218 Miss Monckton, afterward "the old Lady Cork." 219 The "Mundungus" of Sterne's "Sentimental Journey.'

220 Certainly Boswell himself.

221 Boswell wrote in his 1st edition. "Will no doubt startle," instead of "be surprised” — a Scotticism.

232 Some years later Wilkes invited Johnson to dine with him, but the latter was engaged.

223 Baretti states the reason was they did not pay him.

224 Foote died within the year; so it was a profitable bargain for Colman.

225 Of Lord Charlemont's family.

226 Not at Drury Lane, but at Covent Garden Theatre.

227 The under Secretary of State.

228 This letter was addressed not to Dilly, but to Mr Sharp.

229 Langton.

230 The line should run

235 The lady and gentleman were Mr and Miss Hervey.

236 Not Tadnor, but Tadmor.

237 In the year 1757, when two Highland Battalions were raised for the American War, as Dr B. Hill points out.

238 The book was "Dirleton's Doubts and Questions upon the Law, especially of Scotland."

239 Originally Boswell put it, "Nimium ne crede colori."

240 In Smith's Life of Nollekens, will be found much about Welch.

241 The editions of the "Imitation," it has been shown by a Belgian abbé, are about double the number mentioned by Johnson.

242 A Club meeting, at which were (vide Club-book) Burke, Sheridan Gibbon, Fordyce, Reynolds, Lord Alfred Ossory, &c. It is thought that Burke objected to the publication of the report. He is denoted by

an E.

243 A large sitting dog like a Newfoundland, with his mouth open. Casts are often seen in halls. 244 Boswell seems to be unaware that the "Italian writer" was Dante.

245 Dr Barnard, Dean of Derry.

246 Another veiled allusion to Boswell's father. 247 Mrs Thrale.

248 The passage "A friend suggests," &c. (perhaps Malone), is worth noting, as being one of the half dozen, at most, which Boswell added to the third edition. "The celebrated gentleman," was W. Gerard Hamilton.

249 The Benefit was obtained for him by Johnson. 250 As Boswell first put it: "There was an old fellow at Ballinacrazy."

251 From "As you like it," Act III.

252 The full correspondence with Hawkins is given in the Garrick Letters.

253 Dr Kearney, F.T.C.D. has suggested a passage of Eupolis's "The Tragedian :" "Though a talker, he was yet no speaker.'

288 Langton.

289 Mauritius Lowe.

290 Humorously sketched in "The Rolliad." 291 Boswell also attended him to execution.

292 A Lieutenant-Colonel, whose case is given by Dr Darwin in his "Zoonomia." It is also made the subject of one of De Quincey's Essays. It was certainly not Mr Fitzherbert, as Mr Croker thought, who did not shoot, but hanged himself.

293 The story of the crumpets in "Pickwick" is founded on this incident.

294 Supposed to be Mrs Fitzherbert.

295 From Diogenes Laertius.

296 We have several names to choose from: Foote, Selwyn, or Walpole, as some have said. But it is obscure.

The physician named in the last paragraph was perhaps Dr James or Dr Fordyce.

298 The Chevalier Taylor, a well-known oculist.

Spiteful again!" notes Mrs Thrale, "he went by direction of his physicians."

324 The Bishop of St Asaph, Mr Croker suggests. 325 The executors were Cator, Crutchly, Smith, and Dr Johnson.

326 Who later committed suicide.

827 These lines are given to Pope and to Dr Young. 328 Chief-Justice Willes.

329 Burke.

330 It brought some £5000.

331 Lady Crewe however states that the nickname arose from the blue stockings of Madam de Polignac, who attended Mrs Montagu's parties.

332 She survived till 1840, and was ninety when she died.

333 Probably the Duchess of Gordon. 334"Single-speech Hamilton."

333 Described by Byron, his ward, as paralytic.'

336 Dr Barnard.

puling and

837 It is given in my edition of Boswell's Life (1888).

338 A further account of Palmer will be found in Richardson's recollections.

338* An allusion to Mrs Boswell, who had died June 4, 1789.

339 Built by the Adams, and destroyed by fire in 1843339* It should be March 20.

840 Referring to the Rowley forgeries.

341 The old judge had resigned office some time

before. His brother, Dr Boswell, had died in 1780.

342 The suggestion here is that Johnson had been turned off, or dismissed capriciously by Mrs Thrale; the fact being that she was giving up Streatham and going abroad. Johnson remained with her for many months after.

343 Since burnt down.

344 Probably the "old Mr Sheridan."

345 In the first edition, "qualified," not "qualitied." 346"Late" in the sense of "retired," or of having been lately on the bench.

247 Wedderburne, Lord Loughborough.

348 The Hypochondriac," in the "London Magazine."

349 In the "De honestâ amore," "Id commune malum semel insanivimus omnes.'

The other line, "Quos Deus vult perdere," is in some fragment of Euripides, where it is given as the translation of a Greek Iambic;

Ον Θεὸς θέλει ἀπολέσαι, πρῶτ ἀποφρενοῖ.

350 Letters, partly imaginary, partly founded on fact, written on the Ray-Hackman case by Sir H. Croft.

351 Southey describes it as having a sliding door, instead of one with a hinge.

352 Written by the Earl of Egmont. 353 Later Archbishop of Armagh.

354 Windham mentions in his Diary that the expedition took place on Oct. 23, and proved a disappoint

360 Langton, nearly always described as "worthy." 361 Mr Burke, who had just been appointed to the Pay Office.

362 This note led Dr Parr to vindicate his assertion. His statement will be found in the "Gentleman's Magazine," of March 1795. Just before his own death Boswell was preparing a rejoinder.

363 On account of the "odd" and "mean" persons who were to be met there. He was also not on terms with Barry.

364 Sam Greaves, hence it was sometimes called "Sam's Club."

365 A solitary exception, as Dr B. Hill points out, to Johnson's habit of styling himself "Mr Johnson." 366 Dr Ross.

367 Certainly Boswell himself.

868 These lines are from Johnson's pathetic verses

on his friend Levett.

369 George Steevens.

370 Mr Windham.

371 He had nearer two thousand pounds.

372 The remark is not Squire Richard's, as Dr B. Hill shows, but his sister Jenny's.

373 The blanks are to be filled by Bentley and Nash. 874 The Rev. M. Bate Dudley, one of the boxing or "bruising" parsons of the day.

875 These lines are found in a play by Brooke, "The Earl of Warwick."

$76 It was written altogether by Mason.

377 Cumberland perhaps; the original of Sir Fretful Plaigically. But there are so many writers to whom

this applies, that no one has yet made a reasonable guess at the name.

378 Dr Campbell, as Dr B. Hill has shown, who, though an Irishman, wrote "Travels in Ireland” in the character of an Englishman. Martin Sherlock has also been named.

379 In these "Cross-readings" the eye was supposed to travel on into the next column, often with grotesque result. Thus: "Last night the Ministers brought in a Bill for, etc., but the alarm being given, the villains ran off." The "attitudinising" gentleman in the next paragraph but one, was, according to Mr Croker, Sir R. Musgrave, an Irish baronet.

380 Dr Beattie, as the number of stars show. 381 It may be that, after all, this is one of Defoe's fictions.

38 The Lever Museum was eventually secured for the nation. Lord Orford's pictures were purchased for £40,000 by the Empress of Russia.

383 Originally "a gentleman." "Mr second edition became "Mr

" in the which shows

Malone or Those who

that Burke's cherished son was intended. Boswell took away the stars in the third. study Boswell's curious character will find thes changes worth noting.

334 She published only two of the four letters. Mr Hayward in his Memoir for the first time gave the whole correspondence. They will also be found in my edition of the "Life."

385 Mr Malone.

386 Miss Hannah More.

387 In her marginal note Mrs Thrale says it took place at the house of Mr Fitzmaurice, son of Lord Shelburne, "and the hero Pottinger."

388 Toin" Thrale. Mrs Thrale insists that "there were no larks."

339 It seems that Thurlow, from the long delay, had either forgotten the business or fancied that he would meet with a refusal, as he said he was "an untoward suitor." The strangest part is Johnson's being really not in want of the money, he having nearly £2000, and Langton, to whom he had lent, had offered to repay him.

390 It has been suggested that it should read "removes"; but "recovers" has a sort of Johnsonian force.

391 Lunardi, who ascended on the 15th of the

month.

392 For "consolation," Malone suggests "mortifica tion," but Johnson was writing ironically.

393 Alluding to this office of King's Painter, the salary of which was reduced to a pittance of £50 by "Burke's Bill."

39 But Hawkins says distinctly "a relation by marriage."

395 Dr Burney, however, describes Johnson as carelessly throwing about other persons" books, injuring their backs, etc.

396 There is a statue in Uttoxeter on the very spot, with a bas-relief representing the scene.

397 Boswell was probably thinking of “sed victa (causa) Catoni."

There

398 There is clearly much more behind. must have been a quarrel, or Boswell had taken serious offence, or was "sulking." It accounts for his absence from the death-bed, and for his exclusion from the will.

399 Boswell, it will be noted, speaks cautiously, “I believe without foundation." It may have been that the sage really had designs on the rich and fair

widow.

407

Boswell, according to Baretti, received £100 for "The Tour."

408 He was at Wilton in April 1775.

409 He had been a pupil of Adam Smith's at Glasgow.

410 The lines seem to have the opposite meaning to the one Boswell has put upon them.

411 Now "The White Horse," and well restored. It is an interesting specimen of the old hostelry. 412 Hume's House, let to Boswell.

413 The case of Malcolm Macgrigor, alias Grant. The murder was in 1747. On appeal, the finding was set aside.

414 This last paragraph was added by Malone, on his own responsibility, Boswell being away.

was seeing the book through the Press.

Malone

415 It is doubtful, as Dr B. Hill has shown, whether Johnson and Whitfield were at college together. 416 Burke, most probably.

417 Captain Goodere, of the "Ruby," in which vessel the murder was committed.

418 Euphan Macullan-her doctrine related to the efficacy of prayer.

419 One of the finest buildings in Edinburgh, the work of Robert Adam.

420 St Giles is now restored to its original condition, and handsomely decorated.

421 The University. Adam built the front, and his designs have been since partially carried out.

422 An old lady, who talks broad Scotch with a paralytic voice."-Johnson to Mrs Thrale.

423 By the Baron D'Holbach.

424 The judgment in Hinton v. Donaldson, July 27, 1773, published by Boswell.

425 Ritter, Boswell's servant, afterwards became an inn-keeper at Paisley.

426 Boswell had first printed: "I was pleased, curiously pleased."

427 Boswell first wrote: "There are not a great many, to be sure," and "a wonderful large lobster claw." In the third edition he omitted the lobster claw.

428 Boswell had many Scotticisms in this book, such as here, "I remonstrated to him."

49 A Macaroni-an exquisite of an absurd kind. 430 Another reference to Magrigor's case. The son of the murdered man attacked the discharged prisoner as he left Court.

431 Langton. See "Life," ante, under May 7, 1773. 432 Strahan. This passage gave him offence. 433 Graham, an Eton master, who was fond of the stage and of running up to enjoy London life.

434 A "certain king" was Frederick the Great. 435" Lowther the miser," who left over a million.

436 In the long series of grotesque caricatures issued of Boswell and his Tour, a ludicrous picture is given of this scene.

57 The name of the piece which Johnson did not recall was 66 Contemplation: a Poem."

438 Mr Croker thought it was Martinelli, but Malone, in his "Memoranda," says it was Baretti. 439 Originally the passage was "Like the hero in 'Love in a Hollow Tree.""

440 An allusion, perhaps, to the murder trial before discussed.

441 In the comedy of "The Orators." 442 Farquhar's brilliant comedy.

443 Mr Carruthers says that M'Queen, who lived to be ninety, often described the "olla Sassenach," ¿.e. "the jolly Englishman."

444 Between the Royal Troops and some Scots, under the command of Lord Seaforth.

445 Here in his first edition Boswell had introduced some offensive remarks on Sir A. Macdonald, his friend, reflecting on his stinginess and "nearness." He quoted a speech of Sir J. Blackett, who, when asked if his host's punch-bowl was not a handsome one, answered, "Yes, if it were full." In another paragraph he made Johnson say that their host "was totally unfit for his situation." These personalities were cancelled, it is believed, on compulsion. Baretti says Sir Alexander threatened to kick the writer, and Peter Pindar says much the same. Boswell denies this. Mr Croker found that two whole pages, no doubt containing more libellous matter, had been cancelled after the book had been printed.

446 He generally wore black velvet.

447 They emigrated in the year after this visit. On the voyage they were attacked by a privateer, and Flora, with great intrepidity, exhorted the crew to defend themselves. In the contest she was thrown down and her arm broken. She died in her own land in 1790.

448 It is now well established on Dr King's and other evidence, that the Prince paid these secret visits to London.

449 Boswell originally wrote "Durk."
450 Not "person," as some editions have it.
451 "Lowne" is a half-grown lad.

452 Boswell first wrote "Valerius Maximus." 453 It should be "Phylarchus," the head of a tribe, as was pointed out by Macaulay in his controversy with Mr Croker.

454 He left his books and mathematical instruments away from him, to Oxford University.

455 Not "the very tavern," which was destroyed in the Great Fire.

Vachell, William. One of the signers of the Round Robin, a member of the Club, and of note because nothing whatever is known of him-a complete nullité. He was probably a well-to-do squire in the country, like Metcalfe, and we find one of his name presenting an address to the King when he was touring it. Vallancey, Col., R.E., b. 1721, d. 1812. An English official in Dublin, who acquired taste for, and knowledge of, Irish antiquities. His theories as to the round towers and other objects, however, are fantastic. He wrote "Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis."

Vesey, Rt. Hon. Agmondesham, d. 1784. Was a member of the Literary Club. He was of an Irish family, but better known by the fame of his wife.

Villette, Mr, the Ordinary of Newgate. Boswell was drawn to this gentleman just as he was to Akerman, on account of their furnishing facilities for gratifying his morbid tastes for executions. Villette "attended" Dr Dodd, and many of the most notorious criminals. He was not, however, above turning his experiences to profit, publishing in 1776 "Annals of Newgate; or, The Malefactors' Register." He also wrote "The Genuine Account of a Believer, and Dying Words of William Dodd, LL.D."

Voltaire, b. 1694, d. 1778. His real name was Francis Arouet. He was poet, dramatist, philosopher, historian, satirist, pamphleteer, etc. His works fill some seventy volumes. Hel ived in England for some time, and was at Berlin in the service of the great Frederick.

He

Wakefield, Gilbert b. 1756, d. 1801. A learned writer, who wrote chiefly on "Scriptural and Biblical Topics," "The Nature of Baptism," and Essay on Imperialism." He also wrote against Tom Paine and his doctrines. His "Memoirs appeared in 1792, and his correspondence with C. Fox, chiefly on classical subjects, in 1813. was well known to political as well as literary men. Walmesley, Gilbert, D.D., d. August 3, 1751, aged seventy-one. Of this early friend of Johnson at Lichfield little is known, yet he gives him a character that is almost extravagantly high, speaking of him with the tenderest affection. He was Registrar in the Ecclesiastical Court at Lichfield. "I am not able to name," he says, a man of equal knowledge." He adds that there was hardly a day passed when he did not obtain some advantage from his "amplitude of knowledge;" what he did not know he knew where to obtain. His father was M.P. for Lichfield, and the family was an old one in Lancashire, where they are still. The impression left by Johnson's account, given in his life of Smith, is that of an extremely amiable and good-natured man.

Walmesley. He was son of the Chancellor of the Diocese. Walker, John, b. 1732, d. 1807. The "celebrated Elocutionist." He wrote many works on the language-a "Pronouncing Dictionary," which used to be an authority; a rhyming one, "The Melody of Speaking Delineated"; and the wellknown "Speaker," a favourite at schools in the forties. Wartons, The. Two brothers, Joseph and Thomas, both poets. Joseph, D.D., b. 1722, d. 1800, was Headmaster of Winchester, critic of Pope, and editor of his works. Thomas was b. 1728, d. 1790. He was Professor of Poetry at Oxford; Laureate in 1788; wrote "History of English Poetry."

Wesley, John, founder of the Methodists, b. 1703, d. 1791. This, and the Duke of Wellington's family, the Wellesleys,

were of the same stock.

Wilkes, John, M.P., b. 1727, d. 1797. All readers are familiar with the story of his contests with the House of Commons, his duels, licentious writings, and his final curious change into an ordinary citizen, when he became Lord Mayor and alderman, and protested "he had never been a Wilkesite." He had elegant tastes, scholarship, and much wit. Williams, Mrs. This celebrated person in the Boswellian work was blind before she came to know Johnson. She was left a small annuity by a Miss Williams, but it is doubtful whether she benefited by it, owing to some mistake in the will. Lady Philips and other Welsh ladies also made ber an allowance, making in all about £30 a year. She could find books, and search for things without aid.

Woffington, Margaret, b. 1718, d. 1760. An actress highly popular, not merely with her own generation but with posterity. She is familiarly styled "Peg" Woffington. She was a lively, social Irishwoman, and her adventures have figured in novels, and on the stage. This pleasant, clever being was intimate with Garrick. She was noted for a power of coarse repartee, but was good-hearted as fond. She abjured the Roman Catholic faith to obtain a bequest from M'Swinney, her countryman. The almhouses at Teddington, where she died, are of her foundation. Woodhouse, P., d. 1770. "The poetical shoemaker." There were a number of such prodigies. Hannah More had her poetical milkwoman, Anne Yearsley, who harassed her to death; and there was the Musical Small Coal-Man. Wraxall, Sir M. W., b. 1751, d. 1831. He was traveller, historian, and gossip. In his "Historical Memorials of My Own Time" are set down every scandalous tale that be picked up, particularly abroad." He was prosecuted for a libel on Count Woronzow. He was well known at foreign

courts.