[Gutenberg 383] • She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy

IN THE last nine years of a fairly short life, Oliver Goldsmith created a memorable work in each of three genres: *The Deserted Village* , an extensive poem; *The Vicar of Wakefield* , a novel; and *She Stoops to Conquer* , a comic play that continues to be produced on the stage and was seen only recently in a British television import.

*She Stoops to Conquer* opened at the Covent Garden Theater in London on March 15, 1773, and was included in the first edition of Goldsmith's *Miscellaneous Works* , published by Osborne and Griffin in 1775. A four-volume edition of the works was issued in 1806 by S. Rose, with a memoir by Bishop Percy. The Oxford edition of the plays appeared in 1909. The edition containing T.M. Cleland's illustrations and Louis Kronenberger's introduction was first issued in New York in 1964 (copyright © by The George Macy Companies, Inc.). This Collector's Edition is published by advanced registration exclusively for subscribers to the Easton Press collection of *The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written*. The special contents are copyright © 1978 by The Easton Press.

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