TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PAGE Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. . . I Annals: An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, from his Birth ‘“ to his Eleventh Year, written by himself . . . . . . 125 ‘ Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the Last Twenty Years of his Life, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi . . . . . 141 V An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by Arthur " Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 3

VOLUME II

Apophthegms, &c., from Hawkins’s Edition of Johnson’s Works . . I Extracts from James Boswell’s Letters to Edmond Malone . . . 21

Anecdotes from the Rev. Dr. Thomas Campbell’s Diary of a Visit to England in 1775 . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Anecdotes from Pennington’s Memoirs of Mrs. Carter . . . . 58 Anecdotes from Joseph Cradock’s Memoirs . . . . . . 61 Anecdotes from Richard Cumberland’s Memoirs . . . . . 72 Extracts from Sir John Hawkins’s Life of Johnson . . . . 79 'Anecdotes from Miss Hawkins’s Memoirs . . . . . . 139 Narrative by John Hoole of Johnson’s end . . . . . . 145 Anecdotes from the Life of Johnson published by Kearsley . . . 161 Anecdotes by Lady Knight . . . . . . . . . 171 Anecdotes from Hannah More’s Memoirs . . . . . . I77 Anecdotes by Bishop Percy . . . . . . . . . 208 ‘ Sir Joshua Reynolds on Johnson’s Character . . . . . 219 E Sir Joshua Reynolds on Johnson’s Influence . . . . . . 229