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Excerpt from Letters of James Boswell to the Rev. W. J Temple These letters were written between 1758 and 1795 James Boswell, the biographer of Johnson, to his college friend, W. J. Temple, grandfather of the late Archbishop Temple, then living in Devon. Lost to sight for half a century the originals were brought to light as the result of a somewhat remarkable concatenation of circumstances. In the autumn of 1850 an English gentleman, a certain Major Stone, of the Hon. East India Company's service, was making a purchase in a shop at Boulogne-sur-Mer when he found that the wrapper in which his purchase was enclosed was a fragment of an English letter bearing the signature of James Boswell. The source of supply was eagerly traced to an itinerant vendor of paper who visited Boulogne two or three times a year. Among his stock the originals of the letters were found almost complete bearing ancient post marks in addition to the franks of a large number of people well known in Boswell's day. External and internal evidence have agreed too well for the slightest doubt ever to be maintained as to the authenticity of the letters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This collection includes the letters of James Boswell, a Scottish lawyer and diarist best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson. The letters are addressed to the Reverend W. J. Temple and offer insights into Boswell's personal life and literary pursuits. Thomas Seccombe's introduction provides valuable context for the letters and their significance. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.