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...
Thanks so much Ed - you have saved my bacon! I am writing the "few words" now and heading off in 30 mins for the lunch. My fault for not looking it up earlier!...
Natasha McEnroe
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Jan 12, 2006 11:31 am
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First of all, I do think the later volumes were published in smaller numbers than the early ones. It would make sense, as a lot of it are of primarily academic...
I think there are also issues associated with economies of scale. In a series like this there's naturally attrition (I think a case of the clap will only...
Does this still exist? I subscribed in the early 90s, only to find that it was being issued sporadically, so stopped..., -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special...
The Johnsonian News Letter is published twice a year by Vassar College. Subscription is $12.00 per year. If interested in becoming a subscriber write to The...
In brief, can anyone tell me if this 23 pp item contains any info I haven't already come across via other, more standard, sources? Ie, does it contain...
My searches indicate that only 2 of the 4 volumes of the Yale Original Manuscript of the LOJ have been produced. Can someone confirm this? Thanks in advance, ...
I've never seen a third volume. Have you tried the publisher for confirmation? (Yale...) Frank On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 23:44:57 -0800, Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon...
... confirmation? (Yale...)<<< On the website, they only offer vol 2, which tells me vol 1 is out-of-print..., -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant...
At eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Artifact-1784-Letter-Written-by-Samuel-Johnson-222-yrs_W0QQitemZ7388599101QQcategoryZ356QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I'm puzzled by the...
... I'm pretty sure the whole thing is a fake. Firstly it just happens that the Redmond volumes on Johnson's letters say that this letter is in the Hyde...
Tony Terlecki
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Feb 7, 2006 5:22 pm
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May I forward your comments (the merely descriptive part, as to why you doubt the authenticity) to the seller?, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant...
... Certainly, although I made one factual error. It is actually the published collection of letters edited by Bruce Redford (and not Redmond as I mistakenly...
Tony Terlecki
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Feb 7, 2006 5:35 pm
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It's also addressed to "Samuel Johnson's House" which I imagine it wouldn't have been during his stay! And at the bottom the direction is to Mrs Rowell, who...
Natasha McEnroe
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Feb 7, 2006 5:38 pm
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Here is the text of what I just sent to the seller: "FYI: I forwarded your ad to the Johnsonian discussion group at Yahoogroups, and the following concerns...
The seller replied thanking me for the info, and will attempt to have it authenticated "locally." Here is my reply: "At least it is certain the envelope dates...
... I've sent an email to the acting curator of the Hyde collection to see if they are still in posession of the letter. I have a good nose for ebay scams and...
Tony Terlecki
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Feb 7, 2006 9:22 pm
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The seller compared the handwriting, and is convinced what he has is definitely fake. He is thankful for all our input, thereby saving him embarrassment, etc....
For the time being, the seller has brought the ad down. He's a responsible soul, I can tell, -- Etc, Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon Special Assistant to the Presiding...
