Fielding married in 1737. It did not take him long to use up his wife's fortune in extravagant living as a country squire, and so in 1710 the law was taken up as a means of livelihood. No suc cess followed his legal studios, and the author went back to his pen and paper. Jonathan Wild, an ironical work, whose interest was chiefly for its own day, appeared in 1743. The same year saw the establishment of the True Patriot, a semi-political journal edited by Fielding, suc ceeded by the Jacobite Journal in 1745. The services of his journal to the Hanoverian cause resulted in the author's appointment to the posi tion of justice of the peace in Middlesex, a reward due to the good offices of Lord Lyttletori, a lifelong friend. Until his death at Lisbon, in 1754, Fielding administered the duties of his position honestly and zealously, as all may learn who will take up his Journal of a 1 °gage to Lisbon. or is this hard to understand, for lie had himself tasted the many flavors of the cup of life; and such men are the best judges, unless they have grown bitter with the bitterness that is never wholly absent front the draught.
Though Fielding died comparatively early, his career was eventful and his achievements last ing. Playwright, country squire, editor, novel ist, man about town, stage manager, political pamphleteer, magistrate—all these parts he played, showing in them all the qualities which make it easy to understand the censure that has attended his life, but showing also those char acteristics which justify the affection that all must feel for him whom Thackeray called 'the manly, the English, Harry Fielding.' Editions of Fielding's Works have been published by Scott and Roscoe (Edinburgh, 1840) ; by Browne (Lon don, 1871) ; and by Gosse (New York, 1898). Consult : Lawrence, Life and Times of Fielding (London, 1855) ; Dobson, Life, in "English Men of Letters" series (ib., 1895) ; Lindner, Henry Fielding's dramatische TVerke (Dresden, 1895). The Temple edition of Fielding'.s Works, edited by Saintshury, appeared in 1902 (London and New York.)