SAMUEL JOHNSON THE CRITICAL HERITAGE Edited by JAMES TBOULTON London and New York
Contents PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE ON THE TEXT INTRODUCTION page xi xii Johnson's Poems 1 JOHNSON seeking a publisher for London, 1738 42 2 WILLIAM MUDFORD on London and The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1802 44 3 JOHNAIKIN on Johnson's poems, 1804 49 Irene (1749) 4 A Criticism on Mahomet and Irene, 1749 52 5 JOHN HIPPISLEY (?), An Essay on Tragedy, 1749 57 77*e Rambler (1750-2) 6 Two early tributes, 1750 63 7 JOHNSON surveys his purpose and achievement, Rambler, 1752 64 8 ARTHUR MURPHY, Essay on f/ie L»/e W Genius ofjohnson, 1792 68 9 GEORGE GLEIG in die Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1797 72 10 MUDFORD on the 'moral utility' of the Rambler, 1802 74 11 ALEXANDER CHALMERS in British Essayists, 1802 81 12 HAZLITT on the Rambler, 1819 86 The Dictionary (1755) 13 JOHNSON'S Plan of a Dictionary, 1747 90 14 Foreign notice of the Plan, 1747 94 15 CHESTERFIELD in the World, 1754 95 16 JOHNSON writes to Thomas Warton, 1755 102 17 JOHNSON'S letter to Chesterfield, 1755 103 18 JOHNSON'S Preface, 1755 105 19 ADAM SMITH, unsigned review, Edinburgh Review, 1755 115 20 HOHNJ TOOKE'S Diversions ofpurley, 1786 117 21 A German view of the Dictionary, 1798 118 22 An American view of the Dictionary, 1807 125 vii XM I
Rasselas (1759) 23 OWEN RUFFHEAD, unsigned review, Monthly Review, 1759 141 24 Unsigned notice, Annual Register, 1759 147 25 MUDFORD on Rasselas, 1802 148 26 MRS BARBAULD, The British Novelists, 1810 149 Edition of The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765) 27 JOHNSON'S Proposals for his edition of Shakespeare, 1756 155 28 From Johnson's Preface to die first edition, 1765 157 29 GEORGE COLMAN, unsigned notice, St. James's Chronicle, 1765 162 30 WILLIAM KENRICK, unsigned review, Monthly Review, 1765 164 31 WILLIAM KENRICK, Review of Johnson's Shakespeare, 1765 181 32 JAMES BARCLAY,Etfamimirtono/Mr. Kenrick's Review, 1766 189 33 VOLTAIRE, 'Art Dramatique', in Questions sur I'Encylopedie, 1770 34 SCHLEGEL, Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature, 1808 35 COLERIDGE onjohnson's Shakespeare, 1811-16 36 HAZLITT, Characters of Shakespear's Plays, 1817 Political Pamphlets (1770-5) 37 Unsigned review of The False Alarm, Critical Review, 1770 204 38 Unsigned review of The False Alarm, Monthly Review, 1770 207 39 VE-RCIVAt STOCK-DALE, The Remonstrance, 1770 209 40 JOHN WILKES, A Letter to Samuel Johnson LL.D., 1770 211 41 JOSEPH TOWERS, A Letter to Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1775 216 42 Anonymous, Tyranny Unmasked, 1775 225 Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) 43 ROBERT FERGUSSON, 'To Dr. Samuel Johnson', 1773 231 44 RALPH GRIFFITHS, unsigned review, Monthly Review, 1775 234 45 Anonymous, Remarks on a Voyage to the Hebrides, 1775 237 46 JAMES MCINTYRE, 'On Samuel Johnson, who wrote against Scodand', 1775 240 47 DONALD MCNicoL, Remarks on Dr. SamuelJohnson's Journey to the Hebrides, 1779 242 Lives of the English Poets (1779-81) 48 EDWARD DILLY to James Boswell, 1777 250 49 Advertisement to die Lives, 1779 252 viii
50 EDMUND CARTWRIGHT, unsigned review, Monthly Review, 1779-82 253 51 Unsigned review, Critical Review, 1779-81 270 52 WILLIAM COWPER'S opinions of the LiVes, 1779-91 273 53 FRANCIS BLACKBURNE, Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton, 1780 278 54 WALPOLE on the Life of Pope, 1781 284 55 WILLIAM FiTZTHOMAS, Dr. Johnsons Strictures on the Lyric Performances of Gray, 1781 285 56 Unsigned review, Annual Register, 1782 293 57 ROBERT POTTER, Inquiry, 1783 295 58 SIR JOHN HAWKINS, Life ofsamuel Johnson LL.D., 1787 303 59 ROBERT POTTER, The Art of Criticism, 1789 306 60 ANNA SE WARD'S opinions of the LiVes, 1789-97 311 61 DEQUINCEY, 'Postscript respecting Johnson's Life of Milton', 1859 313 Johnson's Prose Style 62 ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, Lexiphanes, 1767 317 63 JOHNSON defends his style, 1777 323 64 WALPOLE, 'General Criticism of Dr. Johnson's Writings', c. 1779 324 65 ROBERT BURRO WES, on'the Stile ofdoctor Samuel Johnson', 1786 326 66 ANNA SEWARD on Johnson's prose style, 1795 343 67 NATHAN DRAKE on the influence of Johnson's style, 1809 344 68 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH, private journal, 1811 349 69 COLERIDGE'S opinions on Johnson's style, 1818-33 355 Biographical and General 70 CHARLES CHURCHILL, 'Pomposo' in The Ghost, 1762 357 71 JOHN WILKES, North Briton, 1762.360 72 BLAKE, 'An Island in the Moon', c. 1784 363 73 JOHN COURTENAY, A Poetical Review, 1786 364 74 JOSEPH TOWERS, An Essay, 1786 371 75 BOSWELL, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D., 1791 383 76 ANNA SEWARD's general estimate of Johnson, 1796 412 77 GEORGE MASON, Epitaph on Johnson, 1796 415 78 RICHARD CUMBERLAND, Memoirs, I8O7 416 79 SCOTT, Lives of the Novelists, 1821-4 420 ix
80 MACAULAY, review of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life, Edinburgh Review, 1831 423 81 CARLYLE, review of Croker's edition of Boswell's Life, Fraser s Magazine, 1832 432 BIBLIOGRAPHY 449 SELECT INDEX 451