James Boswell, The Journals in Scotland, England and Ireland, 1766–1769

Hugh M. Milne worked as a solicitor in Scotland from 1977 to 2007, latterly as Solicitor (Scotland), HM Revenue & Customs and worked as a Strategic Leader in the Large Business Service, HM Revenue & Customs, from 2007 to 2011, when he retired.He published Boswell’s Edinburgh Journals 1767-1786 (Mercat Press, 2001), a reading edition of the journals kept by Boswell while practising in Edinburgh as an advocate. A revised edition was published by Mercat Press in 2003, and a further revised edition was published by Birlinn’s imprint John Donald in 2013. He prepared a two-volume annotated edition of manuscript and printed legal papers drafted by Boswell in cases in which he first became involved during the period July 1766 to November 1769. Those two volumes, which encompass the same period as is covered by the present volume, were published as The Legal Papers of James Boswell (Stair Society 2013 and 2016).

The excitement and incident of what were the happiest years of Boswell's turbulent life as recorded in his journals are matched by Hugh Milne's meticulous scholarship enabling a deep appreciation of the flawed humanity of the man and the social context of his multifarious and fascinating activities.

• AcknowledgmentsNote on the TextsEditorial ProceduresCue Titles and Abbreviations IntroductionThe Journals:1766176717681769Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms and Latin and Scots Words and PhrasesIndex