Books purchased
I bought a number of lovely books including the following one at Judd Bookstore this afternoon. Very reasonable price!
After Dr. Johnson was given a pension of 300 pound a year (coming out of the Secret Service Fund) , he was also proffered the privilege to use George III’ library:
quote from : Dr. Johnson’s London, Life in London 1740-1770 by Liza Picard, “a lawyer by trade” and “an inquisitive practical woman by character” (Preface & p.292)The royal librarian had allowed Johnson to use the King’s library as often as he liked, which was brave of him because Johnson was notoriously destructive of other people’ books.
