Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Reade, Aleyn Lyell, 1876-
Title:
Johnsonian gleanings / by Aleyn Lyell Reade.
Published / Created:
London : Arden Press, 1922-
Physical Description:
v. : ill., geneal. tables, map, ports. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 1998 749: Vols. 2, 3, and 5 only. Bookplate and ms. annotations of Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Autograph of Tinker in v. 3 and 5.
Contents:
Part 1. Notes on Dr. Johnson's ancestors and connexions and illustrative of his early life -- pt. 2. Francis Barber, the doctor's Negro servan t-- pt. 3. The doctor's boyhood -- pt. 4. The doctor's boyhood. Appendic es -- pt. 5. The doctor's life, 1728-1735 -- pt. 6. The doctor's life, 17 35-1740 -- pt. 7. The Jervis, Porter, and other allied families -- pt. 8. A miscellany -- pt. 9. A further miscellany -- pt. 10. Johnson's early life: the final narrative -- pt. 11. Consolidated index of persons: to parts 1 to 10, as well as to the Johnsonian portions of The Reades of Blackwood Hill and Dr. Johnson's ancestry.
Subject Terms:
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784. | Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography. | Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Critics -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Johnson family. | Barber, Frank, -1801. | Jarvis family. | Porter family. | Hilles, Frederick Whiley, 1900– -- Provenance (Bac,Ref) | Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963 -- Autograph. | Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963 -- Bookplate. | Tinker, Chauncey Brewster, 1876–1963 -- Ms. notes.
Contributors:
Reade, Aleyn Lyell, 1876– Reades of Blackwood Hill.