September 21. Description of Dunvegan. Lord Lovat's Pyramid. Swift's Lord Orrery. Defects as well as virtues the proper September 23. Further disquisition concerning Fingal. Eminent men disconcerted by a new mode of publick appearance. Garrick. Mrs. Montague's Essay on Shakspeare. Persons of consequence watched in London. Learning of the Scots from 1550 to 1650. The arts of civil life little known in Scotland till the Union. Life of a sailor. The folly of Peter the Great in working in a dock-yard. Arrive at Talisker. Presbyterian September 24. French hunting. Young Col. Dr. Birch, Dr. Percy. September 25. Every island a prison. A Sky cottage. Return to Corrichatachin. Good fellowship carried to excess. September 26. Morning review of last night's intemperance. Old September 27. Dr. Johnson's popularity in the Isle of Sky. His September 28. Ancient Irish pride of family. Dr. Johnson on threshing and thatching. Dangerous to increase the price September 30. Mr. Burke the first man every where. Very mod- erate talents requisite to make a figure in the House of Com- mons. Dr. Young. Dr. Doddridge. Increase of infidel writ- ings since the accession of the Hanover family. Gradual im- Dictionary. Attacks on authours useful to them. October 2. Old manners of great families in Wales. courts. Goldsmith's love of talk. story of the people of St. Kilda. Emigration. German October 4. Burnet's History of his own Times. October 6. Heritable jurisdictions. The opinion of philosophers concerning happiness in a cottage, considered. Advice to October 7. Books the best solace in a state of confinement. October 8. Pretended brother of Dr. Johnson. No redress for a man's name being affixed to a foolish work. Lady Sidney Beauclerk. Carte's Life of the Duke of Ormond. Col's cabi- net. Letters of the great Montrose. Present state of the isl- October 9. Dr. Johnson's avidity for a variety of books. Improbabil- ity of a Highland tradition. Dr. Johnson's delicacy of feeling. October 12. Return to Mr. M'Sweyn's. Other superstitions be- His peculiar habits. October 13. Bustle not necessary to dispatch. Oats the food not October 14. Arrive in Mull. Addison's Remarks on Italy. Addi- son not much conversant with Italian literature. The French masters of the art of accommodating literature. Their Ana. Racine. Corneille. Moliere. Fenelon. Voltaire. Bossuet. October 15. Erse poetry. Danger of a knowledge of musick. The propriety of settling our affairs so as to be always prepared for death. Religion and literary attainments not to be described to young persons as too hard. their progress. Spence. October 16. Miss Maclean. Reception of the travellers in Account of Mull. The value of an oak walking-stick in the Hebrides. Arrive at Mr. M'Quarrie's in Ulva. Captain Macleod. Second Sight. Mercheta Mulierum, and Borough-English. The grounds on which the sale of an estate may be set aside in a court of equity. October 17. Arrive at Inchkenneth. Sir Allen 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 verses on Inchkenneth. October 18. Young Col's various good qualities. No extraordinary talents requisite to success in trade. Dr. Solander. Mr. Burke. Dr. Johnson's intrepidity and presence of mind. Singular custom in the islands of Col and Otaheité. Further eulogium on young Col. Credulity of a Frenchman in foreign countries. October 19. Death of young without strong evidence. of Mull. Nun's Island. Land on Icolmkill. October 20. Col. Dr. Johnson slow of belief Sketch of the ruins of Icolmkill. Influence of solemn scenes of piety. Feudal authority in the extreme. Return to Mull. October 21. Pulteney. Pitt. Walpole. Mr. Wilkes. English and Scotland composed of stone and Turkish Spy. Dreary ride to Loch Jewish history compared. water, and a little earth. buy. Description of the laird. October 22. Uncommon breakfast offered to Dr. Johnson, and rejected. Lochbuy's war-saddle. Sail to Oban. October 23. Goldsmith's Traveller. Pope and Cowley compared. Archibald Duke of Argyle. Arrive at Inverary. Dr. Johnson drinks some whiskey, and assigns his reason. Letter from the author to Mr. Garrick. Mr. Garrick's answer. October 24. Specimen of Ogden on Prayer. Hervey's Meditations. Dr. Johnson's Meditation on a Pudding. Country neighbours. The The authour's visit to the castle of Inverary. Perverse opposition to the influence of Peers in Ayrshire. October 25. Dr. Johnson presented to the Duke of Argyle. Grandeur of his grace's seat. The authour possesses himself in an embarrassing situation. Honourable Archibald Campbell on a middle state. The old Lord Townshend. Question concerning luxury. Nice trait of character. Good principles and bad practice. October 26. A passage in Home's Douglas, and one in Juvenal, compared. Neglect of religious buildings in Scotland. Arrive at Sir James Colquhoun's. October 27. Dr. Johnson's letter to the Duke of Argyle. His grace's answer. Lochlomond. Dr. Johnson's sentiments on dress. Forms of prayer considered. Arrive at Mr. Smollet's. October 28. Dr. Smollet's Epitaph. Dr. Johnson's wonderful memory. His alacrity during the Tour. Arrive at Glasgow. October 29. Glasgow surveyed. Attention of the professors to Dr. Johnson. October 30. Dinner at the Earl of Loudoun's. Character of that nobleman. Arrive at Treesbank. October 31. Sir John Cunningham of Caprington. Rules for the distribution of charity. November 1. Castle of Dundonald. Countess of Eglintoune. Alexander Earl of Eglin November 4. Auchinleck. Cattle without horns. Composure of mind, how far attainable. November 5. November 6. Dr. Johnson's high respect for the English clergy. Dr. Johnson's uniform piety. His dislike of presbyterian worship. November 8. Arrive at Hamilton. • November 9. burgh. November 10. Lord Elibank. Difference in political principles increased by opposition. Edinburgh Castle. Fingal. Eag lish credulity not less than Scottish. Second Sight. Garrick The Duke of Hamilton's house. Arrive at Edin and SUMMARY ACCOUNT of the manner in which Dr. Johnson spent his time from November 12 to November 21. Lord Mansfield, Mr. Richardson. The private life of an English Judge. Dr. Johnson's high opinion of Dr. Robertson and Dr. Blair. Letter from Dr. Blair to the authour. Officers of the army often ignorant of things belonging to their own profession. Academy for the deaf and dumb. A Scotch Highlander and an English sailor. Attacks on authours advantageous to them. Roslin Castle and Hawthornden. Dr. Johnson's Parody of Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs. Arrive at Cranston. Dr. Johnson's departure for London. Letters from Lord Hailes and Mr. Dempster to the authour. Letter from the Laird of Rasay to the authour. The authour's answer. Dr. Johnson's Advertisement, acknowledging a mistake in his Journey to the Western Islands. His letter to the Laird of Rasay. Letter from Sir William Forbes to the authour. Conclusion. Appendix. HE |