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XXXII.-Anecdotes, Opinions, and Remarks-by G. Kearsley, Sir Brooke Boothby, Dr. John Moore, R. Warner, J. T. Smith, Mrs. Knowles, Mr. Isaac Reed, W. W. Pepys, Esq., Rev. Montagu Pennington, Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, Lord Chedworth, Dr. Anderson, Rev. William Cole, Robert Barclay, Esq., William Cooke, Esq., Alexander Chalmers, Esq., Rev. Vicesimus Knox, Dr. Fordyce, William Cowper, Esq., Dr. William King,Dugald Stewart, Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, Sir James Mackintosh, &c. &c. &c.

PART

XXXIII-Jeux d'esprit on Johnson's Biographers.

1. Lesson in Biography; or, How to write the Life of One's Friend. By Alexander Chalmers, Esq. 2. Dr. Johnson's Ghost. A poem. 3. A posthumous Work on S. Johnson. An Ode, by George Colman, Esq. 4. A Poetical and Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with the celebrated Dr. Johnson. By Peter Pindar, Esq. 5. Bozzy and Piozzi; or, The British Biographers. A Pair of Town Eclogues. By Peter Pindar, Esq. 6. Inscription on a Caricature of Johnson and Madame Piozzi by Sayers.

XXXIV. - Brief Memoir of Boswell, by Edmond Malone, Esq.; Extracts from Boswell's Letters to Malone.Extracts from Bos

well's Tour in Corsica.

LIST OF PLATES.

1. Full length Portrait of Johnson in the dress worn by him on the Journey to the Hebrides.

"Dr. Johnson wore a full suit of plain brown clothes, with twisted buttons of the same colour, a large bushy greyish wig, a plain shirt, black worsted stockings, and silver buckles. Upon this tour, when journeying, he wore boots, and a very wide brown cloth great coat, with pockets which might almost have held the two volumes of his folio Dictionary, and he carried in his hand a large English oak stick."Boswell.

"The portrait of Johnson walking in a great coat with a
large stick gives a good idea of him."-John Nichols.
"Methinks I view his full, plain suit of brown,

The large grey bushy wig, that graced his crown:
Black worsted stockings, little silver buckles;
And shirt, that had no ruffles for his knuckles.
I mark the brown great coat of cloth he wore,
That two huge Patagonian pockets bore,
Which Patagonians (wondrous to unfold!)
Would fairly both his Dictionaries hold."

Peter Pindar.

2. View of the House in which Johnson was born, Market-place, Lichfield. From a Drawing made on the Spot by C. Stanfield, R.A.

3. View of Lichfield, the Birth-place of Johnson. Drawing made on the Spot by C. Stanfield, R.A.

From a

4. Portrait of the Rev. Thomas Warton, B.A. From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

5. View of Johnson's House, No. 8. Bolt Court, Fleet Street. From a Sketch by the late J. T. Smith.

6. Portrait of the Honourable Topham Beauclerk. Painting in the possession of Lord Holland.

From a

7. View of the Summer-house at Streatham. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

8. View of Johnson's Sitting-room in Bolt Court. Drawn by H. Corbould, from a Sketch by the late J. T. Smith.

9. Portrait of Mrs. Thrale, afterwards Mrs. Piozzi. Now first engraved, from a Picture painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in the possession of Samuel Boddington, Esq.

10. Fac Simile of Johnson's Hand-writing.

11. Fac Similes of Autographs-Shenstone, Sacheverell, Dr. Adams, Blackstone, George Whitfield, Guthrie, Colson, R. and J. Dodsley, Colley Cibber, D. Mallet, and Peter Garrick.

12. Portrait of Henry Thrale, Esq. Now first engraved from a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

13. View of Mr. Thrale's House, Streatham. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

14. Portrait of Johnson. From a Painting by Barry, finished only as far as the shoulders, and copied into one of the large pictures now in the Room of the Society of Arts in the Adelphi.

15. View of the Residence of George Steevens, Esq., Hampstead Heath; and Autograph Letter.

16. View of the Residence of Kitty Clive at Twickenham; and Autograph Letter.

17. View of the Residence of Mr. Thomas Davies, Russell Street, Covent Garden, where Johnson and Boswell first met; and Autograph Letter.

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18. View of Lichfield Cathedral. From a Drawing taken on the Spot by C. Stanfield, R.A.

19. View of the Grammar School, Lichfield, where Johnson was educated; and of Edial Hall, near Lichfield, the Residence of Johnson in 1736.

20. Fac Simile of a Letter from Gilbert Walmesley, Esq., introducing Johnson and Garrick to the Rev. J. Colson, in 1737.

Portrait of James Boswell, Esq., at full Length. From an original Sketch by the late George Langton, Esq.

22. View of Edinburgh. Drawn by C. Stanfield, R.A.

23. View of Ashbourne, Derbyshire. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

24. View of Pembroke College, Oxford. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

25. Fac Simile of a Letter from Edmund Hector, Esq., of Birmingham, to Mr. Boswell, relating to Miss Seward's Misstatements.

26. Portrait of Flora Macdonald. From a Painting by Allan Ramsay.

27. View of Johnson's House, in Johnson's Court, Fleet Street. From a Drawing by the late J. T. Smith.

28. Whole Length Portrait of Johnson. From the original Painting in the possession of Mr. Archdeacon Cambridge. 29. Portrait of Edward Cave, Projector and Publisher of the Gentleman's Magazine.

30. Whole Length Portrait of General Oglethorpe.

From a

Sketch taken February 1785, by the late Samuel Ireland, while the General was attending the Sale of Dr. Johnson's Library at Christie's great room in Pall Mall.

31. Autograph Letter of Richard Savage.

32. View of St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell; and Fac Simile of a Letter of Edward Cave.

33. Head of Johnson. From a Bust by Nollekens.

34. Remarkable Characters who were with Richardson at Tunbridge Wells in 1748. From a Drawing in his possession, with references in his own hand-writing.

35. View of Dovedale (Reynard's Cave). From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

36. View of Kettel Hall, Oxford; and Autograph Letter of the Rev. Thomas Warton.

37. View of Chester Walls. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield,

R.A.

38. View of the Residence of Francis Wise, at Ellsfield, near Oxford; with Autograph Letter.

39. View of Iona. Drawn by C. Stanfield, R.A.

40. Portrait of Michael Johnson of Lichfield, Father of Samuel From a Drawing in the possession of Mr.

Johnson.
Murray.

41. Portrait of Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq. From an original Painting by Ozias Humphry, R.A.

42. View of St. Andrew's. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

43. View of Loch Lomond. From a Drawing by C. Stanfield, R.A.

44. Portrait of James Boswell, Esq. From a Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

"TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

"London, 7th June, 1785. "MY DEAR SIR,- The debts which I contracted in my father's lifetime will not be cleared off by me for some years. I therefore think it unconscientious to indulge myself in any expensive article of elegant luxury. But in the meantime, you may die, or I may die; and I should regret very much that there should not be at Auchinleck my portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds, with whom I have the felicity of living in social intercourse. "I have a proposal to make to you. I am for certain to be called to the English bar next February. you now do my picture, and the price shall be paid. out of the first fees which I receive as a barrister in Westminster Hall. Or if that fund should fail, it shall be paid at any rate in five years hence, by myself or my representatives.

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"If you are pleased to approve of this proposal, your signifying your concurrence underneath, upon two duplicates, one of which shall be kept by each of us, will be a sufficient voucher of the obligation. I ever am, with very sincere regard, my dear Sir, your faithful and affectionate servant,

"I agree to the above conditions.

"London, 10th Sept., 1785."

"JAMES BOSWELL."

"J. REYNOLDS."

45. Portrait of the Right Hon. Warren Hastings.

From an

original Miniature Painting in the possession of Mr. Upcott,
by Ozias Humphry, R.A.

A very few Copies are printed in 4to, with Proof
Impressions of the Plates.

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

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