Goldsmith: Selected Essays (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction; 1. 'English Pride'; 2. 'Characteristics of Different Countries'; 3. 'A Visit to Westminster Abbey'; 4. 'The Character of the Man in Black'; 5. 'The History of the Man in Black'; 6. 'A Description of a Club of Authors'; 7. 'The Proceedings of the Club of Authors'; 8. 'Sights and Monsters'; 9. 'A Bookseller's Visit'; 10. 'The Character of Beau Tibbs'; 11. 'A Visit to Beau Tibbs'; 12. 'Happiness and Show'; 13. 'Mad Dogs'; 14. 'An Evening at Vauxhall'; 15. 'A Little Great Man'; 16. 'Anecdotes of Poets'; 17. 'Imitation in Literature'; 18. 'The Courts of Justice'; 19. 'A Coronation'; 20. 'Funeral Elegies'; 21. 'Finding Famous Men'; 22. 'A City Night-Piece'; 23. 'Travellers' Tales'; 24. 'A Reverie'; 25. 'The Sentiments of a Frenchman on the Temper of the English'; 26. 'The Characteristics of Greatness'; 27. 'An Account of the Augustan Age of England'; 28. 'National Prejudices'; 29. 'Adventures of a Strolling Player'; 30. 'On the Use of Language'; 31. 'Independence'; 32. 'At the Play'; Notes.