One last celebration of Johnson's tercentenary

If you're attending the Modern Language Association conference in Philadelphia this month, why not attend session 179 on Monday, 28 December 2009. Arranged by the Discussion Group on Lexicography, the broad topic "Samuel Johnson’s Tercentenary" features three papers on aesthetics, Scottish printers and physics! The session will be at 10:15–11:30 a.m., in Independence Salon III, Philadelphia Marriott. For more info on the conference, visit http://www.mla.org/. (Dr. Johnson never visited Philadelphia. In one of Lillian de la Torre's "Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector" stories, however, he does meet Benjamin Franklin in London; in fact, Johnson impersonates Franklin to help the latter escape from British government agents.)