Volume XII.—Second Edition.
FORSTER’S LIFE OF GOLDSMITH: The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith. By John Forster, Author of “The Life of Charles Dickens,” etc. With a Biography of Forster by the Editor, and Numerous Illustrations by Maclise, Stanfield, Leech, and others.
Forster’s “Life of Goldsmith” is a work which ranks very high among successful biographies. Washington Irving said of it: “It is executed with a spirit, a feeling, a grace, and an elegance, that leave nothing to be desired.”