!

V. Of polite learning in Germany, 127

VI. Of polite learning in Holland, and

some other countries of Europe, 131

VII. Of polite learning in France,

IX. Of learning in Great-Britain,

X. Of rewarding genius in England,

XI. Of the marks of literary decay in

136

143

1455

The life of Thomas Parnell, D. D.

177

The life of Henry Lord Viscount Boling-

broke,

207

POEMS BY DR. GOLDSMITH.

A Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet La-

Page

A new Simile, in the manner of Swift,

Description of an Author's Bed-chamber,

The Hermit-A Ballad,

Letter to the printer of the St. James's Chro-

nicle,

269

An Elegy on the death of a Mad Dog,

277

An Elegy on the glory of her sex-Mrs. Mary