certainly, according to the 
rules of art, and open to criticism in 
many particulars, yet by its mingled 
sweetness, pathos and humor touching a 
chord which seems to secure for it a 
lasting reputation. 
Goldsmith’s success as a dramatist was 
not flattering, though his play, ‘‘She 
Stoops to Conquer,’’ at once took the 
public by storm and is still reproduced. 
Other works came forth from his busy 
pen at brief intervals; in his compilations 
and abridgments, as his “‘ Animated 
Nature’’ .and his Histories of Rome, 
Greece and England, while his ignor- 
ance and carelessness sometimes provoke 
a smile, his pellucid style and poetic 
taste serve to make the pursuit of knowl- 
edge a pleasure; even after more than 
sixty years, the present writer recalls with 
gratitude the easy introduction to English 
history which was thus afforded to him. 
But the work of Goldsmith by which 
he is best known, and by which his 
name will live, is beyond question ‘“The 
Deserted Village.’ This poem, with 
its touches of humor and pathos, its pic- 
tures of village life and natural scenery, 
will be read as long as language shall 
have power to charm. A severe critic 
like Macaulay may find defects in it, as 
there are spots on the sun, but it will 
still remain one of the choicest produc- 
tions of the English muse. ‘The even- 
ing scenes of Sweet Auburn, the vignet- 
tes of the preacher's modest mansion, 
first order, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
the noisy urchins just let loose from 
school, the broken soldier shouldering 
his crutch to show how fields are won, 
the village schoolmaster skilled to rule, 
the good parson at church with his un- 
affected grace, who ne’er had changed 
nor wished to change his place, and 
many other pictures, are as beautiful as 
art has ever limned. ‘The philosophy 
and political economy of the poem are 
not on a par with the poetry; but Gold- 
smith was not a philosopher or political 
economist. The contrast is well drawn, 
however, between the happy past when 
“‘every rood maintained its man,’’ and 
the time “‘when wealth accumulates and 
when men decay,’’ and however pessimis- 
tic may be its tone, it has a moral for 
days like our own. 
Among other things which he lacked, 
Goldsmith lacked the gift of conversa- 
tion; he did not shine in company 
though he painfully aspired to, and some- 
times made himself ridiculous, provoking 
Garrick’s famous line, tie wrote like 
an angel, and talked like poor Poll.’’ 
He often felt himself overshadowed, 
and shrunk into moody silence or petu- 
lantly withdrew. On the whole, like 
many geniuses, he was much of a trial 
to his best friends, who _ praised his 
talents and bore kindly with his faults. 
Goldsmith’s works will always be ad- 
mired; asa writer, he fully justifies the 
oft- quoted enlogy of Johnson’s epitaph, 
“He touched nothing that he did not 
adorn.’’ Asa man, his life affords one 
of the saddest illustrations of misim- 
proved opportunities. He never knew 
the love of wifeand children; if he had, 
his life might have been different; his 
**Jessamy Bride,’’ who finds a mystenl 
ious place in his biography, was pro- 
bably the only woman he ever really 
loved. Perhaps he was too selfish and 
inconstant by nature to make any woman 
happy. His last days were passed under 
a cloud; to the question of one of his 
medical attendants whether his mind 
were at ease, he replied, ““ No, it is 
not;’’ these were the last recorded 
words of Oliver Goldsmith. 
As to Barred Localities. 
Salem will be the oasis in the desert 
for towns all around here. 
Lynn, Marblehead, Beverly, Danvers, 
Peabody and Manchester are dry. 
Middleton turned wet to dry at its last 
election and Tuesday Hamiiton voted to 
stay in the dry column. 
With Gloucester and Newburyport 
dry, Salem and Ipswich are the only 
places for miles around where it will be 
possible to buy a schooner over the bar, 
legally, after the first of May. 
Lamson & Hubbard hats, fall and win- 
ter styles, at Bell’s. 
Needles for Disc Machines, at Wood- 
bury’s music parlors, Beach street. . * 
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