Life of Oliver Goldsmith / By Austin Dobson.

  • Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921.
Date:
1888
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    added some account of his life. With explanatory notes and observations. London, 1776, 4to. Mr. Austin Dobson, who possesses a copy, believes it to be unique, or nearly so. The eighth edition, dated 1777, contains The Haunch of Veni- son, etc. This only contains:—Re- taliation ; The Hermit; The Gift; Epilogue to the Sisters [Sister]; Epi- logue to She Stoops to Conquer; Essay on Friendship ; Sabinus and Olinda; Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Blaize. 1 he Life is a slightly varied issue of the Anecdotes of tbe late Dr. Goldmith which appeared in the Annual Register, 1774, pp. 29-31, signed G.—i.e., Glover. Eighth edition, with large additions, particularly the Her- mit, the Haunch of Venison, and several other pieces by the same author, to which is added some account of his life ; with notes, etc. [and an etching of the author from a drawing by Bnnbury], London, 1777, 4to. {The British Satirist). Lon- don, 1826, 12mo. Threnodia Augustalis ; sacred to the memory of Her Royal High- ness the Princess Dowager of Wales. London, 1772, 4to. The Traveller ; or, a Prospect of Society. A poem. Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. H. Goldsmith. [First edition.] London, 1765, 4 to. Second edition. London, 1765, 4to. Third edition. London, 1765, 4to. Fourth edition. London, 1765, 4to. Fifth edition. London, 1768, 4to. • [Sixth] edition. London, 1770, 4to. ■ {Four Poems, No. iv.). Alten- buigh, 17.3, 8vo. The Traveller. Ninth edition. London, 1774, 4to. [Tenth edition]. . London, 1778, 4to. Another edition. Dublin [mo], 4to. Another edition. London [1780], 8vo. {A Collection of Poems, vol. i.) Paris, 1779, 12mo. —Another edition. Edinburgh, 1782, 12mo. —Another edition. Illustrated with etchings on steel by Birket Foster. London [1856], 8vo. —Another edition. London [1859], 12mo. -Another edition. With notes, and a brief sketch of the life of Goldsmith by C. P. Mason, etc. London, 1864, 8vo. —Another edition. With ex- planatory notes, etc., by W. McLeod. London, 1865, 12mo. -{Annotated Poems of English A uthors, ed. Stevens and Morris.) London, 1876, 16mo. —{Lines from the Poets, No. ii.) London, 1879, 16mo. IV. PROSE WORKS. Asem, the Man-Hater ; an Eastern Tale. With an editorial intro- duction and illustrations. Lon- don, 1877, 4to. Appeared originally in the volume of Essays, 17 65. The Bee. Being Essays on the most interesting subjects. Nos. 1-8. London, 1759, 12mo. This was a weekly periodical, and ran for eight weeks only, from Oct. 6th to Nov. 24th, 1759. The eight numbers were issued as above in December 1759. Another edition. London, 1819, 12mo.