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Here is listed books by or about Boswell; the lists of works published by Boswell in his own lifetime is complete, as are the lists of Yale editions of Boswell's papers, i.e. the trade editions of his journals as well as the various research editions. In addition to this is included a number of biographies, monographs, etc.

Biography
James Boswell: The Later Years 1769-1795
The Moth and the Candle
A Life of James Boswell
James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769
James Boswell
The Hooded Hawk
Four Portraits
Boswell's own publications
A View of the Edinburgh Theatre (1760)
Observations, Good or Bad
Elegy on the Death of an Amiable Young Lady
Ode to Tragedy (1761)
The Cub at Newmarket (1762)
Critical Strictures (1763)
Letters Between Andrew Erskine and James Boswell (1763)
Dorando, A Spanish Tale (1767)
An Account of Corsica (1768)
The Hypochondriack (1777-1783)
Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)
Life of Johnson (1791)
Other Boswell-related literature
A Walk to the Western Isles
Citizen of the World, Man of Letters
Boswelliana
Boswell's Presumptuous Task
Who's Who in Boswell
Jemmie Boswell and the London Daily Press
Boswell's Book of Bad Verse
Research edition: Correspondence
Correspondence of James Boswell and William Johnson Temple (vol. 1)
General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1768-1769
Correspondence with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb
General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1757-1763
Correspondence of James Boswell and John Johnston
Correspondence and Other Papers Relating to the Making of the Life of Johnson
Correspondence with Certain Members of the Club
Correspondence with David Garrick, Edmund Burke, and Edmond Malone
General Correspondence of James Boswell, 1766-1767
Research edition: Journal
The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764
Research edition: Manuscript
Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript (vol. 2)
Life of Johnson: An Edition of the Original Manuscript (vol. 1)
Research edition: Miscellaneous
Pride and Negligence
Catalogue of the Papers of James Boswell
Trade edition: Journal
Boswell in Holland 1763-64
Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1763-1764
Boswell on the Grand Tour II, 1765-1766
Boswell in Search of a Wife 1766-1769
Boswell for the Defence 1769-1774
Boswell: The Ominous Years 1774-1776
Boswell in Extremes 1776-1778
Boswell, Laird of Auchinleck 1778-1782
Boswell: The Applause of the Jury 1782-1785
Boswell: The English Experiment 1785-1789
Boswell: The Great Biographer 1789-1795
Boswell's London Journal 1762-1763
Trade edition: Miscellaneous
Boswells' Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Portraits, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
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During his stay in Berlin in 1764, Boswell lived in the house of Karl David Kircheisen, the president of the Berlin city council.

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