The Rambler Author:Samuel Johnson In The Rambler, the reader meets Dr. Johnson the essayist. As S. C. Roberts writes in his introduction: "Those who profess and call themselves Johnsonians must not rest upon Boswell alone, and that man is little to be envied whose knowledge of Johnson will not be enriched and his affection deepened by a reading of ... more »a selection of essays from The Rambler."
The Rambler essays appeared on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 20th March 1750 to 14th March 1752. This volume contains about half the total number, those which the editor believes to represent the best of The Rambler, both in his serious and his gayer moods.« less