Samuel Johnson · 1758
104 chapters · 100,118 words
No. 1: The Idler's Character
No. 2: Invitation to Correspondents
No. 3: Idler's Reason for Writing
No. 4: Charities and Hospitals
No. 5: Proposal for a Female Army
No. 6: Lady's Performance on Horseback
No. 7: Scheme for News-Writers
No. 8: Plan of Military Discipline
No. 9: Progress of Idleness
No. 10: Political Credulity
No. 11: Discourses on the Weather
No. 12: Marriages, Why Advertised
No. 13: The Imaginary Housewife
No. 14: Robbery of Time
No. 15: Treacle's Complaint of His Wife
No. 16: Drugget's Retirement
No. 17: Expedients of Idlers
No. 18: Drugget Vindicated
No. 19: Whirler's Character
No. 20: Capture of Louisbourg
No. 21: Linger's History of Listlessness
No. 22: Imprisonment of Debtors
No. 23: Uncertainty of Friendship
No. 24: Man Does Not Always Think
No. 25: New Actors on the Stage
No. 26: Betty Broom's History
No. 27: Power of Habits
No. 28: Wedding-Day. Grocer's Wife. Chairman
No. 29: Betty Broom's History Continued
No. 30: Corruption of News-Writers
No. 31: Disguises of Idleness. Sober's Character
No. 32: On Sleep
No. 33: Journal of a Fellow of a College
No. 34: Punch and Conversation Compared
No. 35: Auction-Hunter Described and Ridiculed
No. 36: The Terrific Diction Ridiculed
No. 37: Useful Things Easy of Attainment
No. 38: Cruelty Shown to Debtors in Prison
No. 39: The Various Uses of the Bracelet
No. 40: The Art of Advertising Exemplified
No. 41: Serious Reflections on the Death of a Friend
No. 42: Perdita's Complaint of Her Father
No. 43: Monitions on the Flight of Time
No. 44: The Use of Memory Considered
No. 45: On Painting. Portraits Defended
No. 46: Molly Quick's Complaint of Her Mistress
No. 47: Deborah Ginger's Account of City-Wits
No. 48: The Bustle of Idleness Described and Ridiculed
No. 49: Marvel's Journey Narrated
No. 50: Marvel's Journey Paralleled
No. 51: Domestick Greatness Unattainable
No. 52: Self-Denial Necessary
No. 53: Mischiefs of Good Company
No. 54: Mrs. Savecharges' Complaint
No. 55: Authors' Mortifications
No. 56: Virtuosos Whimsical
No. 57: Character of Sophron
No. 58: Expectations of Pleasure Frustrated
No. 59: Books Fall into Neglect
No. 60: Minim the Critic
No. 61: Minim the Critic
No. 62: Ranger's Account of the Vanity of Riches
No. 63: Progress of Arts and Language
No. 64: Ranger's Complaint Concluded
No. 65: Fate of Posthumous Works
No. 66: Loss of Ancient Writings
No. 67: Scholar's Journal
No. 68: History of Translation
No. 69: History of Translation
No. 70: Hard Words Defended
No. 71: Dick Shifter's Rural Excursion
No. 72: Regulation of Memory
No. 73: Tranquil's Use of Riches
No. 74: Memory Rarely Deficient
No. 75: Gelaleddin of Bassora
No. 76: False Criticisms on Painting
No. 77: Easy Writing
No. 78: Steady, Snug, Startle, Solid and Misty
No. 79: Grand Style of Painting
No. 80: Ladies' Journey to London
No. 81: Indian's Speech to His Countrymen
No. 82: The True Idea of Beauty
No. 83: Scruple, Wormwood, Sturdy and Gentle
No. 84: Biography, How Best Performed
No. 85: Books Multiplied by Useless Compilations
No. 86: Miss Heartless' Want of a Lodging
No. 87: Amazonian Bravery Revived
No. 88: What Have Ye Done?
No. 89: Physical Evil Moral Good
No. 90: Rhetorical Action Considered
No. 91: Sufficiency of the English Language
No. 92: Nature of Cunning
No. 93: Sam Softly's History
No. 94: Obstructions of Learning
No. 95: Tim Wainscot's Son a Fine Gentleman
No. 96: Hacho of Lapland
No. 97: Narratives of Travellers Considered
No. 98: Sophia Heedful
No. 99: Ortogrul of Basra
No. 100: The Good Sort of Woman
No. 101: Omar's Plan of Life
No. 102: Authors Inattentive to Themselves
No. 103: Horrour of the Last
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