Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson

Reprinted from the fourth edition of 1786, with a facsimile of the title page. Edited, with an introduction by S.C. Roberts, first published thus 1925. A lively account of Hester Thrale Piozzi's 1741-1821 friendship with Samuel Johnson, somewhat colored by a desire to defend her own conduct. xxx, 196 pages. cloth. 8vo..