“And who is the gentleman in lace?”_"Mr. Wilkes, Sir." - This information confounded him still more: he had some difficulty to restrain himself, and taking up a book sat down upon a window-seat and read. - Page 43.

OF

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;

A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS

WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;

AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION, NEVER

BEFORE PUBLISHED:

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN,

FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

A NEW EDITION,
ELUCIDATED BY COPIOUS NOTES,

ASD ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS, VIEWS, AND CHARACTERISTIC DESIGNS,

ENGRAVED FROM AUTHENTIO SOURCES.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.- VOL. III.

LONDON:
ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE,

FARRINGDON STREET,
NEW YORK : 56, WALKER STREET.

1859.