JOHNSON'S RASSELAS

G. BIRKBECK HILL

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK, TORONTO

MELBOURNE AND BOMBAY

HISTORY OF RASSELAS

PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA

WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L., LL.D.

HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE. OXFORD

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1898

311120

CONTENTS.

rAGi

Introduct1on:

L1fe Of Johnson 9

Rasselas 20

Ch1ef Events 1n The L1fe Of Samuel Johnson . 34

H1story Of Rasselas, Pr1nce Of Abyss1n1a 35

Notes 159