The biography puts me in mind of Johnson's own "No, sir--do you read books through?" I've read a fair bit, but never have sat down to read it front to back. Pe

The biography puts me in mind of Johnson's own "No, sir--do you read books through?" I've read a fair bit, but never have sat down to read it front to back. Penguin has a very handy volume combining Johnson's A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland and Boswell's A Tour to the Hebrides.