Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith

"Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith" by Oliver Goldsmith is a collection of diverse writings from the 1700s. Included are well-known stories such as "The Vicar of Wakefield", poems, such as "The Traveller", alongside plays like "She Stoops to Conquer", displaying the author's skills in storytelling and performing arts. The book starts off telling about the author and his hardships as a writer while also giving important events about his life. The biography examines Goldsmith's family and his childhood influences, focusing on his father, the Reverend Charles Goldsmith, and his simple life growing up in Ireland. His early life covers themes of kindness, family desires, his education, and the journeys that molded him into a greater man.