It appears that the two major choices in print choices for Boswell's "Life of Johnson" are the Everyman edition, based of the last Malone edition, and the...
... Boswell's ... Malone ... Powell ... much more ... edition, ... Hi, Joe, I agree that the Hill & Powell-based edition is the best...at least it's my...
... Joe, To be clear, the Oxford paperback is not really the Hill-Powell edition, as it doesn't have Hill's extensive footnotes... So the comparison between...
Frank, The index is the issue for me as well. The most recent Everyman's edition has an index, but it's less than half the size the of one in Oxford, and...
Frank: I'm sure there are plenty of busts of Johnson about, but I don't know where, offhand. Maybe not a Toby Jug, but what would be infinitely preferable...
... And Bryan Reid replied ... Hi, I have seen the Doulton tankard on eBay, but at 200 buckazoids or so, it was too much for me. I've not found any busts at...
... mug would be a vastly inferior alternative, in my book... ... Hi all, By coincidence a small Royal Doulton Toby mug is being auctioned on Ebay. It is item...
Hi Mike! I don' know why I ddn't think of it, but of course, Dr Johnson's House in Gough Square, London, which is the headquarters of the London Society, does...
Dear Michael: I don't want to be a wet bracket and please do try Gough Square, but when I was at the Birthplace in Lichfield and was asked about the Nollekens...
... Poor Mike - - everyone now thinks the mantle on his fireplace is barren, when 'twas I who posed the original question. I actually have the 1984 Wedgwood,...
Frank Lynch wrote: > --- In Johnsonian> ... barren, when 'twas I who posed the original question. ... Not sure how it happened, but, yes, Frank is the fellow...
Anyone here seen "The Falklands Factor" (1983) with Donald Pleasence as Samuel Johnson? (Something I just ran across on a page devoted to Pleasance while...
... Thought you would be interested in the winning award for Biography.--- ... Boswell's Presumptuous Task by Adam Sisman is this years Biography choice....
An email I received reminded me - - March 17th is the old style anniversary of Tetty's death, and this year would be the 250th anniversary. (If I recall...
Volume Vlll of Johnsonian Gleanings, page 110 states that Mrs. Johnson died on 17 March 1752 and was buried on 26 March 1752 at Bromley. It also states that...
OK, it's not a bust, but I think you'll enjoy looking at it: http://www.punch.co.uk/shop/bigprod.asp?id=pu01422 also, this one made me laugh... I think I'll...
Amazon lists this collection, edited by O.M. Brack, as for "release in November 2001." The publisher's web site, AMS Press, doesn't suggest it's happened yet....
Just a note to advise that Adam Sisman will appear on C Span this evening: Featured Program A Weekly Look at Selected Book TV Programs ... On Sunday, April 28...
hi...... how r u there? i need your help please, I am an english student taking course about SAMUEL JOHNSON . And i would like to find the answers for some...
I'm a new member of the group! I'm a student and I'm writing a work about the great Dr. Johnson. I'm mainly interested in his "Literary Club" but it's very ...
Johnsonians might want to check out http://www.scholarsbookshelf.com/literature There are plenty of good 18th-c. titles available at big discounts, but Pat...
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First, it doesn't look like Yahoo! will let us sort the member list by order of joining anymore, but it seems as if we've had a half dozen or so join in the...
