“The critical apparatus of the Political Writings is magnificent: the notes tell us what we would want to know, there is a chronological table of political events alongside Johnson’s contributions to current affairs journalism, and there are detailed introductions to each piece. . . . It is Greene’s explanatory comments on the political background which are masterly. . . . ... Read moreSome of [Johnson’s] most exciting and stimulating writing is to be found in this volume, and it is well served by Professor Greene’s editing.”—Johnson Society “Donald Greene has put all eighteenth-century historians in his debt.”—J. H. Plumb, Eighteenth Century Studies “An outstanding piece of editing and annotation. This is not simply another volume in a series. No other volume . . . has such full explanations of individual short pieces, such fascinating explications of historical points, or such challenging summations. Greene’s importance is not that of making available a mass of material which has up to this time been little read, but in . . . arguing for a radically new approach to Johnson’s political thought.”—James L. Clifford Show Less