The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . \* This edition (the 6th) is the last that was published under the superintendence of theaccurate and judicious Malone. He was in the authors confidence (as will be seen on referenceto the first advertisement) in the original pieparation of the work. After Boswells death,Malone brought out the third and subsequent editions, up to the sixth inclusive, receiving inthe course of his labours th
The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . \* This edition (the 6th) is the last that was published under the superintendence of theaccurate and judicious Malone. He was in the authors confidence (as will be seen on referenceto the first advertisement) in the original pieparation of the work. After Boswells death,Malone brought out the third and subsequent editions, up to the sixth inclusive, receiving inthe course of his labours that various and valuable assistance to which he adverts in thenotices prefixed to his successive publications. Malones last edition is dated May, 1811 (about twenty years after the first appearance ofthe work); and he died in the same month of the following year. This edition we have fol-lowed, as fairly settling the text of the , 1851. This edition of Boswells Life of Johnson has been divided intochapters for the Ieaders convenience, in the perusal of so great a bodyof matter. The Chronological List of the works of Dr. Johnson, prepared byEoswell, will be found at the end of the SAMUEL JOHNSON, INTRODUCTOEY CHAPTER. To write the Life of liim who excelled all mankind in writing the livesof 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 theopinion which he has given,^ that every mans life may be best writtenby himself; had he employed in the preservation of his own history,that clearness of narration and elegance of language in which he hasembalmed so many eminent persons, the world would probably havehad the most perfect example of biography that was ever although he at different times, in a desultory manner, committedto writing many particulars
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