Journey to the Western Islands of Scotlandby Samuel Johnson | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Travel" |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Year of Publication: | 1775 |
| Date Read: | 07/04/1995 |
| Notes: | A three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. Johnson describes the customs, religion, education, trade and agriculture of a society new to him and not far advanced into civilization. COMMENTS — James Boswell kept a diary during the journey, published after Johnson’s death as The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. It offers an intimate personal record of Johnson’s behavior and conversation during the trip. |
| My Rating: | 8 |