JAMES BOSWELL

Yesterday I was browsing through what is left of my private library and I came across James Boswell (1740-1794) and the monumental Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, which made the Scottish man of letters famous forever. I bought this book in Madrid, of all places, over thirty years ago and it has been standing on a shelf all this time. Since college, I have been interested in Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) and his Dictionary of the English Language (1755). The time has come to read this book. It's now or never. Let us see whether it is as good as it is cracked up to be.