SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

TOGETHER WITH

THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES

BY

JAMES BO SWELL.

EDITED BY THE lATE

ALEXANDER NAPIER, M.A.

TRINITY COllEGE, CAMBRIDGE, VICAR OF HOlKHAM,

Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Theological Works of Harrow.

LONDON:

GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVEXT GARDEX,

AND NEW YORK.

1892.

[Con Of The Title Of The Third Edition.]

THE

JOURNAL

OF A TOUR TO THE

HEBRIDES,

WITH

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

By JAMES BO SWELL, Esq.

CONTAININC

Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. Johnson, relative to the Tour, and never before publilhed;

A Series of his Converfation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions of Men and Books:

WITH AN AUTHENTICK ACCOUNT OF

The Diftrefles and Efcape of the Grandson of King James II. in the Year 1746.

THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.

O! while along the ftream of time, thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,
Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail,
Purfue the triumph and partake the gale? Pope.

LO NDON:

PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN,

FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.

M DCC lXXXVI.

ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

"""PHE Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides," was first -I- published in the autumn of 1785, twelve years after the Tour itself. During these years, the manuscript had been in Boswell's possession, though it was occasionally lent to intimate friends. It is well known, however, that Johnson had seen and read the portions of it, as they were written and submitted to him by Boswell. The Tour at once achieved success: three large editions of it were printed and sold in less than a vear.