First collected edition of these four political pamphlets by Dr. Johnson, published anonymously. Probably the most famous is the last, "Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress", a scathing attack on those "zealots of anarchy" who have "denied to the Parliament of Britain the right of taxing the American Colonies". Bitterly opposed to the War of Independence, Johnson inveighs with a sustained denunciation which includes his famous quip "If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?".

First collected edition of these four political pamphlets by Dr. Johnson, published anonymously. Probably the most famous is the last, "Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress", a scathing attack on those "zealots of anarchy" who have "denied to the Parliament of Britain the right of taxing the American Colonies". Bitterly opposed to the War of Independence, Johnson inveighs with a sustained denunciation which includes his famous quip "If slavery be thus fatally contagious, how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?".

Courtney and Smith note that "Boswell says that these effusions were collected into a volume with the title of 'Political Tracts, by the Authour of the Rambler', but I have not met with any copy bearing the last six words." Those exact words appear on the title page here in contemporary manuscript.