Oliver Goldsmith (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Oliver Goldsmith As in the case of my edition of Macaulay's Life of Johnson, the notes to this Life of Goldsmith consist mainly of illustrative details drawn from writers to whom Macaulay was indebted for his materials. Macaulay's outlines are, as ever, masterly, but the general effect of his sketch is somewhat meagre and bare compared with that of his Samuel Johnson. It does not show the same acquaintance, nor the same sympathy, with the subject. But, in spite of this, it possesses the charm of an artistic composition. It transports us in imagination back to the age of Goldsmith, it brings us and him menschlich naher, to use Schiller's fine expression, it makes him for us a real living person. In reading Macaulay's words we become personally interested in Goldsmith, this personal interest excites a desire of closer acquaintance, and makes us welcome every detail which helps to fill up, without blurring, the picture. Boswell, with whose book he was intimate, was for Macaulay a considerable source of information, for 'honest Goldsmith' is a conspicuous figure on Boswell's canvas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.