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DON SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD., I AMEN CORNER, E.C.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER XXXI-1776 (MARCH 19-25)

A TOUR IN THE MIDLANDS

Johnson starts on his Journey to the Midlands with Boswell—Mr. Gwyn, the Architect-Johnson and

Boswell at Oxford-University College-Dr. Wetherell—Pembroke College—Dr. Adams-Phil

Jones and Fludyer-Dr. Bentham-Dr. Horne-Walton's“ Lives ”—Thomas Warton—Robert

and James Dodsley—Dr. John Campbell—Steele—“ Tristram Shandy”—Edmund Burke-At

Blenheim-Inns and Taverns—Shenstone-Dyer's “Fleece ”—Grainger's “Sugar Cane”—Dr.

Percy-At Birmingham—Mr. Hector and Mr. Lloyd—Quakers—Mrs. Careless—Lichfield—Three

Crowns Inn-Lucy Porter—Peter Garrick—Harry Jackson-Oat-ale-Garrick-Richard Green-

Rev. Thos. Seward-Miss Seward—Death of Mr. Thrale's Son—Mrs. Aston—Marriage pp. 577-601

CHAPTER XXXII-1776 (MARCH 26-APRIL 10)

JOHNSON RETURNS TO LONDON

Johnson and Boswell Visit Dr. Taylor at Ashbourne-At Derby, Dr. Butter—Love Marriages—“ The

Ladies of the Present Day”—Death of Dr. James-St. Albans—Return to ondon-Johnson Goes

to the Borough-Lobo's “ Account of Abyssinia "-Johnson Arranges his Books—Voyages-Omai-

Soldiers and Sailors-Pity-Education-Maclaurin—Good Friday and Easter— Johnson's Hope of

Visiting Italy - Joseph Fowke-Jack Ellis-Gaming-Dr. Cheyne's Books—Dinner at Mr. Thrale's

Murphy-Flatman's Poems—The Reviews

pp. 602-622

CHAPTER XXXIII–1776 (APRIL 11-29)

A VISIT TO BATH

Dinner at General Paoli's—Garrick's Humour-Johnson on Italian Travel—Translations—The Art

of Printing-Goldsmith's Vanity-At John Hoole's—Mickle-Thomson's Poetry-Dodsley and

Goldsmith-Gray-Joseph Cradock-Othello-At the Crown and Anchor-Wine-drinking-On

Reading-Cumberland's Odes—The Reviews—At Bath with Boswell—Burke-Mrs. Macaulay-

Blair's Grave "-Mrs. Montagu-Hannah More-Mrs. Thrale—New Zealand-At Bristol-

Chatterton-Chesterfield's Letters—Luxuries—Hailes's Annals of Scotland ”—Johnson on Colonel

Campbell's Case

pp. 623-641

CHAPTER XXXIV–1776 (MAY 15-DEC. 21)

THE DINNER AT DILLY'S

Dr. Johnson meets John Wilkes at Dilly's Dinner-Party-Arthur Lee-Wilkes's Attention to Johnson-

An Anecdote of Foote-Garrick, Johnson and his “ Life of Dryden "_Cibber-Horace-Elkanah

Settle-The Scotch-Mrs. Macaulay—Mrs. Knowles—Mrs. Rudd-Johnson's Epitaph on Goldsmith

for Westminster Abbey—The Round Robin-Johnson's Letter to Mrs. Boswell—He Rebukes

Boswell–Count Manucci-At Brighton-Johnson's Indisposition-Dr. Hugh Blair

pp. 642-664

CHAPTER XXXV–1777 (FEB. 25-JUNE 24)

THE LIVES OF THE POETS

Johnson's State of Mind-Boswell's Law Cases—Sir Alexander Dick-Boswell's Family-Death of

Boswell's son David-False Report of Mr. Thrale's Death, Johnson's Arrangement to Write the

Lives of the Poets—Charles O'Connor-Hugh Kelly-Richard Brinsley Sheridan-Dr. rmstrong

and James Thomson-Hume's Life—Execution of Dr. Dodd

pp. 665-683

Johnson and Boswell at Ashbourne Church—Dr. Taylor's Talk—Johnson's Sermons—Characters of

the Earl of Cork, John Wilkes, Garrick, Colley Cibber, Foote—Johnson on Mrs. Macaulay—The

Duke of Devonshire—Visits Ilam—Hume—Protestants and Papists—Campbell and Lord Eglinton—

Swearing—Bulldogs—Dr. Johnson and the Dead Cat—Rochester—Prior—Francis Bacon—

Johnson's Cordiality—Colloquial Barbarisms—Grainger—Vanity of Human Existence—Beckford

and Trecothick—The Slave Trade—Boswell Quits Ashbourne–Boswell's Negro Cause pp. 722-74.1