A Johnson Reader Author:Samuel Johnson From the dust jacket: Here are the most famous of Johnson's works - the lives of Savage and Milton, Rasselas, the Preface to the Dictionary, the Preface to Shakespeare, and samples of Johnson's poetry - both light and serious... Johnson against war, Johnson on slavery, Johnson on the current political scene.. a selection of Johnson's letters and... more » a section o quotations from Boswell that illustrate "Johnson talking."« less