OCTOBER 1.-Dr. Johnson not answerable for all the words in his Dictionary. At- OCTOBER 2.-Old manners of great families in Wales. German courts. Gold- smith's love of talk. Emigration. Curious story of the people of St. OCTOBER 3.-Epictetus on the voyage of death. Sail for Mull. A storm. Driven No redress for a man's name OCTOBER 11.-London and Pekin compared. Dr. Johnson's high opinion of the OCTOBER 12.-Return to Mr. Macsweyn's. Other superstitions beside those con- nected with religion. Dr. Johnson disgusted with coarse manners. His OCTOBER 14.-Arrive in Mull. Addison's "Remarks on Italy." Addison not much conversant with Italian literature. The French masters of the art of accom- modating literature. Their Ana. Racine. Corneille. Moliere. Fenelon. Voltaire. Bossuet. Massillon. Bourdaloue. Virgil's description of the en- OCTOBER 15.-Erse Poetry. Danger of a knowledge of music. The propriety of OCTOBER 17.-Arrive at Inchkenneth. Sir Allan Maclean and his daughters. None but theological books should be read on Sunday. Dr Campbell. Dr. Johnson exhibited as a Highlander. Thoughts on drinking. Dr. Johnson's Latin OCTOBER 18.-Young Col's various good qualities. No extraordinary talents requi- site to success in trade. Dr. Solander. Mr. Burke. Dr. Johnson's intrepidity and presence of mind. Singular custom in the islands of Col and Otaheite. Further eulogium on young Col. Credulity of a Frenchman in foreign coun- OCTOBER 19.-Death of young Col. Dr. Johnson slow of belief without strong evi- OCTOBER 22.-Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. Johnson, and rejected. Loch- OCTOBER 23.-Goldsmith's "Traveller." Pope and Cowley compared. Archibald Duke of Argyle. Arrive at Inverary. Dr. Johnson drinks some whiskey, and assigns his reasons. Letter from the author to Mr. Garrick. Mr. Garrick's OCTOBER 24.-Specimen of "Ogden on Prayer.” "Hervey's Meditations." Dr. Johnson's meditation on a pudding. Country neighbours. The author's visit to the castle of Inverary. Perverse opposition to the influence of peers in OCTOBER 25.-Dr. Johnson presented to the Duke of Argyle. Grandeur of his OCTOBER 26.-A passage in Home's "Douglas," and one in "Juvenal," compared. OCTOBER 29.-Glasgow surveyed. Attention of the professors to Dr. Johnson. OCTOBER 30.-Dinner at the Earl of Loudon's. Character of that nobleman. NOVEMBER 1.-Rules for the distribution of charity. Castle of Dundonald. NOVEMBER 2.-Arrive at Auchinleck. Character of Lord Auchinleck. His idea NOVEMBER 7.-Dr. Johnson's uniform piety. His dislike of Presbyterian worship NOVEMBER 9.-The Duke of Hamilton's house. Arrive at Edinburgh NOVEMBER 11.--History originally oral. Dr. Robertson's liberality of sentiment. SUMMARY ACCOUNT of the manner in which Dr. Johnson spent nis time from |