James Boswell - THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON - All 6 Volumes in One Edition

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 .

Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against certain Persons who pirated those Papers as they came out singly in a Newspaper called the Universal Chronicle or Weekly Gazette. intern. evid .

For Mrs. Charlotte Lennox’s English Version of Brumoy,—‘A Dissertation 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 Blackfriars

Bridge. acknowl .

1760. 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 Marquis of

Abreu, then Envoy-Extraordinary from Spain at the Court of

Great-Britain. intern. evid .

Review in the Gentleman’s Magazine of Mr. 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 Rolfs Dictionary of Trade and Commerce. acknowl .

Corrections and Improvements for Mr. Gwyn the Architect’s Pamphlet, intitled ‘Thoughts on the Coronation of George III.’ acknowl .

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

Concluding Paragraph of that Work. intern. evid .

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 Reverend Mr. Bennet. acknowl .

The Life of Ascham, also prefixed to that edition. acknowl .

Review of Telemachus, a Masque, by the Reverend 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 Newspapers and Gentleman’s Magazine. acknowl .

1764.

Review of Goldsmith’s Traveller, a Poem, in the Critical Review. acknowl .

1765.

The Plays of William Shakspeare, in eight volumes, 8vo. with Notes. acknowl .

1766.

The Fountains, a Fairy Tale, in Mrs. Williams’s Miscellanies. acknowl .

1767.

Dedication to the King of Mr. Adams’s Treatise on the Globes. acknowl .

1769.

Character of the Reverend Mr. Zachariah Mudge, in the London Chronicle. acknowl .

1770.

The False Alarm. 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 .

1774.

The Patriot. acknowl .

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

Session 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 reprehension from the Pulpit; dictated to me. acknowl .

Proposals for publishing an Analysis of the Scotch Celtick Language, by the Reverend William Shaw. acknowl .

1777.

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

Rochester. acknowl .

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 .

1780.

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 Lives of the

English Poets[83]. 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 Distinction between TORY and WHIG; dictated to me. acknowl .

On Vicarious Punishments, 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 Clark, 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 Rev. Mr. Strahan, enjoining him to publish them, acknowl .

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