CONTENTS CHAPTER XXV-1775 (JAN. 14-FEB. 25) JOHNSON AND MACPHERSON xvii Johnson and Mrs. Charlotte Lennox-His Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons-Correspondence with Boswell-Questions the Authenticity of Ossian's Poems-His Letter to James Macpherson-His Personal Courage-Defeats Foote's Intended Mimicry-" Journey to the Western Islands" Published-The Ossian Controversy CHAPTER XXVI-1775 (MARCH 21-APRIL 10) MRS. ABINGTON pp. 483-496 Boswell revisits London-Johnson's "Taxation no Tyranny "-Dr. Towers's Reply-Johnson and Boswell Visit Mr. Strahan-Mrs. Abington's "Benefit"-Garrick's Imitators-Gray's Odes-Johnson Receives his Diploma of D.C.L.-Bruce the Abyssinian Traveller-Johnson's Opinion of Public Speakers-His Contempt for Colley Cibber-Convivial Dinners-"Lilliburlero"-PatriotismAdvises General Oglethorpe to Publish his Life CHAPTER XXVII-1775 (APRIL 14-SEPT. 14) DINNER AT MR. CAMBRIDGE'S pp. 497-520 Good Friday-Lord Bute-Value of Knowledge-Fame and Immortality-Advantage of ReadingDinner at Mr. Cambridge's-Johnson and Female Portrait Painters-Isaac Walton's "Lives "Gay's "Beggar's Opera "-R. B. Sheridan's Marriage-The Spectator-Johnson and Boswell Visit Bedlam-An Apartment Assigned to Boswell in Johnson's House-Sunday Consultations— Alchymy-Johnson's" Rhinoceros Laugh "-Correspondence with Boswell in Scotland pp. 521-537 CHAPTER XXVIII-1775 (SEPT. 18-NOV. 5) THE TOUR TO FRANCE Johnson Visits France with Mr. and Mrs. Thrale-Paris-École Militaire-The Gobelins-Palais Royal— Mrs. Fermor-Palais Bourbon-Fontainebleau-Versailles and Trianon-Sauterre the BrewerThe King's Library-The Sorbonne-St. Cloud-Sèvres-Grande Chartreuse-Library of St. Germain -Departure from Paris-Chantilly-Compeigne-Cambray CHAPTER XXIX-(DEC. 5) 1775-1776 (MAR. 12) FRENCH IMPRESSIONS Pp. 538-552 Character of the French-Madame Bocage-Foote on Johnson's Dress-Converses in Latin while in France-Père Boscovich-Dr. Burney's Records of Johnson's Table Talk-Miss Aitken-MusicGarrick-The Laird of Col-Boswell's Family History-Johnson and Boswell on the Entailing of the Auchinleck Estates-Lord Hailes's Opinion-Johnson and Mrs. Boswell's Letter CHAPTER XXX-1776 (MAR. 12-MAR. 18) BOLT COURT pp. 553-567 The Clarendon Press, Oxford-Johnson's Letter to Dr. Wetherell-Johnson moves to Bolt CourtWith the Thrales at the Borough-Johnson on the Law of Entail-" The Wealth of Nations -Blackstone and other Writers on Law-Lord Mountstuart's Bill for a Scotch Militia"Johnsoniana "—On Religious Orders-Wine-drinking-Benefits of Education-His Objection to a Sea Life-Starts on his Journey to the Midlands with Boswell-Mr. Gwyn, the Architect pp. 568-576 Vol. I. (2279) DR. JOHNSON DRINKING TEA WITH BOSWELL AND HIS WIFE a caricature by Thomas Rowlandson, illustrating a scene in Boswell's Tour in the Hebrides with Dr. Johnson xviii ILLUSTRATIONS SAMUEL JOHNSON PHOTOGRAVURE PLATES (Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.) Frontispiece DR. JOHNSON IN THE ANTE-ROOM AT LORD CHESTERFIELD'S (E. M. Ward, R.A.) facing page 152 SAMUEL JOHNSON JAMES BOSWELL . THE LITERARY PARTY (Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.) (Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.) FACSIMILE TITLE-PAGE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF BOSWELL'S "LIFE OF JOHNSON " LIST OF PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER 254 384 462 536 xxiii |