TABLE OF CONTENTS.

At Islington.....369

His landlady's bills . . .370
Goody Two Shoes and Tom Hicka,-

tlirift.....371

Johnson in the nursery . . 371
Beynolds at Islington . . 372
Borrowing at the Society of Arts 372
Pope and Garrick . . .373
Homage to Pope . . . 373
Garrick in Pains . . . . 374
A rival at home .... 375
Ganick's earliest critic. . . 376
Powell's success . . . 377

O'Brien and Lady Susan . . 377
Horace Walpole's horror . . 378
New York ninety years ago . 378
Percy and Grainger . . . 379
Civil highwaymen . . . . 379
Goldsmith and Percy. . . 380
An epitaph, by Goldsmith . 380

A round of v^sitings . . • 381

The Thralls . . . .382
Mr. Groker's discoveries . . 382
Goldsmith, arrested . . .383
Johnson sent.for . . . . 384
Who arrested him? . . .385
The story mis-related . . . 385
Newbery's friendship with the

landlady.....386

Sale of the Vicar of Wdkefldd . 386
Opinions of Manuscripts . .386
What Johnson thoughtthe Vicar

worth . . . .. . . 387

CHAPTER X.

1764—1765.

"TUB TRAVELLER " AND WHAT FOLLOWED IT.

1764. (Dec. 19) The Traveller published 388
jBt. 36. Dedication..... 389

Charles Churchill , . . 390

Legitimate satire . . . 390

Goldsmith and Pope . . . 391

Merits of The Traveller , • 892

Johnson's help . .* . . 898

Not knowing what one means . 394

Luke's crown explained . • 395

Being partial the wrong way . 396

Patronising airs . . . :

Benny dear..... 397

Sacrifice of a heast . . . 397
Charles Fox and The Traveller .
The Reviews ....

1765. Essays by Mr. ffoldsmith . . 400
Mt. 87. What the Monthly Renew said . 401

Edioui and Angelina . . . 402
Charge of plagiarism . . .402
Percy and Goldsmith . . . 403
A hint to young writers . . 404
At Northumberland House . . 405
A "bookseller's "Recommenda-
tion" ..... 405

An Idiot..... 406

Borrowing fifteen, and sixpence. 40£

The best patrons . . . 407

An agreement for ninety-nine

years...... 408

CHAPTER XI.

1765.

aOLDSMITH IN PRACTICE AND B0BKE IN
OFFICE.

1765. Robert Nugent . . . .409

2Bt, 37. His three wives , . . . 410

Gosfield or Goosefield . . 410
The Greuville ministry . . . 411
Taxation of America . . . 412
Fall of Grenville . . . . 413
Burke's hopes .... 414
The Rockingham party . . 415
The new premier . . .416
Comvay and Walpole . . . 416
Mr. O'Bourke . . . .417
A love jaifair of Horace Walpole's 417
Garrick, Powell, and Steme . . 418
Finessing and trick . . .419
The Actor and the Club . . 420
Hawkins and Garrick . .421
The vicar of Egham . . . 421
Doctor Goldsmith . . . 422
Fine clothes and fine company . 423
Beauclerc's advice . . . . 423

CHAPTER XII.

1765—1766.

NEWS FOB THE CLUB, OP VARIOUS KINDS AND
PROM VABIOTJS PLACES.

1765. Society of Arts . . . .424
Mi. 37. Miss Williams's Miscellanies . , 425

Johnson's &haksj>eare, and his

Doctorate .... 425

1766. Chambers in Garden-Court . . 426
JEfc. 88. English in Paris . . 426

Hume, Rousseau, Barry, and

Boswell .... . . . 427

Walpole enphilosophe. . . 428

A solemn coxcomb hi London . 429

The ox and the frogs . . 429

Johnson's treatment of books . 430

Players and poets . . . . 431

Old friends quarrelling . . 432

Kenrick's Falstaff . . . 432

Goldsmith and Johnson . . 433

Noble self-rebuke . . . 433

Johnson "making a line" . 434

Reappearance of Boswell . . 434

The big man .... 435

Boswell and Mr. Pitt . . . 435
(14th January) Burke enters

Parliament .... 436

His first and Pitt's last speeches 437

Astonishment at the Club . 437

Another marvel . . . . 438

John and Francis Newbery . 489

The Vicar of Wakffield . . . 439

APPENDIX.

A. DOCTOR STREAK AND THE REV.

EDWARD MANGIN . . . 441
A letter to the author of this

book . . . . . . 442

Original recollections by Mr.

Mangin..... 442

B. LETTER TO MRS. ANNB GOLD-

SMITH ,..... 443

* The adventure of Fiddleback . 444

Economical benevolence . . 445

C. ONE LETTER TO BUY ANTON AND

THREE TO CONTAHINE . . 446

The women of Scotland . . 447

The professors in Edinburgh . 448

Philosophy of medicine . . 449

A Jacobite adventure . . 450

Experiences of Holland . . 451

D. THE PLAY off " GISIPPTTS " . 452
A scene...... 453hallenges the Foot-