Goldsmith: Interviews and Recollections

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Oliver Goldsmith....Pages 1-9
Mrs Hodson’s Narrative....Pages 10-18
Continued Struggle....Pages 19-20
Goldsmith and William....Pages 20-22
Goldsmith and Religion....Pages 23-23
Goldsmith Visits Me....Pages 24-24
Worldly Wisdom....Pages 25-29
Goldsmith’s Singularities and Merits....Pages 30-34
In Great Distress....Pages 34-35
Goldsmith and Johnson....Pages 35-35
Goldsmith and Newbery....Pages 36-38
Kill Only Your Enemies....Pages 38-38
An Encounter with Goldsmith....Pages 39-41
Goldsmith’s Character....Pages 41-43
Goldsmith at the Temple....Pages 43-45
A Famous Dinner....Pages 46-47
Write Often....Pages 47-49
His Good Nature....Pages 49-51
For God’s Sake Take the Play....Pages 51-52
Goldsmith’s Envy....Pages 52-53
Goldsmith in the Literary Club....Pages 53-55
The Character of Goldsmith....Pages 56-62
Goldsmith as a Dramatist and a Person....Pages 62-64
Goldsmith and David Garrick....Pages 64-74
Goldsmith and Percy....Pages 74-84
She Stoops to Conquer....Pages 84-87
Dr Goldsmith....Pages 88-98
Goldsmith’s Writing Career....Pages 98-101
An Account of the Late Dr Goldsmith’s Illness....Pages 102-106
A Tribute to Goldsmith as a Poet....Pages 106-110
An Ingenious Writer....Pages 110-111
Goldsmith....Pages 111-123
The Personality of Goldsmith....Pages 123-128
Memoir....Pages 128-145
Portrait of Goldsmith....Pages 145-152
The Eccentric Poet....Pages 152-157
Reynolds’s Affection for Goldsmith....Pages 158-161
Oliver Goldsmith....Pages 161-167
Memoir of Goldsmith....Pages 167-186
Goldsmith and his First Biography....Pages 187-191
Memorandum....Pages 192-195
Dr Goldsmith’s Character....Pages 195-206
The Character of Goldsmith....Pages 207-208
He had Many Good Qualities....Pages 208-209
Goldsmith’s Benevolence....Pages 210-211
Back Matter....Pages 212-230