LEWIS MELVILLE. LONDON, April, 1921.Footnotes:[1]Swift: Works (ed. Scott), XVIII, p. 65.[pg xi]CONTENTSCHAP.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]