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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1833. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Albemarle Street, August, 1835. NEW BOOKS OF THE SEASON, AND NEW EDITIONS, PUBLISHED BY MR. MURRAY. I. The First Six Volumes of BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON; A NEW EDITION, HAVING FOR ITS GROUNDWORK Mr. Crokers Edition of BoswelTs Johnson, With all his Elucidations and Improvements, calculated to throw light upon obsolete facts and allusions hitherto obscure, to supply omissions, and to render Boswell perfectly intelligible to readers of the present day. Containing also all (BoswelVs Johnson.) the Best Notes of other Editors, &c. With an original whole-length Portrait, and Views illustrative of the actual localities of Dr. Johnson's Life, from Drawings made by C. Stanfield, R. A. Published in Monthly Volumes, Price 5s. each, bound. List of Persons who have contributed Information or Notes to this Variorum Edition. Rt Hon. J.W. Croker, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Stowell, Lord Rokeby, Rev. Dr. Hall, Dr. Harwood, Macleod of Macleod, Bishop of Ferns, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Wellesley, Lord Bexley, Lord Lansdowne, Lord St. Helens, Earl Spencer, Markland, J. H. Anderson, Bishop of Derry, Mrs Thrale, Hawkins, Miss Hawkins, Miss Burney, Hannah More, Miss Reynolds, Nichols, Malone, Langton, Boswell, Jun. Chalmers, Seward, W. Sir Brooke Boothby, Dr. Parr, Cumberland, North cote, Lord Byron, Gi fiord, Murphy, Dr. Burney, Steevens, The Wartons, Southey, Lock hart, Coleridge, Campbell, Mr. Upcott's " A work to which the world refers as a manual of amusement, a repository of wit, wisdom, and morals, and a lively and faithful history of the manners and literature of England, during a period hardly second in brilliancy, and superior in importance, even to the Augustan age of Anne."-- The Right Hon. John Wilson Croeer. Mr. Burke told Sir James Mackintosh, that he thought Dr. Johnson showed ...
