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James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, and Glass's Inn blue plaque

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, and Glass's Inn blue plaque

James Boswell and Samuel Johnson. This is the site of Glass's Inn, 29 South St where Boswell and Dr Johnson has supper on 18th August 1773. "We had a dreary drive, in a dusky night, to St Andrews where we arrived late. We found a good supper at Glass's Inn, and Dr Johnson revived agreeably... ...Aft

er supper, we made a procession to Saint Leonard's College, the landlord walking before us with a candle, and the waiter with the lantern." - (James Boswell, Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Sam

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