Publisher's Synopsis
The Complete Works of James BoswellJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck, was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary, the English writer Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be the greatest biography written in the English language.This collection includes the following:Life Of JohnsonCritical Strictures on the New Tragedy of Elvira, Written by Mr. David Malloch (1763)Boswells Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to CorsicaNo Abolition of SlaveryAnecdotes of the Learned PigBoswellianaThe Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson
