 Johnson published his first philosophy work in 1731 as an essay in the English Journal "The Republick of Letters"; his name also appears as author in 34 books in the English Short Title Catalog printed before 1800.In 1874 Dr. Eben Edwards Beardsley published "portions of diary and of his correspondence with "eminent men in [America], and with Bishops and leading minds in the Church of England" in "Life and Correspondence of Samuel Johnson D.D.