Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 16

“Splendid. . . . The new edition of Rasselas is the fullest to date, long-awaited and worth waiting for, with lucid and informative introductions to the three works it brings together, and a valuable commentary.”—Claude Rawson, London Review of Books

“We can rejoice in a perfectly edited Rasselas. . . . Kolb points to significant Johnsonian parallels just sufficiently to inform or remind readers of necessary points for comparison. . . . By inviting attention to previous works on related issues, the notes provide too, with wonderful economy, nice exercises in that intellectual history that Johnson so much encouraged and was perhaps the first to name. . . . [Kolb’s] index is remarkably complete [and] will be of maximum use to all Johnsonians, as will the volumes as a whole.”—Paul Alkon, Johnsonian News Letter

“There is no question in my mind that all scholars and critics in the field will recognize this edition as the most authoritative and reliable one and an invaluable repository of Johnson scholarship.”—Edward Tomarken, The Eighteenth Century: A Current Bibliography

“This is the latest volume in the Yale edition, and like the volumes already published, it is handsomely made and usefully introduced and annotated.”—JAS, English Language Notes

“Without doubt, Kolb’s introduction is the best anyone has ever written for an edition of Rasselas. There have been many editions, so his achievement is substantial. . . . I suspect that volume XVI may represent the summit of scholarly annotation of Johnson in this century.”—Paul J. Korshin, Eighteenth-Century Fiction