IX.--"POLLY" 92

X.--CORRESPONDENCE (1729) 105

XI.--CORRESPONDENCE (1730) 115

XII.--CORRESPONDENCE (1731) 126

XIII.--DEATH 133

APPENDIX:--
I.--NOTES ON THE SOURCES OF THE TONES OF
"THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," by W.H. GRATTAN
FLOOD, Mus.D. 150

II.--A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE CORRESPONDENCE
OF JOHN GAY 156

III.--PROGRAMME OF THE REVIVAL OF "THE BEGGAR'S
OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE; HAMMERSMITH,
JUNE 7th, 1920 162

INDEX 163




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