[20] Ib. 1784, p. 685.
[21] Boswell’s Johnson, v. 406.
[22] Ib. ii. 305-6.
[23] Croker’s Correspondence, ii. 34.
[24] Boswell’s Johnson, ii. 306.
[25] Ib. ii. 303-5.
[26] Letters from Edinburgh, 1774-5, London, 1776, published without a name, but written by Captain Edward Topham, pp. 137-140. Arnot, in his History of Edinburgh, p. 361, after ridiculing Topham’s statement, that golf is played on the top of Arthur’s Seat, continues: “These letters are written with spirit and impartiality. But the facts and criticisms contained in them are for the most part equally ill-founded. Yet so candid is the author amidst his errors, that it is hard to say whether he is more erroneous when he speaks in praise or censure of the Scottish nation.” It is possible and perhaps probable that he has exaggerated the ill-will against Johnson. The passage which he puts in quotation marks is not in the Journey.
[27] Knox’s Tour, p. lxvii.
[28] Burton’s Life of Hume, ii. 31.
[29] Boswell’s Johnson, i. 396.