchange coffee-
house, ib; occupies a garret near Salis-
bury-square, 129; visit from his brother
Charles, ib; letters to his brother-in-
law Hodson, 131; translates the Me-
moirs of a Protestant, 134; published
under the name of Willington, 135;
reasons for so doing, 136; gives up
literature, and returns to Dr. Milner's,
137; hopes of a foreign medical ap-
pointment, 138; Enquiry into the
present state of Polite Learning, un-
dertaken, 139; hopes and expectations,
ib; copyright not then extended to
Ireland, ib; effects on the bookselling
trade, ib; plan of an early transmission
of copies, 140; leaves Dr. Milner's, ib;
letter to Edward Mills, 142; to Bry-
anton, 145; "dunned for a milk-score,'
147; letter to Mrs. Lawder (Jane Con-
tarine), 150; obtains medical appoint-
ment on the coast of Coromandel, 153;
writes to his brother Henry, 154; letter
to Mr. Hodson, ib; critical state of
affairs, 157; applies to Mr. Archibald
Hamilton, ib; why he had joined and left
Smollett, 159; resumes writing for the
Critical Review, ib; reviews translations
of Ovid, 159; his admiration of Dryden,
160; his opinion with regard to in-
terlopers in literature, 161; removes to
Green Arbour-court, 162; intimates and
associates in that locality, ib; the work-
ing watchmaker, ib; loses his Coro-
mandel appointment, 164; causes sup-
posed, ib; difficulties of procuring outfit,
ib; designs to pass the Surgeons Hall,
165; deplorable condition of his ward-
robe, ib; applies to Griffiths, ib.; con-
tracts for four articles to Monthly
Review, ib; obtains credit for a suit of
clothes on Griffiths' security, ib; strange
conditions of the credit, ib; reviews
Some Enquiries concerning the First In-
habitants of Europe, ib; Anselm
Bayly's Introduction to Languages, ib;
Dr. Burton's Pentalogia, ib; translation
of Cicero's Tusculan Disputations, ib;
presents himself for examination at
Surgeons Hall, ib; rejected, ib; ex-

tract from the books of the college, ib;
lamentation in Green Arbour-court, 168;
pawns his new suit of clothes, ib; angry
correspondence with Griffiths, ib; true
beginning of his literary career, 172;
contracts to write Life of Voltaire, 173;
letter to his brother Henry, ib; an-
nouncement of Life of Voltaire, 179;
completion of the Polite Learning, 180;
disposes of his Polite Learning to the
Dodsleys, ib; visit from Mr. Percy
in Green Arbour-court, 181; working
again for Hamilton, 182; reviews Lang-
horne's Elegy of Adonis, 183; work on
Oratory, ib; Murphy's Orphan of
China, 185; Butler's Remains, ib;
Marriott's answer to the Critical Reviews,
ib; Dunkin's Epistle to Lord Chester-
field, ib.; Gouget's Origin of Laws,
Arts, and Sciences, 186; Formey's
Philosophical Miscellanies, ib; Van

Egmont's Travels in Asia, ib; Guic-
ciardini's History of Italy, ib; Montes-
quieu's Miscellaneous Pieces, ib; Haw-
kins's Works, 187; Jemima and Louisa,
188;
bids adieu to both Reviews,
189; first announcement of Polite
Learning, 191; his name omitted
from the title-page, ib; the over-ruling
feeling of the book, 192; his remarks
upon style, 195; reviewed by Smol-
lett in the Critical Review, 196; by
Kenrick in the Monthly, ib; spirit of
their reviews, 196, 197; definition of
the uses of an author, 209; engaged by
Wilkie to produce the Bee, 220; excel-
lence of his stage criticisms, 222; ill-
success of the speculation, 224, 231;
visited by Smollett, 228; by Samuel
Johnson, ib; by Mr. Wilkie's printer's
devil, ib; a night walk among the
wretched, 230; his passion for the stage,
231; gives offence to Garrick, 238, 239,
241; visited by Smollett and Newbery
at Green Arbour-court, 264; engage-
ment to write for the British Magazine,
265; first appearance of well-known
essays, 266; the "humble optimist"
translated into French, 268; few of those
fugitive essays republished by Gold-
smith, ib; the Wow-wow club puff
for the British Magazine, 269; (as to
unacknowledged Essays, A. N. xxx);
writes for the Public Ledger for New-
bery, 270; nature of his contributions,
272; rate of remuneration, ib; first ap-
pearance of the Chinese Letters, 273;
their origin and growth, 274; contribute
chiefly to the success of the Public

Ledger, ib; re-published as the Citizen
of the World, ib; reviewed by the British
Magazine, ib; by Kenrick in the Monthly
Review, ib; apology for past insults, 275;
peculiarity of their tone and style, 276;
spirit of political prophecy, ib; advo-
cacy of domestic reforms, 278, 280;
anticipate the arguments of Bentham,
280;

generous defence of Voltaire,
281; restore to us the scenes and
people of the day, 282; Beau Tibbs and
the Man in Black, 283; founded on
actual incidents, 285; pawns his watch
for Jack Pilkington, 286; his kind-
ness to the dying swindler, 287; adven-
ture in White Conduit-gardens, ib;
with Charles Lloyd, ib; anecdote of
Roubiliac and the flute, 288; humble
recreations, and pot-house clubs, 290;
begins to learn his value, 292; edits the
Ladies' Magazine, ib; raises its cir-
culation, ib; contributes to the British
Magazine, ib; compiles for Newbery a
Poetical Dictionary, 293; removes to
Wine-office Court, ib; visit from Samuel
Johnson and Percy, 295; gives a supper
on the occasion, ib; neatness of Johnson's
attire, its reasons and effects, 296; sup-
posed pamphlet on the Cock Lane Ghost,
298; History of Mecklenburgh, ib;
reasons for expecting it to be popular, ib;
Art of Poetry, ib; Compendium of Bio-
graphy, 299; fails from the success of
Dilly's British Plutarch, ib; his illness,
ib; Mr. Collier furnishes 5th volume of
Biography, ib; hopeless entanglement
of booksellers' advances, ib; removes to
Tonbridge and Bath, ib; writes the
Life of Beau Nash, 301; its style and
character, 302; original of Beau Tibbs,
303; a frequent visitor at Davies' the
bookseller's, 307; first introduction to
Reynolds, ib; friendship of Johnson,
309; member of the Robin Hood de-
bating society, 310; failure of his ora-
tory, 311; visit to the three Cherokees,
ib; to Peter Annet in the King's Bench,
312; memorials Lord Bute for the
means to travel, 314; commences the
Vicar of Wakefield, 315; opinion of the
poetry of the day, 316; dinner at Davies's,
and first meeting with Boswell, 318; his
noble defence of Johnson, 320; removes
to Islington for health and quiet, 321;
resides with Mrs. Elizabeth Fleming, ib;
introduced by Newbery, ib; terms of
his agreement, 322; revises Description
of Millenium Hall, 323; makes addi-
tions to Wonders of Nature and Art, ib;

revises Brooke's System of Natural
History, ib; engaged in the Martial
Review, 324; writes preface to Universal
History, ib; to Rhetoric, ib; to Chronicle,
ib; writes for Critical and Monthly, ib;
Letters on History of England, ib; intro-
duced to the public as written by a noble-
man, ib; great success, ib; translated
into French by the wife of Brissot, with
the revolutionary leader's notes, 325;
supposed to be Lord Chesterfield's from the
refinement of style, ib; attributed to Lord
Orrery, ib; to Lord Lyttelton, ib; mode
of his writing it, b; Islington convi-
vialities, 326; intimacy between him and
Hogarth, 328; original member of the
literary club, 334; opens new life to
him, 336; objected to by Hawkins as a
literary drudge, ib; peculiarity of his
position in the literary club, 351; want
of self-confidence, 352; calls in William
Filby to his aid, ib; Tom Davies's defi-
nition of his defects, 353; Johnson's
opinion of his future, ib; conversation
of Boswell and Johnson at the Mitre
concerning him, 355; supper at the
Mitre and his paradox, 357; Boswell's
opinion of him, 358; a sneer and a roar
at the Mitre, 358; takes rooms in the
Temple, 363; visit from Johnson, ib;
engagement with James Dodsley, 364;
undertakes Chronological History of
Lives, ib; overtures to Tonson, 365;
Tonson's message, and reception of the
messenger, ib; busy with poem and
novel, ib; disappearance from his usual
haunts, and distress, 366; kindness to
Christopher Smart, 367; writes words
for an oratorio, 368; decisive evidence of
distress, 369; struggles for enduring
fame, ib; return to Mrs. Fleming's, ib;
altered nature of his treatment, ib;
humble character of his accounts, 370;
writes papers for the Christian Magazine,
371; supposed to have written child's
books for Newbery, ib; visit from
Reynolds, 372; how he found him occu-
pied, ib; his attendance at the club, ib;
member of the Society of Arts, ib;
borrows money from Newbery there, ib;
advises with Percy concerning the Reliques,
380; writes ballad of Edwin and Ange-
lina, ib; arrested for rent by his landlady,
384; produces the Vicar of Wakefield,
ib; the Traveller lying in his desk,
387; published and dedicated to Henry
Goldsmith, 388; its beauties, 391; not
knowing what he meant in it, 394;
admiring tribute of Miss Reynolds, 397;

of Charles Fox, 398; what he said of
its reception, 399; new edition of his
Essays, 400; emendations and altera-
tions, ib; attacked by Griffiths, 401;
recommends books for the trade, 405;
interview with Lord Northumberland, ib;
the feeling with which he regarded
Garrick, 419; assumes the practice of
his profession at the suggestion of
Reynolds, 422; instances of the junction
of the professions of literature and
medicine, ib; his professional suit,
ib; the sacrifice he makes for good
company's sake, 423; his only patient
and the consequences, ib; literary en-
gagements, 424; Survey of experimental
Philosophy, ib; his removal to better
chambers in Garden-court, 426; hires
a man-servant, ib; publishes the Vicar
of Wakefield, ii. 1; variations in second
edition, 15, 20; A. N. xxxiv; how
long the story had been in hand, 11;
return to the old drudgery, 21;
compiles Poems for Young Ladies, ib;
compiles Beauties of English Poetry, ib;
an unfortunate selection, ib; changes in
the manners of the time, 23; zealous at-
tendance at the theatre, 24; success of
The Clandestine Marriage directs his
attention to the stage, 28; involvement
of his accounts with Newbery, 29; deter-
mines to write a comedy, ib; frequents
a card-club at the Devils' Tavern, Temple
Bar, ib; his simplicity the butt of the
club-wits, 30; writes Preface to Wise-
man's Grammar, 31; recommends books
for the booksellers, 32; services in calling
up another generation of writers, 41;
still poverty and drudgery, 47; dramatic
labour in progress, ib; his estimate of
Congreve and Farquhar, ib; dislike to
the sentimental school, ib; determines
to make his venture upon hearty humour
and actual life, 48; Johnson promises a
prologue to the comedy, ib; intended
first for Covent Garden, 52; but places
the MS. of the Good Natured Man in
Garrick's hands, ib; the patron and the
poet, 53; suggestions of alteration made
by Garrick, 55; not accepted by the
author, ib; character of Honeywood a
type of him, 57; criticism of the play,
58, 59; character of Lofty disliked by
Garrick, 59; narrowness of his views
on the question, 60; would submit the
Good Natured Man to Whitehead's arbi-
tration, ib; Goldsmith resents the degra-
dation, 61; offers the Good Natured
Man to Colman, 65; correspondence

with Garrick, 69; specimen of theatrical
partisanship, 70; teaches Miss Hawkins
to play Jack and Gill, 71; writes for
Newbery, 74; writes History of Rome
for Davies, 75; applies for Gresham
lectureship on civil law, ib; returns
again to lodgings in Islington, 76; the
Wednesday-club, ib. ; his "clubbable"
propensities, ib; desire of superior
minds to relax with inferior, 76;
epitaph on Edward Purdon, 80, 81;
effects on him of Purdon's melancholy
fate, 81; the turret of Canonbury House,
ib; his society there, 82; club at the
Crown tavern, Islington, ib; returns
to the Temple, ib; in communication
with Burke about his comedy, ib;
receives a visit from Parson Scott at the
Temple, 93; object of his visit, ib;
declines to become the tool of faction, ib;
the doctor's disgust at his indepen-
dence, ib; sympathy with the very
poor, 98; excuse for inconsiderate
talk, 100; consideration of his position
among the men of his time, 101; his
simple and sensitive nature, 103;
played on even by his friends, ib;
charge of gambling considered, 105; pro-
fuseness in clothes and entertainments,
ib; his excuses, national and personal,
106; his manful struggle, 107; dis-
satisfaction with Colman, 115; differ-
ence with Kelly, ib; squabbles of actors
respecting parts, 119; gratitude to
Shuter for his exertions in Croaker, ib
attended by Johnson at rehearsal, ib;
the literary club attends the play, 120;
cast of the characters, 121; adverse
chances of success, 122; decided by the
inimitable humour of Shuter in scene of
incendiary letter, ib; returns to supper
at the club, ib; sings his favourite song
of the "Old woman tossed in a blanket,'
ib; private confession to Johnson of his
feelings on the occasion, 123; increased
success on removal of bailiff scene, 125;
published by Griffin, ib; arrives imme-
diately at a second edition, ib; sees
eventually the bailiff scene restored, 126;
played fifth night by command of their
majesties, 127; selected by Shuter for
his benefit, ib; influence on Goldsmith
of the success of his play, 128; pur-
chases chambers in Brick-court with his
profits, ib; involved in difficulties and
debt, 129; borrows money from Mr. Bott,
a barrister, b; entertaining in his cham-
bers, 130; dancing a minuet, ib; occur-
rences at the Wednesday-club,

131;

practical jokes upon him, 132; intention
to marry Kelly's sister-in-law, checked
by a sensible remonstrance, 133; loses
his brother Henry, 136; character of
the village preacher, ib; idea of the
Deserted Village, 138; some unsound
views of political economy, 139; no
settled economical views, ib; country
excursions to verify his poetical pictures,
140; mode of composition of the Deserted
Village, 141; his shoemaker's holiday,
142; skittles and angling, 143; his
style the model of the poet Rogers, 145;
takes a cottage in Edgeware-road in part-
nership with Mr. Bott, 147; proceeds
with his History of Rome, 148; composes
the Deserted Village, ib; dinners at the
Crown and Anchor, 151; interest excited
by Burke's purchase of Beaconsfield, 157;
musters a party against Home's tragedy
of Fatal Discovery, ib; intimacy with
Bickerstaff and Hiffernan, 158; at the
reading of a play, 160; writes for the
Gentleman's Journal, 162; a startling
visit, 164; intimacy with General Ogle-
thorpe, ib; Jacobite leanings, 165;
Johnson and Goldsmith in Westminster
Abbey, ib; completion of the Roman
History, 166; takes (?) ad eundem
degree of MB at Oxford, ib; proposes
extension of the club, 168; club inci-
dents, 170; writes epilogue for Mrs.
Lennox's play of the Sister, 171; excel-
lence in composition of vers de société, ib ;
acquaintance with the Horneck family,
172; his affection for the "Jessamy
Bride," ib; publishes the Roman His-
tory, 176; well received by the critics,
ib; preferred by Johnson to Robert-
son as an historian, ib; his ignorance of
painting, 180; change in his habit of
life, 181; anticipates the proceeds of the
Natural History, 181; the style and
temper in which he purposed to write the
History of England, 182; his dislike to
Baretti, 189; reasons for it detailed, ib;
habit of arriving late to dinner, 190;
bragging of his dress, 191; his bloom-
coloured coat, 192; remarks on Kames's
Elements of Criticism, 193; occupied on
the English History, and the Animated
Nature, 194; engaged upon a Life of
Parnell, b; publication of the Deserted
Village announced, but still delayed and
worked at, 195, 196; hears of a legacy
of 15. from his uncle Contarine, 196;
correspondence with his brother on the
occasion, 197; his portrait painted by
Reynolds, 201; his profile in the print-

shops, ib; constant guest at the dinner
parties in Leicester-square, 205; repeats
stories, forgetting their point, 208, 209;
his mortifications, 210; address with
the pen, mal-address without it, 211; his
thoughtless talk, 212; everything springs
to his lips, 213; his remarks to a rich
host, ib; Burke's practical joke against
him, 214; his talk and wit, 215-218;
often successful in combat with Johnson,
219; the little fishes and the whales, ib;
notion of fables for children, ib; remarks
on the fables of Hans Andersen, 219,
220; proposition for a third (author's)
theatre in London, 220; his "liberties"
with Johnson, 221; publication of the
Deserted Village, 226; Gray's opinion,
227; value of unsuperfluous writing,
228; Goethe's opinion, 229; his longing
for home, 231; rebuilding Auburn, 232;
stated to have been a strong repub-
lican in principle, 233; his opinion on
the game-laws, ib; his picture of
London streets, 234, 235; Mr. Hogan's
restoration of Lissoy, 237; "gets up
the allusions of the Deserted Village for
the pleasure of pilgrims, ib; his farewell
to poetry, 240; remark to Lord Lisburn,
241; conversation with a magistrate on
deaths by hunger in London, 244; visits
France in company with the Horneck's,
245; his account of the journey, 246;
letter to Reynolds, 248; joined by his
friend Mr. Hickey, 250; return to London,
251; receives the intelligence of his
mother's death, ib; on the Life of Par-
nell, 253; attack on Gray and Collins,
ib; proposal to mend Gray's Elegy,
254; Life of Bolingbroke, 255; attack
in the Monthly Review, 256; imitation
of Johnson, ib; visit to Lord Clare,
256; visit to Bath, 257 (i. 442, 443);
writes the Haunch of Venison for Lord
Clare's amusement, 259; translates Vida's
Game of Chess, 265; extracts now first
published, 268-274; his interest in
Chatterton, 278; controversy with Wal-
pole on the subject, ib; quarrel with
Percy, 280; desire to purchase the
MS. of Rowley's poems, ib; new ac-
quaintances frequent the Temple, 280;
introduction to Henry Grattan and Judge
Day, 281; occupations and dress, 283;
libelled by Kenrick, 284; fondness
for masquerades, 285; mountebanking
with Reynolds, 286; charge of gambling
against him, 288; determines to at-
tempt the theatre again, 290; satirises
Cumberland in Retaliation, 292; con-

scious of Cumberland's antagonism,
293; determines still to adhere to his
old school, ib; encouraged by Colman,
ib; takes lodgings in the Edgeware-road,
ib; visited there by Boswell in company
with Mickle, 294; his qualifications for
writing a Natural History discussed,
294, 295; how he prepared himself for
it, ib; his humble researches in natural
history, 296; his humorous experien-
ces, 297; publication of his English
History, b; epitaph on Burke pro-
phetic, 308; appearance of his History
of England, 310; charges of party
spirit against him, ib; declaration of
his authorities, and summary of their
characters, ib; comment upon Hume's
History of England, 310; the value
of the art of compilation, 311; de-
nounced as a writer for pay, 312; formal
defence in the Public Advertiser, ib;
still employed upon his comedy, 313;
letter to Bennet Langton, 315; invitation
to Mrs. Bunbury's at Barton, 316; fresh
engagements to Francis Newbery, ib;
renewed intimacy with Garrick, ib;
frolics at Barton, 317, 318; letter to
Mrs. Bunbury, 319; battling it out in
London, 323; scene in the Temple-
gardens, ib; liability to imposture from
his country-men, 325; makes the ac-
quaintance of Mr. Cradock, 326; writes
the Threnodia Augustalis, 327; instances
of plagiarism, 328,; dinner at General
Oglethorpe's, 332; discussions with
Johnson, 322, 323; returns to his Edge-
ware lodging, 336; engaged upon his Ani-
mated Nature, ib; beauty of the writing,
336; natural painting, and odd say-
ings, 337; all the payment for it spent,
338; straitened circumstances, ib;
undertakes to write another tale like the
Vicar of Wakefield, ib; modelled on
the Good Natured Man, ib; fraud
practised on his name in France, ib; in-
capability of composing by dictation,
339; remarks on his Animated Nature,
340; well deserved his place in West-
minster Abbey, 341; some sound views
in political economy, ib; hopes in his
new comedy, 343; given to Covent
Garden, ib; prescience of the French
Revolution, 348; visit with Burke to
The Puppets in Panton-street, 348;
supper with Burke, ib; severe illness
from sedentary habits, 350; benefited by
James's powders, ib; visits the theatre
with Steevens to see Macklin, ib; Art-
discussion with Barry, 351; political