| CHAP. | PAGE |
[PREFACE] | [vii] |
I.[—EARLY YEARS] | [1] |
II.[—GAY COMMENCES AUTHOR] | [7] |
III.[—"RURAL SPORTS"—"THE FAN"—"THE WIFE OF BATH"—ETC.] | [18] |
IV.[—"THE SHEPHERD'S WEEK"—"A LETTER TO A LADY"] | [24] |
V.[—"THE WHAT D'YE CALL IT"—"AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BURLINGTON"—"TRIVIA, OR, THE ART OF WALKING THE STREETS OF LONDON"—"THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE"] | [36] |
VI.[—"POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS"—GAY INVESTS HIS EARNINGS IN THE SOUTH SEA COMPANY—THE SOUTH SEA "BUBBLE" BREAKS, AND GAY LOSES ALL HIS MONEY—APPOINTED A COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE LOTTERY—LORD LINCOLN GIVES HIM AN APARTMENT IN WHITEHALL—AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS—CORRESPONDENCE WITH MRS. HOWARD] | [50] |
VII.[—"THE CAPTIVES"—THE FIRST SERIES OF "FABLES"—GAY AND THE COURT—POPE, SWIFT AND MRS. HOWARD] | [65] |
VIII.[—"THE BEGGAR'S OPERA"] | [78] |
[pg xii]IX.[—"POLLY"] | [92] |
X.[—CORRESPONDENCE (1729)] | [105] |
XI.[—CORRESPONDENCE (1730)] | [115] |
XII.[—CORRESPONDENCE (1731)] | [126] |
XIII.[—DEATH] | [133] |
| APPENDIX:— |
I.[—NOTES ON THE SOURCES OF THE TONES OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," by W.H. GRATTAN FLOOD, Mus.D.] | [150] |
II.[—A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN GAY] | [156] |
III.[—PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE; HAMMERSMITH, JUNE 7th, 1920] | [162] |
[INDEX] | [163] |