Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal, Vol. 88: For July, 1848 October, 1848 VIII. - The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith. A Biography, in Four Books. By John Forster, of the Inner Temple, Author of the 'lives of States men of the Commonwealth.' Bradbury 8: Evans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.