lynch_frank writes: Have you ever thought about what Boswell did in writing his LOJ, and considered passages where he seemed to exercise himself the most? One...
Jack Lynch
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Dec 1, 2005 7:00 pm
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Can anyone suggest a good, complete, and affordable edition of Hawkins' bio? Looking at Abebooks.com, I find a lot of a 1961 Macmillan edition, but one of the...
Gay Brack was preparing a modern complete edition, but I don't know whether the project has been completed. Failing that, it's worth waiting for a first or...
Thanks for the advice. For the time being, however, what are the standard, "complete" editions I should be looking out for? I almost purchased the Macmillan,...
Wow. It seems that Abebooks.com, barring one item, which is suspect by virtue of its number of pages, is currently only listing 51 copies, and all of the...
... Those more informed than me know that Abebooks and Amazon have the same abridged fare. Makes me feel better, actually, about passing up a paperback...
I wouldn't bother. Any enthusiast will want and need the whole thing. Would you accept an expurgated version of Boswell's Life of Johnson? Jonathan Clark ... ...
... Nope. I shall wait, and watch, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American Old Roman Catholic Church...
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 15:12:58 -0800 (GMT-08:00), Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon ... Davis described his abridgment as eliminating Hawkins' digressions and extraneous...
Good info. Thanks!, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession) ...
What Davis regarded as 'digressions' and 'extraneous material', others might think of as relevant and important. It's true that 'for many, Davis's abridgement...
... just fine': that is the problem!<<< Then publish us a cheap, affordable edition, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding...
I believe that that is Gay Brack's wish. ________________________________ From: Johnsonian@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon Sent: Fri...
Thursday 8 December 2005, 6pm at Barnard's Inn Hall The Dictionary Garret - anatomy of a room NATASHA McENROE, Curator, Dr Johnson's House The garret at No 17...
Natasha McEnroe
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Dec 3, 2005 11:58 am
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I just obtained a copy at eBay. I look forward to seeing what it has to say..., -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop ...
Does anyone have any information on Dr Johnson's cottage and monument at Denbigh? Natasha McEnroe Curator Dr Johnson's House 17 Gough Square London EC4A 3DE ...
Natasha McEnroe
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Dec 21, 2005 3:14 pm
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The following quotation is in a footnote taken directly from "Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale by A. M. Broadly. ".he was both happy and amused during his stay at...
I can't help with the Denbigh question, but I have another query. On a visit to London in 1984, a friend discovered the "Johnson Summer House" on the edge of...
So, just how significant -- worth obtaining -- is G B Hill's 6-vol Life of Johnson? I understand its main value is in its extensive footnotes..., -- Etc, Fr M...
Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon writes: So, just how significant -- worth obtaining -- is G B Hill's 6-vol Life of Johnson? I understand its main value is in its ...
Jack Lynch
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Jan 1, 2006 3:50 pm
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I can't remember where I read this - - perhaps in Clingham's _New Light on Boswell_? - - that many of the connections which Hill and Powell found between what...
... Having just read Sisman, I can attest that he at least mentioned as much. Maybe it gets deeper treatment elsewhere, as you suggest. Hill-Powell sounds...
I know I've brought the discussion more into Boswell than might otherwise be desired, but it's a simple question I bring: How many "trade editions" have there...
Thanks for this, Ed. My correspondent has offered to send me jpegs of the cottage and the monument, so if anyone would like to see them, do let me know and I...
Natasha McEnroe
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Jan 3, 2006 10:20 am
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I've got 12 on my list - not including Portraits. Don't know which ones you've missed. http://www.jamesboswell.info/Bibliography.php -Thomas ... From:...
I've just done a count in my library and 12 is correct - 13 if I count the 1936 first Yale edition of the Tour of the Hebrides. It has taken me about 40 years...
... Indeed, this was issued as the "eighth" trade edition in 1961, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop North American...
Dear Jack and All, Please help! I have to write an acceptance speech - only a few words but I want to do it nicely - by tomorrow lunchtime. I am having...
Natasha McEnroe
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Jan 11, 2006 8:34 pm
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Natasha, On page 26 of volume 3 of the Life by Hill there is a conversation started by Boswell: "I mentioned a new gaming-club...here the members played to a...
... When I first read this, I was not surprised. When I just tonight went in search of them, good Gawd! The CHEAPEST was $95. What gives? Were the earlier...
