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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travel narrative by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three-day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three-year-old Johnson was accompanied by... Read Full Overview

Title: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ... The fourth edition, revised and corrected. [With a portrait.]

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

The British Library is the national library of the United... Read Full Overview

"Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson" offers a fascinating glimpse into 18th-century Scotland through the eyes of James Boswell. This meticulously detailed travel journal recounts Boswell's journey through the Hebrides islands in the company of the renowned... Read Full Overview

€œThe Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides € is James Boswell €(TM)s celebrated account of his journey through Scotland with the eminent Dr. Samuel Johnson in 1773. More than a simple travelogue, Boswell €(TM)s journal offers intimate glimpses... Read Full Overview

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 - 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh. He is best known for his biography of his friend and older contemporary, the English writer Samuel Johnson, which is commonly said to be... Read Full Overview