CONTENTS. Birth-Parentage-Michael Johnson-Johnson's Mother-Samuel touched Waiting-At Pembroke College-Hypochondria-Johnson's Studies- PAGE I-8 Johnson's Wife-"Convulsive Starts and Odd Gesticulations"-First Meeting with Hogarth-A Novel Race-Tries Teaching Again- Sets out for London-Advised to "Buy a Porter's Knot "-His Friend Hervey-"The Senate of Lilliput "-"London "-Self-dis- closures-Endeavours to obtain an M. A.-Fails-" Yours, without a A Prologue-Dictionary Begun-At Work-Excursion to Tunbridge "The Rambler "—Notanda-Johnson's Style-His Wife's Death-Epi- taph-" Diu Defleiam"-Letter of Sympathy-Troubled Waters- Love, not Superstition-"Can we believe that the dear Dead are A Queer Family-Sir Joshua Reynolds-Characteristic Anecdote-Bennet Langton-Topham Beauclerk-Beauclerk Rebuked-A Falstaffian Night-Striking Contrast-" The Adventurer "- -" Prayers and Medi- tations"-Johnson's Tenderness of Heart-" Poor dear Collins!"— CONTENTS. Benefice-Letter to Burney-Letter to Langton-Another Letter to Letters to his Dying Mother-His Mother's Death--Johnson's Grief- 89-97 A Model Letter-Letter to Baretti-Pensioned-A Friendly Dispute- 98- 108 Johnson's Talk-An Angry Irishman-On the Poet Gray-On Ghosts- 109-118 On the Thames-At Greenwich-Greenwich Park "not equal to Fleet PAGE 128-134 Visit to the Langtons--Club Founded-Johnson's Sacred Days-Hypo- Change in the Doctor's way of Life-Johnson on Rousseau-Talk-Self- |