therefore justified as it helps the reader in a different time to appreciate the significance of the works described. Bibliography Bonnell, Thomas F. The Most Disreputable Trade: Publishing the Classics of English Poetry 1765-1810, OUP 2008 Boswell, James: The Life of Samuel Johnson, Musaicum Books 2017 Lonsdale, Roger. Introduction to the 2006 edition of Johnson's "Lives" (Clarendon Press) Nichol Smith, David. "Johnson and Boswell" in The Cambridge History of English and American Literature 1913, Vol.X, sections 25–6 on Bartleby References External links The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works (1783) Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 The Works Of The English Poets From Chaucer To Cowper Including The Series Edited With Prefaces Biographical And Critical Volume I (1810) The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, in three volumes (1810?) at Internet Archive Volume 1 (1821) Volume 2; 1905 reprint; an introd. by Arthur Waugh; (1819) Volume 3; (1819) Lives of the Poets in Two Volumes (1826) at Internet Archive Volume 1 Volume 2 The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works, in three volumes (1854; ed. Peter Cunningham) at Internet Archive Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 1781 non-fiction books Biographies about writers British biographies English non-fiction literature English poetry Books by Samuel Johnson