Life of Johnson, Volume 6 - Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc. by James Boswell
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WOOD, Robert, _The Ruins of Palmyra_, London, 1753; _The Ruins of
Balbec_, London, 1757. WOOLL, John, D.D., _Biographical Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Warton_, 1 vol. (vol. ii. never published), London, 1806. WORDSWORTH, William, _Works_, 6 vols., London, 1857. WRAXALL, Sir Nathaniel William, Bart., _Historical Memoirs of My Own Time_, 2 vols., London, 1815; also edited by H.B. Wheatley, 5 vols., London, 1884. YOUNG, Arthur, _Six Months' Tour through the North of England_, 4 vols., London, 1770-1. ADDENDA Last summer Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson sold some very interesting autograph letters written by Johnson to William Strahan, the printer. I was fortunate enough to find that the purchasers, with but one exception, were mindful of what Boswell so well describes as 'the general courtesy of literature[1],' and were ready to place their treasures at my service. To one of them, Mr. Frederick Barker, of 43, Rowan Road, Brook Green, I am still more indebted, for he entrusted me not only with the original letters which he had just bought, but also with some others that he had previously possessed. His Johnsonian collection is one of |
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