Physical description

Hard cover book,The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith.
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Publisher: Macmillan & Co London. W1.
Date: 1871
Blue cloth hardcover with a brown spine and lettering in gold. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.

Publication type

fiction

Inscriptions & markings

The label on the spine cover with typed text PAT 823 GOL
Paste down front end paper has a sticker from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library covered by a sticker from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Front loose end paper has a stamp from Corangamite Regional Library Service
Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute

Summary

This 1871 book is an edition of The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, published by Macmillan and Co. as part of their famous "Globe Edition" series. It features a detailed biographical introduction by Professor David Masson. This volume is not a single novel, but rather a comprehensive anthology of the finest writings of Oliver Goldsmith. Because Goldsmith was a versatile writer who excelled in almost every literary format, this collection of his works contains his masterpiece novel, The Vicar of Wakefield renowned pastoral poems like The Deserted Village and The Traveller and several classic 18th-century comedies, most notably She Stoops to Conquer and The Good Natured Man. Essays and letters are also included from Letters from a Citizen of the World, which provides a satirical look at British society through the eyes of an imaginary Chinese philosopher, along with numerous shorter periodical essays.