THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS, J. NARWOOD, W. ROBINSON,

AND SONS, LIVERPOOL ; E. THOMSON, MANCHESTER ; J. NOBLE, HULL;
J. WILSON, BERWICK ; w. WHYTE AND co. EDINBURGH ; AND R. GRIPFIX
AND CO, GLASGOW,

J. Hadion, Printer, Tabernacle Walk.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

Page

The plan of an English Dictionary

3

Preface to the English Dictionary

31

Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare

68

Preface to Ditto

77

General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays

141

Account of the Harleian Library

171

Essay on the Origin and Importance of Fugitive Pieces

Account of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini

195

View of the Controversy between Crousaz and Warburton 198

Preliminary Discourse to the London Chronicle, 1757 203

Jptroduction to the World Displayed

208

Preface to the Preceptor

235

Preface to Rolt's Dictionary

256

Preface to the Translation of Father Lobo's Voyage 265

Essay on Epitaphs -

270

POLITICAL ESSAYS.

Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756

281

Jytroduction to the Political State of Great Britain 294

VOL. IV.

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CONTENTS.

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus

319

Review of Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr.

Bentley

328

Review of a Journal of Eight Days Journey from Ports-

mouth to Kingston upon Thames, &c.

333

Review of an Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope 349

Reply to a Paper in the Gazatteer

360

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Committee for

cloathing French Prisoners of War

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

VOL. II.