Papers from the Idler

Originally published in 1921, this volume contains fifteen papers by Samuel Johnson taken from The Idler.

Samuel Johnson (Author)

9781107624726, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 24 January 2013

68 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 0.4 cm, 0.08 kg

Originally published in 1921 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains fifteen papers by Samuel Johnson taken from The Idler, a series of 103 essays largely written by Johnson and published in London weekly The Universal Chronicle between 1758 and 1760. A short editorial introduction is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Johnson.

Note S. C. Roberts
1. Proposal for a female army
2. Scheme for news-writers
3. Whirler's character
4. Corruption of news-writers
5. Disguises of ideleness. Sober's character
6. Journal of a fellow of a college
7. Punch and conversation compared
8. Auction-hunter described and ridiculed
9. The art of advertising exemplified
10. Author's mortifications
11. Minim the critic
12. Dick Shifter's rural excursion
13. Books multiplied by useless compilations
14. Narratives of travellers considered
15. Horrour of the last.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]