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curious particulars as 10 Johnson's
career. His friends were more
alarmed over the prospect than must
have been those OF "Margot' in moro
recent times. when taste had changed
regarding personal publicity. They
were concerned over their possible
fate IN the book And they asked
themselves, "lf Boswell had created
SO great disturbance in Scotland
by his account of three months in
Johnsons life, what would be the
result In England when he published
a history Of the whole seventy-iive
years of it2" Fanny Burney wrote
in her DIARY: Il feel sorry to bo
named or remembered by that bio
graphical. anecdotal memorandum
mer til his book of poor DR.. john
sons life is finished and published"
II was six years before the Life
was finished and published, to use
Fanny Burney's phrase. for it ap"
peared on May 16, 1871. The biog-
raphy was brought out in two quarto
volumes-the edition was 200 sets
and II any one is curious to see what
the original looked like he can find
in the New York Public Library tho
presentation copy given by Boswell
to Warren Hastings It Is not an
attractive work in its typographical
appearance and the fact that it has
no chapter divisions makes the read
ing Of the life in the original form
decidedly trying. Edmond Malone,
The famous Shakespearcan commen-
tator, helped Boswell in preparing
tho manuscript and reading the
proofs. two sets of proof shoots in
existence having been read in whole
or in part by Malone. one Of these
sets of proof sheets was bought by
Mr.. Adam of Buffalo in 1898 for 127
pounds sterling. and is practically
complete the second set having been
bought by his son, Mr.. r. i Adanl
in 1920. one note, in BosWell's hand
on one of the proof pages shows the
world he lived in, for it reads: Let
me have another Rcrise sent to Sir
Joshua Reynolds's in leicester (sic)
Square, whore ! dine, and 1t shall be
returned inStdntly.' A study of these
proof sheets made by Prof Tinker
shows how many helpful suggestions
Malone made and how many ex
cisions in favor of good taste were
due to him as long as he was able
to help Boswell. which was untIl
November. 1890.
With the publication of the "Llfe"
arose a phenomenon that has never
failed of recurrence in more or less
brief cycles of years. This is a re-
vival Of interest In BOSWELL and his
immortal work that has resulted in
over a hundred editions of the Life"
and of books on Boswell himself.
these cycles of revived interest rang
ing from two toten years apart. The
reading world is enjoying one of
these revivals at the present time
and 1t has brought out in this coun-
try Prof. Tinker'st fascinating study
of the biographer called Young Bos-
well,' and the superb ten volume
"Temple Edition" Of the life" and
the 'aTour to the Hebrides" published
by Gabriel Wells. This latest edition
of the Life" in addition to being
edited by Clement Shorter, has intro
auctions to the various volumes writ
ten by such Boswell authorities as
Aleyn Lyell Reade twho has pub
lished books on Johnson and Boswell
that are little known TO the general
public owing to their cost or from
having been privately printed; Au-
gustinc Blrrell (who edited an edi-