Clicking http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&scoring=d&q=%22samuel+johnson%22&btnG=Search+News (It's not -always- about The Secret Life of Us!) ...is usually a...
Greetings, Friends: I was referred to this list by my good friend and esteemed comrade, Bryan (ReidJSA - A bump of a pint of Duck's Nuts to you, mate, I miss...
From the list's Yahoo.com front-end, I see June has produced a grand total of 2 (two) posts. Is this list composed primarily of students? Or are there others...
Hello, Rev. Logsdon -- I suspect the summer has put a dent into much discussion on the list. At least here in Seattle, the fine weather only lasts for so long!...
Hi Mike, There are many professionals including professorial types who are involved in this discussion group. Members are from all over the world. Italy,...
In reading "The Worldly Philosophers" by Robert L. Heilbroner, I came across a conversation dealing with SJ and Adam Smith, who was a member of the Club. "Sir...
Just an FYI... This morning I was reading DuBois' "The Souls of Black Folk," and as on many occasions DuBois argued for the need to provide an education for...
Frank, I've been interested in Johnson's opinions on education in great part because of his views on "female" education, which I found advanced for the times...
Frank Lynch writes: This morning I was reading DuBois' "The Souls of Black Folk," and ... DuBois chose at one point (in a chapter called "Of The Training of...
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In reading Washington Irving's Oliver Goldsmith I came across an error in attribution. "Thirty pounds a year," said a poor Irish painter, who understood the ...
I'm sorry if a password is necessary. If so, try your public library identification number. If that doesn't work I'll try to send the entire article through by...
Two questions. I've just acquired a set of Fleeman's Bibliography of the Works of Samuel Johnson that I bought without dust jackets. I'm not so sure the set...
I shall be away at a conference until 15 August. If your query is urgent, please contact the General Office. Otherwise, I'll try to deal with it when I return....
I shall be away at a conference until 15 August. If your query is urgent, please contact the General Office. Otherwise, I'll try to deal with it when I return....
I've driven past Michael Johnson's cottage at Cubley a number of times this week and I noticed there's a "To Let" sign outside. I have the agent's website if...
I shall be away at a conference until 15 August. If your query is urgent, please contact the General Office. Otherwise, I'll try to deal with it when I return....
A new member here! I'm just beginning to read Boswell's "Life". I'd wanted to read it for a while, but did not wish to settle for a paperback copy. I finally...
I've created a group photo album of Johnson portraits for those who are interested. Feel free to add your own that I've missed. I'm particularly interested in...
A while back I saw an abridged edition, in hardcover, of Boswell's Life and Hebrides, I believe. It was very nicely illustrated with some detailed line...
... Ron, Welcome to the group! Boswell is very popular, and has been edited/abridged many times. Can you tell us more about the book? I gather it was one...
If you're in New York, I saw a handful with their dust jackets (!) at the Strand, B'way & 12th Street. I remember Johnson on Shakespeare, one of the three...
... Ron, You can get some great reproductions through Britain's National Portrait Gallery. I came home last year with a large-ish print with the plaid chair....
From the New York Times: Mary Viscountess Eccles, a bibliophile who built up what is widely considered the world's finest collection of rare books and...
A great loss, indeed!! A picture suddenly formed in my mind's eye, however, of Her Ladyship in the Great Beyond, folding her legs and having her talk out with...
