* * * * * MISCELLANIESVOL. II.THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB THE GREAT AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS BY HENRY FIELDING ESQ.EDITED BY GEORGE * * * * * CONTENTS OF VOL. II.THE AUTHOR'S FARCE, ACTS I. AND II.THE TRAGEDY OF TRAGEDIES; OR, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOM THUMB THE GREATPASQUIN; A DRAMATIC SATIRE ON THE TIMESAN ESSAY ON CONVERSATIONTHE TRUE PATRIOT, NO. XIII.THE COVENT-GARDEN JOURNAL, NOS. X., XXXIII.FAMILIAR LETTER* * * * * LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.PORTRAIT OF FIELDING BY HOGARTHTHE DEATH OF LORD GRIZZLEHE ACQUAINTED THE DAMSELS THAT HE AND HIS COMPANIONS HAD CARRIED THE OPERA.* * * * * THE AUTHOR'S FARCE;[WITH A PUPPET-SHOW CALLED THE PLEASURES OF THE TOWN.]FIRST ACTED AT THE HAY-MARKET IN 1729, AND REVIVED SOME YEARS AFTER AT DRURY-LANE, WHEN IT WAS REVISED AND GREATLY ALTERED BY THE AUTHOR, AS NOW PRINTED.————————Quis iniquae Tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus, ut teneat se? —JUV. Sat. I. PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR JONESToo long the Tragick Muse hath aw'd the stage, But, handkerchiefs and Britain laid aside, In days of yore, when fools were held in fashion, Bred in Democritus his laughing schools, Smiles we expect from the good-natur'd few, PERSONS IN THE FARCE.MEN.Luckless, the Author and Master of the Show, … Mr MULLART. Witmore, his friend … Mr LACY. Marplay, sen., Comedian … Mr REYNOLDS, Marplay, jun., Comedian … Mr STOPLER. Bookweight, a Bookseller … Mr JONES. Scarecrow, Scribbler … Mr MARSHAL, Dash, " " … Mr HALLAM, Quibble, " " … Mr DOVE, Blotpage, " " … Mr WELLS, jun. Index … ————. Jack, servant to Luckless … Mr ACHURCH. Jack-Pudding … Mr REYNOLDS. Bantomite … Mr MARSHAL. WOMEN.Mrs Moneywood, the Author's Landlady … Mrs MULLART. Harriot, her daughter. … Miss PALMS. |