Much, indeed, is omitted, but if I shall win new readers for Boswell, I shall dare to say, like Johnson, that something likewise is performed.
S. C. R.
April 1918.
NOTE ON THE SECOND EDITION
I have taken the opportunity of correcting several mistakes pointed out by friendly critics.
In response to the suggestion of the reviewer in The Times Literary Supplement I have also added brief notes on the Birthplace and on the Gough Square house; of the latter a new photograph has been made.
S. C. R.
May 1919.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Sir Leslie Stephen, Hours in a Library.