Versions of the diary

14 Annotations

First Reading

Phil  •  Link

The text used for this website comes from the 1893 edition of the diary edited by Henry B. Wheatley. This version of the diary is missing some passages and the few footnotes it contains are somewhat erratic and Victorian.

It is available free from Project Gutenberg as a single file (http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B… ) or broken down into smaller volumes:

1660: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B… (includes introduction)
1661: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1662: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1663: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1664: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1665: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1666: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1667: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1668: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…
1669: http://www.gutenberg.net/browse/B…

Phil  •  Link

The most complete version of the diaries is only available in book form, by Robert Latham and William Matthews (often abbreviated to "L&M" on this site), published in the 1970s. There are nine volumes of the diary (with extensive footnotes), a companion volume of background information and an exhaustive index to the entire diary:

1660
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1661
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1662
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1663
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1664
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1665
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1666
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1667
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

1668-9
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

Companion
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

Index
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obid…
US http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos…

dirk  •  Link

Three **more** years of the L&M diary publ. by the Univ. of California Press searchable online per the Google Print program:

1661
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1663
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1664
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

But also note that (quote Google!) "As part of our efforts to protect a book's copyright, a set of pages in every in-copyright book will be unavailable to all users."

I haven't been able to find the diary volume for 1662. That may also be part of Google's copyright protection.

[These links may only work for users in the US.]

dirk  •  Link

The L&M diary published by the University of California Press, searchable online per the Google Print program:

Previous links (see above) updated...

1662 now available:
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1663 - link has changed:
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1665 - link has changed:
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1667 also available:
http://print.google.com/print?id=…

1668 & 1669 are not yet available on Google Print. If you search for them, you end up with the link to the 1660 volume!

dirk  •  Link

Reading books on Google Print

There have been comments by several annotators about the difficulties with Google Print. To solve these problems, use the following (perfectly legal) procedure:

*To get access to all books on Google print*

Link to:
http://books.google.com/intl/nl/g…

Click on the log-in button at the bottomo the page, and go through the procedure to obtain an ID.
(This link is sometimes unavailable, probably due to an overcrowded server.)

*To get access to the Pepys Companion Volume*

Link to:
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

Use the link to obtain an ID. This is a very simple procedure: all you have to do is to fill in your email address, and a password of your own choice (write it down somewhere!). After that, you will have access to (almost) all the pages of the Companion, using the search button on top of the page to search for any name, place or anything else.

You will also be able to use this ID & password at any later date to get access to the Companion -- it might be a good idea to save the above link to you favourites, so that you can link to the log-in page easily...

dirk  •  Link

For the sake of completeness...

The log-in pages on Google Print for all the available L&M volumes of Sam's diary:

1660
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1661
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1662
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1663
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1664
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1665
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

1666
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

Index Volume
http://books.google.com/books?ie=…

(Procedure as in the annotation above.)

dirk  •  Link

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Quotes and Images From The Diary of Samuel Pepys, by Samuel Pepys, Edited and Arranged by David Widger

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/75…

The images are definitely worth a look.
There's an imposing picture of Sam with his wig.

Andrew Patton  •  Link

As an update to dirk's helpful annotations, another of the L&M volumes is available at Google Books:

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1668-1669
http://books.google.com/books?id=…

Second Reading

Matt Newton  •  Link

Any likelihood of the L&M being made available for Kindle users?
Out of interest, anyone any ideas as to why it is unavailable?

Bill  •  Link

L&M is still under copyright, of course, and they, and the publishers, would appreciate receiving your coins in return for access. The link above does not give the complete version but omits pages. However, most of the L&M (copyrighted) notes will eventually appear in our version.

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