num_pages: 494
description: Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Detailed notes of their individual impressions are now published in this volume. Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands records his observations on the Scottish landscape and architecture, and the traditions and character of the Scots themselves. Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides is much more gossipy and circumstantial. Together, the two accounts provide a splendidly entertaining guide to Scotland.
language: English
title: Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson
titlecomplete: Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson (Oxford Paperbacks)
characters: Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Rev. Donald MacQueen, Alexander Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald, Flora MacDonald, Malcolm Macleod of Bray, James Macpherson, Norman Macleod of Dunvegan, Lachlan Mackinnon
genres: Biography, Classics, History, 18th Century, Historical, Scotland, Nonfiction, Travel, Literature, Memoir
ratings_count: 795
places: Scotland, Western Isles, Scotland, The Hebrides, Scotland
publisher: Oxford University Press