. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . place as a poet; and The Vicar ofWakefield, his only work of fiction, is one of themost beautiful stories in our language. HOW GOLDSMITH WAS SAVFD FROMAN ANGRY LANDLADY Yet so stupid was the writer of this lovely storythat it is said his friend, Dr. Samuel Johnson, onone occasion found poor (Joldsmith arrested byhis landlady for debt, and in his desk lay themanuscript of this immortal story, which thekindly doctor took out and sold to a booksellerfor £60, and so enabled the impractical author topay off his debts to his land
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy . place as a poet; and The Vicar ofWakefield, his only work of fiction, is one of themost beautiful stories in our language. HOW GOLDSMITH WAS SAVFD FROMAN ANGRY LANDLADY Yet so stupid was the writer of this lovely storythat it is said his friend, Dr. Samuel Johnson, onone occasion found poor (Joldsmith arrested byhis landlady for debt, and in his desk lay themanuscript of this immortal story, which thekindly doctor took out and sold to a booksellerfor £60, and so enabled the impractical author topay off his debts to his landlady —and to beginincurring new ones; for when he died in hislodgings at Brick Court, in the Temple, London,on April 4, 1744, he was £2000 in debt. His story is indeed a sad one, as his life mighthave been one of complete happiness, for he wasgifted beyond most men of his time. But weshall find as we read the stories of great men ofgenius, whose writings are among our greatesttreasures, that they have not always been able toorder their own lives wisely and
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