Papers from the Idler

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Originally published in 1921 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains fifteen papers by Samuel Johnson taken from The Idler, a series of 103 essays largely written by Johnson and published in London weekly The Universal Chronicle between 1758 and 1760. A short editorial introduction is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Johnson.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Note
• 1 Proposal for a female army
• 2 Scheme for news-writers
• 3 Whirler's character
• 4 Corruption of news-writers
• 5 Disguises of ideleness. Sober's character
• 6 Journal of a fellow of a college
• 7 Punch and conversation compared
• 8 Auction-hunter described and ridiculed
• 9 The art of advertising exemplified
• 10 Author's mortifications
• 11 Minim the critic
• 12 Dick Shifter's rural excursion
• 13 Books multiplied by useless compilations
• 14 Narratives of travellers considered
• 15 Horrour of the last