THE

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.

NEW-YORK:

GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY.

M.DCCC.L.

No.

I.

п.

18

19

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,

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

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

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,

.

54

57

61

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,

150

PREFACE,

. 165

II.

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

. 177

V.

VI.

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

Account of Carolan, the Irish Bard,

VII. A Visit to Vauxhall-Parallel between Mrs. Vincent and Miss

Brent. [Now first collected,]

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

IX.

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

[Now first collected,] .

218

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,]

xx. On Poetry, as distinguished from other Writing,