Observations on the Present State of Affairs. intern. evid. Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of, and Preface to, Mr. Payne's Intro- Introduction to the London Chronicle, an Evening Paper which still subsists with deserved credit. acknowl. 1757. Speech on the Subject of an Address to the Throne after the Expedition to Rochefort; delivered by one of his Friends in some publick Meeting: it is printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for October, 1785. intern. evid. The two first Paragraphs of the Preface to Sir William Chambers's Designs of Chinese Buildings, &c. acknowl. 1758. THE IDLER, which began April 5, in this year, and was continued till April 5, 1760. acknowl. An Essay on the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes. acknowl. 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia, a Tale. acknowl. Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against certain Persons who pirated those Papers as they came out singly in a Newspaper called the Universal Chronicle or Weekly Gazette. intern. evid. For Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's English Version of Brumoy,-"A Dissertation on the Greek Comedy," and the General Conclusion of the Book. intern. evid. Introduction to the World Displayed, a Collection of Voyages and Travels. Three Letters in the Gazetteer, concerning the best Plan for Blackfriars 1760. Address of the Painters to George III. on his Accession to the Throne. intern. evid. Dedication of Baretti's Italian and English Dictionary to the Marquis of Review in the Gentleman's Magazine of Mr. Tytler's acute and able Vindi- Introduction to the Proceedings of the Committee for Cloathing the French 1761. Preface to Rolt's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce. acknowl. Corrections and Improvements for Mr. Gwyn the Architect's Pamphlet, intitled "Thoughts on the Coronation of George III.” acknowl. 1762. Dedication to the King of the Reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete System of Astronomical Chronology, unfolding the Scriptures, Quarto Edition. acknowl. Concluding Paragraph of that Work. intern, evid. Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists' Exhibition, intern. evid. 1763. Character of Collins in the Poetical Calendar, published by Fawkes and Woty. acknowl. Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury of the Edition of Roger Ascham's The Life of Ascham, also prefixed to that Edition. acknowl. Review of Telemachus, a Masque, by the Reverend George Graham of Eton Dedication to the Queen of Mr. Hoole's Translation of Tasso. acknowl. 1763. Account of the Detection of the Imposture of the Cock-Lane Ghost, published in the Newspapers and Gentleman's Magazine. acknowl. 1764. Part of a Review of Grainger's "Sugar Cane, a Poem," in the London Chronicle. acknowl. Review of Goldsmith's Traveller, a Poem, in the Critical Review. acknowl. 1765. The Plays of William Shakspeare, with Notes. acknowl. 1766. The Fountains, a Fairy Tale, in Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies. acknowl. 1767. Dedication to the King of Mr. Adams's Treatise on the Globes. acknowl. 1769. Character of the Reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge, in the London Chronicle. acknowl. 1770. The False Alarm. acknowl. 1771. Thoughts on the late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands. acknowl. 1772. Defence of a Schoolmaster; dictated to me for the House of Lords. acknowl. Argument in Support of the Law of Vicious Intromission; dictated to me for the Court of Session in Scotland. acknowl. 1773. Preface to Macbean's "Dictionary of Ancient Geography." acknowl. Argument in favour of the Rights of Lay Patrons; dictated to me for the 1774 The Patriot. acknowl. 1775. A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. acknowl. Proposals for publishing the Works of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, in Three Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons in Italian and English. intern. evid. Taxation no Tyranny; an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the Argument on the case of Dr. Memis; dictated to me for the Court of Session Argument to prove that the Corporation of Stirling was corrupt; dictated to me for the House of Lords. acknowl. 1776. Argument in Support of the Right of immediate, and personal reprehension from the Pulpit; dictated to me. acknowl. Proposals for publishing an Analysis of the Scotch Celtick Language, by the 1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce, Bishop of Rochester. acknowl. Additions to the Life and Character of that Prelate; prefixed to those Works. acknowl. Various Papers and Letters in Favour of the Reverend Dr. Dodd. acknowl. 1780. Advertisement for his Friend Mr. Thrale to the Worthy Electors of the Borough of Southwark. acknowl. The first Paragraph of Mr. Thomas Davies's Life of Garrick. acknowl. 1781. Prefaces Biographical and Critical to the Works of the most eminent English Poets; afterwards published with the Title of Lives of the English Poets, acknowl. Argument on the Importance of the Registration of Deeds; dictated to me for an Election Committee of the House of Commons. acknowl. On the Distinction between TORY and WHIG; dictated to me. acknowl. Argument in favour of Joseph Knight an African Negro, who claimed his Defence of Mr. Robertson, Printer of the Caledonian Mercury, against the Society of Procurators in Edinburgh, for having inserted in his Paper a ludicrous Paragraph against them; demonstrating that it was not an injurious Libel; dictated to me. acknowl. 1782. The greatest Part, if not the whole, of a Reply, by the Reverend Mr. Shaw, to a Person at Edinburgh of the Name of Clark, refuting his arguments for the authenticity of the Poems published by Mr. James Macpherson as Translations from Ossian. intern. evid. 1784. List of the Authours of the Universal History, deposited in the British Museum, and printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for December this Year, acknowl. Various Years. Letters to Mrs. Thrale. acknowl. Prayers and Meditations, which he delivered to the Rev. Mr. Strahan, enjoining him to publish them. acknowl. Sermons left for Publication by John Taylor, LL.D., Prebendary of Westminster, and given to the World by the Reverend Samuel Hayes, A.M. intern. evid. Such was the number and variety of the Prose Works of this extraordinary man, which I have been able to discover and am at liberty to mention; but we ought to keep in mind, that there must undoubtedly have been many more which are yet concealed; and we may add to the account, the numerous Letters which he wrote, of which a considerable part are yet unpublished. It is hoped that those persons in whose possession they are, will favour the world with them.2 1 To the last Mr. Croker is disturbed by the notion of some mysterious, if not guilty, passage in Johnson's life. "This is a strange phrase," he writes in this place. "What work could it have been that Mr. Boswell was not at liberty to mention? That there was some peculiar meaning here can hardly be doubted. It perhaps may allude to some publications of a Jacobite tendency, written in Johnson's earlier days, and which may have been acknowledged in confidence to Boswell; but this is a mere conjecture. Mr. Boswell alludes either to some inferior articles, which Johnson did not care to acknowledge, or which he may have regretted writing. * This seems to refer more particularly to Miss Burney, whose account of Mr. Boswell gives a good idea of his pressing importunity to secure contributions for his book, "Mr. Boswell, about this time, guided by M. de Gaiffardiere, crossed and intercepted her passage, one Sunday morning, from the Windsor cathedral to the Queen's lodge. Mr. Boswell had visited Windsor to solicit the King's JAMES BOSWELL. leave, which graciously had been granted, for publishing Dr. Johnson's dialogue with his Majesty. Almost forcibly stopping her in her path, though making her an obsequious, or rather a theatrical bow, 'I am happy,' he cried, 'to find you, Madam, for I was told you were lost! You must come forth, Madam ! But we can't spare you.-Besides, Madam, I want your Johnson's letters for my book!' Then, stopping at once himself and his hearer, by spreading abroad both his arms, in starting suddenly before her, he energetically added, 'For THE BOOK, Madam! the first book in the universe!' Swelling, then, with internal gratulation, yet involuntarily half-laughing, from good-humouredly catching the infection of the impulse which his unrestrained self-complacency excited in his listener, he significantly paused; but the next minute, with double emphasis, and strong, even comic gesticulation, he went on: I have every thing else! everything that can be named, of every sort, and class, and description, to show the great man in all his bearings ! -every thing, except his letters to you! But I have nothing of that kind. I look for it all from you! It is necessary to complete my portrait. It will be the First Book in the whole universe, Madam ! There's nothing like it-' again half-laughing, yet speaking more and more forcibly; There never was, -and there never will be !-So give me your letters, and I'll place them with the hand of a master!" She made some sportive reply, to hurry away from his urgency; but he pursued her quite to the Lodge; acting the whole way so as to make gazers of all whom they encountered, and a laughing observer of M. de Guiffardiere " (sic).-Mems. of Dr. Burney, vol. iii., pp. 114–5. THE END. |