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Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) and Stuart Johnson Reid (1848 - 1927) — 69 episodes
To Read, Write, and Conserve in Due Proportions the Business of a Man of Letters
Unjust Charges of Plagiarism
Mercator Complains that he can Find no Happiness in Rural Life
That kind of Life most Happy which Affords us most Opportunities of Gaining our own Esteem
Our Present State one of Danger and Infelicity
On the Duty of Self-Examination
The Happiness and Vexation of Authors
The Idler's Character
Invitation to Correspondents
Robbery of Time
Uncertainty of Friendship
Corruptions of News-Writers
Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character
The Terrifick Diction
On the Death of a Friend
Monitions on the Flight of Time
Deborah Ginger's Account of City Wits
Minim the Critick I.
Minim the Critick II.
Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion
Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid, and Misty
Biography, How Best Performed
Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations
What Have Ye Done?
Omar's Plan of Life
The Itch of Writing Universal
The Dignity and Usefulness of Biography
Inconstancy Always a Weakness
The Requisites to True Friendship
The Garden of Hope - A Dream
Every Man Chiefly Happy or Miserable at Home. The Opinions of Servants not to be Despised
The Necessity of Good Humor
The Learned Seldom Despised but when they Deserve Contempt
The Reasons Why Advice is Generally Ineffectual
The Luxury of Vain Imagination
The Voyage of Life
Life Sufficient to All Purposes if well Employed
The Advantages of Living in a Garret
Diligence too Soon Relaxed. Necessity of Perseverance
The Necessity of Literary Courage
The Criterions of Plagiarism
The Usefulness of Advice. The Danger of Habits. The Necessity of Reviewing Life
The Revelations of a Garret
Labour Necessary to Excellence
Directions to Authors Attacked by Criticks. The Various Degrees of Critical Perspicacity
Many Advantages not to be Enjoyed Together
The Prohibition of Revenge Justifiable by Reason. The Meanness of Regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of Men
Human Opinions Suitable. The Hopes of Youth Fallacious
The Importance of Punctuality
The Art of Living at the Cost of Others
The Folly of Continuing too Long upon the Stage
The Character of a Liar
The Faults of Books Sometimes Imputable to the Reader
Bibliographical Introduction, part 1
Biographical Introduction, part 2
The Necessity and Danger of Looking into Futurity. Writers Naturally Sanguine. Their Hopes Liable to Disappointment
An Allegory on Criticism
The Modern Form of Romances Preferable to the Ancient. The Necessity of Characters Morally Good
The Folly of Anger. The Misery of a Peevish Old Age
The Difference Between an Author's Writings and his Conversation
The Dangers and Miseries of Literary Eminence
The Anxieties of Literature not Less than Those of Publick Stations. The Inequality of Authors' Writings
An Allegory on Wit and Learning
The Contrariety of Criticism. The Vanity of Objection. An Author Obliged to Depend upon his own Judgment
The Various Arts of Self-Delusion
The Difficulty of Giving Advice Without Offending
The Proper Means of Regulating Sorrow
A Virtuous Old Age Always Reverenced
The Desire of Wealth Moderated by Philosophy