a part of my nephew's debts. He has written to me from Bristol for ten pound which I have sent him in a bank note enclosed he has also drawn upon me by one Mr. Odonogh for ten pound more, the balance therefore having paid his servant maid, as likewise one or two trifles more remains with me. As he will certainly have immediate and pressing occasion for the rest when he arrives I beg youl remit the rest to me and I will take care to see it applied in the most proper manner. He has talked to me of a matrimonial scheme. If that could take place all would soon be well. I am Dear Sir your affection Kinsman and humble servant Be pleased to answer this directly in Montrath Street Dublin OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Little definite is known respecting William Hodson. He was the son of Daniel Hodson and Catherine, Goldsmith's second sister (vide p. 19). Cradock says he practised as an apothecary in Newman Street; and it is further alleged of him that he once paid a small debt with an undrawn lottery ticket which came up a prize of £20,000. In 1807, according to Dr. Strean, his son, Oliver Goldsmith Hodson, had succeeded to the paternal estate. The Dr. Hunter, mentioned at p. 204, is probably Dr. William Hunter; and the closing lines of the second letter (p. 205) tend to confirm the belief that Goldsmith never re-visited Ireland after he left it in 1752. INDEX. Breakneck Steps, 60, 64 Brick Court, Middle Temple (No. 2), 137, 165, 183 British Magazine, The, 43, 76, 77, 78 Brooke's "System of Natural History," Preface to, 90-1 Bryanton, Robert, of Ballymulvey, 23, 27, 53, 54, 62; letters to, 32-3, 54-5 Bunbury, Henry William, the Caricaturist, 155, 186 Bunbury, Mrs., see "Horneck, Catherine" Burke, Edmund, 93, 132, 157, 179, 181, 183, 194, 195 Busy Body, The, 69, 72 Byrne, Thomas, 14, 36, 151 Contarine, Jane, afterwards Mrs. Lawder, 27, 28, 53; letter to, 55-7 Contarine, Rev. Mr., 19, 23, 26, 28, 31, 33, 36, 58; letters to, 33-6 Cooke, William (European Maga zine), 98, 115, 137, 142, 143, 144, 149, 190; quoted, 37, 49, 91, 113, 140, 141, 150, 171 Cradock, Joseph, 108, 118, 167, 174, 177; quoted, 190 Critical Review, The, 60 Croker, John Wilson, quoted, 194-5 Crown Tavern at Islington, 126, 128 Cumberland, Richard, 112, 179, 181; quoted, 112 D. Davies, Thomas, the bookseller, 128, 159, 160, 177, 180, 193; quoted, 188 Delap, Elizabeth, 14 "Deserted Village, The," 64, 70, 140; published, 149; dedicated to Reynolds, 149; depopulation theory, 150; identity of Auburn and Lissoy, 150-1; qualities of the poem, 151-2; farewell to poetry, 152-3; sum paid to author, 153 "" Description of an Author's Bedchamber," 63 "Dictionary of Arts and Sciences," 177, 178 "Distresses of the Poor," 77, E2 Dodsley, the bookseller, 112 "Double Transformation, The," mother), 12, 26, 29, 158 Goldsmith, Catherine (afterwards Mrs. Hodson), 19, 26, 30 Goldsmith, Rev. Charles (Goldsmith's father), 12, 13, 19, 23, 26 Goldsmith, Charles (Goldsmith's brother), 52 Goldsmith, Dean, of Cloyne, 31 Goldsmith, Rev. Henry (Goldsmith's eldest brother), 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30, 96, 139, 140, 149; letter to, 24, 59-60, 62-64 Goldsmith, John, of Ballyoughter (Goldsmith's uncle), 16 Goldsmith, Oliver, his family, II; father, 12; birth, 13; removal to Lissoy, 13; first teachers, Elizabeth Delap and Thomas Byrne, 14-15; has the smallpox, 15; anecdotes of childhood, 15-6; at school at Elphin and Athlone, 16-7; at Edgeworthstown, 17; adventures at Ardagh, 17-8; marriage of sister Catherine, 19; sizar at Trinity College, Dublin, 20; his tutor, Theaker Wilder, 20; involved in a college riot, 21-2; gets a small exhibition, 22; runs away and returns, 22-3; writes songs for ballad singers, 23; anecdote of his benevolence, 23-4; takes B.A. degree, 24; relics of college life, 24; rejected for holy orders, 28; tutor to Mr. Flinn, 28; sets out for America and returns, 28-9; letter to his mother, 29-30; starts (fruit lessly) to study law, 30; goes to Edinburgh to study medicine, 31; admitted a medical student, 31; visits the Highlands, 33; starts for Paris, 33; adventures by the way, 33-5; leaves Leyden, 37; travels on the Continent, 37-41; lands at Dover, 41; first struggles on reaching England, 43-4; physician in Bankside, 44-5; proof reader to Richardson, 46; his tragedy, 46; projects for the East, 46–7; at Peckham Academy, 47-9; bound to Griffiths, the bookseller, 49; "Memoirs of a Protestant," 52-3; goes back to Peckham, 53; obtains and loses appointment in East Indies, 58; fails at Surgeons' Hall as a hospital mate, 58; No. 12, Green Arbour Court, Old Bailey, 60; difficulties with Griffiths, 61-2; visit from Percy, 64-5; "Present State of Polite Learning," 65-9; writes for The Busy Body and The Lady's Magazine, 69; The Bee, 69-73; visited by Newbery and Smollett, 75; contributions to The British Magazine, 76–7; "History of Miss Stanton," 76-7; contributions to The Public Ledger, 78; edits The Lady's Magazine, 78; moves into No. 6, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, 79; visited there by Johnson, 79; "Memoirs of Voltaire," 80; "History of Mecklenburgh," 80; "Mystery Revealed," 80; "Citizen of the World," 80-4; Compen " "The dium of Biography," 85; "Life of Nash," 86; sale of third share of "Vicar of Wakefield," 86-7; removes to Mrs. Fleming's at Islington, 87-9; Mrs. Fleming's accounts, 89-90; hack-work for Newbery, 90-1 ; "Letters of a Nobleman," 91; Hogarth at Islington, 92-3; "The Club" formed, 93-4; working on Traveller," 95; publication of that poem, 97; described, 97103; Essays, by Mr. Goldsmith," 104-5; friendship with Nugent (Lord Clare), 106; visits Northumberland House, 106-7; "Edwin and Angelina," 108; resumes medical practice, 109-10; "Vicar of Wakefield," 110; story of sale, 110-16; date of production, 116; characteristics, 117-8; theories of Mr. Ford, 119; bibliography, &c., 119-21; Formey's "History of Philosophy," &c., translated, 123; "Poems for Young Ladies," 123; "English Grammar," 124; "Beauties of English Poesy," 124; letter to St. James's Chronicle, 125; Canonbury House, 126; the Temple, 126; visited by Parson Scott, 127; "Roman History," 128; the "Wednesday Club," 129; "Good Natur'd Man" produced, 133; its story, 130-6; at 2, Brick Court, Middle Temple, 137; relaxations and at at |