The Great Chain of literature and the King-Scene at Sir Joshua Reynolds's Goldsmith accused of jealousy.-Negotiations with Garrick.-The author and the actor-their correspondence, 195 CHAPTER XXI. More hack authorship.-Tom Davies and the Roman History.-Canonbury Castle.-Political authorship.-Pecuniary temptation.-Death of Newbery the elder, 202 CHAPTER XXII. Theatrical maneuvering. The comedy of "False Delicacy "-First performance of" The Good-natured Man."-Conduct of Johnson.-Conduct of the author.-Intermeddling of the press, 206 CHAPTER XXIII. Burning the candle at both ends-Fine apartments.-Fine furniture.-Fine clothes-Fine acquaintances.-Shoemaker's holiday and jolly pigeon associates-Peter Barlow, Glover, and the Hampstead hoax.--Poor friends among great acquaintances, 212 CHAPTER XXIV. Reduced again to book-building-Kurai retreat at Shoemaker's Paradise Death of Henry Goldsmith-tributes to his memory in the Deserted Vil lage, 218 CHAPTER XXV. Dinner at Bickerstaff's Hiffernan and his impecunosity.- Kenrick's epi gram.- Johnson's consolation.- Goldsmith's toilet.-The bloom-colored coat. New acquaintances.-The Hornecks-A touch of poetry and passion.--The Jessamy Bride, 222 CHAPTER XXVI. Goldsmith in the Temple.-Judge Day and Grattan.-Labor and dissipation.— Publication of the Roman History.—Opinions of it -History of Animated Nature. Temple rookery-Anecdotes of a spider, 229 CHAPTER XXVII. Honors at the Royal Academy.- Letter to his brother Maurice. - Family fortunes-Jane Contarine and the miniature.-Portraits and engrav ings. Abbey, - School associations. - Johnson and Goldsmith in Westminster 238 CHAPTER XXVIII. Publication of the Deserted Village-notices and illustrations of it, CHAPTER XXIX. The poet among the ladies-description of his person and manners.-Expedition to Paris with the Horneck family.-The traveller of twenty and the traveller of forty.- H.ckey, the special attorney. An unlucky exploit, 253 CHAPTER XXX. Death of Goldsmith's mother. Biography of Parnell. — Agreement with Davies for the History of Rome.-Life of Bolingbroke.-The haunch of ven264 Dinner at the Royal Academy.—The Rowley controversy.-Horace Walpole's conduct to Chatterton.-Johnson at Redcliffe Church-Goldsmith's History of England.-Davies's criticism.-Letter to Bennet Langton, 269 CHAPTER XXXII. Marriage of Little Comedy.-Goldsmith at Barton. - Practical jokes at the expense of his toilet.-Amusements at Barton.-Aquatic misadventure, 275 CHAPTER XXXIII. Dinner at General Oglethorpe's.—Anecdotes of the general.-Dispute about duelling-Ghost stories, 279 CHAPTER XXXIV. Mr. Joseph Cradock.-An author's confidings.-An amanuensis.—Life at Edgeware.-Goldsmith conjuring.-George Colman.-The Fantoccini, . 284 CHAPTER XXXV. Broken health.-Dissipation and debts.-The Irish Widow.-Practical jokes.— Scrub.-A misquoted pun.-Malagrida.—Goldsmith proved to be a fool.-Distressed ballad-singers.—The poet at Ranelagh, 293 CHAPTER XXXVI. Invitation to Christmas.-The spring-velvet coat.-The haymaking wig.The mischances of loo.-The fair culprit.-A dance with the Jessamy Bride, 303 CHAPTER XXXVII. Theatrical delays. -Negotiations with Colman.-Letter to Garrick.-Croaking of the manager.-Naming of the play.-She Stoops to Conquer. -Foote's Primitive Puppet Show, Piety on Pattens.-First performance of the comedy.-Agitation of the author.-Success.-Coiman squibbed out of town. 309 CHAPTER XXXVIII. A newspaper attack.-The Evans affray.-Johnson's comment, CHAPTER XXXIX. Boswell in Holy-Week.-Dinner at Oglethorpe's.-Dinner at Paoli's-The policy of truth.-Goldsmith affects independence of royalty.-Paoli's com pliment.--Johnson's eulogium on the fiddle.-Question about suicide.-Boswell's subserviency, . 327 CHAPTER XL. Changes in the Literary Club.-Johnson's objection to Garrick.-Election of Boswell, 337 CHAPTER XLI. Dinner at Dilly's. Conversations on natural history. Intermeddling o. Boswell. Dispute about toleration.- Johnson's rebuff to Goldsmithhis apology. Man-worship.- Doctors Major and Minor.- A farewell visit, . 341 CHAPTER XLII. Project of a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.- Disappointment.-Negligent authorship.-Application for a pension.-Beattie's Essay on Truth.-Public edulation. A high-minded rebuke, 347 foil without hope.-The Poet in the green-room-in the flower garden- at Vauxhall-dissipation without gayety.-Cradock in town-friendly |