18 AUGUST 1928, Page 19

Anything about the great Doctor will lure us to a

reading, especially when the book is as well printed and bound as Mr. Roscoe's Aspects of Dr. Johnson (Cambridge University Press, 6s.). We found some old stories well retold, and some interesting and original observations ; yet the book is some- thing of a disappointment, it is difficult to say why. Let the reader experiment for himself : an evening of Johnsoniana is an evening well spent.