[Illustration: SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. From a photograph of the painting by John Opie, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery] MACAULAY'S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON _WITH A SELECTION FROM HIS ESSAY ON JOHNSON_ EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY CHARLES LANE HANSON INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH, MECHANIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, BOSTON EDITOR OF CARLYLE'S "ESSAY ON BURNS," "REPRESENTATIVE POEMS OF BURNS," ETC. [Illustration] GINN AND COMPANY BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · LONDON ATLANTA · DALLAS · COLUMBUS · SAN FRANCISCO COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY CHARLES LANE HANSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 421·12 The Athenæum Press GINN AND COMPANY · PROPRIETORS · BOSTON · U.S.A. PREFATORY NOTE The editor explains the difference between Macaulay's _Life of Johnson_ and Macaulay's _Essay on Johnson_ in the Introduction, IV, p. xxviii, and gives his reason for printing only a portion of the _Essay_. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: PAGE I. AN INTRODUCTION TO MACAULAY ix II. MACAULAY AND HIS LITERARY CONTEMPORARIES xxiii III. THE STUDY OF MACAULAY xxv IV. MACAULAY ON JOHNSON xxviii V. REFERENCE BOOKS xxix VI. CHRONOLOGY OF MACAULAY'S LIFE AND WORKS xxxii VII. CHRONOLOGY OF JOHNSON'S LIFE AND WORKS xxxiv LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON 1 SELECTION FROM MACAULAY'S ESSAY ON CROKER'S EDITION OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON 45 NOTES 77 INTRODUCTION I. AN INTRODUCTION TO MACAULAY (1800-1859)