Reproduction of the original: The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
Based on the 1799 edition, Christopher Hibbert's abridgement preserves the integrity of the original, while his fascinating introduction sets Boswell's view of Samuel Johnson against that of others of the time.
We, as moderns, need to know this man, and W. Jackson Bate's formidable biography, with its uncanny depth and empathy, is the book that makes that happen.
They were recommended to Mr. Colson,56 an eminent mathematician and master of an academy, by the following letter from Mr. Walmsley: “To the Reverend Mr. Colson. Lichfield, March 2, 1737. “DEAR SIR, “I HAD the favour of yours, ...
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. By James Boswell This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This is the first and only scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins's Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. , a work that has not been widely available in complete form for more than two hundred years.
Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson, Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood