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Volume 1, Number 1: 18th-Century London

Literature	Science	Art	Music	Stacks	Stuff

Samuel Johnson	John Harrison	William Hogarth	Handel	Books and More	More Stuff!

Why Lit for All?

Lit for All is for anyone who wants to add a little flavor to his or her intellectual
life. Each edition of Lit for All will present some hors d’oeuvres of literature,
science, art, and music, in an attempt to whet readers’ appetites for more. This
edition gives a taste of the extraordinary cultural achievements of London in the
18th century. Explore by clicking on any of the links above, and happy grazing!

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous
mind.”—Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, March 12, 1751

“The analogy between body and mind is very general, and the parallel will hold
as to their food, as well as any other particular. The flesh of animals who feed
excursively is allowed to have a higher flavour than that of those who are cooped
up. May there not be the same difference between men who read as their taste
prompts, and men who are confined in cells and colleges to stated tasks?”
—James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791.

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