CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- A SURVEY OF JOHNSONIAN STUDIES -- Part I. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY -- 1. Johnson's Writings -- 2. Writings about Johnson -- 3. Books Owned by Johnson -- Johnson as Book Collector and Bibliographer -- 4. Other Collections, Holdings, Sales, Exhibitions of Johnsonian Books -- 2 EDITIONS -- Collected Works -- Selections -- Anthologies of Eighteenth-Century Writing Containing Sections by Johnson (A Selection) -- 3 BIOGRAPHY -- Separate Biographies and Miscellaneous Biographical Information -- Medical and Psychological Works -- 4 BOSWELL (Works and Events Connected with Johnson) -- Bibliography -- Writings (A Selection) -- Commentary -- 5 JOHNSON'S PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS -- 6 CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS -- 7 HOMES AND PLACES -- 8 PICTURES, RELICS, ASSOCIATION ITEMS -- 9 FICTION, PARODY, JEUX D'ESPRIT, VERSE ABOUT JOHNSON -- 10 GENERAL COMMENT ON JOHNSON -- 1. Johnson as Critic: General Studies -- 2. Johnson as Biographer: General Studies -- 3. Johnson as Conversationalist -- 4. Comparisons of Johnson with Other Individuals -- 5. Johnson's Reputation -- 6. General Assessments of Johnson and Miscellaneous Comment -- 11 JOHNSON'S VIEWS AND ATTITUDES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS -- 1. The Arts -- 2. Education and the Young -- 3. Law -- 4. The Occult -- 5. Places -- 6. Science -- 7. Sport and the Outdoors -- 8. Women and Marriage -- 9. Johnson's Thought -- 10. Johnson's Personal Traits and Habits -- 12 JOHNSON'S PROSE STYLE -- Part II. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS -- 13 THE LIFE OF SAVAGE AND OTHER EARLY BIOGRAPHIES -- Editions -- Commentary -- 14 NONDRAMATIC POEMS -- Editions -- Commentary -- 15 DRAMATIC WORKS -- Editions -- Commentary -- 16 PERIODICAL ESSAYS: RAMBLER, ADVENTURER, IDLER -- Editions -- Commentary -- 17 THE DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: JOHNSON AS A STUDENT OF LANGUAGE.

18 RASSELAS AND OTHER PROSE FICTION -- Editions -- Commentary -- 19 SHAKESPEARE (EDITING AND CRITICISM) -- Editions (Selected) -- Commentary -- 20 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC WRITINGS AND VIEWS -- 21 JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS, AND TRAVEL GENERALLY -- Editions -- Commentary -- 22 THE LIVES OF THE POETS -- Editions -- Commentary -- 23 LETTERS -- Editions -- Commentary -- 24 DIARIES, PRAYERS, SERMONS (INCLUDES DISCUSSIONS OF JOHNSON'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS) -- Editions -- Commentary -- 25 MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.