Written by Scottish novelist William Black (1841 98), this biography of the Irish-born poet, dramatist and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728 74) was published in 1878 as the sixth book in the first series of English Men of Letters. Goldsmith is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1771), as well as his close association with Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, and William Hogarth. The biography is a colourful one: as Black observes, Goldsmith, who was trained as a physician but whose whole career was in literature, possessed a 'happy knack of...
Written by Scottish novelist William Black (1841 98), this biography of the Irish-born poet, dramatist and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728 74) was p...
While the rest of the world delights in the intricacies of molecular gastronomy and even Britain is revelling in a culinary renaissance, the French seem to be blind to change and evolution. Why is this? This text attempts to answer this question as William Black explores the highways and byways of French cooking.
While the rest of the world delights in the intricacies of molecular gastronomy and even Britain is revelling in a culinary renaissance, the French se...
