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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three-year-old Johnson was accompanied by... Read Full Overview

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 - 19 May 1795), 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... Read Full Overview

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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. is a travelogue by James Boswell, first published in 1785. This work documents the journey that Boswell and the renowned writer Samuel Johnson took to the Hebrides, a group of islands off the coast... Read Full Overview

Title: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ... The fourth edition, revised and corrected. [With a portrait.]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson is a travelogue written by James Boswell chronicling his journey with the famous writer Samuel Johnson through the Scottish Hebrides islands in 1773. The book is a detailed account of their travels, conversations, and... Read Full Overview