Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Preface -- PART I -- Prefatory Essay -- PART II -- Introduction -- 1 James Boswell and Samuel Johnson -- 2 Tobias Smollett: Deciphering Letters -- 3 Laurence Sterne: The Voyage and its Double -- 4 The Vagaries of the Picaresque -- Conclusion: The Travel Narrative and Literary Criticism -- Chronological Landmarks -- Select Bibliography -- Index