Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) and Stuart Johnson Reid (1848 - 1927)

Bibliographical Introduction, part 1

Biographical Introduction, part 2

The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. Their Hopes Liable to Disappointment

An Allegory on Criticism

The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Characters Morally Good

The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age

The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation

The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence

The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequality of Authors' Writings

An Allegory on Wit and Learning

The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Depend upon his own Judgment

The Various Arts of Self-Delusion

The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending

The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow

A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced

The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy

The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography

Inconstancy Always a Weakness

The Requisites to True Friendship

The Garden of Hope - A Dream