Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Introduction References & Edit History Related Topics
Quick Facts
In full:
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
See all related content
Britannica AI Icon
Adding us as a Preferred Source tells Google you trust our content, so our articles show up more often in your Google Search, Discover feed, and AI Overviews.
verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Feedback
Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login).
Thank you for your feedback

Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

External Websites

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

work by Boswell
Also known as: “The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”(Show More)
Written and fact-checked by
Britannica Editors
Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree....
Britannica Editors
History

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, work by James Boswell, published in 1785. The book is an account of the trip that Boswell took with Samuel Johnson to Scotland in 1773. The journal is mainly Boswell’s record of Johnson’s reactions to the people, landscapes, and customs they encountered along the way. Johnson published his own account of the trip in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.