AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY STEVENSON, IN A COPY OF HIS "INLAND VOYAGE" 109
TITLE OF A UNIQUE COPY OF STEVENSON'S "CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES" 110
INSCRIPTION TO CHARLES DICKENS, JUNIOR, FROM CHARLES DICKENS 116
ILLUSTRATION, "THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS," BY JOHN LEECH FOR DICKENS'S "CHRISTMAS CAROL" 116 From the original water-color drawing
AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION TO DICKENS'S "THE VILLAGE COQUETTES" 118
TITLE OF MEREDITH'S "MODERN LOVE," WITH AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION TO SWINBURNE 121
INSCRIPTION BY DR. JOHNSON IN A COPY OF "RASSELAS" 125
INSCRIPTION BY WOODROW WILSON, IN A COPY OF HIS "CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES" 126
MS. DEDICATION OF LAMB'S WORKS TO MISS KELLY 137
AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF LAMB TO MISS KELLY 139
JAMES BOSWELL OF AUCHINLECK, ESQR. 146 Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by John Jones
SAMUEL JOHNSON IN A TIE-WIG 150 Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Zobel
INSCRIPTION TO REV. WILLIAM J. TEMPLE, FROM JAMES BOSWELL 159
TITLE OF MASON'S "ELFRIDA." First Edition 163
MS. OF BOSWELL'S AGREEMENT WITH MR. DILLY, RECITING THE TERMS AGREED ON FOR THE PUBLICATION OF "CORSICA" 167
MS. INDORSEMENT BY BOSWELL ON THE FIRST PAPER DRAWN BY HIM AS AN ADVOCATE 168
DR. JOHNSON IN TRAVELING DRESS, AS DESCRIBED IN BOSWELL'S "TOUR" 174 Engraved by Trotter
INSCRIPTION TO JAMES BOSWELL, JUNIOR, FROM JAMES BOSWELL 176
SAMUEL JOHNSON 184 Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Heath
INSCRIPTION TO EDMUND BURKE, BY JAMES BOSWELL 185
MRS. PIOZZI 186 Engraved by Ridley from a miniature
EXTRACT FROM MS. LETTER OF MRS. THRALE 191
TITLE OF MISS BURNEY'S "EVELINA." First Edition 199
SAMUEL JOHNSON. THE "STREATHAM PORTRAIT" 204 Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Engraved by Doughty
TITLE OF "THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA" ("RASSELAS"). First Edition 207
MS. OF THE LAST PAGE OF MRS. THRALE'S "JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN WALES" 219
WILLIAM GODWIN, THE RIDICULOUS PHILOSOPHER 227
CHARLES LAMB'S PLAY-BILL OF GODWIN'S "ANTONIO" 236
ANTHONY TROLLOPE 250 From a photograph by Elliot and Fry
FIRST PAGE OF DR. JOHNSON'S PETITION TO THE KING ON BEHALF OF DR. DODD 306
MR. ALLEN'S COPY OF THE LAST LETTER DR. DODD SENT DR. JOHNSON 312
CARICATURE OF OSCAR WILDE 319 From an original drawing by Aubrey Beardsley
"OUR OSCAR" AS HE WAS WHEN WE LOANED HIM TO AMERICA 326 From a contemporary English caricature