,,the ,,centenary ,,garland    ,being   
,pictorial ,illustrations ,of ,the      
,novels ,of ,sir ,walter ,scott1    ,in 
,their ,order ,of ,publication4    ,by  
,george ,cruikshank1 and ,other ,artists
 of ,eminence4    ,with ,descriptions1  
,memoir1 ,etc4    ,edinburgh3           
,william ,p4 ,nimmo4    #ahga4          
,who comes1 alone1 with soul of fire1   
,and in his hand the ,border lyre8      
,he sweeps the strings1 and in his      
strain                 ,old times and   
manners live again2                     
',tis ,scott6 great ,master of his art1 
,he fires1 subdues1 or storms the heart6
                 ,rapt by the magic of  
his rhymes1                 ,i seem to  
live in feudal times2                 ,i
 hear the swelling bugle's call1        
,and see the warder on the wall2        
,and many a squire1 and many a knight1  
,in mail and gloves of steel bedight1   
,impatient for the fiery fight4         
,captain ,charles ,gray4                
,the land was charm'd to list his lays2 

,it knew the harp of ancient days4      
,the ,border chiefs1 that long had been 
,in sepulchres unhearsed and green1     
,passed f rom their mouldy vaults away1 
,in armour red and stern array1         
,and by their moonlight halls were seen1
                 ,in visor helm1 and    
habergean4                 ,even fairies
 sought our land again1                 
,so powerful was the magic strain4      
,the ,ettrick ,shepherd4                
,illustration3 #jji    ,illustration3   
#jjf    ,illustration3 #jaa             
,,prefatory ,,note1    ,,by ,,the       
,,editor4    ,,the enthusiasm with which
 ,scotsmen and others have hailed the   
proposal  to celebrate in public        
demonstration the ,centenary of ,sir    
,walter ,scott's  birth1 has suggested  
the publication of this little work4    
,the ,memoir  includes some interesting 
particulars omitted by preceding        
biographers2  while a history of the    
,scott ,monument at ,edinburgh has been 
prepared  from original materials4 ,the 

illustrations are printed on stone by   
,messrs ,schenck  ,m',farlane1 from     
steel plates by artists of eminence4    
,the spirited etchings by ,mr ,george   
,cruikshank will be especially  welcomed
 by the numerous admirers of that       
distinguished artist4 ,it has  been the 
,editor's aim to produce a souvenir     
worthy of the occasion1 and  he is      
inclined to believe that his intentions 
have been in some measure  realised4    
,,charles ,,rogers4    ,snowdoun ,villa1
    ,lewisham1 ,kent1    ,june #ahga4   
,,memoir4    ,illustration3 #jad    ,,on
 the #aeth of ,august #agga1 at         
,edinburgh1 it is believed1 ,sir ,walter
  ,scott was born1 but his birth does   
not seem to have been entered in  any   
,register4 ,the ,scots ,magazine        
recorded only births in families  of    
distinction1 and ,edinburgh newspapers  
had not yet begun to notify  domestic   
changes4 ,the ,kirk-session ,registers  
of the capital were indeed  well kept1  
but parents who claimed for their       

children baptism in the  ,established   
,church were those only who             
systematically enrolled the names  of   
their offspring in the ,presbyterian    
,records4 ,the father of the  great     
novelist1 ,walter ,scott1 ,writer to the
 ,signet1 was a member of  the ,scottish
 ,episcopal ,church1 in which1          
doubtless1 his children were  baptized4 
,he therefore ignored the ,presbyterian 
registers2 yet it is  sufficiently      
singular that1 albeit a man of business 
of good capacity1  he was not careful to
 secure elsewhere a record of his       
children's  births4    ,sir ,walter was 
born in a house which has long ago      
disappeared2 it stood  at the head of   
the ,college ,wynd1 and was removed to  
make room for the  northern front of the
 ,university buildings4 ,on his father's
 side he  was descended from the ,scotts
 of ,harden1 the elder branch of the    
great  ,border sept of that name4 ,in   
his personal aspects he much resembled  
his paternal ancestry1 his features     

being of the ,saxon type1 rugged1       
massive1 heavy1-almost stolid4 ,through 
his paternal grandmother1 he  traced an 
old lineage in the ,haliburtons of      
,newmains1 a considerable  family of    
,berwickshire landowners4 ,of the       
,haliburtons he printed for  family use 
a volume of ,memorials1 and he rejoiced1
 through his descent  from that sept1 to
 possess a right of sepulture in        
,dryburgh ,abbey4  ,on his mother's     
side1 his progenitors were likewise     
respectable2 his  maternal grandfather1 
,dr ,john ,rutherford1 was ,professor of
 the ,practice  of ,physic in ,edinburgh
 ,university1 and his mother's brother1 
,dr ,daniel  ,rutherford1 an eminent    
chemist1 occupied the ,chair of ,botany4
 ,his mother  possessed a vigorous      
intellect1 which she had successfully   
cultivated4  ,of a family of twelve1 six
 of whom survived infancy1 ,walter alone
  evinced the possession of genius4     
,born a healthy child1 he became        
exposed to serious peril by being       

intrusted to a consumptive nurse4 ,when 
under two years old1 he was seized with 
an illness which impaired the  use of   
his right limb1 a misfortune which      
continued during his life4  ,with the   
view of restoring his strength1 he was  
placed with his paternal  grandfather1  
,robert ,scott1 who rented the farm of  
,sandyknowe1 near  ,smailholm ,tower1   
,roxburghshire4 ,at ,sandyknowe1 he     
narrowly escaped  destruction through   
the violence of a servant who had become
 insane2  but he had afterwards to      
congratulate himself on having formed an
 early  acquaintance with rural scenes4 
,no advantage arising to his lameness1  
he was1 in his fourth year1 removed to  
,bath1 where he remained some  time     
without experiencing benefit from the   
thermal waters4 ,the three  following   
years were chiefly spent at ,sandyknowe4
 ,in his eighth year he  returned to    
,edinburgh1 with his mind largely stored
 with ,border legends  derived from his 
grandmother1 a person of romantic humour

 and sprightly  intelligence4 ,at this  
period1 ,pope's translation of ,homer1  
and the songs  of ,ramsay's ,evergreen1 
were his favourite studies2 he took     
delight  in reading aloud the more      
striking passages4 ,in #aggi he was sent
 to  the ,high ,school1 where he had the
 advantage of being taught by ,mr ,luke 
,fraser1 an able scholar1 and ,dr ,adam1
 the erudite ,rector4 ,his scholastic   
progress was not equal to his talents2  
he was devoted to romance1 and          
experienced greater pleasure in a       
country ramble1 than in giving due      
attention to the business of the        
class-room4 ,as he became older1 his    
love of miscellaneous literature        
amounted to a passion2 and as his       
memory was singularly retentive1 he     
accumulated a store of knowledge4    ,on
 the completion of his ,high ,school    
attendances1 he was sent to reside  with
 relatives at ,kelso2 and in this       
interesting locality his early          
attachment to legendary lore experienced

 a revival4 ,returning to  ,edinburgh1  
he1 in ,october #aghc1 entered the      
,university4 ,here his  progress was    
even less marked than it had been at    
school4 ,mr ,dalzell1  the ,professor of
 ,greek1 spoke of his hopeless          
incapacity4 ,the ,professor  survived to
 make reparation for prophesying so     
rashly4    ,the aspirations of the      
future poet turned to a military life2  
but  his lameness interposed a barrier4 
,at length he adopted a profession      
suitable to his physical capabilities2  
in his fourteenth year he entered  into 
indentures with his father4    ,to      
confinement at the desk1 irksome to one 
of his peculiar tastes1 he  was         
reconciled by the consideration that his
 fees enabled him to add to  his        
library4    ,rapid growth in a          
constitution which continued delicate   
till his  fifteenth year1 led to his    
bursting a blood-vessel4 ,while         
precluded from  active duty1 being      
closely confined to his bed1 and not    

allowed to exert  himself by speaking1  
he was yet permitted to read1 a         
privilege of which  he largely availed  
himself4 ,to complete his recovery1 he  
was recommended  exercise on horseback2 
and in obeying his physician1 he        
gratified his  own inclinations by      
visiting localities famous in history or
 tradition4  ,when his health was       
restored1 he engaged in the study of    
law1 which he  did seriously4 ,after    
passing the requisite examinations1 he  
was on the  #ajth ,july #agib1 called to
 the ,bar4 ,at the age of twelve he had 
composed  some verses for his preceptor1
 ,dr ,adam2 but he seems in early life  
to  have written little poetry1 while   
his prose compositions lacked force  of 
thought and ease of diction4 ,as an     
advocate his manner was not very        
attractive1 and both suitors and their  
agents had obtained the notion1  not    
quite unfounded1 that the young         
barrister was more inclined to  literary
 than legal pursuits4 ,scott was not    

unconscious of the popular  judgment1   
and began to dream of independence in   
other spheres4 ,he  thought of marriage4
 ,he courted unsuccessfully ,miss       
,williamina ,stuart1  whose mother had  
been his own mother's early friend1 and 
who was  personally an heiress4 ,she    
refused him1 and with a heart stung  by 
disappointment1 and ready to seek relief
 on the first fitting  opportunity1 he  
at the rising of the ,court in ,july    
#agig1 joined a little  party of friends
 in a tour to ,cumberland4 ,not long    
after1 a charming  brunette at ,gilsland
 ,spa arrested his fancy and stole his  
affection4 ,she  was an attractive young
 ,frenchwoman1 a ward of ,lord          
,downshire1 and under  the temporary    
protection of a respected ,english      
clergyman4 ,after a  short acquaintance 
,scott proposed and was accepted4 ,he   
was married in ,st  ,mary's ,church1    
,carlisle1 on the #bdth ,december #agig4
 ,with less haste he  might have married
 more advantageously4 ,as it was1 he was

 now free from  any apprehension about  
the means of living1 for his wife1      
,charlotte  ,charpentier1 possessed an  
annuity of #bjj4 ,his own finances were 
materially increased in #ahjj1 when he  
became ,sheriff of ,selkirkshire1  with 
a salary of #cjj4    ,while in his      
father's office ,scott had studied      
,french and ,italian1 and  made himself 
familiar with the writings of ,tasso and
 ,ariosto4 ,afterwards  he obtained an  
acquaintance with ,german ballad poetry1
 through the  translations of ,mr       
,lewis4 ,in #agif1 he made his dbut as  
an author1 by  publishing translations  
of ,lenor and ,the ,wild ,huntsman of   
,brger4  ,the attempt was unsuccessful4 
,a second time he essayed his skill as a
  translator1 by publishing in #agii1 an
 ,english version of ,goethe's ,goetz   
of ,berlichingen4 ,it was better        
received1 but his fame was destined to  
rest on a more substantial basis than on
 the art of translation4    ,the ballads
 and songs of the south of ,scotland1   

preserved among the  peasantry1 had at  
an early period occupied his attention4 
,he now made  excursions to ,liddesdale 
in quest of these interesting remains2  
and the  fruits of his research1 along  
with much curious information1 he gave  
to  the world in #ahjb1 in two octavo   
volumes1 entitled ,minstrelsy of the    
,scottish ,border4' ,he afterwards added
 a third volume1 consisting of          
imitations of ancient ballads1 composed 
by himself and others4 ,these  volumes  
were issued from the printing press of  
his early friend1 ,james  ,ballantyne of
 ,kelso1 who had already begun to       
indicate his skill as a  typographer4   
,in #ahjd1 he published from the        
,auchinleck ,manuscript1 the ancient    
metrical tale of ,sir ,tristrem4 ,in an 
introduction1 he endeavoured to  show   
that it was composed by ,thomas of      
,ercildoune1 better known as the        
,rhymer4 ,the ,lay of the ,last         
,minstrel1 a ballad poem1 appeared from 
his pen in #ahje1 and obtaining an      

extensive circulation1 procured for  him
 poetical fame and an immediate profit  
of #fjj4    ,scott's prosperity rose    
with his reputation4 ,in #ahjf he was   
appointed  a principal clerk in the     
,court of ,session1 an office which     
afterwards  yielded him #abjj per annum4
 ,to literary work he henceforth        
dedicated  the intervals of leisure4 ,in
 #ahjh he produced ,marmion1 his second 
great poem1 which brought him #ajjj1 and
 materially increased his fame4  ,during
 the same year he edited the works of   
,dryden1 in eighteen volumes4  ,in #ahji
 he edited the ,state ,papers and       
,letters of ,sir ,ralph ,sadler1  and   
became a contributor to the ,edinburgh  
,annual ,register1 conducted  by        
,southey4 ,the ,lady of the ,lake1 the  
most happily-conceived of his  poetical 
works1 appeared in #ahaj2 ,don          
,roderick1 in #ahaa2 ,rokeby1 in  #ahac2
 and ,the ,lord of the ,isles1 in #ahad4
 ,harold the ,dauntless1 and  ,the      
,bridal of ,triermain1 appeared         

subsequently4    ,after the publication 
of ,marmion1 ,mr ,alexander ,gibson     
,hunter of  ,blackness1 partner in the  
publishing house of ,constable  ,co41 a 
gentleman of superior culture1 entreated
 the author to dedicate his  talents to 
prose fiction1 with the prediction that 
he would in this  department attain an  
eminence unrivalled in literature499    
,scott did not  readily accept the      
proffered counsel2 he dreaded that by   
sailing in  unexplored waters he might  
make shipwreck of his poetical laurels4 
,a  prose tale which he had commenced in
 #ahje1 was on this account laid  aside2
 and when it was again taken up and     
completed1 and under the title  of      
,waverley given to the world1 it was    
without the authors name4  ,this was in 
#ahad1 when ,sir ,walter was in his     
#dcrd year4 ,waverley  sold slowly at   
first1 but after some favourable        
criticisms the  demand steadily         
increased till twelve thousand copies   
were put into  circulation4 ,having     

attained such an earnest of success as a
 writer  of fiction1 he chose in this   
department to maintain his original     
incognito1 abundantly content to rest   
his personal distinction on his         
celebrity as a poet4 ,the author of     
,waverley accordingly soon passed  into 
,the ,great ,unknown2 and the rapidity  
with which this mysterious  character   
produced a succession of entertaining   
romances became one of  the marvels of  
the age2 while attempts to withdraw the 
curtain which  concealed his            
individuality proved comparatively      
unavailing4 ,each year  gave birth to   
one-often two-novels1 of a class        
infinitely superior to  the romances of 
the past age1 and all having reference  
to the manners  and customs of the most 
interesting and chivalrous periods of   
,scottish  or ,british history4         
,subsequent to the publication of ,guy  
,mannering and  ,the ,antiquary1 in     
#ahae and #ahaf1 and as an expedient to 
sustain public  interest1 a series of   

novels was commenced1 under the title of
 ,tales of  my ,landlord1 these being   
professedly written by a different      
author2  but this resort was afterwards 
abandoned4 ,every romance by the author 
of ,waverley awakened renewed           
enthusiasm1 and commanded a universal   
circulation throughout ,britain and     
,america4 ,in #ahad ,scott published  an
 edition of ,swift's works in nineteen  
octavo volumes4 ,for some years  after  
his marriage he occupied a cottage at   
,lasswade2 in #ahjd he  removed to      
,ashestiel1 a mansion situated on the   
banks of the ,tweed1 near               
,innerleithen1 where for several years  
he continued to reside during  the      
vacation of the ,court4 ,his ruling     
desire was1 to acquire an  ample        
demesne1 and thus to realise in his own 
person1 and by his  representatives1    
somewhat of the territorial importance  
of those old  barons1 whose wassails and
 feuds he delighted to celebrate4 ,to   
attain  such a distinction he was       

prepared to incur many sacrifices2 nor  
in comparison did he value the highest  
literary honours4 ,in #ahaa he          
purchased1 on the south bank of the     
,tweed1 near ,melrose1 the little farm  
of ,clarty ,hole1 the first portion of  
that estate which under the name  of    
,abbotsford has become indelibly        
associated with his name4 ,the soil  was
 wet and unpromising1 but by a course of
 agricultural appliances the  place     
began to display considerable amenities4
 ,the mansion1 a curious  amalgamation  
of different styles of ,scottish        
manorial architecture1  was partly built
 in #ahaa1 and gradually extended with  
the increasing  emoluments of the owner4
 ,by successive purchases the           
,abbotsford property  was increased till
 the rental amounted to about #gjj a    
year1 a return  not too great for an    
expenditure of at least #ej1jjj4        
99 ,see ,letter from ,archibald         
,constable to ,mr ,hunter's son1        
,david ,hunter1 ,esq41 now of           

,blackness1 dated ,edinburgh1 #bfth     
,march #ahbe3 ,century of ,scottish     
,life1 ,edinb4 #ahga1 pp4 #hb1          
#hc4 ,mr ,a4 ,g4 ,hunter of ,blackness  
died on the #ith ,march       #ahab1    
aged forty-one4 ,his remains were       
interred in the       ,greyfriars       
,churchyard4    ,at ,abbotsford ,scott  
maintained the character of a country   
gentleman4 ,he  was visited by          
distinguished persons from the sister   
kingdom1 from the  ,continent1 and from 
,america1 all of whom he elegantly      
entertained4  ,nor did his constant     
intercourse with his visitors interfere 
with the  regular prosecution of his    
literary labours3 he rose at six1 and   
engaged  in composition till breakfast1 
and afterwards till one o'clock4 ,while 
in  the country he devoted the rest of  
the day to exercise on horseback1 the   
superintendence of improvements on his  
estate1 and the entertainment of  his   
guests4 ,in ,march #ahbj1 ,george ,,iv41
 to whom he was personally known1  and  

who was a warm admirer of his genius1   
created him a baronet1 the  first       
titular honour which he bestowed after  
his accession4 ,besides the  works      
enumerated1 he had already given to the 
world his romances of ,the  ,black      
,dwarf1 ,old ,mortality1 ,rob ,roy1 ,the
 ,heart of ,midlothian1  ,the ,bride of 
,lammermoor1 ,a ,legend of ,montrose1   
and ,ivanhoe4 ,the  attainment of the   
baronetcy stimulated him to increased   
literary ardour4  ,ivanhoe appeared     
early in #ahbj1 and during the same year
 he produced  ,the ,monastery and ,the  
,abbot2 and in the beginning of #ahba1  
the  romance of ,kenilworth1 being      
twelve volumes within twelve months4    
,the  ,pirate and ,the ,fortunes of     
,nigel appeared in #ahbb2 ,peveril of   
the  ,peak and ,quentin ,durward in     
#ahbc2 ,st ,ronan's ,well and           
,redgauntlet  in #ahbd2 and the ,tales  
of the ,crusaders in #ahbe4    ,during  
the royal visit to ,scotland in #ahbb1  
,sir ,walter was1 by general  consent1  

constituted ,master of ,ceremonies1 and 
the duties he discharged  to the entire 
satisfaction of his sovereign and of the
 nation4 ,but while  prosperity seemed  
to smile upon him with increasing       
lustre1 adversity  hovered near4 ,in    
#ahbf1 ,archibald ,constable  ,company1 
the publishers of  his works1 became    
insolvent1 involving in their bankruptcy
 the printing  firm of the ,messrs      
,ballantyne1 of which he was a partner4 
,for the sum of  #abj1jjj1 ,sir ,walter 
was found to be individually            
responsible4 ,on a  mind less securely  
balanced1 the wrecked hopes of a        
lifetime would have  produced           
irretrievable despondency2 but ,sir     
,walter bore his misfortune  with       
magnanimous resignation4 ,to both the   
establishments which had  involved him  
in their fall1 he had been largely      
indebted1 and he felt  bound in honour1 
not less than by legal obligation1 fully
 to discharge  his debt4 ,an offer by   
the creditors to accept a composition he

  declined1 and claiming only to be     
allowed time1 applied himself to his    
undertaking1 with the full              
determination1 if his life was spared1  
to  cancel every obligation4 ,at the    
crisis of his embarrassments1 he  was   
engaged in the composition of           
,woodstock1 which soon afterwards       
appeared4 ,the ,life of ,napoleon1 which
 had for a considerable time  occupied  
his attention1 was published in #ahbg1  
in nine octavo volumes4  ,in the course 
of preparing it1 he visited ,london and 
,paris in search of  materials4 ,in the 
same year he produced ,chronicles of the
 ,canongate1  first series2 and in the  
year following1 the second series of    
those  charming tales1 and the first    
portion of his ,tales of a ,grandfather4
 ,a  second portion of these latter     
tales appeared in #ahbi1 and the third  
and concluding series in #ahcj1 when he 
also contributed a ,history of          
,scotland1 in two volumes1 to ,lardner's
 ,cyclopedia4 ,in #ahbi likewise        

appeared ,anne of ,geierstein1 and in   
#ahcj the ,letters on ,demonology  and  
,witchcraft4 ,in #ahca he produced a    
series of ,tales on ,french  ,history1  
uniform with the ,tales of a            
,grandfather1 and his novels  ,count    
,robert of ,paris1 and ,castle          
,dangerous1 as a fourth series of       
,tales of my ,landlord4 ,other          
productions of less importance appeared 
from his pen3 he contributed to the     
,edinburgh ,review1 during the first    
year of its existence2 wrote the        
articles ,chivalry1 ,romance1 and       
,drama1 for the sixth edition of the    
,encyclopaedia ,britannica2 and  during 
his latter years frequently contributed 
to the ,quarterly  ,review4    ,at a    
public dinner in ,edinburgh1 for the    
benefit of the ,theatrical ,fund1  on   
the #bc;d of ,february #ahbg1 ,sir      
,walter first publicly avowed himself   
author of the ,waverley ,novels-an      
announcement which scarcely took the    
public by surprise4 ,his physical       

energies were now suffering a rapid     
decline1 and in his increasing          
infirmities1 and liability to sudden and
  severe attacks of pain1 and even of   
unconsciousness1 it became evident  to  
his friends that in the praiseworthy    
effort to liquidate his  obligations he 
was sacrificing his health4 ,those      
apprehensions proved  not without       
foundation4 ,in the autumn of #ahca1 his
 health became so  lamentably broken1   
that his medical advisers recommended a 
residence  in ,italy1 and entire        
cessation from mental labour1 as the    
only means  of restoring his energies4  
,this counsel came too late2 the patient
  proceeded to ,naples1 and afterwards  
to ,rome1 but experiencing no benefit   
from the change1 he was rapidly conveyed
 home in the following summer1  in      
obedience to his own express wish1 that 
he might close his eyes at  ,abbotsford4
 ,the wish was gratified2 he arrived at 
,abbotsford on the #aath  of ,july      
#ahcb1 and survived till the #bast of   

the ensuing ,september4 ,as  he had     
desired1 his remains were interred in an
 aisle of ,dryburgh ,abbey1  which had  
belonged to his ancestors1 and had been 
specially granted him  by the ,earl of  
,buchan4 ,a massive block of marble     
rests upon the grave1  in juxtaposition 
with another which has been laid on that
 of ,lady ,scott1  who died in ,may     
#ahbf4    ,in stature1 ,sir ,walter     
,scott was above six feet2 but his form 
which had  otherwise been commanding1   
was marred by the lameness of his right 
limb1 which caused him considerably to  
limp1 and ultimately to walk with       
difficulty4 ,his countenance1 so        
correctly represented in his portraits  
and busts1 was remarkable for depth of  
forehead2 his features have been        
described4 ,his eyes1 covered with thick
 eyelashes1 were dull1 unless  animated 
by congenial conversation4 ,he was of a 
fair complexion2 and  his hair1         
originally sandy1 became grey after a   
severe illness which  he suffered in his

 forty-eighth year4 ,his conversation   
abounded in  anecdotes of the old times4
 ,his memory treasured up accurately1   
and  could readily recall1 all that he  
had read4 ,in fertility of invention he 
surpassed all his contemporaries4 ,as a 
poet1 if he does not possess the        
graceful elegance of ,campbell and the  
fervid energy of ,byron1 he  excels the 
latter in purity of sentiment1 and the  
former in vigour of  conception4 ,his   
style was well adapted for the          
composition of lyric  poetry2 but as he 
had no ear for music1 his songs are few4
 ,several of  them have been set to     
music1 and are frequently sung4 ,but    
,sir ,walter's  skill as a poet1 great  
as it is1 has been eclipsed by his power
 as a  writer of fiction2 the ,waverley 
,novels will be forgotten only when  the
 ,english language is disused4 ,a       
cabinet edition of his novels1          
illustrated with elegant engravings1    
appeared in forty-eight volumes  shortly
 before his decease4 ,numerous editions 

were issued by ,mr ,cadell2  and ,messrs
 ,adam and ,charles ,black1 the present 
possessors of the  copyright1 have      
distinguished themselves not only by    
producing several  elegant library      
editions1 but by placing within reach of
 the humblest  artisan those            
instructive1 interesting1 and admirable 
works4 ,from a  gentleman1 who was many 
years manager of ,mr ,cadell's          
publishing house1  we have received some
 details respecting the production of   
,sir ,walter's  publications1 which seem
 worthy of being recorded4 ,down to     
,october #ahef  there had1 writes our   
informant1 been printed of his ,works   
and ,life1  #g1ifg1cfi volumes1 in which
 had been used #ii1eib reams of paper1  
weighing #abde tons4 ,mr ,cadell's      
,people's ,editions exhausted #bbg1fca  
reams1 or #bhdh tons4 ,the gross weight 
of paper in ,mr ,cadell's original  and 
cheap editions amounted to #djic tons4  
,the sheets of paper used in  the entire
 works were #ajf1edb1dch1 which1 laid   

side by side1 would cover  #ccfc square 
miles4    ,sir ,walter ,scott lived at a
 period when indifference to religion   
among  men of letters1 even in          
,scotland1 was by no means uncommon1 and
 many of  his contemporaries were1 it is
 to be feared1 most imperfectly         
influenced with proper views of         
,christian obligation4 ,with sentiments 
of  indifference on a theme so          
important1 ,sir ,walter had no sympathy4
 ,while  contemning sectarian           
exclusiveness1 and abhorring            
superstition1 he was  zealous in        
maintaining sound ,scriptural doctrine1 
and he discouraged the  utterance of    
every sentiment which savoured of       
profanity or bordered on  scepticism4   
,his ,religious ,discourses1 published  
anonymously1 indicate  deep moral       
earnestness1 while his hymn on the ,day 
of ,judgment attests  the sincerity of  
his devotion4    ,desirous that these   
brief memorials might contain some      
additional  testimony to the religious  

earnestness of one who occupies so      
prominent  a place in national and      
literary history1 we requested our      
venerated  friend ,dean ,ramsay to state
 his impressions of ,sir ,walter's      
personal  bearing during his residence  
at ,abbotsford after ,lady ,scott's     
death1 and  before her funeral4 ,to our 
request the ,dean1 with his usual       
courtesy1  acceded4 ,he writes thus3    
,you ask me the impression left on my   
mind by my visit to ,abbotsford on  the 
occasion of ,lady ,scott's death4 ,it is
 indeed a very easy and a very  pleasing
 office to give you that impression4 ,i 
could not but feel all  the time ,i was 
there that our great ,sir ,walter was as
 much to be loved  for the qualities of 
his heart as he had been admired for the
 high gifts  of his intellect and his   
genius4 ,he displayed throughout the    
whole time  the subdued and calm spirit 
of a ,christian mourner4 ,there was     
manifest  an entire acquiescence in the 
wisdom and goodness of his heavenly     

,father1 who had bereaved him of the    
wife and companion of his early  years4 
,his kind1 gentle manner to his         
domestics2 his devoted attention  to his
 daughter1 who was in deep distress2 his
 serious appearance during  the funeral 
service2 his own proposal in the evening
 to have domestic  worship1 and his     
devotional manner at the time1 have left
 a deep and  pleasing impression on my  
mind--the impression that ,i had        
witnessed  so much gentleness and so    
much right feeling1 which1 ,i could not 
but  perceive1 were the genuine emotions
 of his heart4 ,sir ,walter ,scott was  
one of the good and the great of his    
race and country4    ,during his last   
illness1 ,sir ,walter desired portions  
of the ,new  ,testament and of the      
,church ,service to be frequently read  
to him1 and  when free of pain he       
repeated portions of the ,scottish      
version of the  ,psalms and of          
evangelical hymns4 ,to ,mr ,lockhart1   
his son-in-law1 he  said3 ,be a good    

man-be virtuous-be religious-be a good  
man6 ,nothing  else will give you any   
comfort when you come to lie here4      
,these were  among his last words4      
,for sterling integrity1 ,sir ,walter   
,scott requires no eulogy from his      
biographer4 ,to the effort to cancel his
 pecuniary obligations he fell a        
martyr2 while to his survivors it was a 
source of satisfaction to know  that1 by
 his extraordinary exertions1 the policy
 of life insurance  payable at his      
death1 and the sum of #cj1jjj given by  
,mr ,cadell for  copyrights1 his debt   
was fully discharged4    ,the object of 
his original ambition1 ,sir ,walter did 
not attain3 no  family of his descent   
and name has been planted at ,abbotsford
 to point  to him as their founder4 ,his
 children1 two sons and two daughters1  
died  young4 ,his eldest daughter1      
,sophia1 married to ,mr ,lockhart1 gave 
birth  to several children1 all of whom 
are dead4 ,her only daughter married ,mr
  ,james ,hope1 ,q4,c41 who has added to

 his patronymic the name of ,scott1 and 
made ,abbotsford his autumnal residence4
 ,mrs ,hope ,scott died at ,edinburgh   
on the #bfth ,october #aheh1 leaving    
three children4 ,one child1 a daughter1 
,mary ,monica1 survives1 ,sir ,walter's 
only living descendant4    ,but ,sir    
,walter has obtained posthumous honours 
far exceeding those of  establishing a  
landed family in ,tweedside4 ,his name  
is imperishable in  his works-of which  
the popularity is steadily on the       
increase4 ,nor have  his                
fellow-countrymen lacked in evincing    
their vigorous appreciation4  ,besides  
several local memorials of respectable  
construction1 the  most graceful        
monument ever raised by human           
instrumentality1 has been  dedicated to 
his memory4    ,an account of that      
monument will form no inappropriate     
sequel to the  present narrative4 ,on   
the #bdth day of ,september #ahcb1 being
 the third  day after ,sir ,walter's    
death1 a circular letter was issued     

convening a  meeting at the ,rooms of   
the ,royal ,society of ,edinburgh1 to   
consider  the best means of honouring   
his memory4 ,at this meeting a committee
 was  appointed to arrange a convocation
 of the citizens4 ,this took place on   
the #eth of ,october1 under the         
presidency of the ,lord ,provost1 when a
  resolution in favour of a national    
monument to ,sir ,walter1 was moved by  
the ,duke of ,buccleuch1 and seconded by
 ,lord ,rosebery4 ,sir ,john ,forbes1   
,bart41 announced that the ,bank of     
,scotland and other banks in ,edinburgh1
  ,sir ,walter's creditors1 would       
subscribe #ejj1 in token of their       
appreciation of the honourable feelings 
which induced the deceased  ,baronet to 
dedicate his talents in insuring the    
full payment of his  debts4 ,differences
 arose as to the character of the       
monument ,by a  ,london ,committee1 of  
which the ,bishop of ,exeter and ,sir   
,robert ,peel were  conspicuous members1
 nearly #aj1jjj were collected4 ,a      

portion of  this sum was embezzled by a 
young person unhappily intrusted with   
the  secretaryship4 ,the balance1       
amounting to nearly #hjjj1 was employed 
in  liquidating the debt on the library 
and museum at ,abbotsford4 ,at ,glasgow 
the subscriptions amounted to about     
#abjj1 and a handsome ,corinthian       
column1 surmounted with a statue1 has   
been erected in the chief square  of    
that city1 which is likewise adorned    
with elegant monuments to royal         
personages and national celebrities4    
,in the market-place at ,selkirk1 a     
statue in freestone1 by ,handyside      
,ritchie1 commemorates ,sir ,walter in  
his capacity of ,sheriff of ,the        
,forest4    ,in ,november #ahcc1 the    
,edinburgh committee had collected      
#eecd1 a sum  sufficient to insure the  
construction of a substantial cenotaph4 
,the  question of a site arose next4    
,among those suggested were the space in
  the ,lawn ,market1 bounded on the east
 by ,st ,giles' ,church2 the west end   

of ,princes ,street opposite to ,st     
,john's ,church2 the foot of ,st ,david 
,street near ,queen ,street ,gardens2   
the open space at ,picardy ,place2  the 
rocky angle at the north-east corer of  
the ,calton ,hill2 ,charlotte  ,square1 
,moray ,place1 and ,randolph ,crescent4 
,the committee suspended  their         
decision1 and in thirty-two newspapers  
advertised for designs4  ,these were    
lodged with the secretary on the #ast   
,september #ahcf4  ,fifty-five were     
offered4 ,for each of the three best the
 committee  adjudged prizes of fifty    
guineas4 ,one of these bore the         
signature  ,john ,morvo1 the name of a  
master mason1 commemorated in the abbey 
of  ,melrose4 ,it was assumed by ,george
 ,meikle ,kemp1 then a working joiner4  
,kemp had studied the peculiarities of  
,gothic architecture in different  parts
 of the kingdom1 and latterly added to  
his emoluments by  architectural        
sketching4    ,the committee1 not quite 
satisfied with any of the designs       

received1  advertised a second time4    
,among those who joined in the new      
competition  were ,sir ,william ,allan1 
,david ,roberts1 ,r4,a41 and ,william   
,h4 ,playfair1  the well-known          
architect4 ,kemp lodged his former      
design1 considerably  amended4 ,it was  
adopted by the committee on a majority  
of twenty-one to  ten1 in ,april #ahch4 
,at the same time ,mr ,john ,steell1 the
 distinguished  sculptor1 was           
commissioned to prepare a marble statue 
of ,sir ,walter1  to be placed under the
 canopy of the structure4 ,the site was 
fixed in  ,princes ,street1 opposite to 
,south ,st ,david ,street4 ,the         
architect  had designed the monument to 
reach the height of #ahj feet1 but the  
committee's funds did not justify their 
proceeding on so large a scale4  ,in    
,may #ahdj an auxiliary committee       
undertook to procure the balance4    ,an
 ,act of ,parliament securing the site  
having been obtained1 the  foundation   
stone was1 on the #aeth ,august #ahdj1  

laid by ,sir ,james ,forrest  of        
,comiston1 ,bart41 ,lord ,provost of the
 city1 and ,grand ,master ,mason4  ,a   
metallic plate deposited in the         
foundation stone bore the following     
inscription1 composed by ,lord ,jeffrey3
 ,this graven plate1 deposited in  the  
base of a votive building on the #aeth  
day of ,august #ahdj1 and never  likely 
to see the light again till all the     
surrounding structures are  crumbled to 
dust by the decay of time or by human or
 elemental violence1  may then testify  
to a distant posterity that his         
countrymen began on  that day to raise  
an effigy and architectural monument to 
the memory of  ,sir ,walter ,scott1     
part41 whose admirable writings were    
then allowed to  have given more delight
 and suggested better feeling to a      
larger class  of readers in every rank  
of society1 than those of any other     
author1  with the exception of          
,shakspeare alone1 and which were       
therefore thought  likely to be         

remembered long after this act of       
gratitude on the part of  the first     
generation of his admirers should be    
forgotten4 ,he was born  at ,edinburgh1 
#aeth ,august #agga1 and died at        
,abbotsford #bast ,september  #ahcb4    
,the monument was1 at the cost of       
upwards of #aejj1 founded on the solid  
rock1 fifty-two feet under the level of 
,princes ,street4 ,it assumes the  form 
of a ,gothic spire1 and may be thus     
described4 ,from each corner of a       
raised platform of masonry rise         
elegantly clustered columns1 from which 
spring four grand ,early ,english       
arches1 which converge into a vaulted   
roof crossing each other by ribbed      
groinings with beautifully-carved       
bosses1 and terminating in a richly     
ornamented pendant or drop centre4  ,the
 arches are successively supported by   
projecting buttresses also  arched upon 
clustered columns1 and after ascending  
to the first gallery  spring into the   
open air to the height of ninety-eight  

feet1 and  terminate in pinnacles carved
 with crockets and crowned with richly  
ornamented finials4 ,the connecting     
buttresses are decorated with large     
niches adorned with brackets and        
canopies1 and each of the abutment      
towers at the height of the first       
gallery has two chaste and              
tastefully-wrought gargoyles in the form
 of grotesque griffins4 ,the  pilasters 
which separate the different clustered  
pillars that support  the roof of the   
structure1 are crowned with             
finely-ornamented capitals1  containing 
likenesses of sixteen ,scottish poets4  
,the lateral towers are connected with  
the central one by means of flying      
buttresses1 and with spandrils and      
crockets4 ,the four principal arches    
and buttresses sustain an open trellis1 
which extends round the building  in    
front of the first gallery4 ,on a level 
with this gallery is an  apartment used 
as a ,waverley ,museum4 ,from the       
gallery rises the  principal tower4 ,on 

each side is an arched window4 ,a flying
 staircase  leads to the third gallery4 
,around are towers1 buttresses1         
pinnacles1  arches1 crockets1 corbels   
and finials-in all the rich profusion of
  ,gothic architecture4 ,on reaching the
 fourth gallery the view is grand in    
the extreme4 ,at each successive stage  
are elegantly-sculptured niches1        
intended for statues illustrative of the
 poet's works4 ,the height of the       
,monument 7increased beyond the original
 design7 is two hundred feet six  inches
 above the level of ,princes ,street4   
,it is ascended by #bhi steps4    ,the  
monumental statue under the canopy      
represents ,sir ,walter in a  sitting   
attitude1 with the ample folds of a     
,scottish plaid hanging  loosely about  
him1 and his favourite hound ,maida at  
his feet4 ,mr ,steell  has seized the   
moment when the great novelist has just 
recorded some of  his imperishable      
thoughts in the volume which is in his  
hand1 and he has  communicated to the   

features a look of complete abstraction1
 while the  dog1 as if startled by the  
closing of the book1 is in the act of   
lifting  up its head to catch the       
expression of its master's countenance4 
,the  statue was inaugurated in #ahdf4  
,the block of marble from which it was  
chiselled1 contained #bjj cubic feet1   
and weighed upwards of #be tons4 ,the   
monument is constructed of sandstone    
from ,binny ,quarry4 ,the funds raised  
by the original and auxiliary committees
 amounted to #ag1bdc1 #ds4 ,the  sum of 
#ahga1 #abs4 #h;d41 was expended in     
procuring subscriptions4 ,for the       
statue1 ,mr ,steell received            
#bjjj-;eight small statues cost #agi1   
#es4  #aj;d4 a sum of #dfj1 #cs4 #e;d4  
was lost by a contractor1 and a railing 
was  constructed at the expense of #adg1
 #acs4 #f;d4 ,the balance1 amounting to 
#ac1ehd1 #hs4 #f;d41 was expended in the
 monumental fabric4    ,persevering as  
were their labours1 the auxiliary       
committee were unable  to procure funds 

sufficient to provide statues for all   
the niches4  ,thirty niches are still   
unoccupied1 but ,mr ,james ,ballantyne1 
the  esteemed ,scottish poet1 is now    
exerting himself to complete the work4  
,the sum of #bjjj1 ,mr ,ballantyne      
believes1 will suffice to provide the   
remaining statues4    ,on the memory of 
,sir ,walter ,scott is to be conferred a
 new honour4 ,there  is to be a         
centenary celebration of his birth4 ,all
 classes1 including  the most           
illustrious1 have resolved1 on the      
hundredth anniversary of  his natal day1
 co testify their hearty appreciation4  
,his praise will be  celebrated in every
 town--descanted on in every hamlet ,his
 poetry will  be rehearsed in scenes    
which his poetical descriptions have    
rendered  famous2 and in every spot     
celebrated by his pen1 flying banners   
and an  assembled population will       
testify to the potency of his'          
enchantment4  ,the keenest trader will  
for a time sacrifice before the shrine  

of  genius2 abandoning his              
counting-house and his ledger to do     
reverence  to the memory of one whose   
writings have cheered his home circle1  
and  amidst corroding cares awakened    
within him pleasurable emotions4    ,nor
 may the ordinary caviller begrudge the 
tribute4 ,of these centenary  honours   
three ,britons only have been deemed    
worthy2 ,shakspeare1 ,burns1  and       
,walter ,scott4 ,all these have exalted 
and purified human nature1  and1 by the 
force and splendour of their genius1    
fitted mankind more  fully to appreciate
 and enjoy the forthgivings of a higher 
and nobler  inspiration4                
,illustration3 #jbf          ,,the      
,,centenary ,,garland4                  
,,waverley4    ,,in the romance of      
,waverley1 the gifted author depicts the
 manners of  ,scottish ,highlanders at  
the period of the '#de4 ,the tale was   
sketched  out1 and one-third written in 
#ahje4 ,laid aside till #ahaa1 it was   
then  resumed2 it appeared anonymously  

in #ahad4 ,for the copyright1 ,constable
  tendered #gjj1 but the offer was      
declined on the ground that the sum  was
 too much should the novel prove a      
failure1 and too little if it were      
successful4 ,the success exceeded the   
utmost expectations both of the  author 
and the publishers4    ,in              
,mac,murrough's ,chant1 ,mr ,daniel     
,maclise1 ,r4,a41 represents a scene in 
the twentieth chapter4 ,waverley is     
entertained at ,glennaquoich by ,fergus 
,maclvor in the hall of his ancestor1   
,ian-nan-,chaistel1 ,john of the        
,tower4 ,the hall occupied all the first
 storey of the original erection1  and a
 huge oak table extended through its    
whole length4 ,the company  was         
numerous1 even to crowding4 ,at the head
 of the table sat the  chief himself1   
with ,waverley1 and two or three        
,highland visitors  of neighbouring     
tribes2 the elders of his own tribe1    
wadsetters and  tacksmen1 who occupied  
portions of his estate1 as mortgagers or

  lessees1 sat next in rank2 beneath    
them1 their sons and nephews1 and       
foster-brethren2 then the officers of   
the chief's household1 according  to    
their order2 and lowest of all1 the     
tenants4444 ,beyond this long           
perspective1 upon the green1 to which a 
huge pair of folding doors  opened1     
might be seen a multitude of            
,highlanders of a yet inferior          
description1 who1 nevertheless1 were    
considered as guests1 and had their     
share both of the countenance of the    
entertainer and the cheer of the  day4  
,in the distance1 and fluctuating round 
the extreme verge of the  banquet1 was a
 changeful group of women1 ragged boys  
and girls1 beggars  young and old4      
,illustration3 #jbh    ,illustration3   
#jbi    ,the banquet was approaching its
 close1 when the chief signalled the    
piper to cease1 and then exclaimed1     
,where is the song hidden1 my  friends1 
that ,mac,murrough cannot find it8 ,the 
bhairdh took the hint1  and began to    

chant1 with low and rapid utterance1 a  
profusion of  ,celtic verses4 ,as he    
advanced in his declamation1 his ardour 
seemed to  increase3 he had at first    
spoken with eyes fixed on the ground2 he
 now  cast them around1 as if           
beseeching1 and anon as if commanding   
attention2  and his tones rose into wild
 and impassioned notes1 accompanied with
  appropriate gestures4 ,the poet's     
ardour communicated itself to the       
audience2 their wild and sun-burnt      
countenances assumed a fiercer and  more
 animated expression2 all bent towards  
the reciter1 many sprang up  and waved  
their arms in ecstasy1 and some laid    
their hands upon their  swords4         
9999999999    ,in the accompanying      
etching1 ,mr ,george ,cruikshank        
represents the droll  scene where ,mr   
,duncan ,macwheeble is informed by      
,waverley of his present  fortune and   
future expectations1 and of his         
intention to share all with  ,miss ,rose
 ,bradwardine4 ,waverley had found the  

,bailie 7,macwheeble7 in his  office1   
and before him a large bicker of oatmeal
 porridge1 with a horn  spoon and a     
bottle of twopenny1 while a potbellied  
,dutch bottle of  brandy which stood by1
 intimated that this honest limb of the 
law had  taken his morning already1 or  
that he meant to season his porridge    
with  such digestive4 ,at the instant   
,waverley revealed the secret of his    
attachment to ,miss ,rose1 he almost    
deprived the ,bailie of his senses4 ,he 
started from his three-footed stool1    
like the pythoness from her tripod2     
flung his best wig out of the window1   
because the block on which it was       
placed stood in the way of his career2  
chucked his cap to the ceiling1  and    
caught it as it fell2 whistled          
,tullochgorum1 danced a ,highland  fling
 with inimitable grace and agility1 and 
then threw himself1  exhausted1 into a  
chair1 exclaiming1 ,lady                
,wauverley6-,ten thousand  a-year1 the  
least penny6--,lord preserve my poor    

understanding6          ,,guy           
,,mannering4    ,,guy ,,mannering1 the  
second novel of the author of ,waverley 
was composed  during six weeks preceding
 ,christmas #ahad4 ,it appeared in the  
following  ,february in three small     
volumes1 at the price of one guinea4    
,the  edition1 consisting of #bjjj      
copies1 was sold the day after          
publication1  and within three months1  
#ejjj copies were circulated4 ,the novel
 was  founded on a tale which ,scott had
 received from an old ,highlander1 a    
servant of his father1 who related how  
that a grave and elderly person  being  
benighted while travelling in ,galloway1
 had experienced the  hospitality of a  
country laird whose wife was on the eve 
of her  confinement4 ,the stranger being
 informed of the exact minute of the    
birth1 made1 by astrological signs1 a   
remarkable augury respecting the        
fortunes of the young stranger4 ,though 
based on the supernatural1 ,guy         
,mannering embraces an interesting      

portraiture of ,scottish life during    
the early portion of the eighteenth     
century4 ,one of the more conspicuous   
characters is ,dandie ,dinmont1 of      
,charlie's ,hope1 with his breed of     
terriers1 ,auld ,pepper1 ,auld ,mustard1
 ,young ,pepper1 ,young ,mustard1       
,little  ,pepper1 ,little ,mustard1 and 
the others4 ,from the fireside of the   
little  inn of ,mumps ,ha'1 ,dandie     
carried away some uncomfortable         
surmises4 ,these  were not removed by   
the several tall figures that appeared  
advancing  towards him4 ,he advised     
,brown 7,harry ,bertram7 not to wait for
 their  arrival1 but to jump behind him 
on ,dumple's back1 and deprecated any   
declinature under the circumstances4    
,dumple could carry six folk1 said      
,dandie1 if his back were long enough2  
but1 ,god's sake1 haste ye1 get  on1 for
 ,i see some folk coming through the    
slack yonder1 that it may be  just as   
weel no to wait for4 ,brown was of      
opinion that this apparition  of five or

 six men1 with whom the other villains  
seemed to join company1  coming across  
the moss towards them1 should abridge   
ceremony4 ,he  therefore mounted        
,dumple1 en croup1 and the little       
spirited nag  cantered away with two men
 of great size and strength1 as if they 
had  been children of six years old4    
,the rider1 to whom the paths of these  
wilds seemed intimately known1 pushed on
 at a rapid pace1 managing with  much   
dexterity to choose the safest route1 in
 which he was aided by the  sagacity of 
the ,galloway1 who never failed to take 
the difficult passes  exactly at the    
particular spot1 and in the special     
manner by which they  could be most     
safely crossed4 ,the scene of this      
adventure is graphically  delineated in 
the engraving4    ,illustration3 #jcb   
,illustration3 #jcc    ,in his present  
etching1 ,mr ,george ,cruikshank is     
eminently  characteristic4 ,dominie     
,sampson1 as entreated by ,mrs ,bertram1
 had  undertaken the task of watching   

little ,harry in his rambles4 ,the      
worthy  ,dominie was devoted to his     
charge1 and was delighted with his      
success  in having brought him so far in
 his learning as to spell words of three
  syllables4 ,he dreaded the idea of the
 child being seized by gipsies2 and     
though the occupation essentially       
differed from his former mode of life1  
he stalked about with young ,harry1 who1
 being only of five years1 was          
constantly rambling into awkward        
situations4 ,twice was the ,dominie     
pursued by a cross-grained cow1 and at  
another time he plunged into a  brook in
 crossing it at the stepping-stones4 ,at
 length he fell into the  peril depicted
 by the artist4 ,in seeking to pluck a  
water-lily for the  young laird he fell 
into the slough of ,lochend1 in which he
 was bogged  up to the middle4 ,in his  
plight he exclaimed as usual            
,pro-di-gi-ous6  amidst the laughter of 
the village matrons1 one of whom offered
 her hand  to help him out4 ,another    

declared that the laird might as weel   
trust  the care of his bairn to a       
potato-bogle4          ,,the            
,,antiquary4    ,,the ,,antiquary       
appeared in ,may #ahaf3 it was commenced
 a little before  the close of the      
previous year4 ,by the author it was    
regarded as less  interesting than its  
predecessors1 but the public showed     
appreciation by  purchasing #fjjj copies
 within six days of its publication4    
,like the two  former novels1 it is a   
representation of various scenes and    
phases  of ,scottish ,life as           
contemplated by the author himself4 ,in 
our first  engraving1 ,mr ,oldbuck is on
 a visit at ,elspeth's hut to inquire   
into  mysteries connected with the house
 of ,glenallan1 mysteries in which she  
had been initiated1 and crimes to which 
she had been accessory4 ,he is          
accompanied by his nephew and ,edie     
,ochiltree1 the latter having on one    
occasion been dispatched by ,elspeth    
with a message to ,lord ,glenallan4     

,no1 wretched ,beldam1 exclaimed        
,oldbuck1 who could keep silence no     
longer1 they drank the poison that you  
and your wretched mistress  prepared for
 them4    ,ha1 ha6 she replied1 ,i aye  
thought it would come to this2 it's but 
sitting silent when they                
examine1-there's nae torture in our     
days2  and if there is1 let them rend   
me4 ,it's ill o' the vassal's mouth that
  betrays the bread it eats4    ,speak  
to her1 ,edie1 said the ,antiquary1 she 
knows your voice1 and  answers to it    
most readily4    ,we shall mak naething 
mair out o' her1 said ,ochiltree2 when  
she has  clinkit herself down that way1 
and faulded her arms1 she winna speak a 
word1 they say1 for weeks thegither4    
,and besides1 to my thinking1 her  face 
is sair changed since we came in4       
,however1 ,i'll try her once more  to   
satisfy your honour4 ,so you canna keep 
in mind1 cummer1 that your  auld        
mistress1 the ,countess ,joscelin1 has  
been removed8    ,removed6 she          

exclaimed1 for that name never failed to
 produce its  usual effect upon her1    
then we maun a' follow4 ,a' maun ride   
when she is  in the saddle3 tell them to
 let ,lord ,geraldin know we're on      
before them4  ,bring my hood and scarf2 
ye wadna hae me gang in the carriage wi'
 my  leddy1 and my hair in this fashion8
 ,she raised her shrivelled arms1  and  
seemed busied like a woman who puts on  
her cloak to go abroad1 then  dropped   
them slowly and stiffly2 and the same   
idea of a journey still  floating       
apparently through her head1 she        
proceeded in a hurried  and interrupted 
manner-,call ,miss ,neville2 what do you
 mean by ,lady  ,geraldine8 ,i said     
,eveline ,neville-not ,lady             
,geraldine-there's no ,lady  ,geraldine2
 tell her that1 and bid her change her  
wet gown1 and no' look  so pale4        
,teresa-,teresa1 my lady calls us6      
,bring a candle1 the grand  staircase is
 as mirk as a yule midnight4 ,we are    
coming1 my lady6 ,with  these words she 

sunk back on the settle1 and from thence
 sidelong to the  floor4 ,edie ran to   
support her1 but hardly got her in his  
arms before he  said1 ,it's a' ower1 she
 has passed away even with that last    
word4    ,illustration3 #jcf            
,illustration3 #jcg    ,mr ,cruikshank  
has portrayed with his wonted humour the
 amusing scene at  the ,post-,office1 in
 which ,mrs ,heukbane and ,mrs          
,shortcake are examining1  with eager   
countenances1 the love-letter of        
,richard ,taffrail to ,jenny  ,caxon4   
,they threw themselves on the supposed  
love-letter1 like the weird  sisters in 
,macbeth1 upon the pilot's thumb1 with  
curiosity as eager1  and scarcely less  
malignant4 ,mrs ,heukbane was a tall    
woman2 she held the  precious epistle up
 between her eyes and the window4 ,mrs  
,shortcake1 a  little squat personage1  
strained and stood on tiptoe to have her
 share  of the investigation4 ,it's frae
 him sure enough1 said the butcher's    
lady2 ,i can read ,richard ,taffrail on 

the corner2 and it's written1 like      
,john ,thomson's wallet1 frae end to    
end4'    ,haud it lower down1 madam1    
exclaimed ,mrs ,shortcake1 in a tone    
above  the prudential whisper which     
their occupation required2 haud it lower
  down2 div ye think naebody can read   
hand o' writ but yoursel'8    ,whisht1  
whisht1 said ,mrs ,mail-letter1 there's 
somebody in the shop4          ,,rob    
,,roy1    ,,the romance of ,rob ,roy was
 composed in #ahag1 and published in    
,january  of the following year4 ,an    
edition of #aj1jjj disappeared in two   
weeks1  when a second impression was    
printed4 ,rob ,roy and his wife1 ,bailie
 ,nicol  ,jarvie and his housekeeper1   
,die ,vernon and ,rashleigh             
,osbaldistone1  were all favourite      
characters2 and the novel essentially   
sustained the  reputation of the unknown
 author4 ,in the accompanying engraving1
 ,mr  ,melville has represented the     
lower section of ,loch ,lomond1 the     
,queen of  ,scottish lakes4 ,on the     

right is presented the massive shoulder 
of ,ben  ,lomond1 which raises its lofty
 head #caib feet above the ocean's      
level1  while on the left extend the    
craggy forms of the ,arrochar mountains4
  ,with the promise of mutual aid and   
good will1 ,bailie ,nicol ,jarvie and   
,frank ,osbaldistone have parted with   
the ,macgregor1 and in their skiff  bear
 away from the shore towards the south  
western angle of the lake1  where it    
gives birth to the ,leven4 ,rob ,roy    
remained for some time  standing on the 
rock1 from beneath which they had       
departed1 conspicuous  by his long gun1 
waving tartans1 and the single plume in 
his cap1 which1  in those days1 denoted 
the ,highland gentleman and soldier1    
though the  present military taste has  
decorated the ,highland bonnet with a   
quantity  of black plumage1 resembling  
that which is borne before funerals4    
9999999999    ,to every reader of ,rob  
,roy1 the scene in ,jeanie ,mac,alpine's
  public-house1 sketched by ,mr         

,cruikshank1 is abundantly familiar4    
,let  the scene be illustrated in the   
novelist's own words3 ,i 7,frank        
,osbaldistone7 put myself in a posture  
of defence1 and1 aware of the           
superiority of my weapon1 a rapier or   
small sword1 was little afraid of  the  
issue of the contest4 ,the ,bailie      
behaved with unexpected mettle3  as he  
saw the gigantic ,highlander about to   
confront him with his weapon  drawn1 he 
tugged for a second or two at the hilt  
of his shabble1 as he  called it2 but   
finding it loth to quit the sheath1 to  
which it had long  been secured by rust 
and disuse1 he seized1 as a substitute1 
on the  red-hot coulter of a plough1    
which had been employed in arranging the
  fire by way of a poker1 and           
brandishing it with such effect1 that at
 the  first pass he set the             
,highlander's plaid on fire1 and        
compelled him to  keep a respectful     
distance1 till he could get it          
extinguished4 ,andrew  ,fairservice1 who

 ought to have faced the ,lowland       
champion1 vanished  at the very         
commencement of the fray2 but his       
antagonist1 crying  'fair-play1' seemed 
courteously disposed to take no share in
 the  scuffle4' ,osbaldistone's aim was 
to possess himself of his antagonist's  
weapon1 but he declined from closing    
with him through fear of a dirk  which  
he held in his left hand4 ,the ,bailie1 
notwithstanding the success  of his     
first onset1 was sorely bested4 ,the    
weight of his weapon1 the  corpulence of
 his person1 the very effervescence of  
his own passion1  were rapidly          
exhausting his strength and his breath1 
and he was almost  at the mercy of his  
antagonist1 when up started the sleeping
 ,highlander1  with his naked sword and 
target in his hand1 and threw himself   
between  the discomfited magistrate and 
his assailant1 exclaiming1 ',her ownsell
  has eaten the town bread at the cross 
o' ,glasgow2 and by her troth1  she'll  
fight for ,bailie ,sharvie at the       

clachan of ,aberfoil4'    ,illustration3
 #jdj    ,illustration3 #jda            
,,old ,,mortality4    ,,old ,,mortality 
commenced a series of novels which      
,scott entitled ,tales  of my ,landlord4
 ,the title was a sobriquet given to    
,robert ,paterson1  an eccentric native 
of ,dumfriesshire1 who1 during the      
latter portion of  the eighteenth       
century1 repaired without recompence the
 tombstones  of the ,covenanters in the 
southern counties2 but the novel treats 
of ,scottish manners during the period  
when those commemorated by ,old         
,mortality were alive4 ,it was published
 in ,december #ahaf1 and within six     
weeks two editions1 each of two         
thousand1 disappeared4    ,in the sketch
 of the ,black ,linn of ,linklater1 the 
artist has caught  the moment when      
,morton looked round him1 and the girl1 
his companion1  pulled his sleeve1 and  
pointing to the oak and the projecting  
rock  beyond it1 indicated that there   
lay his farther passage4 ,he gazed  at  

her with surprise1 for although he well 
knew that the persecuted  ,presbyterians
 had sought refuge among dells and      
thickets1 caves and  cataracts1 in spots
 the most extraordinary and secluded1   
yet his  imagination had never exactly  
figured out the horrors of such a       
residence44444 ,he began to consider how
 he should traverse the doubtful  and   
terrific bridge1 which1 skirted by the  
cascade1 and rendered wet and  slippery 
by its constant drizzling1 traversed the
 chasm above sixty feet  from the bottom
 of the fall ,fixing his eye on a       
stationary object on  the other side he 
resolved to attempt the passage4444 ,the
 inhabitant of  this secluded retreat   
was ,balfour of ,burley1 with whom he   
was desirous  of renewing an            
acquaintance1 which had been broken off 
since the fight  of ,bothwell ,bridge4  
9999999999    ,the scene of ,cuddie's   
leave-taking has formed an appropriate  
subject  for the pencil of ,mr          
,cruikshank4 ,fare ye weel1 ,jenny1 said

 ,cuddie1  with a loud exertion of his  
lungs1 intended1 perhaps1 to be a sigh1 
but  rather resembling a groan4 ,ye'll  
think of puir ,cuddie sometimes2 an     
honest lad that lo'es ye1 ,jenny6 ,ye'll
 think o' him now and then8             
,whiles-at brose time1 answered the     
malicious damsel1 unable either to      
suppress the repartee1 or the arch smile
 that attended it4 ,cuddie took  his    
revenge1 as rustic lovers are wont1 and 
as ,jenny probably expected1  caught his
 mistress round the neck1 kissed her    
cheeks and lips heartily1  and then     
turned his horse and trotted after his  
master4 ,deil'sin the  fallow1 said     
,jenny1 wiping her lips1 and adjusting  
her head-dress1 he  has twice the spunk 
o' ,tam ,halliday1 after a'6-,coming1 my
 leddy1 coming4  ,lord have a care o'   
us6 ,i trust the auld leddy didna see   
us6    ,jenny1 said ,lady ,margaret1 as 
the damsel came up1 was not that young  
man who commanded the party1 the same   
who was captain of the popinjay1  and   

who was afterwards prisoner at          
,tillietudlem1 on the morning           
,claverhouse came there8 ,jenny1 happy  
that the query had no reference  to her 
own little matters1 looked at her young 
mistress1 to discover1 if  possible1    
whether it was her cue to speak truth or
 not4 ,being unable to  catch any hint  
to guide her1 she followed her instinct1
 and expressed  herself fictitiously4   
,illustration3 #jdd    ,illustration3   
#jde    ,illustration3 #jdf          ,a 
,,legend ,,of ,,montrose1    ,,this     
novel1 one of the series of the ,tales  
of my ,landlord1 was  produced while the
 author was suffering from severe       
illness2 and it was  passed through the 
press without his revision4 ,it was1    
however1 well  received by the public1  
and rapidly obtained a wide circulation4
 ,it is  chiefly founded on the         
melancholy fate of ,john1 ,lord         
,kilpont1 eldest son  of ,william1 ,earl
 of ,airth and ,menteith1 and the       
remarkable circumstances  which attended

 the birth and career of ,stewart of    
,ardvoirlich1 by whose  hand he fell4   
,in the accompanying sketch1 the artist 
has represented the meeting of  ,lord   
,menteith and ,dugald ,dalgetty in the  
,pass of ,leny1 a picturesque  defile in
 ,perthshire1 of which the scenery is   
depicted in the ,lady of  the ,lake4    
,the ,pass is approached from the low   
country by a road winding round  the    
base of ,benledi4 ,at a sudden bend of  
the road is disclosed ,loch  ,lubnaig1  
the source of the river which flows     
rapidly on the left4 ,in the  background
 rises the massive summit of ,benmore1  
overtopping the heights  of             
,balquhidder4 ,lord ,menteith1          
accompanied by his two servants1 one    
leading a sumpter horse1 had just wound 
round the projecting mountain1  which   
skirts the lake's northern shore1 when  
he remarked a single  horseman coming   
down the shore as if to meet him4 ,the  
stranger was  mounted on a powerful     
horse1 and his rider occupied his       

war-saddle with  an air which showed it 
was his familiar seat4 ,he wore a bright
 burnished  head-piece with a plume of  
feathers1 together with a cuirass1 thick
  enough to resist a musket-ball4 ,these
 defensive arms he wore over a          
buff-jerkin1 along with a pair of       
gauntlets1 the tops of which reached  to
 his elbows4 ,at the front of his saddle
 hung a case of pistols1 nearly  two    
feet in length1 and carrying bullets of 
twenty to the pound4 ,a  buff belt1 with
 a broad silver buckle1 sustained on one
 side a long1  straight1 double-edged   
sword1 with a strong guard1 and         
calculated either  to strike or push4   
,on the right side hung a dagger of     
about eighteen  inches in length2 a     
shoulder-belt sustained at his back a   
musketoon1  and was crossed by a        
bandalier containing his charges of     
ammunition4  ,thigh-pieces of steel     
called taslets1 met the top of his      
jack-boots1 and  completed the equipage 
of ,rittmaster ,dugald ,dalgetty of     

,drumthwacket4    ,illustration3 #jdh   
,illustration3 #jdi-jej    ,mr          
,cruikshank represents ,captain         
,dalgetty's landing at ,ardenvohr4 ,the 
boatman1 seizing the ,captain with rough
 civility1 horsed him on the back  of a 
sturdy ,highlander1 and wading through  
the surf with him1 landed him  on the   
beach under the ,castle ,rock4 ,in the  
face of the rock appeared  the entrance 
of a low-browed cavern1 toward which his
 attendants were  hurrying him1 when    
,dalgetty1 shaking himself from their   
grasp1 insisted  upon seeing ,gustavus1 
his horse1 safely landed1 before he     
proceeded a  step further4 ,the         
,highlander could not comprehend what he
 meant1 until  one who had picked up a  
little ,english1 exclaimed1 ,hout6 it's 
a'  about her horse1 ta useless baste4  
,farther remonstrance on the part  of   
,dalgetty was interrupted by the        
appearance of ,sir ,duncan ,campbell    
himself1 from the mouth of the cavern1  
for the purpose of inviting  ,captain   

,dalgetty to accept of the hospitality  
of ,ardenvohr1 pledging his  honour1 at 
the same time1 that ,gustavus should be 
treated as became the  hero from whom he
 derived his name1 not to mention the   
important  person to whom he now        
belonged4 ,notwithstanding this very    
satisfactory  guarantee1 ,captain       
,dalgetty would still have hesitated1   
had not two  ,highlanders seized him by 
the arms1 two more pushed him on behind1
 while  a fifth exclaimed1 ,hout6 awa'  
wi' the daft ,sassenach6 does she no    
hear  the ,laird bidding her up to her  
ain castle1 wi' her especial voice2 and 
isna' that very mickle honour for the   
like o' her8          ,,the ,,black     
,,dwarf1    ,,the tale of the ,black    
,dwarf appeared in #ahai4 ,one of the   
,tales of ,my  ,landlord series1 it was 
founded on the character and            
peculiarities of  ,david ,ritchie1 a    
misshapen creature1 popularly known as  
,bow'd ,davie1  who lived on a wild     
moorland near ,peebles1 and who1 from   

his deformed  aspects and uncouth       
manners1 was an object of superstitious 
dread in  the locality4 ,mr ,turner1 the
 celebrated artist1 has1 in the         
accompanying  illustration1 strikingly  
delineated a familiar scene in the      
novel4 ,as  ,earnscliff and ,hobbie     
,elliott were crossing the common1 the  
latter was  interrupted in certain      
protestations of heroism which he was   
uttering1  by the outline of a form     
seemingly human1 but under the ordinary 
size1  moving among the grey stones     
which formed the buttress of the granite
  column which they were approaching4   
,the figure was descried by aid of  the 
moon1 which1 struggling with the clouds1
 shed a doubtful light upon  the scene4 
,from time to time came a sort of       
indistinct muttering sound4  ,the entire
 spectacle so much resembled his idea of
 an apparition1 that  ,hobbie1 making a 
dead pause1 while his hair stood on end1
 whispered to  his companion1 ,it's     
,auld ,ailie hersel'6 shall ,i gi'e her 

a shot8    ,for ,heaven's sake1 no1 said
 ,earnscliff1 holding down the weapon1  
which  he was about to raise to the aim2
 for ,heaven's sake1 no2 it's some poor 
distracted creature4    ,in his etching 
,mr ,george ,cruikshank has effectively 
represented the  strange interview      
between ,hobbie ,elliott and the ,dwarf4
 ,it is described  by the novelist4 ,the
 ,dwarf turned his rage on the young    
farmer1 and  by a sudden effort1 far    
more powerful than ,hobbie expected from
 such a  person1 freed his wrist from   
his grasp1 and offered the dagger at his
  heart ,all this was done in the       
twinkling of an eye1 and the incensed   
recluse might have completed his        
vengeance by plunging the weapon in     
,elliott's bosom1 had he not been       
checked by an internal impulse1  which  
made him hurl the knife at a distance4  
',no6 he exclaimed1 as he  voluntarily  
deprived himself of the means of        
gratifying his rage2 'not  again-not    
again6' ,hobbie retreated a step or two 

in great surprise1  discomposure1 and   
disdain1 at having been placed in such  
danger by an  object apparently so      
contemptible1 exclaiming1 ',the deil's  
in the body1  for strength and          
bitterness6'    ,illustration3 #jec     
,illustration3 #jed-ee          ,,the   
,,heart ,,of ,,mid-,,lothian4    ,,the  
,,heart ,,of ,,mid-,,lothian1 one of the
 most popular of the ,waverley  novels1 
appeared in ,june #ahah4 ,it is founded 
on the well-known incident  of ,helen   
,walker1 a woman in humble life1 who    
refused to save her  sister's life when 
it rested upon her oath1 but who1 after 
her sister's  condemnation1 undertook a 
foot journey to ,london1 where1 from the
 ,duke  of ,argyll1 she procured a      
pardon and returned with it1 again on   
foot1 in  time to stay the execution4   
,the accompanying illustration          
represents the death of ,captain        
,porteous1  a leading event in the      
novel4 ,the scene depicted is the       
,grassmarket of  ,edinburgh4 ,the       

opening to the right is the ,cowgate1   
near which ,porteous  was hanged4       
,beyond is ,edinburgh ,castle1 occupying
 the summit of the  lofty rock which    
rises precipitously above the houses of 
the ,old ,town4  ,the mob having        
ascertained that the sentence of death  
passed upon  ,captain ,porteous would   
not be carried out1 resolved to become  
his  executioners themselves2 and       
bursting the prison doors1 seized on the
  unfortunate officer1 whom they hurried
 to the place of execution4 ,while  a   
gibbet was being prepared1 ,butler1 the 
clergyman who had been pressed  into the
 service of the mob1 endeavoured to     
dissuade them from their  desperate     
design4 ,porteous protested that what he
 had done fell out  in self-defence1 in 
the lawful exercise of his duty2 but the
 enraged  multitude were determined on  
his destruction4 ,separated from the    
unhappy  victim by the press1 ,butler   
hastened from the spot1 and casting back
 a  terrified glance1 discovered a      

figure struggling as it hung suspended  
above the heads of the multitude1 and   
could observe men striking at it  with  
their axes4    9999999999    ,our other 
illustration is of a humorous character4
 ,mr ,cruikshank  represents the visit  
of the ,laird of ,dumbiedykes to ,jeanie
 ,deans4 ,when  a change of residence1  
from ,woodend to ,st ,leonard's ,crags1 
was resolved  upon1 ,jeanie concluded   
that she would be released from the     
visits of  ,dumbiedykes1 but in this    
expectation she was disappointed2 for1  
on the  sixth day after her arrival1 the
 laird appeared at ,st ,leonard's1 laced
  hat1 tobacco pipe1 and all1 and1 with 
the self-same greeting of ,how is  a'   
wi' you1 ,jeanie8 assuming nearly the   
same position as at ,woodend4  ,with an 
unusual exertion of the powers of       
conversation1 he added1  ,jeanie-,i     
say-,jeanie1 woman6 at the same time    
extending his hand  towards her         
shoulder1 with all the fingers spread   
out as if to clutch  it1 but in so      

awkward a manner1 that when she whisked 
beyond its reach1  the paw remained     
suspended in the air with the palm open1
 like the claw  of a heraldic griffin4  
,jeanie1 continued the swain1 in this   
moment of  inspiration1 ,i say1 ,jeanie1
 it's a braw day out-by1 and the roads  
are  no that ill for boot-hose4    ,the 
deil's in that driv'ling body1 muttered 
,jeanie1 wha wad hae  thought o' his    
daunerin' out this length8 for the      
landed proprietor  looked so unco gleg  
and canty1 that she didna ken what he   
might be  coming out wi' next4          
,illustration3 #jeh    ,illustration3   
#jei          ,,the ,,bride ,,of        
,,lammermoor4    ,,bride ,,of           
,,lammermoor1 one of the products of    
#ahai1 is founded on  a remarkable      
narrative1 connected with the marriage  
of ,miss ,janet  ,dalrymple1 daughter of
 the first ,lord ,stair1 who1 without   
the parental  knowledge1 engaged herself
 to the ,lord ,rutherford1 but who      
subsequently  consented to abandon her  

noble lover1 and accept the hand of     
,david  ,dunbar1 younger of ,baldoon1   
whose suit was supported by her parents4
 ,on  the #bdth ,august #affi1 shortly  
after the nuptial ceremony1 the         
bridegroom  was found in the bridal     
chamber lying across the threshold1     
frightfully  wounded and streaming with 
blood4 ,on a search1 the bride was      
discovered  in the chimney-corner1      
dabbled in gore1 and moping as an idiot2
 she  survived only two weeks4 ,the     
bridegroom1 who recovered from his      
wounds1  refused to answer any questions
 in relation to the tragedy2 he was     
killed by a fall from his horse in      
,march #afhb499         99 ,the marriage
 contract of the ,bride of ,lammermoor  
has       lately been discovered at ,st 
,mary's ,isle1 the seat of the          
,earl of ,selkirk4 ,his lordship is the 
representative of the       family of   
,dunbar of ,baldoon1 and has the family 
papers in       his possession4 ,in     
arranging these he came upon the        

contract4 ,the four signatures are1     
,david ,dunbar the       bridegroom1    
,janet ,dalrymple the bride1 ,james     
,dalrymple1 and       ,baldoon1 father  
of the bridegroom4 ,james ,dalrymple may
 have       been the bride's brother1   
who rode behind her to the church1      
and whose dagger was used in the assault
 ,there is a little       tremor in the 
bride's signature4    ,the accompanying 
illustration represents ,fast ,castle1  
the original  of ,wolf's ,crag1 of which
 the proprietors1 the ,logans and       
,humes1 were  conspicuous in ,scottish  
history4 ,margaret of ,england1 on her  
way to  join her husband1 ,james ,,iv1  
at ,edinburgh1 lodged a night in the    
castle4  ,yonder is ,wolf's ,crag1 said 
,ravenswood1 and whatever it still      
contains is at your service1 ,bucklaw4  
,the roar of the sea had long  announced
 their approach to the cliff1 on the    
summit of which1 like the  nest of some 
sea-eagle1 the founder of the fortalice 
had perched his  eyrie4 ,the pale moon1 

which had hitherto been contending with 
flitting  clouds1 now shone out1 and    
gave them a view of the solitary and    
naked  tower1 situated on a projecting  
cliff that beetled on the ,german       
,ocean4  ,on three sides the rock was   
precipitous2 on the fourth1 which was   
towards the land1 it had been originally
 fenced by an artificial ditch  and     
drawbridge1 but the latter was broken   
down and ruinous1 and the  former had   
been in part filled up1 so as to allow a
 passage for a  horseman into the narrow
 courtyard1 encircled on two sides by   
low  offices and stables partly ruinous1
 and closed on the landward front  by a 
low embattled wall1 while the remaining 
side of the quadrangle  was occupied by 
the tower1 built of a greyish stone1    
glimmering in the  moonlight like the   
sheeted spectre of some huge giant4 ,a  
wilder or  more disconsolate dwelling1  
it was perhaps difficult to conceive4   
,the  sombrous and heavy sound of the   
billows successively dashing against  a 

rocky beach at a profound distance      
beneath1 was to the ear what  the       
landscape was to the eye1 a symbol of   
unvaried and monotonous  melancholy4    
,illustration3 #jfb-jfc                 
,illustration3 #jfd    ,mr ,cruikshank  
has successfully depicted the humorous  
spectacle of ,caleb  ,balderstone       
snatching provisions for his master's   
table4 ,dame ,lightbody  expected a     
number of guests to the christening of  
her bit wean1 when  ,caleb entered4     
,there bubbled on the bickering fire a  
huge caldron1 while  before it revolved 
two spits1 one loaded with a quarter of 
mutton1  the other with a fat goose and 
a brace of wild ducks4 ,caleb turned to 
reconnoitre as the mother and           
grandmother hastened to attend the hero 
of  the evening in a remote corner4     
,sending one of the youthful turnspits  
for  snishing1 ,caleb1 not apprehending 
danger from the other1 lifted up  the   
spit bearing the wild-fowl1 put on his  
hat1 and marched off with  the plunder4 

,the boy at the spit was so bewildered  
that he became  motionless1 and suffered
 the mutton to burn as black as a coal4 
,,ivanhoe4    ,,ivanhoe 7published in   
,december #ahai7 was ,scott's first     
attempt to depict  the manners and      
incidents of old ,english life1 and the 
effort was hailed  with universal       
delight ,an impression of #ab1jjj copies
 was immediately  disposed of4    ,our  
first illustration represents ,prince   
,john and ,rebecca at the ,passage  of  
,arms at ,ashby4 ,prince ,john instantly
 recognised the ,jew1 but was  much more
 agreeably attracted by the beautiful   
daughter of ,zion1 who1  terrified by   
the tumult1 clung to the arm of her aged
 father4 ,the  figure of ,rebecca might 
have been compared with the proudest    
beauties of  ,england4 ,her form was    
exquisitely symmetrical1 and showed to  
advantage  by an ,eastern dress1 which  
she wore according to the fashion of the
  females of her nation4 ,the turban of 
yellow silk suited well with the        

darkness of her complexion4 ,the        
brilliancy of her eyes1 the superb      
circle of her eyebrows1 her aquiline    
nose1 her teeth as white as pearl1  and 
the profusion of her sable tresses1     
which fell down upon as much of  a      
lovely neck as a simar of rich ,persian 
silk permitted to be visible4  ,all     
these constituted a combination of      
loveliness4 ,a diamond necklace1  with  
pendants of inestimable value1 was      
conspicuous on her bosom4 ,the  feather 
of an ostrich1 fastened in her turban by
 an agraffe1 was another  distinction of
 the beautiful ,jewess1 another         
attraction to the quick  eye of ,prince 
,john4 ,the ,prince presented an open   
set of features1  well formed by nature1
 and accurately moulded by art to the   
rules of  courtesy4 ,his dress was one  
of the richest splendour1 a costly      
mantle  lined with the finest sables    
fell down from his shoulder or floated  
in  the breeze2 maroquin boots with     
golden spurs adorned his well-formed    

legs and feet1 and the grace with which 
he managed his palfrey gained  him the  
unlimited applause of the glittering    
assemblage4 ,turning towards  the       
gallery to which the ,jew and his lovely
 charge in vain attempted to  obtain    
admission1 he gave instructions that    
both should have a place4    ,what is   
she1 ,isaac1 thy wife or thy daughter8  
,my daughter ,rebecca1 so please thy    
grace4    ,daughter or wife1 replied the
 ,prince1 she shall be preferred        
according to her beauty and thy merits4 
,illustration3 #jfg    ,illustration3   
#jfh    ,the interview of the ,black    
,knight and the ,friar of ,copmanhurst  
is from  the pencil of ,mr ,cruikshank4 
,king ,richard1 otherwise the ,black    
,sluggard1  having extorted the         
confidence of the jolly hermit1 obeyed  
his command  as master of the feast3    
,sit down1 fill thy cup2 let us drink1  
sing1 and  be merry2 fill a flagon2     
nought pitches the voice and sharpens   
the ear  like a cup of wine2 and ,i love

 to feel the grape at my fingers' ends1 
before they make the harp-strings       
tickle4 ,the king essayed a ballad1     
which he had learned in the ,holy ,land1
 during which the friar demeaned        
himself like a first-rate critic at a   
new opera4 ,when the ballad was  ended1 
the friar took up his harp1 and         
entertained the king with a             
characteristic song1 the concluding     
stanza of which is deserving of         
remembrance by brothers of the trade3   
,long flourish the sandal1 the cord1 and
 the rope1       ,the dread of the      
devil1 and trust of the ,pope2          
,for to gather life's roses unscathed by
 the briar1       ,is granted alone to  
the bare-footed friar4          ,,the   
,,monastery4    ,,after the publication 
of ,ivanhoe1 ,scott returned for a time 
to the  illustration of ,scottish life4 
,the ,monastery was published in ,march 
#ahbj1 in three duodecimo volumes4      
,owing to the supernatural element      
introduced by the ,white ,lady of       

,avenel1 the novel was less successful  
than its predecessors4 ,it was1 however1
 redeemed from absolute failure  through
 the beautiful descriptions of natural  
scenery and the striking  ,scottish     
manners which it presented4    ,in the  
accompanying engraving is represented   
the ,abbey of ,melrose  amidst the      
beautiful scenery by which it is        
surrounded4 ,it is the finest  specimen 
of ,gothic architecture in ,scotland4   
,the spire of the central  tower has    
disappeared1 but the tower itself1      
eighty-four feet in  height1 imparts    
dignity to the structure4 ,the grand    
east window is  of unparallelled beauty 
and elegance4 ,gothic pinnacles         
terminate the  principal                
buttresses1'which1 with the various     
windows1 are decorated  with admirably  
carved figures and niches richly        
sculptured4 ,in ,melrose  ,abbey was    
deposited the heart of ,king ,robert the
 ,bruce1 after the  unsuccessful attempt
 to carry it to ,palestine4    ,the     

absence of ,father ,eustace1 superior of
 the abbey1 who was detained  much      
beyond his accustomed hour of returning 
home1 created alarm among  his brethren1
 and the dependants had all been        
summoned to assist1 with  torches1 in   
searching for the venerable man4 ,the   
shout of joy that  was raised as he     
approached1 soon convinced him of the   
object of the  assemblage2 and the      
invitations distributed to the people1  
to call  at the convent kitchen for a   
quarter of a yard of roast beef each1   
demonstrated the esteem in which he was 
held in the institution4    9999999999  
,in our second illustration ,herbert    
,glendinning is presenting the silver   
bodkin which he received from the ,white
 ,lady4 ,the production of this  token  
has caused the most extraordinary change
 in the aspect of ,sir  ,piercie        
,shafton1 whose serenity has suddenly   
become transformed into  fury4 ,he has  
started up1 quivering with rage1 and in 
his inflamed and  agitated features he  

resembles a demoniac rather than a      
mortal under  the government of reason4 
,he thrusts both his clenched fists     
towards  ,glendinning's face1 but the   
next moment withdraws them1 and striking
 his  open palm against his forehead1   
rushes from the apartment4              
,illustration3 #jga-jgb                 
,illustration3 #jgc          ,,the      
,,abbot4    ,,the ,,abbot was published 
in ,september #ahbj1 as a sequel to ,the
  ,monastery1 which appeared in the     
preceding ,march4 ,according to ,mr     
,lockhart1 it arose in ,scott's mind    
during a visit to ,blair-,adam4 ,the    
beautiful localities of that estate are 
distinctly alluded to1 while the        
virtues of the amiable owner1 ,mr ,chief
 ,commissioner ,adam1 are admirably     
portrayed4    ,in the accompanying      
illustration1 the artist represents an  
apartment in  ,holyrood ,palace1 in     
which the ,regent ,murray has just held 
a meeting  of the ,privy ,council4 ,in  
the room is a long open table1          

surrounded by  stools of the same wood4 
,in front of a large elbow chair covered
 with  crimson velvet1 the ,regent is   
standing4 ,the usher has marshalled     
,roland  ,grme into the apartment1 and  
the ,regent1 who had been laughing with 
the  ,lords1 now assumed a deep and even
 melancholy gravity4 ,he was dressed in 
black velvet after the ,flemish fashion1
 and wore in his high crowned  hat a    
jewelled clasp which looped it up on one
 side1 and formed the only  ornament of 
his apparel4 ,he had his poignard by his
 side1 and his sword  lay on die table4 
,roland presented himself with a feeling
 of awe1 and  with an abashed manner    
placed in his hand the letter of ,sir   
,halbert  ,avenel4 ,the ,earl paused    
before he broke the silk with which the 
letter  was secured1 to ask the page his
 name1 so much was he struck with his   
handsome features and form4             
9999999999    ,mr ,george ,cruikshank   
depicts the entrance of the ,abbot of   
,unreason to  the church of ,st ,mary's4

 ,the door was thrown open with a shout 
which  brought up the ,abbot and his    
brethren1 when the ,abbot of ,unreason  
entered4 ,then was a scene of ridiculous
 confusion4 ,boys shrieked and  howled2 
men laughed and hallooed2 women giggled 
and screamed2 and the  beasts roared2   
and the dragon walloped and hissed2 and 
the hobby-horse  neighed1 pranced1 and  
capered2 and the rest frisked and       
frolicked1  clashing their hob-nailed   
shoes against the pavement till it      
sparkled  with the marks of their       
energetic caprioles4 ,the ,abbot seemed 
at a  stand4 ,he made a gesture of his  
hand as if commanding silence1 which was
  at first only replied to by redoubled 
shouts and peals of laughter4           
,illustration3 #jgf    ,illustration3   
#jgg          ,,kenilworth4    ,,mr     
,,constable requested that ,sir ,walter 
would introduce ,queen ,elizabeth  in   
his next romance as a companion to ,mary
 ,stuart of the ,abbot4 ,the  great     
novelist consented1 and having selected 

that period when the  sudden death of   
the first ,countess of ,leicester opened
 to her husband's  ambition the way to  
sharing a crown1 gave to his romance the
 name of  ,kenilworth4 ,it was published
 in ,january #ahba1 in three volumes1   
and  at once excited the deepest        
interest4 ,kenilworth1 writes ,mr       
,lockhart1  continues1 and ,i doubt not1
 will ever continue1 to be placed in the
  very highest rank of prose fiction4   
,the rich variety of character and      
scenery and incident in this novel has  
never indeed been surpassed1  nor1 with 
the one exception of the ',bride of     
,lammermoor1' has ,scott  bequeathed us 
a deeper and more affecting tragedy than
 that of ,amy  ,robsart4 ,refer-ing to  
his materials for the novel1 ,sir       
,walter writes in  #ahca3 ,the reader   
will find ,i have borrowed several      
incidents1 as well  as names1 from      
',ashmole's ,antiquities1' and the more 
early authorities2  but my first        
acquaintance with the history was       

through the more pleasing  medium of    
verse4 ,there is a period in youth when 
the mere power of  numbers has a more   
strong effect on ear and imagination1   
than in more  advanced life4 ,at this   
season of immature taste the author was 
greatly  delighted with the poems of    
,mickle and ,langliome1 poets who1      
though by  no means deficient in the    
higher branches of their art1 were      
eminent  for their powers of verbal     
melody above most who have practised    
this  department of poetry4 ,one of     
those pieces of ,mickle1 which the      
author  was particularly pleased with1  
is a ballad1 or rather a species of     
elegy1 on the subject of ,cumnor ,hall1 
which1 with others by the same  author1 
were to be found in ,evans's ',ancient  
,ballads' 7vol4 iv41 p4  #acj71 to which
 work ,mickle made liberal              
contributions4    ,among the sports at  
,kenilworth got up to entertain ,queen  
,elizabeth1 was  a mock battle between  
the ,english and the ,danes1 somewhat   

resembling the  ancient hocktide play4  
,on a preconcerted signal the combatants
 engaged1  but the concussion was less  
violent than had been anticipated4 ,this
 was  not owing to any apprehension of  
each other1 but to the fear of being    
pushed into the lake4 ,when the battle  
raged furiously the former  precaution  
was neglected1 and the pressure causing 
the railings to  yield1 many were       
precipitated into the water4 ,this scene
 is depicted in  the accompanying       
illustration4    ,illustration3 #jhj    
,illustration3 #jha    ,in his etching  
,mr ,cruikshank represents a stirring   
incident in the  novel4 ,wayland ,smith 
and ,tresilian1 being now partners in a 
serious  adventure1 the former consented
 to abandon for a season his mysterious 
forge2 but scarcely had he done so1 when
 ,flibbertigibbet entered the  dark     
tenement1 and employed the combustibles 
he found there to blow up  the cave4 ,he
 had hinted at his mischievous          
intentions as ,tresilian and  ,wayland  

were mounting their horses1 but when the
 former attempted to  catch1 and compel 
him to speak less mystically1 the urchin
 fled with  a velocity almost           
preternatural1 and baffled the best     
efforts of his  pursuers4          ,,the
 ,,pirate4    ,,by his four novels1     
published between ,december #ahai1 and  
,january #ahba1  ,sir ,walter had       
realised at least #aj1jjj1 while #ejjj  
additional were  paid him by ,constable 
and ,co4 for the remainder of these     
copyrights4  ,the ,pirate appeared in   
,december #ahba1 and in the words of ,mr
 ,lockhart1  the wild freshness of its  
atmosphere1 the beautiful contrast of   
,minna  and ,brenda1 and the            
exquisitely-drawn character of ,captain 
,cleveland1  found a reception which    
they deserved4    ,in the accompanying  
illustration1 ,noma has arrived at the  
spot where  the shipwrecked seaman had  
been cast1 just in time to restore      
suspended  animation1 and to protect him
 from plunder4 ,assisted by ,mordaunt   

she  raised the pirate's head to enable 
him to disgorge the sea water2 but      
while her kind services were in         
progress1 ,bryce ,snailsfoot1 the       
pedlar1  exhibited symptoms of          
dishonesty1 by commencing to remove the 
pirate's  finger-rings1 while he cast an
 avaricious glance towards the chest4   
,of  the latter the contents were plain 
and lace ruffled shirts1 a silver       
compass1 a silver hilted sword1 and     
other valuable articles which  the      
pedlar knew would stir in the trade4    
,from his villainy ,bryce was  deterred 
by the menaces of ,noma1 which were     
scarcely uttered before the  voices of  
approaching wreckers fell upon her ear4 
,but her vigorous  determination1 and   
the superstitious influence which she   
exercised over  the islanders1 enabled  
her to save both the life and the       
property of  ,cleveland4    ,the second 
illustration represents ,noma           
,despatching the ,provisions4  ,the     
attendants of ,magnus ,troil had just   

laid out the cold collation  which they 
had brought with them1 and were about to
 take seats at the  table1 when ,noma1  
seizing one article after another1 flung
 them out of  the window into the sea   
which foamed below2 hams and pickled    
beef flew  into the empty space1 smoked 
geese were returned to the air1 and     
cured  fish to their native element4    
,with some difficulty the ,udaller      
rescued  his silver drinking-cup from   
the destroyer's hands4 ,what occasioned 
,magnus the deepest chagrin was to find 
his brandy flask1 first in the          
possession of the dwarf ,pacolet1 and   
afterwards in its passage through  the  
window1 an event which was attended by a
 fiendish grin on the part  of ,norna's 
attendant4    ,illustration3 #jhd       
,illustration3 #jhe-jhf                 
,,fortunes ,,of ,,nigel    ,,this highly
 interesting and popular romance was    
published on the #cjth  ,may #ahbb4     
,next day ,constable wrote from ,london 
to the author as follows3  ,i learn with

 astonishment1 but not less delight1    
that the press is  at work again4 ,a new
 novel1 from the author of ,waverley1   
puts aside-in  other words1 puts down   
for the time-every other literary       
performance4  ,the smack ',ocean1' by   
which the new work was shipped1 arrived 
at the  wharf on ,sunday2 the bales were
 got out by one on ,monday morning1 and 
before half-past ten o'clock1 #gjjj     
copies had been dispersed from  #ij     
,cheapside499 ,though chiefly connected 
with the fortunes of ,george  ,heriot1  
the benevolent ,scottish jeweller1 who  
founded the ,hospital at  ,edinburgh    
which bears his name1 the novel fully   
depicts the habits of  ,english court   
life during the reign of ,james ,i4 ,the
 character of that  weak and vacillating
 prince1 and the corrupt manners which  
he introduced  or countenanced1 are     
skilfully set forth4         99         
,constable's ,london ,agents1 ,messrs   
,hunt1 ,robertson1  ,co41       had     
their premises in ,cheapside4    ,the   

accompanying illustration represents the
 meeting of ,king ,james  and ,nigel    
,olifaunt ,when the king had leisure to 
take a view of his new  companion1 he   
exclaimed1 ,ye are nane of our train1   
man2 in the name of  ,god1 what are ye8 
,if your majesty will look on me1 said  
,nigel1 you will see one whom  necessity
 makes bold to avail himself of an      
opportunity which may  never occur      
again4 ,the king looked-his face became 
pale-he dropped the  couteau de chasse  
from his hand1 and exclaimed1           
,glenvarlochides1 as  sure as ,i am     
christened ,james ,stuart3 this is a    
bonnie spot of work1  and me alone and  
on foot too6 ,the prince meanwhile came 
up1 and seeing  ,nigel1 thus accosted   
him1 ,sir1 you knew yourself to be      
accused of a  heavy offence1 and instead
 of rendering yourself up to justice1   
you are  found intruding yourself upon  
his majesty's presence1 and armed with  
unlawful weapons4    ,hear me1 hear me1 
noble prince6 said ,nigel1 eagerly1 hear

 me2  you-even you yourself-may one day 
ask to be heard1 and in vain4    ,how am
 ,i to construe that1 my lord8 said the 
prince1 haughtily4 ,if  not on earth1   
sir1 replied the prisoner1 yet to heaven
 we must all  pray for patient and      
favourable audience4    ,well1 sir1 said
 the prince1 we will ourselves look into
 your case4    ,illustration3 #jhi      
,illustration3 #jij    ,mr ,cruikshank  
represents the encounter between the    
citizen and the  soldier4 ,the citizen  
took his ground in the midst of the     
bowling alley1  brandishing his blade1  
as if he were to measure cambric with   
it2 while  the captain stood at the     
distance of twelve paces1 having looked 
over  his shoulder to secure a retreat4 
,perceiving that the man of war did not 
advance1 the citizen rushed at him1 beat
 down his guard1 and thrust1 as  it     
seemed1 his sword clean through his     
body1 when he1 with a deep  groan1 fell 
lengthwise on the ground4 ,a score of   
voices exclaimed to the  conqueror1 as  

he stood utterly overcome by his own    
feat1 ,away with you6  ,fly to          
,whitefriars'1 while we keep off the    
constables4 ,while the hero  was flying 
with all speed1 they raised the fallen  
swordsman1 and  opening his vest to     
search for a wound which did not exist1 
he suddenly  recovered his senses2 and  
concluding that the ordinary was no     
longer  a place or stage on which to    
display his valour1 took to his heels1  
pursued by the laughter and shouts of   
the assemblage4          ,,peveril ,,of 
,,the ,,peak4    ,,scenes and events in 
old ,english life again employed the pen
 of the  great novelist4 ,the reign of  
,charles ,,ii4 was the period of his    
present  narrative4 ,it was composed    
hastily1 and in the opinion of many was 
not equal to his powers4 ,peveril of the
 ,peak1 writes ,mr ,lockhart1  appeared 
in ,january #ahbc4 ,its reception was   
somewhat colder than that  of its three 
immediate predecessors4444 ,fenella was 
an unfortunate  conception4 ,what is    

good in it is not original1 and the rest
  extravagantly absurd and incredible4  
,yet did any dramatist ever produce1  in
 spite of all the surrounding           
bewilderment1 characters more powerfully
  conceived1 or on the whole more       
happily portrayed1 than those of        
,christian1 ,bridge-north1 ,buckingham1 
and ,chiffinch8-sketches more vivid     
than those of young ,derby1 ,colonel    
,blood1 and the keeper of ,newgate8     
,our artist depicts the departure of the
 ,countess of ,derby from ,peveril's    
,castle4 ,the sounds boot and saddle    
rang through the halls of the  castle1  
and in a few minutes the deep dell which
 separated the rugged  rocks of that    
wild district was occupied with         
,peveril's followers  proceeding        
cautiously to escort the ,countess to   
the ,cheshire border4  ,a party of      
troopers in advance was followed by the 
main body which  accompanied the        
,countess1 mounted on ,peveril's        
palfrey1 along with a  groom of approved

 fidelity1 and attended by the ,knight  
of the ,peak with  three files of       
horsemen4 ,dreading pursuit1 they rode  
with the beard  on the shoulder1 looking
 round from time to time at the sound of
 any  unusual noise4    9999999999      
,mr ,cruikshank represents the encounter
 between the dishonest ,chiffinch  and  
,peveril and ,lance his pursuers4       
,chiffinch1 in full presumption of  his 
security1 was riding along leisurely    
with his prize1 when ,peveril  and      
,lance reached a solitary part of the   
road1 where neither man nor  woman were 
in sight4 ,lance then pushed forward    
with so much alacrity  that he was      
between the courtier and his attendant1 
and had actually  upset the ,frenchman  
and his horse before any effort could be
 made to  resist him4 ,julian99 snatched
 the bridle of ,chiffinch's horse with  
one  hand1 and presented at him a pistol
 with the other4 ,rogue1 cried          
,chiffinch1 take my purse1 do me no     
harm1 and spare the spices4         99  

,when1 in #ahba1 ,charles ,mayne ,young1
 the eminent tragedian1       was on a  
visit to ,edinburgh1 he waited on ,sir  
,walter at his       residence in       
,castle ,street4 ,he was accompanied by 
his son       ,julian1 then a youth4    
,after warmly shaking hands with the    
tragedian1 ,sir ,walter laid his hand   
gently on his son's       shoulder1 and 
asked his ,christian name4 ,as soon as  
he heard       it he exclaimed1 ,why1   
who is he called after8    ,master      
,chiffinch1 said ,peveril1 give me back 
that packet which you  stole from me the
 other night1 or ,i will send a brace of
 balls through  you1 and search for it  
at leisure ,the tone of ,peveril's      
voice1 and the  closeness of his pistol1
 convinced ,chiffinch that an immediate 
delivery  was necessary2 thrusting his  
hand into a side-pocket1 he brought out 
the  object of ,peveril's pursuit4 ,by  
presenting the butt-end of his whip   la
 militaire1 ,lance pinned his enemy to  
the ground1 where he lay on his  back   

imploring mercy4    ,illustration3 #jic 
,illustration3 #jid    ,it is a fancy   
name in memoriam of his mother1         
compounded of her two  names1 ,julia    
,anne1 said ,mr ,young4 ,it's a capital 
name for a novel1  responded ,sir       
,walter4 ,in his next novel1 ,peveril of
 the ,peak1 the hero's  name was        
,julian4--,memoir of ,charles ,mayne    
,young1 by ,julian ,charles  ,young2    
,m4,a4 ,london1 #ahga4                  
,,quentin ,,durward4    ,,on his next   
adventure1 ,sir ,walter took a wider    
field4 ,in the romance of  ,quentin     
,durward1 which appeared in ,june #ahbc1
 he portrayed characters  and events    
connected with the history and times of 
,louis ,,xi4 and ,charles  the ,bold4   
,the sensation1 writes ,mr ,lockhart1   
which this novel1 on its  first         
appearance1 created in ,paris1 was      
extremely similar to that which         
attended the original ',waverley' in    
,edinburgh1 and ',ivanhoe' afterwards   
in ,london4 ,for the first time1 ,scott 

had ventured on foreign ground2  and the
 ,french public1 long wearied of the    
pompous tragedians and feeble           
romancers1 who had alone striven to     
bring out the ancient history  and      
manners of their country1 were seized   
with a fever of delight4444  ,germany   
had been fully awake to his merits years
 before1 but the public  there also felt
 their sympathies appealed to with      
hitherto unmatched  strength and effect4
 ,the infection of admiration ran far   
and wide on the  ,continent1 and soon   
reacted most potently on ,britain4      
,the accompanying illustration          
represents one of the most stirring     
scenes  in the novel4 ,louis of         
,bourbon1 ,bishop of ,liege1 having     
accused ,de la  ,marck of sacrilege1 and
 advised him to array himself in        
sackcloth and  ashes1 and proceed on a  
pilgrimage to ,rome1 the rage of the    
tyrant  rose gradually with the         
admonitions of the priest1 until he at  
length  determined upon vengeance4      

,raising himself in his chair as ,louis 
ceased1  he looked to ,nickel ,blok1 and
 lifted his finger1 without speaking a  
word4 ,the ruffian struck1 as if he had 
been doing his office in the  shambles1 
and the murdered ,bishop sunk at the    
foot of the ,episcopal  throne4    ,mr  
,cruikshank is in his element in        
describing ,cardinal ,balue's           
predicament at the boar hunt4 ,while the
 ,cardinal was in conversation  with the
 king1 his horse1 seizing the bit with  
his teeth1 set off at an  uncontrollable
 gallop1 leaving the king and ,dunois   
far behind4 ,the limbs  of the          
quadruped1 no way under the rider's     
control1 fly at such a  rate as if the  
hindermost meant to overtake the        
foremost1 while the  cardinal's body1   
instead of sitting upright1 hangs       
crouched on the back  of the animal1    
representing a picture sufficiently     
ludicrous4 ,his short  violet-coloured  
gown1 which he used as a riding-dress1  
his scarlet  stockings1 and scarlet hat1

 with the long strings hanging down1    
together  with his utter helplessness1  
impart infinite zest to his exhibition  
of  horsemanship4    ,illustration3 #jig
    ,illustration3 #jii          ,,st   
,,ronan',s ,,well    ,,in the romance   
which followed ,quentin ,durward1 ,sir  
,walter resumed  his illustration of the
 manners of his own country4 ,st        
,ronan's ,well  appeared in ,december   
#ahbc1 and in this novel he1 for the    
first time1  adventured on the          
representation of contemporaneous       
history4 ,in ,england1  its reception   
was cold2 but ,scottish readers         
maintained that ,meg ,dods  and ,clara  
,mowbray were among the best creations  
of the ,unknown4 ,at  ,innerleithen1 the
 scene of the novel1 there was great    
rejoicing1 the  inhabitants proposing to
 drop its old name1 and substitute that 
of ,st  ,ronan's4    ,in our first      
illustration1 our artist represents the 
meeting of ,tyrrel  and ,clara ,mowbray4
 ,she pulled up the reins1 and stopped  

as if arrested  by a thunderbolt4       
',clara6' ',tyrrel6' ,these were the    
only words that were  exchanged between 
them until ,tyrrel1 moving his feet as  
slowly as if  they had been lead1 began 
gradually to diminish the distance which
 lay  betwixt them4444 ',surely you need
 not come1' said ,clara1 'either to     
renew your own unhappiness or to augment
 mine4' ',to augment yours-,god         
forbid6' answered ,tyrrel4 ',no2 ,i came
 hither only because1 after so many     
years of wandering1 ,i longed to revisit
 the spot where all my hopes lay        
buried4' ',ay1 buried is the word1' she 
replied2 'crushed down and buried  when 
they budded fairest4 ,i often think of  
it1 ,tyrrel2 and there are  times       
when-,heaven help me6-,i can think of   
little else4 ,look at me2 you  remember 
what ,i was2 see what grief and solitude
 have made me4' ,she  flung back the    
veil which surrounded her riding-hat1   
and which had  hitherto hid her face4   
,it was the same countenance which he   

had formerly  known in all the bloom of 
early beauty2 but though the beauty     
remained1  the bloom was fled for ever4 
,not the agitation of exercise-not that 
which arose from the pain and confusion 
of this unexpected interview-had  called
 to poor ,clara's cheek even the        
momentary semblance of colour4 ,her     
complexion was marble-white1 like that  
of the finest piece of statuary4        
,with inimitable zest1 ,mr ,george      
,cruikshank has represented the         
rencontre  between ,meg ,dods and       
,captain ,mac,turk4 ,meg flourished the 
broom round  her head1 exclaiming1 as   
the ,captain approached1 ,i ken your    
errand  weel eneugh1 and ,i ken         
yoursel'2 ye are ane of the folk that   
gang aboot  yonder1 setting folks by the
 lugs1 as callants set their collies to 
fecht2 but ye shall come to nae lodger  
o' mine1 let-a-be ,maister ,tirl1  wi'  
ony sic ungodly errand2 for ,i am ane   
that will keep ,god's peace and  the    
king's within my dwelling4 ,the         

apostrophe was followed by another      
flourish of the broom1 which obliged the
 ,captain to retire a few paces1  and   
stand on the defensive4                 
,illustration3 #ajb    ,illustration3   
#ajc          ,,red ,,gauntlet4    ,,red
 ,,gauntlet was published in ,june      
#ahbd4 ,the introduction of ,prince     
,charles ,edward1 amidst the dulness of 
hopeless fortune and of advancing  age1 
contrasting painfully with his romantic 
portraiture in ,waverley1  considerably 
affected the popularity of the novel on 
its first  appearance4 ,the characters  
of ,peter ,peebles1 ,nanty ,ewart1 and  
,wandering  ,willie1 all so skilfully   
portrayed1 redeemed the work from       
absolute  failure4    ,the accompanying 
engraving represents salmon hunting in  
the ,solway4 ,the  banks of that great  
estuary are here bare and exposed1 the  
waters having  receded from a large     
space of sand through which a stream    
feeble and  fordable found its way to   
the ocean4 ,the whole was illuminated by

  the beams of the setting sun1 who     
showed his ruddy front over a huge      
battlemented wall of crimson and black  
clouds1 resembling some immense  ,gothic
 fortress into which the lord of day was
 descending4 ,at this  moment the salmon
 hunters hastened to the shore1 and     
commenced the  ancient sport4 ,they     
chased the fish at full gallop1 and     
struck them with  barbed spears--as     
hunters spearing boars1 in the old      
tapestry4 ,the feats  of one horseman1  
in particular1 called forth the         
clamorous applause of  his companions so
 repeatedly1 that the very banks rang   
again with their  shouts4 ,he was a tall
 man1 well mounted on a strong black    
horse1 which  he caused to turn and wind
 like a bird in the air1 carried a      
longer  spear than the others1 and wore 
a sort of fur cap or bonnet1 with a     
short feather in it1 which gave him     
rather a superior appearance to the     
other fishermen4 ,he seemed to hold some
 sort of authority among them1  and     

occasionally directed their motions1    
both by voice and hand2 at  which times 
his gestures were striking1 and his     
voice sounded uncommonly  sonorous and  
commanding4    ,in our second           
illustration ,mr ,cruikshank presents   
the frightful  adventure of ,hutcheon   
and ,dougal ,mac,callum in presence of  
the dead body  of ,redgauntlet4 ,when   
midnight came1 and the house was quiet  
as the  grave1 the silver whistle       
sounded as sharp and shrill as if ,sir  
,robert  was blowing it1 and up got the 
two old serving-men1 and tottered into  
the room where the dead man lay4        
,hutcheon saw enough at the first       
glance2 for there were torches in the   
room1 which showed him the foul  fiend  
in his ain shape1 sitting on the laird's
 coffin6 ,ower he couped1  as if he had 
been dead4 ,he could not tell how long  
he lay in a trance at  the door2 but    
when he gathered himself1 he cried on   
his neighbour1 and  getting nae answer1 
raised the house1 when ,dougal was found

 lying dead  within twa steps of the bed
 where his master's coffin was placed4  
,as for  the whistle1 it was lost ance  
and aye1 but mony a time it was heard at
  the top of the house on the bartizan  
and among the auld chimneys and         
turrets1 where the howlets have their   
nests4    ,illustration3 #ajf           
,illustration3 #ajg          ,,the      
,,betrothed4    ,,the ,,betrothed       
appeared in ,june #ahbe as one of the   
,tales of the  ,crusaders4 ,on account  
of certain scruples of ,james           
,ballantyne and ,mr  ,constable1 ,sir   
,walter had nearly consented to cancel  
the sheets1  after the tale1 excepting  
the two last chapters1 had been printed 
off4  ,subsequently1 he consented to    
prepare the tale of the ,talisman  which
 might accompany its entrance into the  
world4 ,both tales appeared  together1  
and their success left nothing to be    
desired4    ,the accompanying           
illustration represents a striking scene
 in the novel4  ,while the monk and the 

,fleming slept soundly under the shade  
of the  battlement1 ,eveline ,berenger  
could forbear no longer in breaking     
silence4 ,men1 my beloved ,rose1 she    
said1 are happy2 their anxious  thoughts
 were either diverted by toil1 or       
drowned in the insensibility  which     
follows it2 they may encounter wounds or
 death1 but women feel a  keener anguish
 than the body knows2 and in the gnawing
 sense of present  ill1 and fear of     
future misery1 suffer a living death    
more cruel than  that which ends our    
woes at once4 ,in vain ,rose endeavoured
 to assuage  her grief2 she answered1   
,you have a father to fight and watch   
for you2  mine-my kind1 noble1 and      
honoured parent1 lies dead on yonder    
field4  ,so saying1 she sunk down on the
 banquette1 murmuring to herself1 ,he   
is gone for ever6 ,one hand grasped     
unconsciously the weapon which she      
held1 and served at the same time to    
prop her forehead1 while tears1 by      
which she was now relieved1 flowed in   

torrents from her eyes1 and  her sobs   
seemed so convulsive1 that ,rose almost 
feared her heart was  bursting4         
,illustration3 #aaj-aaa                 
,illustration3 #aab          ,,the      
,,highland ,,widow4    ,,the tale of the
 ,highland ,widow was included in the   
first series of the  ,chronicles of the 
,canongate4 ,it appeared in ,november   
#ahbg1 subsequent  to the breaking up of
 ,constable's publishing house4    ,in  
the accompanying illustration is        
presented the striking scene where      
,hamish ,bean ,mac ,tavish was urged by 
his mother to fire upon the military    
party who sought to apprehend him4 ,it  
was evening2 the gigantic shadows  of   
the mountains streamed in darkness      
towards the east1 while their  western  
peaks were still glowing with crimson   
and gold4 ,from the road  which wound   
round ,ben ,cruachan1 five ,highland    
soldiers were fully  visible at the door
 of the bothy4 ,one walked a little     
before the others2  this was ,serjeant  

,cameron1 who called out1 ,hamish ,bean 
,mac ,tavish1 lay  down your arms and   
surrender6 ,at the door of the bothy    
,hamish stood  like a statue holding his
 firelock1 while his mother standing    
behind  him1 and almost driven to frenzy
 by the violence of her passions1       
reproached him for want of resolution   
and faintness of heart4 ,her words      
increased the bitter gall which was     
arising in his spirit1 as he saw his    
late comrades making towards him like   
hounds towards the stag at bay4  ,the   
scourge1 the scourge1 my son1 beware the
 scourge1 whispered the  mother4 ,it was
 enough4 ,hamish fired his piece1 and   
,serjeant ,cameron  dropped dead4       
,,the ,,talisman4    ,,the ,,talisman   
was pronounced by ,james ,ballantyne to 
be so decided a  masterpiece that ,the  
,betrothed might venture abroad under   
its wing4  ,it relates to that period of
 the ,crusades in which ,richard ,cour  
de ,lion  evinces his heroism and his   
cruelty in opposition to the noble      

qualities  of the brave and generous    
,saladin4    ,the accompanying          
illustration represents the scene in    
which the ,knight  of the ,leopard      
reluctantly introduces the ,baron of    
,gilsland into his  hut4 ,there lay     
extended his squire under the influence 
of an ,asiatic  fever4 ,having          
apologised for the homely appearance of 
the ,scottish  quarter1 he proceeded to 
inquire after the state of the patient4 
,the  person seated beside the sick bed 
is a ,moorish physician whom ,saladin   
had sent to minister to the malady of   
,king ,richard1 but whom the  ,english  
distrusted1 and first made trial of his 
sincerity and skill  by committing to   
his care the ,squire of ,sir ,kenneth4  
,as the visitors  entered1 the invalid  
had fallen into a refreshing sleep1 from
 which  ,el-,hakim assured them he would
 awake invigorated4    9999999999       
,the chapel scene of ,sir ,kenneth and  
the dwarf is admirably hit by ,mr       
,cruikshank4 ,as the knight stood alone 

in the chapel a shrill whistle  rung    
sharply4 ,it was a sound ill suited to  
the place1 and reminded ,sir  ,kenneth  
that he should be upon his guard4 ,a    
creaking sound as of a  screw or pulley 
succeeded1 and a light streaming upwards
 showed that  a trap-door had been      
raised or depressed4 ,in less than a    
minute a long  skinny arm1 partly naked1
 partly clothed in a sleeve of red      
samite1  arose out of the aperture1     
holding a lamp as high as it could      
stretch  upwards1 and the figure to     
which the arm belonged ascended step by 
step to the level of the floor4 ,the    
form and face of the being who thus     
presented himself were those of a       
frightful dwarf with a large head1 a    
cap fantastically adorned with three    
peacock's feathers1 a dress of red      
samite1 the richness of which rendered  
his ugliness more conspicuous1          
distinguished by gold bracelets and     
armlets1 and a white silk sash1 in      
which he wore a gold-hilted dagger4 ,the

 figure held a broom in his  left hand1 
and with his right moved the lamp over  
his face and person1  illuminating his  
wild features and misshapen limbs4 ,the 
dwarf whistled1  and a second figure    
ascended in the same manner as the      
first4 ,it was  a female4 ,her dress1   
also of red samite1 was fantastically   
cut and  flounced4 ,she also passed the 
lamp over her face and person1 which    
seemed to rival the male in ugliness4   
,approaching the knight1 they  turned   
the gleam of their lamps upon him1 and  
raised a yelling laugh4  ,upon his      
demanding who they were1 he was         
answered--,i am the dwarf  ,nectabanus2 
and ,i ,guenevra1 his lady and his love4
    ,hush1 fools1 and begone6 said a    
voice from the side on which the  knight
 had entered4 ,the dwarfs heard the     
command1 blew out their lights1  and    
left the knight in darkness4            
,illustration3 #aae    ,illustration3   
#aaf          ,,woodstock4    ,,the     
novel of ,woodstock1 or1 ,the ,cavalier3

 a ,tale of the ,year ,sixteen  ,hundred
 and ,forty-one1 was issued in ,june    
#ahbf1 and was the last of  the         
compositions which were published under 
the nominis umbra of the  ,author of    
,waverley4 ,it was composed within the  
space of three months1  and immediately 
realised to the estate of the ingenious 
author1 no less  than #hbbh1 less cost  
of paper and printing the first edition4
    ,the first illustration represents  
the aged ,sir ,henry ,lee expressing his
  blessing over the head of ,king       
,charles ,,ii4 ,it was evident policy in
  the monarch to recognise those who had
 been faithful to his family when       
fortune frowned4 ,the presence of ,sir  
,henry ,lee1 attended by ,bevis1 awoke  
most grateful feelings in the royal     
breast4 ,springing from his horse1  and 
hastening to the aged gentleman1 whom he
 prevented from rising to do  him       
homage1 amidst the enthusiastic applause
 of the spectators1 he threw  himself at
 his feet1 and said-,bless1 father1     

bless your son1 who has  returned in    
safety1 as you blessed him when he      
departed in danger4    ,the ,king       
returned1 joined the cavalcade1 and the 
gorgeous array again  put in motion1 was
 followed by the watchful eyes of       
,alice1 and the  attendants of ,sir     
,henry1 who1 on their return1 were      
startled to perceive  that his cheek had
 assumed an unearthly paleness2 that his
 eyes were  closed2 that his features   
expressed a rigidity that was not that  
of  sleep4 ,they had come too late-the  
light that burned so low in the socket  
had leaped up1 and expired in one       
exhilarating flash4    9999999999    ,mr
 ,cruikshank admirably portrays ,mr     
,holdenough's triumph over the  military
 intruder4 ,holdenough was in the act of
 ascending the steps of  the pulpit when
 one of the soldiers seized him by the  
cloak saying1 ,is  it your purpose to   
hold forth to these good people8    ,ay1
 marry is it1 said the clergyman1 let me
 not in my labour4 ,but  the man of war 

being himself minded to address the     
congregation1 ,mr  ,holdenough called   
out3-,give place1 thou man of ,satan2   
respect mine  order-my cloth4 ,the      
soldier protested that he perceived no  
more to  respect in the cut of ,mr      
,holdenough's cloak than he did in the  
bishop's rochets-they were black and    
white2 his1 blue and brown4 ,mr         
,holdenough1 finding the enemy          
incorrigible1 called out-,master ,mayor 
of  ,woodstock1 wilt thou be amongst    
those wicked magistrates1 who bear the  
sword in vain8 ,citizens1 will you not  
help your pastor8 ,worthy ,alderman1    
will you see me strangled on the        
pulpit-stairs by this man of buff and   
,belial8 ,but1 lo6 ,i will overcome him1
 and cast his cords from us4 ,as he     
thus spoke1 he dexterously slipped the  
string which fastened his cloak  round  
his neck1 so that the garment suddenly  
gave way1 and the soldier1  who had a   
tenacious grasp of it1 fell backwards1  
down the steps of the  pulpit2 while the

 divine skipped actively up1 and        
immediately gave forth  a psalm of      
triumph4    ,illustration3 #aai         
,illustration3 #abj          ,,the      
,,fair ,,maid ,,of ,,perth4    ,,the    
,,fair ,,maid ,,of ,,perth was published
 in ,april #ahbh1 and became popular  at
 once2 it commenced a second series of  
the ,chronicles of the  ,canongate4 ,the
 narrative is founded upon an           
interesting event in  ,scottish history4
 ,two clans who were at variance deputed
 thirty  champions to fight out a       
quarrel of old standing in the presence 
of  ,king ,robert ,,iii41 his brother   
the ,duke of ,albany1 and the whole     
,scottish  ,court1 at ,perth1 in the    
year #acif4 ,two characters in the      
novel1 the  glee-maiden and ,conachar   
are regarded as among ,scott's very best
  conceptions4    ,the accompanying     
illustration represents an interesting  
scene4 ,the ,fair  ,maid and the        
,carthusian monk are seated at the foot 
of ,kinnoul hill1  which commands the   

beautiful vale of the ,tay4 ,the monk1  
who wore his  white gown and scapular1  
sat for some time with his eyes fixed on
 the  glorious prospect1 of which even  
the early and chilly season could not   
conceal the beauties4 ,at length he     
addressed his proselyte3 ,when ,i       
behold this rich and varied land1 with  
its castles1 churches1 convents1        
stately palaces1 and fertile fields1    
these extensive woods1 and that  noble  
river1 ,i know not1 my daughter1 whether
 most to admire the bounty  of ,god or  
the ingratitude of man4 ,he hath given  
us the beauty and  fertility of the     
earth1 and we have made the scene of    
,his bounty a  charnel-house and a      
battle-field4 ,he hath given us power   
over the  elements1 and skill to erect  
houses for comfort and defence1 and we  
have  converted them into dens for      
robbers4    ,yet surely1 my father1     
there is room for comfort1 replied      
,catherine4  ,yonder four goodly        
convents1 and their inhabitants1 who    

have separated  themselves from the     
world for the service of ,heaven1 bear  
witness that  if ,scotland be a sinful  
land1 she is yet sensible to the claims 
of  religion4    ,verily1 daughter1     
answered the priest1 what you say seems 
truth1 but  it is to be feared that the 
love of many has waxed cold4            
9999999999    ,the second illustration  
is from the pencil of ,cruikshank4 ,the 
common  people had throughout the day   
toiled and struggled at football4 ,the  
usual revels had taken place1 and the   
carnival was closing quietly in         
general1 but in some places the sport   
was still kept up4 ,one company of      
revellers seemed unwilling to conclude  
their frolic4 ,the ,entry1 as it  was   
called1 consisted of thirteen persons1  
habited in the same manner1  having     
doublets of chamois leather sitting     
close to their bodies1  curiously       
slashed and laced4 ,they wore green caps
 with silver tassels1  red ribands1 and 
white shoes1 had bells hung at their    

knees and around  their ankles1 and     
naked swords in their hands4 ,this      
gallant party1  having exhibited a      
sword-dance before the king1 with much  
clashing of  weapons1 and fantastic     
interchange of postures1 went on        
gallantly to  repeat their exhibition   
before the door of ,simon ,glover1      
where1 having  made a fresh exhibition  
of their agility1 they caused wine to be
 served  round to their own company and 
the bystanders1 and with a loud shout   
drank to the health of the ,fair ,maid4 
,illustration3 #abc    ,illustration3   
#abd          ,,anne ,,of ,,geierstein4 
,,anne ,,of ,,geierstein1 or the ,maiden
 of the ,mist was published in ,may     
#ahbi4 ,it may1 writes ,mr ,lockhart1 be
 almost called the last work of         
,scott's imaginative genius1 and it was 
received at least as well 7out of       
,scotland1 that is71 as the ',fair ,maid
 of ,perth' had been1 or indeed  as any 
novel of his after the ,crusaders4 ,i   
partake very strongly1 ,i am  aware1 in 

the feeling which most of my own        
countrymen have little shame  in        
avowing1 that no novel of his where     
neither scenery nor character is        
,scottish1 belongs to the same          
pre-eminent class with those in which he
  paints and peoples his native         
landscape4 ,i have confessed that ,i    
cannot  rank even his best ,english     
romances with such creations as         
',waverley'  and ',old ,mortality2' far 
less can ,i believe that posterity will 
attach  similar value to this ,maid of  
the ,mist ,its pages1 however1 display  
in  undiminished perfection all the     
skill and grace of the mere artist1 with
  occasional outbreaks of the old poetic
 spirit1 more than sufficient  to remove
 the work to an immeasurable distance   
from any of its order  produced in this 
country in our own age4 ,indeed1 the    
various plays of  fancy in the          
combination of persons and events1 and  
the airy liveliness  of both imagery and
 diction1 may well justify us in        

applying to the  author what he         
beautifully says of his ,king ,ren--    
',a mirthful man he was2 the snows of   
age       ,fell1 but they did not chill 
him4         ,gaiety       ,even in     
life's closing1 touch'd his teeming     
brain       ,with such wild visions as  
the setting sun       ,raises in front  
of some hoar glacier1       ,painting   
the bleak ice with a thousand hues4'    
,the first of the accompanying          
illustrations represents ,margaret of   
,anjou  and ,arthur ,philipson in       
,strasburg ,cathedral4 ,when ,philipson1
 who had  been bred a devoted adherent  
to the dethroned line of ,lancaster1 of 
which his father was a firm supporter1  
saw the dauntless widow of  ,henry      
,,vi41 whose courage and policy had     
upheld the sinking cause of her         
husband1 he threw his bonnet on the     
pavement and knelt at the feet of  the  
injured ,queen4 ,margaret1 throwing back
 the veil which concealed her  majestic 
features1 gave one hand to the young    

knight1 who covered it  with tears and  
kisses1 and with the other endeavoured  
to raise him from  the posture he had   
assumed4    ,illustration3 #abg         
,illustration3 #abh    ,the second      
illustration represents ,philipson and  
the ,german ,innkeeper4  ,philipson     
inquired for the landlord1 and was      
answered by a finger  pointed towards a 
recess behind the great stove1 where1   
veiled in his  glory1 the monarch       
obscured himself from vulgar gaze4 ,he  
was short1  stout1 bandy-legged1 and    
consequential2 his countenance and      
manner  differing from the merry host of
 ,england or of ,france4 ,philipson was 
too  well acquainted with ,german       
customs to expect the suppliant         
qualities of  a ,french mitre d' hotel1 
or the frankness of an ,english         
landlord2  but this man's brow was a    
tragic volume2 his answers were short   
and  repulsive2 and the tone as sullen  
as the tenor4          ,,the            
,,surgeon',s ,,daughter4    ,,the       

,surgeon's ,daughter was published in   
#ahbg1 in the second series of  the     
,chronicles of the ,canongate4 ,the     
first plate represents ,julia de        
,moncada and her father4 ,follow me1    
gentlemen1 said ,gideon1 and you  shall 
see the young lady4 ,and then1 his      
strong features working with  emotion at
 anticipation of the distress which he  
was about to inflict1  he led the way up
 the small staircase1 and1 opening the  
door1 said to  ,moncada1 who had        
followed him--,this is your daughter's  
only place of  refuge1 in which ,i am1  
alas6 too weak to be her protector4     
,enter1 sir1  if your conscience will   
permit you4 ,the stranger turned on him 
a scowl1  into which it seemed as if he 
would willingly have thrown the power of
  the fabled basilisk4 ,then stepping   
proudly forward1 he stalked into the    
room4 ,he was followed by ,lawford and  
,gray1 at a little distance4 ,the       
messenger remained in the doorway4 ,the 
unhappy young woman heard the           

disturbance1 and guessed the cause too  
truly4 ,it is possible she might  have  
seen the strangers on their descent from
 the carriage4 ,when they  entered the  
room1 she was on her knees beside an    
easy-chair4 ,moncada  uttered a single  
word1 but none knew its import4 ,the    
female gave a  convulsive shudder1 such 
as that by which a half-dying soldier is
  affected in receiving a second wound4 
9999999999    ,with his wonted humour1  
,mr ,cruikshank has sketched ,dr ,gideon
 ,gray and  the wives of ,middlemas4    
,gideon ,gray1 surgeon at ,middle-mas1  
was a plain1  blunt1 middle-aged man1   
with a touch of cynicism about him4     
,late of an  autumn evening1 three old  
women raced towards his door1           
accompanied  by some idle young fellows1
 who were loudly betting on the winner4 
,half-a-mutchkin on ,luckie ,simson4    
,auld ,peg ,tamson against the field4   
,mair speed1 ,alison ,jaup1 ye'll tak'  
the wind out of them yet4    ,canny     
against the hill1 lassies1 or we may    

ha'e a burstin' auld carline  amang ye4 
,these1 and a thousand such gibes1 rent 
the air1 without being  noticed by the  
anxious racers1 whose object of         
contention seemed to  be which should   
first reach the doctor's door4 ,mr      
,gray1 who had just  dismounted from a  
long journey1 hastened downstairs1      
auguring some  new occasion for his     
services4 ,he had just reached the door 
as ,luckie  ,simson1 one of the racers1 
arrived in the little area before it4   
,she  stood1 blowing like a grampus1 her
 loose toy flying back from her face1   
making the most violent efforts to      
speak1 but without the power of         
uttering a word4 ,peg ,tamson whipped in
 before her-,the leddy1 sir2 the  leddy6
    ,instant help6 instant help6        
screeched1 rather than uttered1 ,alison 
,jaup2 while ,luckie ,simson1 who had   
certainly won the race1 found words  to 
claim the prize which had set them all  
in motion-,and ,i hope1 sir1  you will  
recommend me to be the sick-nurse2 ,i   

was here to bring you the  tidings long 
before ony o' thae lazy queans4         
,illustration3 #aca    ,illustration3   
#acb          ,,count ,,robert ,,of     
,,paris4    ,,in his ,diary1 under      
,february #aith1 #ahbf1 ,sir ,walter    
thus writes3  ,being troubled with      
thick-coming fancies1 and a slight      
palpitation of  the heart1 ,i have been 
reading the ',chronicle of the ,good    
,knight ,messire  ,jacques de           
,lalain'-curious1 but dull1 from the    
constant repetition of  the same species
 of combats in the same style and       
phrase4 ,it is like  washing bushels of 
sand for a grain of gold44444 ,still1   
things occur  to one4 ,something might  
be made of a tale of chivalry-taken from
 the  passage of arms1 which ,jacques de
 ,lalain maintained for the first day of
  every month for a twelvemonth44444    
,this would be light summer work4 ,the  
suggestion thus obtained ,scott did not 
carry out for some time4 ,in the  autumn
 of #ahcj1 he commenced the romance of  

,count ,robert of ,paris1  which was    
published in ,november of the following 
year4 ,during its  composition1 he gave 
decided indications of failing energies2
 his  penmanship became shaky1 and he   
misplaced words1 but the composition    
itself presented no trace of decayed    
intelligence4    ,in the first          
illustration is presented the           
,varangian1 or ,english exile1  asleep  
at the ,golden ,gate of ,constantinople4
 ,while the exile lay wrapped  in sleep1
 on the stone benches outside the arch  
of ,theodosius1 two women  of the       
humbler class cast their eyes upon him3 
,holy ,maria6 said one1  if he does not 
put me in mind of the ,eastern tale1 how
 a genie brought  a gallant young prince
 from his nuptial chamber in ,egypt1 and
 left him  sleeping at the gate of      
,damascus6 ,i will awake the poor lamb1 
lest he  catch harm from the night-dew4 
,harm6 replied the older and            
crosser-looking woman3 ay1 such harm as 
the  cold water of the ,cydnus does to  

the wild swan4 ,a lamb1 forsooth6 why1  
he is a wolf1 or a bear1 at least a     
,varangian1 and no modest matron  would 
exchange a word with such an unmannered 
barbarian4    9999999999    ,the sketch 
of ,brenhilda1 ,agelastes1 and ,sylvan1 
is from the pencil of  ,mr ,cruikshank4 
,agelastes1 after looking with surprise 
and horror at the  figures in the glass1
 turned round his head to examine the   
substance1  which produced so strange a 
reflection4 ,the object1 however1 had   
disappeared behind the curtain1 under   
which it had probably lain hid2  and1   
after a minute or two1 the half-gibing1 
half-growling countenance  showed itself
 again in the same position in the      
mirror4 ,by the gods1  exclaimed the    
philosopher1 it is ,sylvan6 that mockery
 of humanity1  but who shrinks before a 
philosopher as ignorance before         
knowledge4 ,so  speaking1 he struck the 
animal a heavy blow2 which so enraged   
him1  that he flew on the man of        
letters1 clasped him round the throat1  

and  compressed it until life was       
extinct4    ,illustration3 #ace         
,illustration3 #acf