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CHISWICK PRESS: C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,

CHANCERY LANE.

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THE

JOURNAL

OF A TOUR TO THE

HEBRIDE

WITH

S,

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

CONTAINING

Some Poetical Pieces by Dr. JOHNSON, relative to the TOUR,
and never before published;

A Series of his Conversation, Literary Anecdotes, and Opinions

of Men and Books:

WITH AN AUTHENTICK

ACCOUNT OF

The Diftreffes and Efcape of the GRANDSON of KING
JAMES II, in the Year 1746.

THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.

O! while along the stream of time, thy name
Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame,

Say, fhall my little bark attendant fail,

Pursue the triumph and partake the gale? POPE.

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ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR.

"TH HE Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides," was first 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 year.

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