The Life of Samuel Johnson ...

ERRATA.

Vol. 1, p. 195. In Second Edition, date of letter to O'Conor altered to " April 9, 1757."

P. 196, do., date of letter to Warton altered to "1757."

P. 268, for "July 18," "July 19" should be read. (Mr. Boswell's mistake.)

P. 382, line 14, for "drives" read "drove."

P. 397, line 32, for "wrote " read "written."

P. 432, line 2, for "been a witness against" read "connected with."

Vol. 2, p. 61, line 6, for "1773" read "1776.” (Also Mr. Roswell's mistake.)

P. 224, for" Sept. 12," read "Sept. 21."

P. 393, in Second Edition, “May 23" altered to "May 25."

P. 506, for " March 21, 1781," read "1782."

Vol. 3, p. 69, for "May 17," read "May 18."

P. 133, for "Oct. 20," read "Oct. 27."1

There are also these errata in the Editor's portion of the work :

Note to Advertisement, p. h, dele “by Mr. Croker," and for "author's edition,” read "author's first edition."

Vol. 1, p. 40, last line of first column of note, after “they had ” insert “laid.”

P. 159, note I to be placed above the "rule" or line. So with p. 164, note

I, and p. 325, note 1.

At p. 150, after second line of Cor. et Ad., and at p. 146, after line 23 of Cor. et Ad., a "rule" across the page.

P. 212, before second par, of Cor. et Ad., place the words Second Edition.

P. 233, line 6 of note 1, after "oath," insert "more.”

P. 307, date of letter, "October 16, 1765," omitted.

P. 451, line 4 of note, for "they," read "Johnson's letters."

P. 528, line 10 of note 1, for " Mr.," read "Mrs."

P. 533, line 4 of note 1, for "vast pile. The, &c.," read "vast pile, the, &c."
Vol. 2, p. 458, last line of Cor. et Ad., put reference 3 on line 10 of same.
Vol. 3, p. 12, line 5 of note 1, dele", and commence quotation at “I have.”
P. 58, line 26 of second column of notes, after "passage," insert “above."
P. 97, after line 9 of note 1, read "Maloniana."

1 These corrections and additions, the reader may, to use Mr. Boswell's words, "make with his pen before perusing the following Life."

In his two editions Mr. Boswell fell into mistakes as to dates, often putting the wrong day of the week to the correct day of the month, and vice versa. Some of these passages have been amended by Malone and Croker. On the other hand, Boswell, in his second edition, wrongly altered some dates, in the belief that he was correcting mistakes.

As at p. 179, Vol. 2, of the present edition, where June 9th was changed by him to July 9th, a date retained by Malone and sub

sequent editors; though it is evident from the context, both of that and the following letter that the date must be fixed in June. On the ground of these uncertainties, and the somewhat capricious alterations made by several hands, the original dates have been retained; but where the mistake is obvious on the face of it, the error is either pointed out in a note, or in the foregoing list of errata.

To the list of Mr. Croker's alterations of the text more examples could be added, notably one at p. 654 of his single volume edition, where a note of Malone's and a letter to Dr. Vyse are made part of Boswell's text.

Actors, i. 102, 3, 119, 120, 371, 2, 468; ii. 92, 226, 311, 408, 9; iii. 40, 1.
Adams, Reverend Dr., i. 35, 160; ii. 78; iii. 73, 90, 141, 172.

Miss, iii. 78.

Addison, Johnson's opinion of, i. 137, 262; ii. 10, 128.

his style compared with Johnson's, i. 137.
Johnson's life of, ii. 436, 465.

Adey, Miss, ii. 93, 382.

"Adventurer," Hawkesworth, i. 142, 152, 3, 4, 5.

Adultery, i. 347, 477; i. 335.

Akenside's poetry, i. 420; ii. 120.

Akerman, Mr., character and Anecdotes of, ii. 396, 7.

Alfred, Johnson's desire to write his life, i. 108.

his will, ii. 495.

Allen, Mr. the printer, ii. 282, 465.

America and the Americans, i. 511, 12, 525; ii. 239, 296, 313, 417, 457. '
"Anthologia," Johnson's translations from, iii. 148.
Antiquities, the study of, ii. 384.
Arbuthnot, i. 262.
Architecture, ii. 76.

1 This is Mr. Boswell's own Index, the paging being altered to suit the present edition; and the reader will see that it bears signs of having been prepared by Mr. Boswell himself. In the second edition he made various additions, as well as alterations, which are characteristic in their way. Thus, "Lord Bute" is changed into "the Earl of Bute," and "Francis Barber" into "Mr. Francis Barber." After Mrs. Macaulay's name he added, "Johnson's acute and unanswerable refutation of her levelling reveries ;" and after that of Hawkins he put "contradicted and corrected." There are also various little compliments introduced where previously he had merely given the name. Such as "Temple, Mr., the authour's old and most intimate friend, p.," &c.; "Vilette, Reverend Mr., his just claims on the publick;" "Smith, Cap

tain, his attention to Johnson at Warley-
camp;" "Somerville, Mr., the authour's
warm and grateful remembrance of him;"
"Hall, General, his politeness to John-
son at Warley-camp;" "Heberden, Dr.,
his kind attendance on Johnson."
the other hand, Lord Eliot's "politeness
to Johnson," which stands in the first
edition, is cut down in the second to the
bald Eliot, Lord;" while "Lough-
borough, Lord, his talents and great
good fortune," may have seemed a little
offensive, and was expunged. The Lite-
rary Club was reverentially put in capi-
tals. There are also such odd entries
as "Brutus, a ruffian, p.," &c.

It should be added here, that there are many slips, both in dates and pages, scattered through the volumes, most of which, if not all, have been corrected.

Argyle, Archibald, Duke of, ii. 147.

Armorial bearings, i. 429.

Ascham, Roger, Johnson's life of, i. 286.

Ash, John, M.D. founder of the Eumelian club, iii. 156.

Ashbourne, singular anecdote of the mistress of an inn there, ii. 2 ¡t.

Astle, Thomas, Esq. ii. 494.

Reverend Mr. iii. 91.

Aston, Mrs. ii. 93, 330, 382, 439.

Avarice, ii. 318.

Auchinleck, Lord, (the Authour's father,) ii. 57, 512.

Place of, ii. 161.

Authours, of deciding on their MSS. i. 439; ii. 275, 316, 355.