THE

WORKS

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

THE Plan of an English Dictionary

Preface to the English Dictionary

Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare

Preface to Ditto

General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays

Account of the Harleian Library

Essay on the Origin and Importance of Fugitive Pieces 184

Account of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini

194

View of the Controversy between Crousaz and Warburton 198

Preliminary Discourse to the London Chronicle, 1757 203

Introduction to the World Displayed -

Preface to the Preceptor

Preface to Rolt's Dictionary

- 208

- 235

Preface to the Translation of Father Lobo's Voyage - 265

Essay on Epitaphs

-

- 270

POLITICAL ESSAYS.

Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756

Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus -

-

Review of Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr.

Bentley