The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale Supposed to be Written By Himself By Oliver Goldsmith (The Macmillan Pocket Classics) de Goldsmith, Oliver - 1926

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Brown cloth with embossed design and gilt lettering on the front board and gilt lettering on the spine. Frontis is a black and white illustration of Oliver Goldsmith. 273 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Wonderfully well-preserved! "To one who is familiar with eighteenth century life and literature, and with the mind and art of Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield needs little commentary. A few obscure allusions, an archaic word or two call for explanation; but that is all. Indeed, the story is so simple and obvious to such a reader that he is not unlikely to suppose it to be equally intelligible to those who lack his basis of information. The experience of the present editor is far from proving the correctness of this supposition. It is true that, just as a modern gallery audience listens with satisfaction to a Shakespeare comedy, ---- so wide is the range of pleasure afforded by a great work of art, ---- a modern class of boys does not find itself entirely at a loss upon a casual reading of Goldsmith's tale." ---- from the Preface.. Reprint (1899). Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Hardcover.