MEMOIR OF GOLDSMITH.

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.

Chap.

The Description of the Family of Wake-
field, in which a kindred Likeness pre-
vails, as well of Minds as of Persons p. I

II. Family Misfortunes. The Loss of For-

tune only serves to increase the Pride of

the Worthy.

P. 3

III. A Migration.

The fortunate Circum-

stances of our Lives are generally found

at last to be of our own procuring P. 4

IV. A Proof that even the humblest Fortune

may grant Happiness, which depends,

not on Circumstances, but Constitu-

tion

p. 8

v. A new and great Acquaintance intro-

duced. What we place most Hopes

upon, generally proves most fatal.

VI. The Happiness of a Country Fire-

side

P. 9

P. II

VII. A Town Wit described.

The dullest

Fellows may learn to be comical for a

Night or Two

p. 12

VIII. An Amour, which promises little good

Fortune, yet may be productive of

much

p. 14

IX. Two Ladies of great Distinction intro-

duced. Superior Finery ever seems to

confer superior Breeding

.

p. 17

x. The Family endeavour to cope with their

Betters. The Miseries of the Poor, when

they attempt to appear above their Cir-

P. 18

cumstances

XI. The Family still resolve to hold up their

ties

Heads.

P. 20

XII. Fortune seems resolved to humble the

Family of Wakefield. Mortifications are

often more painful than real Calami-

P. 23

XIIL Mr. Burchell is found to be an Enemy,

for he has the confidence to give disagree-

able Advice

.. p. 25

XIV. Fresh Mortifications, or a Demonstration

that seeming Calamities may be real

Blessings.

P. 26

xv. All Mr. Burchell's Villany at once detected.

The Folly of being overwise

XVL The Family use Art, which is opposed

with still greater

XVIL Scarcely any Virtue found to resist the

Power of long and pleasing Tempta

tion

p. 34

XVII. The Pursuit of a Father to reclaim a

Lost Child to Virtue.

P. 37

XIX. The Description of a Person discontented

with the present Government, and appre-

hensive of the loss of our Liberties p. 39|

p. 29

p. 31

Chap.

xx. The History of a philosophic Vagabond,

pursuing Novelty, but losing Con-

43

tent.

XXI. The short Continuance of Friendship

amongst the Vicious, which is coeval only

with mutual satisfaction.

p. 49

XXII. Offences are easily pardoned, where there

is Love at bottom

P. 53

XXIII. None but the Guilty can be long and

completely miserable.

XXIV. Fresh Calamities

p. 55

p. 57

xxv. No Situation, however wretched it seems,

but has some sort of comfort attending

it

XXVI. A Reformation in the Gaol: to make

Laws complete, they should reward as

well as punish

p. 61

XXVII. The same subject continued

p. 63

XXVIII. Happiness and Misery rather the result

of Prudence than of Virtue in this life;

temporal evils or felicities being regarded

by Heaven as things merely in themselves

trifling, and unworthy its care in the dis-

p. 65

XXIX. The equal dealings of Providence demon-

strated with regard to the Happy and the

Miserable here below. That, from the

nature of Pleasure and Pain, the wretched

must be repaid the balance of their suffer-

ings in the life hereafter

P. 70

Let

tribution

xxx. Happier Prospects begin to appear.

us be inflexible, and Fortune will at last

change in our favour.

p. 72

Former Benevolence now repaid with un-
expected Interest .

XXXII. The Conclusion

XXXI.

THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.

Letter

1. To Mr.

don

P. 75

p. 82

Merchant in Lon-

p. 88

Mer-

p. 83

III. From Lien Chi Altangi to the care of

Fipsihi, resident in Moscow, to be for-

warded by the Russian caravan to Fum

Hoam, First President of the Ceremo-

nial Academy at Pekin, in China p. 90

IV. To the same

p. 93

P. 93

v. To the same

VI. Fum Hoam, First President of the Cere-

monial Academy at Pekin. to Lien Chi

Altangi, the Discontented Wanderer; by

the way of Moscow

P. 95

II. From Lien Chi Altangi to

chant in Amsterdam