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5 French Plays by Avis. Ditto by Grange. Ditto by Champmélé. Theatre de la Foire. Ditto by Favart, and 5 more.

6 Analecta Medii; Aeviæ Specimen Literatur Florentinæ, 2 vols. and 6

more.

7 Voyage par Winckleman. Passetemps Poetique. Fanny Palmer, 2 parts. Scaroon Roman Comique, 2 tom. and 10 more.

8 Ouvres de Balzac. Theatre Espagnol, 2 tom. Theatre de la Chaussée, and 3 more.

9 La Fabricia Bibliotheca, 3 tom. Theophrastus. Martial, and 15 more. 10 Ouvres D'ancourt, 7 tom. the 1st wanting. Ouvres de Bruey's, 1st 3d 4th and 5th tom. Theatre de la Haye, 1st 2d 4th and 5th tom. 11 Histoire de L'Academie Royale, 15 tom. the 11th wanting.

12 Theatre Italien de Gherardi, 3 tom. 1st wanting, and 8 others.

13 Goldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 8 vol. imperfect, and 2 vol. of curious pamphlets.

14 D'Foe's Works, 2 tom. South's Sermons, 4 vol. Collier's Essays, 4 vol. in 3.

15 Tindal's Continuation, 25th 27th and 28th vol. Milton's History of

England.

16 Hudibras, and 12 more.

17 Spectator, 8 vol. 1729.

18 Nature Displayed, 7 vol. 1757. 19 Lettre del Annibal Caro, 6 vol. 20 Dryden's Virgil, 3 vol. 1763.

21 Fielding's Works, 12 vol. 1766.

22 Byssshe's Art of Poetry, 2 vol. and Hoole's Metastatio, 2 vol.

23 World, 4 vol. and Bysshe's Art of Poetry, 2. vol.

24 Connoisseur, 4 vol.

25 Young's Works, 4 vol. 1762.

26 Gay's Poems, 2 vol. 1767. Hoole's Metastasio, 2 vol. 1767.

27 Hawkins's Origin of the English Drama, 3 vol. 1773.

28 Reliques of Ancient Poetry, 3 vol. Dublin, 1766.

29 Cibber's Works, 5 vol. 1760.

30 Bell's Travels, 2 vols. 1764. Sentimental Journey through Greece, 3 vol. 1772.

31 Pope's Homer, 5 vol. Edinb. 1767. Gray's Poems, 2 vol. 1767. Celebrated Authors, 2 vol. 1750. Waller's Poems, 1758.

32 Hughes's Spencer, 6 vol. 1750.

33 Cibber's Lives of the Poets, 5 vol. 1753.

34 Amenites Litteraires and Recueil d'Anecdotes, 2 tom. 1773.

35 Recherches Philosophiques, 2 tom. 1773. Histoire du Fanatisme, 2 tom. 1737.

36 Oeuvres de Boissy, 8 tom. 1768.

37 Histoire de Siam, 2 tom. 1771. Voyage Litteraire de la Grece, 2 tom. 1771. Voyage d'Italie, 2 tom. 1773. Oeuvres de Rousseau, 4 tom. 1734.

38 Dictionaire Literaire, 3 tom. Liege, 1768. Dictionaire Veterinaire & des Animaux Domestiques, 2 tom. Par. 1790.

39 Dictionaire Critique Pittoresque & Sentencieux, 3 tom. Par. 1768. Dic

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tionaire d'Anecdotes, 2 tom. Par. 1769. Dictionaire Abrege d'An

tiquites, Par. 1733.

Naudæana & Patiniana, 1703. Saintfoix, 2 tom.

40 Commedia di Dante, 3 tom. Ven. 1751. 41 Rime de Chiabrera, 3 tom. Rom. 1718. 42 Parrhasiana, 2 tom. Ducatiana, 2 tom. 43 Oeuvres de Gresset, 2 tom. Oeuvres de 44 Fables Choisies de Fontaine, 5 tom. 45 Lecons de Physique par Mollet, 2 tom. Entretiens Physiques per Regnault, 4 tom.

46 Memoires de Retz, 4 tom. Bossuet Histoire Universelle, 2 tom.

47 Tite-Live, 8 tom. Amst. 1700.

48 Oeuvres du Fresuy, 3 tom. Oeuvres de Grange. Chancel, 3 tom. Reflexion sur la Poesie, &c. 2 tom. 1719. Oeuvres de Patru, 2 tom. Le Passe-Tems Agreable. Contes D'Ouville, 2 tom. 1703.

49 Dictionaire de Litteraire, 3 vol. 1770. Vertot Revolutions de Romaine, 3 tom. 1752.

50 Theatre Francois, 11 tom. 12th wanting, Par. 1737.

51 Nouveau Theatre Francois, 12 tom. Utrecht. 1735.

52 Oeuvres de Saint Real, 8 tom. Par. 1757.

53 Oeuvres de Regnard, 4 tom. 1758. Oeuvres de Pavillon, 2 tom. 1750. 54 Recueil des Poetes Francois, 6 tom. Par. 1752.

55 Oeuvres de Destouches, 7 tom. 1745.

56 Helvetius de L'homme de Facultes Intellectualles & de Education, 2 tom. Lond. 1773.

57 Oeuvres de Voltaire, 19 odd vol.

58 Oeuvres de Fontenelle, 10 odd vol.

59 Gerusalemme di Tasso, 2 tom. Nimes, 1764.

60 Poeta Spagnnola, Ven. 1757. Grammatica Spagniola & Italiana, 1648.

61 Don Quixote, Spanish, Bruss. 1607.

62 Therese Philosophe. Meursus. Bibliotheque d'Aretin.

63 La Pucelle. Le Grelot. La Nuit & Le Moment.

64 Histoire des Empereurs par Crevier, 11 tom. Amst. 1750.

65 Goedartij Hist. Nat. Insectorum, Mediob.

66 Prudentius, Col. 1701. Sophoclis Frag. 2 tom. Glasg. 1745. Virgil Maavicij, Amst. 1730. Salustius, Edinb. 1755.

67 Selecta Poemata Italorum, 2 tom. 1740. Petronius Arbiter, 1677. Pomp. Mela. 1743. Claudianus, Elz. 1650.

68 Ovidij Opera, 3 tom. Par. 1762. Virgilij Opera, 2 tom. Par. 1767. 69 Horatij Opera, Par. 1763. Juvenalis & Persii Satira, ib. 1754. Æsopi Fabulæ, ib. 1769.

70 Martialis Epigram. 2 tom. Par. 1754. Plauti Comœdiæ, 3 tom. ib. 1759. 71 Taciti Opera, 3 tom. Par. 1760. Vel. Paterculus. ib. 1754.

72 J. Cæsaris Comment. 2 tom. Par. 1755. Q. Curtius, ib. 1757. Plinii Epistolæ, ib. 1769.

73 Thucydidis, Gr. & Lat. 8 tom. Glasg. 1759.

74 Ciceronis Opera, 19 tom. ib. 1749.

75 A Collection of Tracts, black letter, 3 vol.

76 Histoire Philosophique & Politique, 6 tom. 1773.

77 Voyage a L'Isle de France, a l'Isle de Bourbon, 2 tom. 1773.

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78 Les Efforts de la Liberte & du Patriotisme, 3 tom. 1772. Constitution de L'Angleterre, 1772. Congres Politique, 1772.

79 Le Deserteur par Mercier, 1770. Le Fabricant de Londres, 1771. Gaston & Baiard par Belloy, 1770. Le Temple de Gnide, and 3 more. 80 Fermin's Histoire Naturelle de la Hollande Equinoxiale, Amst. 1765. Questions sur L'Encyclopedie, 2 tom, 1771. L'An Deux Mille Quatre Cent. Quarante, 1772.

81 La Palingenesie Philosophique, 2 tom. 1769. otheque, very curious.

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Vida Poemata, 2 tom, 1732.
Apuleius, 3 tom.

82 Musa Anglican, 2 tom. 1699.
83 Apparatus Litterarius, 3 tom.
84 Senecæ Opera, 2 tom, 1590.
gyricæ. Aristophanis, and one more.

85 Lucretius, 2 tom. 1743.

Homeri Ilias. Andron. Rhodius. Pane

86 Euripidis, 2 tom. Cant. 1726. Juvenal and Persii Satyræ, Amst. 1684. 87 Municii Filicis, 1709. Isocratis, 1729. Aureli Victoris, 1670. Dionysii Orbis Descriptio, 1688, and 2 more.

88 Æliani Var Historiæ, 2 tom. Amst. 1670. Appiani Hist. 2 tom. ib. 1770. Historia Augusta Scriptores, 1661. Alexand. ab. Alexandro. Par. 1549.

89 Montesquieu on the Roman Empire, 1759. Duten's Enquiry, 1769. Derham's Physico Theology, 1768.

90 Stanyan's Grecian History, 2 vol. 1766. History of Friar Gerund, 2 vol. 1772. Freind's History of Physic, 2 vol. Berkenhout's Outlines of Nat. Hist. 1769. Walton and Cotton's Angler, 1766.

91 Milton's Works, 2 vol. 1705. Odes, Elegies, Ballads, &c. by Ball. Dublin. Translations from the Asiatick Language. Oxf. 1772, and

one more.

92 Echard's Roman History, 5 vol. and 2 more.

93 Italia Liberata, 1729. Dictionaire de Commerce, 1769. Satires de Juvenal, 1770, and 1 more.

94 Penant's Synopsis of Quadrupeds, Chest. 1771.

95 Bossu's Travels, 2 vol. 1771. Ulloa's Voyage, 2 vol. 1760. Hist. of the East Indies, 2 vol. 1757.

96 De Bure Bibliographia Instructione, 9 tom.

97 Jones Perseos Asiaticæ.

98 Sir William Temple's Work, 4 vol. 99 Dictionnaire Typographique, 2 tom. 100 Linnæi Systema Naturæ, 3 tom. 101 De Fauna Suecica, 1 tom.

102 De Amenitates Academicæ, 7 vol.

103 Rollin's Ancient History, 8vo. 7 vol.

104 Oeuvres Diderot, 5 vol.

105 Rapin's History of England, 21 vol.

106 Orlando Furioso, by Baskerville, very fine Plates, 5 vol.

INDEX

ABINGTON, Mrs., refuses to play Miss |
Hardcastle, iii. 101; great favorite
with the Literary Club, ib, n.
Abridgment, art of, described by Gold-
smith, iii. 41, 42 n.

Academies, their nature and their influ-
ence, iv. 3, 4; Reynolds and East-
lake on their non-academical merits,
ib, n, 6 n.

Academy, Royal, its formation, iii. 131;
Reynolds unanimously elected Presi-
dent, ib; chief movers in the estab-
lishment of the society, 131 n; Johnson
appointed first Professor of Ancient
Literature, 131; Goldsmith first Pro-
fessor of History, ib; its first annual
dinner, iv. 3; incidents at subsequent
dinners, 4 n; Reynolds's Discourses, 5
n; conversation between Walpole and
Goldsmith on the subject of Chatter-
ton, 6, 7.

Act of Union, English copyright not ex-
tended to Ireland till, i. 130; its ef-
fects, ib.

Actor, his peculiar claims and the al-
lowances to be made for him, ii. 11;
comparison with authors and painters,
their relative doings and shortcom-
ings, 12.

Addison,. 85; the difference between

his conversation and his writings, iii.
80 n; advice as to laughter, 182; a
poor talker, 195; yet the best com-
pany in the world, ib, n; and see iv.
146 n.

Agreements, booksellers', Dodsley's with
Goldsmith, ii. 130 n; Milton's for
Paradise Lost, ib; Dryden's for the
Fables, ib; old Gardener's with Smart,
174; Davies's, iii. 56, 157 n, 229;
Griffin's, 156; iv. 71.

Akenside, Mark, sneered at by Walpole,
and slighted by Gray, i. 113; influence
of Spenser on his poetry, 170.
Albinus, professor at Leyden, i. 48.
Ale-house wager, anecdote by Goldsmith,
iii. 110 n.

Almack's, gambling at, in Goldsmith's
day, iv. 17.

Alps, the, Goldsmith eats a savory din-
ner on the top of, i. 63, ii. 159 n.
Andersen, Hans, estimate of actors, iii.
36; fables for children, remarks on
his, 196 n.

Animated Nature, quoted for anecdotes,
characteristics, or traits of personal
feeling and interest, i. 33 n, 59, 62 n,
63, 66; ii. 80 n, 131; iii. 90, 122 n, 127
*, 209 n, 218, 226 n; iv. 24–27, 66–
69, 132-133, 143, 156; Johnson's an-
ticipations respecting, iii. 155; first
agreement for, ib; seeing sights and
collecting materials, iv. 23-25; in-
stances of credulity, 25-27; exquisite
natural painting in the book, 67; love
of nature and birds, 68-69; hatred of
all cruelty, ib, 70; obligations to the
goose, 70; experiments in natural sci-
ence, 132; as to abstinence, ib, n;
completion of the task-work, 186.
Annet, Peter, his crusade against the
Bible, ii. 80; stands twice in the pil-
lory, ib; imprisoned in the King's
Bench, ib; Goldsmith's benevolent
visit to him, ib; perversity of his tem-
per, 81 n.

Anstey, Christopher, author of the Bath
Guide, iii. 25; Walpole's estimate of
his merits, ib, iv. 105; influence of
social rank in the success of his poem,
iii. 26; Walpole anxious to know him
rather than Goldsmith, iv. 3 n.

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"Athelstan," a tragedy by Dr. Brown, i.
100.

Athenæum, writer in, revival of impu-

tations against Burke, iv. 32 n.
Auchinleck, Lord (Boswell's father), ap-
peals to Sir Andrew Mitchell to check
James's extravagance, iii. 130 n; his
controversy with Johnson on Oliver
Cromwell, 146 n; his despair at his
son James's attachment to Johnson,
166, 167.

Author and bookseller, their quarrels, i.
84, 185, 186; a supper, 214; duty of
the state, ii. 57; a contrast, 64.
Author's profession, the, Goldsmith
speaks out for it, i. 150-151.
Authors, question of the rights of, i. 180,
188-195; ii. 58; iv. 203-212.
Autograph, Goldsmith's, iii. 49; iv. 168.
Axe Lane, Goldsmith's residence with
the beggars there, i. 71.

ib; exalted character of his bail, ib;
witnesses to his character, ib, n; rec-
ommended by Johnson as tutor in the
family of the Thrales, ib; appointed
foreign secretary to the Royal Acad-
emy, 168; on "Junius," iv. 35.
Barlow, Peter, copyist for Goldsmith, iii.
122; his independent and eccentric
character, 123; Goldsmith's generos-
ity to him, ib.

Barnard, Dr., Dean of Derry and Bishop
of Killaloe, associate of Goldsmith in
the university, i. 22; conversation in
the painting-room of Reynolds, ib;
describes Johnson's and Garrick's en-
try into London, iii. 35 n; Johnson's
advice to him, iv. 64 n; retorts on
Johnson's rudeness with a copy of
verses, 65; reply to Goldsmith's and
Cumberland's epitaphs, 179, 180; apol-
ogy for his own epitaph, ib, n.
Barnard, Provost of Eton, does justice to
Johnson's good breeding, iv. 64 n.
Baron, M., French actor, his dictum on
the education of actors, iii. 43.
Barré, Colonel, the only objector to the
first taxation of America, ii. 178; his
attack on Parson Scott in the House of
Commons, iii, 240.

Axiomata Pacis, anecdote of Goldsmith Barrett, Mr., keeper of a boarding-school

in, ii. 139 n.

BACON, dedication to his brother like
Goldsmith's, iii. 214.
Ballantyne, William, his MS. account of
the persons composing the Wednesday
(Goldsmith's) Club, iii. 57; author of
Mackliniana, ib; notice of Kelly, 59;
of Mr. Gordon, 60; account of the epi-
taph on poor Ned Purdon, 61; anec-
dote of Goldsmith at "a cheerful lit-
tle hop," 109.

Ballymahon, the scene of Goldsmith's
schoolboy holidays, i. 16; survival
there of anecdotes of Goldsmith, ib;
effects of its scenery and society upon
his character, 36.

"Barbarossa," a tragedy by Dr. Brown,

i. 100; what Gray thought of it, ii.

8 n.
Baretti, Signor, an early acquaintance of
Johnson's, iii. 166; ill-temper and
rough manners, ib; serviceable to
Johnson in his Dictionary, ib; his
malice towards Goldsmith, ib; John-
son's apology for his rudeness, ib, n;
kills a man in a street scuffle, 167;
examination before Sir John Fielding,

at Ashford in Kent, friend of Johnson
and Cave, translator of Ovid's Epistles,
i. 149; reviewed by Goldsmith, 150.
Barry, James, his first interview with
Hogarth, ii. 94; sent to Rome by the
munificence of the Burkes, 192; Gold-
smith disputing with him, iv. 83.
Bath, Lord, uncle to the elder Colman,
iii. 51; his enormous fortune, ib; how
disposed of, ib.

Bayly, Anselm, author of an Introduction

to Languages, i. 155; reviewed by
Goldsmith, ib.

Bayly, Zachary, Goldsmith alleged to

have written his epitaph, ii. 147 n.
Beattie, Essay on Truth, its great suc-

cess, iii. 84; receives a pension of £200
a year, ib; a source of discontent to
Goldsmith, ib; adopted as the anti-
infidel philosopher, iv. 160; becomes
a social idol, ib; Goldsmith's jealousy
of him, ib; adhered to by Reynolds,
ib; receives the degree of D.C.L. at
Oxford, 161; painted by Reynolds as
triumphing over Voltaire, Hume, and
Gibbon, ib; his reply to Goldsmith's
attacks, ib; why pensioned by the
king, 162.

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