CONTENTS.
| Preface | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| 1741–1765. | |
| Family of Malone—Trinity College—Ode on the Nuptials of George III.—Journey to England—Entered at the Middle Temple—Rev. Mr. Chetwood—His Letters | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| 1766–1769. | |
| Introduction to Dr. Johnson—Letters from Avignon—Promotion of his Father—Called to the Bar—A Love Story—Spa | 18 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| 1769—1777. | |
| Law Studies—Irish Duels—Death of his Father—Candidate for the Representation of Trinity College—Edition of Goldsmith—Death of his Uncle—Literature of the Stage—Removes to London—The Shakspeare Mania—Lord Charlemont—George Steevens—Letter from his Brother | 37 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| 1778–1781. | |
| An Attempt to ascertain the Order in which the Plays of Shakspeare were written—Irish Politics—Mr. Denis Daly—Sir Joshua Reynolds—Supplement to the Edition of Shakspeare’s Plays by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens—Hogarth’s Widow—Lord Charlemont—Rowley’s Poems—Jephson’s Count of Narbonne—Epilogue by Malone | 58 |
