THE ESSAYS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.

SELECTED FROM THE RAMBLER,
1750-1752; THE Adventurer, 1753;
AND THE IDLER, 1758-1760.

With Biographical Introduction and Notes
BY STUART J. REID,

Author of "The Life and Times of Sydney Smith."

LONDON: WALTER SCOTT, LTD.,
PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION

THE RAMBLER.

THE NECESSITY AND DANGER OF LOOKING INTO FUTURITY.

WRITERS NATURALLY SANGUINE. THEIR HOPES LIABLE

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TO DISAPPOINTMENT

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AN ALLEGORY ON CRITICISM

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✓ THE MODERN FORM OF ROMANCES PREFERABLE TO THE

ANCIENT. THE NECESSITY OF CHARACTERS MORALLY

GOOD

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THE FOLLY OF ANGER. THE MISERY OF A PEEVISH OLD AGE

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN AUTHOR'S WRITINGS AND HIS

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CONVERSATION

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THE DANGERS AND MISERIES OF LITERARY EMINENCE

THE ANXIETIES OF LITERATURE NOT LESS THAN THOSE OF

PUBLICK STATIONS. THE INEQUALITY OF AUTHORS'

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