Papers from the Idler
Published on 24. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
68 pages
978-1-107-62472-6 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1921 as part of the Cambridge Plain Texts series, this volume contains fifteen papers by Samuel Johnson taken from The Idler, a series of 103 essays largely written by Johnson and published in London weekly The Universal Chronicle between 1758 and 1760. A short editorial introduction is also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Johnson.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
85 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-107-62472-6 (9781107624726)
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Person
Samuel Johnson (1846-1901) fue un clérigo, historiador y educador yoruba nacido en Hastings, Sierra Leona, en el seno de una familia de origen nigeriano. Ordenado ministro de la Iglesia Anglicana, dedicó gran parte de su vida a la enseñanza y a la labor pastoral en Oyo, Nigeria. Su obra más importante, Historia de los Yorubas (publicada póstumamente en 1921), es considerada la primera gran sistematización escrita de la tradición oral, la política, la religión y las costumbres del pueblo yoruba, y constituye un referente esencial para la historiografía africana moderna.
Content
Note S. C. Roberts; 1. Proposal for a female army; 2. Scheme for news-writers; 3. Whirler's character; 4. Corruption of news-writers; 5. Disguises of ideleness. Sober's character; 6. Journal of a fellow of a college; 7. Punch and conversation compared; 8. Auction-hunter described and ridiculed; 9. The art of advertising exemplified; 10. Author's mortifications; 11. Minim the critic; 12. Dick Shifter's rural excursion; 13. Books multiplied by useless compilations; 14. Narratives of travellers considered; 15. Horrour of the last.