GOLDSBORO

a city of North Oarolina, in Wayne co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, and the Norfolk Southern railroad, and on the Neuse river. It is the center of an important cotton growing district and has also extensive industries, including the manufacture of cotton, cottonseed oil, lumber, rice, furniture, agricultural implements, woolen goods, etc. It has an Odd Fellows’ Orphan Home, the Eastern Insane Asylum,a hospital, sanitarium, and apark. Pop. 1920, 11,296. Brit. poet, dramatist, and man-of letters; s. of an Irish clergyman; b. Pallas, Long ford, Ireland; ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, and afterwards studied med. at Edinburgh and Leyden. Then he wandered on foot over Europe, and at length, having failed in everything he undertook, turned bookseller’s hack in London. After severe struggles G. began to be known in literary society, and made the acquaintance of Johnson, Burke, Reynolds, Garrick, and others. He was plain looking, and marked with smallpox; generous to a fault; extremely foolish in most of his actions; lacking in the ability to make money systematically, or to take care of it when made; but he was beloved hy everybody. His Vicar of Wake field, 1766, is one of I a tL LLE PELE A the masterpieces of Eng. fiction, and his brilliant comedy, She Stoops to Conquer, 1773, still maintains its popularity. His play, The Good-Natured Man, though little read now, Vv h esteemed during lifetime. poem, Zhe Deserted Village, will not readily be forgotten, G. wrote many other works—histories, biographies, e ays, and poems, Johnson said of him that he ‘left scarcely any style of — writing untouched, and touched nothing that he did not adorn.’ 79), Ger. scholar; prof. of Sanskrit in Univ. Coll., London; author of Sanskrit Dictionary and other works. port, Tunisia, i rica; connected with Tunis (11 miles S.) ny ship canal traversing shallow salt lake. Pop.