Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume I

"e;It is now become so much the fashion to publish letters, that in order to avoid it, I put as little into mine as I can,"e; Samuel Johnson declared, according to Boswell. And Boswell answered, "e;Do what you will, Sir, you cannot avoid it. Should you even write as ill as you can, your letters would be published as curiosities."e; But Johnson's letters are far more than that. Even at their most c...