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Though I have diligently pursued in numerous footnotes the many ramifications of this extraordinary problem, some questions still remain for consideration under this heading. For one, as Goldsmith's bibliographers have not only confused the ordering of the early "Village" reprints but occasionally provided facsimiles at variance with their descriptions, it will be necessary to preface my own list with a table converting previous notations to the established sequence. For another, while these earlier

accounts do give, after their fashion, much attention to the "Village" printings, not one mentions a contemporary series of "Traveller" editions. These occur too frequently to be ignored here, but thus far not so frequently that someone elsewhere could make something of them. To prevent such an attempt, and whatever notions might come of it, I shall therefore deal with them summarily under the description of the "Village" editions with which they are associated.

Separate editions

A Printed in Edinburgh before July 19, possibly by Ruddiman. The Deserted Village, A Poem. By Dr. Goldsmith. [ornament] [Oxford rule] London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine-street, Strand. [short rule] M DCC LXX.
- 12° in sixes. A-B6. English type (10 lines: 46 mm.)
- Copytext: Q1. Size of copy (cut) 17.9 x 11.2 cm.
Notes: Lines 195-252 of this edition were reprinted in the Weekly Magazine, or Edinburgh Amusement, July 19, 1770. Occasionally appearing with these earlier reprints is a "Fifth Edition" of the Traveller, a copy apparently taken from Newbery's legitimate fifth quarto edition of 1768, but now masquerading as a 12° 'Griffin' edition of 1770. Since of all the Village editions it most closely resembles A, and is bound with A in Lord Rothschild's volume, both probably have a common origin. For another combination, however, see note under C.
Copies: NN (Berg), CSmH (film copy), Lord Rothschild.
Other provincial editions
B Printed between 1770-1777. The Deserted Village [&c. as for A except] Dr Goldsmith. . . . M DCC LXX.
- Collation as for A. Pica type (10 lines: 42 mm.)
- Copytext: A. Size of copy (uncut) 17.8 x 11.4 cm.
Copies: NN (Berg), BM (Ashley 798).
C Possibly printed as late as 1777, at which time it served as copy for E. The Deserted Village [&c. as for A except] Dr Goldsmith. [ornament] [double rule] . . . M DCC LXX.
- Collation as for A. Pica type (10 lines: 41 mm.)
- Copytext: B. Size of copy (uncut) 18.7 x 11.4 cm.

Notes: Scott erroneously cites ornaments on half-title and page [5] as identical: the one line consists of diamonds, with a star at each end; the other of leaves. This, the edition most often described as the "rare private issue", is the common public reprint which, in the spring of 1783, Boswell gave to Johnson for a notation of the lines he had supplied. Again in this spring, perhaps at the same time, Johnson was asked to annotate a 12° "Fifth Edition" of the Traveller which also was dated '1770' and imprinted for 'W. Griffin'. The title and page 24 of this inscribed copy, as well as page 24 of the Village copy, are reproduced in the R. B. Adam Library relating to Dr. Johnson (1929), II, facsimiles preceding p. 19. Another copy of the Traveller, cited in the note to A, is in Lord Rothschild's library.
Copies: NN (Berg), NNP (2 copies), MH, CLU-C (film copy), Lord Rothschild (2 copies).
D Possibly printed as late as 1784, at which time it served as copy for J. The Deserted Village, A Poem. By Dr Goldsmith. [French rule] London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, in Catharine Street, Strand. [short rule] M,DCC,LXX.
- Collation as for A. Small pica type (10 lines: 39 mm.)
- Copytext: C. Size of copy (cut) 17.5 x 10.0 cm.
Note: Only A3 and B3 registered.
Copies: BM (Ashley 799), CSmH (film copy).
E The Deserted Village, A Poem. By Dr Goldsmith. [ornament] [ornamental rule] London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's-Head, in Catharine-Street, Strand. [short ornamental rule] M,DCC,LXXVII.
- 12°. A12. Copytext: C. Only A3 registered.
Copy: Professor Ronald S. Crane. Verso of the title page bears inscription "Chrisr. Moresby | Workington 1781". This topical annotation further attests the provincial origin of these earlier editions. The town of Workington, in the county of Cumberland, adjoining Scotland, is about 95 miles from Edinburgh, 312 miles from London.
F The Deserted Village: A Poem. [ornamental rule] By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [ornamental rule] The Fourth Edition. [ornamental rule] London: Printed for W. Griffin, at Garrick's Head, Catherine-Street, in the Strand. [short Oxford rule] M DCC LXXV.
- 8° in fours. A-B4. Copytext: A.
Notes: A reimpression of section X3r-Z3v in The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. (1775). Alterations: new title, signatures, and pagination to conform to present imposition, different type preceding and following text of dedication, new rules above text of poem, reset type for the second paragraph (lines 35-50)— necessitated, apparently, by some pie in the transfer—and, below the last line of text, the substitution of "The End" for the catchword "Edwin". As this and, presumably, the Select Poems are both offprints of the Works, it is not unlikely that other sections of the book were similarly treated and may hereafter
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appear, with the same imprint and date, under the titles The Traveller and Select Essays. Possibly these, like the Village impression, may also occur as various "editions".
Copy: Professor Ronald S. Crane. The last page of this copy has been hand-stamped "James Robison's", with the apostrophe inverted, as indicated.
G [1783] [fly-title] The Deserted Village.
- 12° in sixes. A-B6. Copytext: Miscellaneous Works (1782).
Notes: Page A6v carries the signature 'S3'. Possibly this issue is an offprint of an unknown edition of the Miscellaneous Works, ca. 1783.
Copy: MH.

Editions deriving from provincial issues, but printed in London.

H [1783] The Deserted Village. A Poem. By Dr. Goldsmith. [ornament] [French rule] London: Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country.
- 8° in fours. A 4 B-C4. Copytext: C.
Notes: C2 unsigned; with catchwords. Bound with the Bodley copy is an edition, fully titled "The Traveller: Or a Prospect of Society", also retaining catchwords, and imprinted as in H.
Copy: Bodl. (G. Pamph. 1267) Vertical chainlines in all gatherings; lacks fold A2:3.
I [1784] The Deserted Village. [&c. as in H except] [ornamental rule] London: Printed for the Booksellers, in Town and Country.
- Collation as for H. Copytext: H
Notes: C2 signed; without catchwords. This, apparently, is the reprint mentioned in the authorized 11th edition of 1784. Bound with the BM copy is another edition, with abbreviated title "The Traveller", also without catchwords, and imprinted as in I.
Copies: BM (10602.e.4.[2]). Horizontal chainlines in all gatherings; page 16, last line: "white-wash'd". ICU. Horizontal lines in A and C, vertical in B; page 16, last line: "white-wash'd". Below the imprint of this copy is inscribed "1770" and on page [6], in a different hand, "May 6. 1770".
J [1784] [engraved title-page] The Deserted Village, A Poem By Dr. Goldsmith. [reversed and reduced copy of Q vignette, signed "Mutlow & Woodman, sculpt"] London: Printed for J. Barker, Russell Court, Drury Lane.
- 8° in fours. A 4 B-D4. Copytext: D.
Notes: Issued, it would seem, shortly after the copyright expired in 1784; containing a notice vaguely alluding to H-I and other reprints then on the market; and bearing a Britannia watermark (H218) which Heawood found in a parish document dated 1790.
Copies: MH, ICU, BM (11633.aa.21).

Editions copied directly from Q1, but issued in various places.

K [1784] The Deserted Village. A Poem. [rule] [ornament] [double rule] London: Printed for T. Martin, Letter-Case Maker, No. 11, Club Row, Bethnal Green.
- 4°.i1(=B1) A4B4(—B1). Signed leaves: A1, A2, A4, B2.
Note: As indicated in collation, the first gathering appears to be inserted between the first two leaves of the second.
Copy: MH.
L The Deserted Village, A Poem. By Dr. Goldsmith. [ornamental rule] Dublin: Printed for J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, B. Grierson, J. Potts, W. Sleator, D. Chamberlaine, J. Hoey, jun. J. Williams, C. Ingham, J. Porter, and R. Moncrieffe. [short rule] MDCCLXX.
8° in fours. A 4 B-E4.
Copy: CSmH (film).
M The Deserted Village, A Poem. By Dr. Goldsmith. The Second Edition. Dublin: Printed for H. Saunders [&c. as in L] . . . MDCCLXX.
- Collation as for L. Copytext: L.
Copy: CLU-C. Description taken from Clark Library catalogue.
N The Deserted Village: A Poem. By the late Dr. Oliver Goldsmith. [ornament] [short rule] M,DCC,LXXV.
8°. A8.
Notes: The watermark in this copy, not represented in Heawood, consists of a circular band around a lyre, below which appears the designation BELFAST. Very probably the edition derives from a collection I have been unable to trace, but which is cited in CBEL (II. 637) as Poems by the late Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, Belfast, 1775. If the Poems contains all the errors given in the textual collation, then N is undoubtedly an offprint; if only certain of these, then N is of another setting.
Copy: In the writer's possession, the generous gift of Mr. Philip Gaskell.

Reprint based on Q4 or later edition

O The Deserted Village, A Poem By Dr. Goldsmith. [reversed and reduced Q vignette, signed "Taylor del Liebe sc Lips."] [Oxford rule] Altenburgh. Printed for Gottlob Emanuel Richter, and committed to A. F. Boeme Bookseller in Leipzig. MDCCLXXIII.
Notes: In the only volume I have seen, this is one of several poems, each with its own title, and bound together under the general title "Four Poems". Collation for the book:
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- 8°. A1 : General title
- A8(-A1) B8 C4 : Armine and Elvira
- D4 E-G8 H6 : The Hermit of Warkworth
- I2 K8 L6 : The Deserted Village
- M2 N-O8 : The Traveller
As each of these was obviously prepared for separate distribution, I represent the Village section as, potentially, of a distinct issue.
Copy: BM (11603.d.27).

Addendum: Of all the known variants of this poem only one can be properly defined as a "private issue." This is the quarto copy reported in The Library of William Andrews Clark Jr. ("Modern English Literature," III, 33-34), and there described as having a first edition title-page without vignette and a third edition text. Actually, as the press figures reveal, the text is of the fifth edition. Preceding this is a conjugate double-leaf of slightly heavier paper than usual, bearing the watermark of a crest above the initials LVG (Heawood 1743?), with half-title on i1, and on i2 a title in which the area normally occupied by vignette and edition reference contains an MS. reading "For Miss Polly Safe 1770, W.A." My thanks to Mr. H. Richard Archer, bibliographer of the Clark Library, for information regarding this copy.