http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/ A mailing list dedicated to the inimitable Dr. Johnson Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:03:10 GMT Stephanie Pickford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1005 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1005 Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December 2009, 7pm Back to Dr Johnson's... A one man performance by Ian Redford It was considered an honour to be invited back to Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:26:54 GMT lynch_frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1004 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1004 Sometimes I wonder if he lacked emotional intelligence. It's not just the firebrand behaviors like talking for victory, but throwing someone across the room Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:56 GMT jeprince@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1003 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1003 In a review in the New York Review of Books, Andrew O'Hagan describes Dr Johnson as boorish and basically unlikable. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23111 Do Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:45:51 GMT jeprince@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1002 Arthur, yours is also an achievement! Do you feel you have received improving instruction? (: Thanks to everyone for the excellent suggestions. I'll be looking Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:37:28 GMT lynch_frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1001 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1001 FYI, the Donald Greene and the Oxford anthology are one and the same Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:29:14 GMT M J (Mike) Logsdon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/1000 We're so awfully quiet, generally. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:18:35 GMT Jack Lynch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/999 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/999 jeprince@... writes: I'm new to the group. It's taken months, but I have just finished reading Boswell's Life of Johnson and now I am a bit bereft. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:39:31 GMT lynch_frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/998 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/998 Actually, now that she's read the poem to the duck, she's read the best. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:34:31 GMT Bryan Reid http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/997 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/997 My suggestion would be Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - it's pure, unadulterated Johnson, the result of Boswell having Johnson to himself for the Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:39:15 GMT lynch_frank http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/996 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/996 I have a different tack to suggest. Rather than recommending a specific portion of his oeuvre, may I recommend the Oxford paperback anthology ("The Major Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:37:54 GMT M J (Mike) Logsdon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/995 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/995 Lives of the Poets. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:30:48 GMT Arthur Chandler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/994 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/994 Congrats on your achievement! After reading various Rambler essays at various times in my life, I decided to read them all in sequence, one a day. I finished a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:18:27 GMT jeprince@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/993 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/993 Hi, I'm new to the group. It's taken months, but I have just finished reading Boswell's Life of Johnson and now I am a bit bereft. Any suggestions about what Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:36 GMT thenewrambler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/992 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/992 What fun to bring together a love of books, Johnson and the personal touch of mementoes from the owner. I've picked up old books that had things tucked into Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:43:33 GMT Stephanie Pickford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/991 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Johnsonian/message/991 Dr Johnson Walk Wednesday 4 November 2009, 3pm Explore the courts and alleys off Fleet Street with an experienced City Guide. No booking required - just turn