Author:Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith
(1728–1774)

Oliver Goldsmith

Works

• An Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe (1759) (transcription project)
• The Bee; being essays on the most interesting subjects (1759), eight weekly essays, 6 Oct0ber. to 24 November.
• History of Mecklenburgh (1762)
• The Mystery Revealed, containing a series of transactions and authentic testimonials respecting the supposed Cock Lane Ghost, 1742 (1762)
• The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher residing in London to his Friends in the East (1762), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: citizenworld03goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: citizenworld00goldgoog
• The Martial Review: or, a General History of the Late Wars (1763) Internet Archive identifier: martialreviewor00goldgoog
• A History of England in a series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son (1764), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: anhistoryenglan03goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: anhistoryenglan04goldgoog
• Essays (collected from ‘The Bee,’ &c.) (1765) IA
• The Roman History from the Foundation of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Roman Empire (1769), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: romanhistoryfro00goldgoog
• The History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II. (1771), in 4 vols. Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf01goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf00goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf02goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: historyenglandf03goldgoog
• The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great (1774) in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: grecianhistoryf01goldgoog
• History of the Earth and Animated Nature (1774), in 8 vols. IA
• A Survey of Experimental Philosophy considered in its Present State of Improvement (1776), in 2 vols.
• Essays and criticisms: by Dr. Goldsmith; with an account of the author (1798), in 3 vols. Internet Archive identifier: essaysandcritic00goldgoog

Novels

• The Vicar of Wakefield; a Tale, supposed to be written by himself (1766), in 2 vols. IA 1, IA 2

Poetry

• The Traveller, or, A Prospect of Society (1765)
• The Deserted Village (1770)
• Threnodia Augustalis (on death of Princess Dowager of Wales) (1772)
• Retaliation, a Poem; including epitaphs on the most distinguished wits of this metropolis (1774) (transcription project)
• The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare (1776)
• Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog
• The Village School Master
• The poetical and dramatic works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. now first collected: with an account of the life and writings of the author (1780), in 2 vols.
• The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith (1800) IA
• The Captivity, an Oratorio (1836)
• The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith (1911), edited by Austin Dobson IA

Plays

• The Good-natur'd Man (1768)
• She stoops to conquer, or the Mistakes of a Night (1774) IA

Biography

• Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esquire (1762) IA
• The Life of Thomas Parnell, compiled from original papers and memoirs (1770)
• Life of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke (1770)

Translation

• Memoirs of a Protestant condemned to the Galleys (1758) by Jean Marteilhe, in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: memoirsaprotest00martgoog Vol. 2:?
• Concise History of Philosophy (1766) by Formey
• Comic Romance (1776) by Paul Scarron, in 2 vols.

As editor

• The Beauties of English Poesy (1767), in 2 vols. Internet Archive identifier: beautiesenglish00goldgoog, Internet Archive identifier: beautiesenglish02goldgoog
• Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts: Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining (1770)

Others

• "The Lost Camel", "The Spectacles". An argosy of fables, 1921.
• The chapters "Alexander Reduces Tyre, Later Founds Alexandria" and "Roman Invasion and Conquest of Britain" from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2

Works about Goldsmith

• "Goldsmith, Oliver," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Goldsmith, Oliver," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Goldsmith, Oliver," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography (1840) by Washington Irving

On his works

• "Hardcastle," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "She Stoops to Conquer," in The Encyclopedia Americana, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation (1920)
• "Vicar of Wakefield, The," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)