Admiral Byng.'- Hanway's Eight Day's Journey, and Essay on Tea. Some further Particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng, by a gentleman of Oxford.' acknowl.

Mr. Jonas Hanway having written an angry Answer to the Review
of his Essay on Tea, Johnson in the same collection made a
reply to it. acknowl. This is the only instance, it is believed,
when he condescended to take Notice of any Thing that had
been written against him; and here his chief Intention seems
to have been to make sport.

Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of, and Preface to Mr. Payne's
Introduction to the Game of Draughts. acknowl.

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 first two 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.

1760.

Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against certain Per

sons who pirated those Papers as they came out singly in a News-paper called the Universal Chronicle, or Weekly Gazette. intern. erid.

For Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's English Version of Brumoy,- A Dis-
seration on the Greek Comedy,' and the General Conclusion of
the Book. intern. evid.

Introduction to the World displayed, a Collection of Voyages and
Travels. acknowl.

Three Letters in the Gazetteer, concerning the best plan for Black-
friars Bridge. acknowl.

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 Mar-
quis of Abreu, then Envoy-Extraordinary from Spain at the
Court of Great Britain. intern. evid.

Review in the Gentleman's Magazine, of M. Tytler's Acute and able
Vindication of Mary Queen of Scots. acknowl.

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Committee for Cloathing the
French Prisoners. acknowl.

་

1761. Preface to Rolt's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce. acknowl. Corrections and Improvements for Mr. Gwyn the Architect's Pamphlet, entitled Thoughts on the Coronation of George the III.' acknowl.

1762. Dedication to the King, of the Reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete System of Astronomical Chronology unfolding the Scriptures, Quarto Edition. acknowl.

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
English Works, published by the Rev. Mr. Bennet, acknowl.
The Life of Ascham, also prefixed to that edition. acknowl.
Review of Telemachus, a Masque, by the Rev. George Graham, of
Eton College, in the Critical Review. acknowl.

Dedication to the Queen of Mr. Hoole's Translation of Tasso. acknowl.
Account of the Detection of the Imposture of the Cock-Lane Ghost,
published in the News-papers and Gentleman's Magazine, ackn.

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 Shakespeare's in eight volumes, 8vo. with
Notes. acknowl.

1766. The Fountains, a Fairy Tale, in Mrs. Williams's Miscellanies. ackn.
1767. Dedication to the King of Mr. Adams's Treatise on the Globes. ackn.
1769. Character of the Reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge, in the London
Chronicle. acknowl.

1770. The False Alarms 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 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. acknowl.
The Patriot. acknowl.

1774.

1775.

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. acknowl.

Proposals for publishing the Works of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, in
Three Volumes Quarto. acknowl.

Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons in Italian and English. intern. evid.
Taxation no Tyranny; an Answer to the Resolutions and Address of
the American Congress. acknowl.

Argument on the Case of Dr. Memis; dictated to me for the Court of
Sessions in Scotland. acknowl.

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 repre-
hension from the Pulpit; dictated to me. acknowl.

Proposals for publishing an analysis of the Scotch Celtic Language,
by the Reverend William Shaw. acknowl.

1777. Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce,
Bishop of Rochester. acknowl.

1780.

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.

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 the
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 Dissertation between TORY and WHIG; dictated to me. ackn.
On Vicarious Punishmeuts, and the great Propitiation for the Sins
of the World, by JESUS CHRIST; dictated to me. acknowl.
Argument in favour of Joseph Knight, an African Negro, who
claimed his Liberty in the Court of Session in Scotland, and
obtained it; dictated to me. acknowl.

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 Clarke, 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 Reverend
Mr. Strahan, enjoining him to publish them. acknowl.

Sermons, left for Publication by John Taylor, LL. D. Prebenbary 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.

JAMES BOSWELL.

"After my death I wish no other herald,
"No other speaker of my living actions,
"To keep mine honour from corruption,
"But such an honest chronicler, as Griffith."*

SHAKESPEARE, HENRY VIII.

See Dr. Johnson's letter to Mrs. Thrale, dated Ostick in Skie, September 30, 1773; "Boswell writes a regular Jourual of our travels, which I think contains as much of what I say and do, as of all other occurrences together; for such a faithful chronicler is Griffith.'

THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others, and who, whether we consider his extraordinary endowments, or his various works, has been equalled by few in any age, is an arduous, and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task.

Had Dr. Johnson written his own Life, in conformity with the opinion which he has given, *that every man's life may be best written by himself; had he employed in the preservation of his own history, that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he has embalmed so many eminent persons, the world would probably have had the most perfect example of biography that was ever exhibited. But although he at different times, in a desultory manner, committed to writing many particulars of the progress of his mind and fortunes, he never had persevering diligence enough to form them into a regular composition. Of these memorials a few have been preserved; '

but the greater part was consigned by him to the flames, a few days before his death.

As I had the honour and happiness of enjoying his friendship for upwards of twenty years; as I had the scheme of writing his life constantly in view; as he was well apprised of this circumstance, and from time to time obligingly satisfied my inquiries, by communicating to me the incidents of his early years; as I acquired a facility in recollecting, and was very assiduous in recording, his conversation, of which the extraordinary vigour and vivacity constituted one of the first features of his character; and as I have spared no pains in obtaining materials concerning him, from every quarter where I could discover that they were to be found, and have been favoured with the most liberal communications by his friends; I flatter myself that few biographers have entered upon such a work as this, with more advantages; independent of literary abilities, in which I am not vain enough to compare myself with some great names who have gone before me in this kind of writing.

Since my work was announced, several Lives and Memoirs of Dr. Johnson have been published, the most voluminous of which is one compiled for the booksellers of London, by Sir John Hawkins, Knight, a man, whom,

* The greatest part of this book was written while Sir John Hawkins was alive and I avow, that one object of my strictures was to make him feel some compunction for his illiberal treatment of Dr. Johnson. Since his decease, I have suppressed several of my remarks upon his work. But though I