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.

35389

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,

13

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,

Happiness in a great measure dependent on Constitution,

38

43

A Word or Two on the Farce called "High Life Below Stairs,"

Upon Unfortunate Merit,

101

103

On the Pride and Luxury of the Middling Classes of Feople,

135

Sabinus and Olinda,

. 137

The Sentiments of a Frenchman on the Temper of the English,

140

II.

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

177

III.

On the Different Schools of Music,

183

X

IV.

A Reverie at the Boar's-Head Tavern, Eastcheap,

. 189-

V.

The Fountain of Fine Sense; a Dream. [Now first collected,] 205

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

Brent. [Now first collected,]

211

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, ]

XI. On National Prejudices,

XII. The Miseries of Ennui. [Now first collected,]

XIII. Adventures of a Strolling Player,

223

229

233

238

XIV. On the Approaching Coronation. [Now first collected,].

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 Goddess of Silence, to the Ladies of London and Westmin-

ster, greeting. [Now first collected,] .

336

XXVII. On the English Clergy, and Popular Preachers,

339

XXVIII. 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,

XXXIII. A Biographical Memoir, supposed to be written by the Ordinary

of Newgate,

361

369

XXXIV. On the Tenants of the Leasowes. History of a Poet's Garden, . 372

フェ

XXXV. A Comparison between Sentimental and Laughing Comedy, .

376

XYXVI. History of a Sleep-Walker. [Now first collected,]

XXXVII. A Register of Scotch Marriages,

XXXVIII. On Friendship. [Now first collected,]

. 381

385

388

AN INQUIRY INTO THE PRESENT STATE OF

POLITE LEARNING IN EUROPE.

The Causes which contribute to the Decline of Learning,

395

397

IV.

.

A Parallel between the Rise and Decline of Ancient and Modern

Learning. [Now first collected,]

On the Present State of Polite Learning in Italy,

Of Polite Learning in Holland, and some other Countries of

Europe,

VII. The Polite Learning of England and France incapable of Com-

parison. [Now First collected,]

422