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'S TO BE DONE NEXT? XXXIV. DESOLATION XXXV. COMPARING OF NOTES XXXVI. MORE EXPLANATION XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. DULCE DOMUM XLII. XLIII. A POSTSCRIPT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREFACE AUTHOR'S NOTES--Volume II. GLOSSARY--Volume II. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME I. PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT----Painted by Raeburn,Etched by Batley ABBOTSFORD (FROM THE TWEED)----Etched by D. Y. Cameron TULLY-VEOLAN----Painted by W. J. Leitch, Etched by H. W. Batley "EH, SIRS!"----Original Etching by George Cruickshank WAVERLEY AND ROSE BRADWARDINE----Etched by Ben. Damman THE HOLD OF A HIGHLAND ROBBER---Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth FLORA Mac-IVOR AT THE WATERFALL---Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth VOLUME II. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD IN SHELTER----Etched by H. M. Raeburn STIRLING CASTLE----Etched by John Andrew and Son BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE---Painted by Pettie, Etched by Raeburn COLONEL GARDINER---Original Etching by H. Macbeth Raeburn DISBANDED----Painted by John Pettie, Etched by F. Huth BAILIE MACWHEEBLE----Painted by J. Lauder, Etched by H. Lefort "LADY WAUVERLEY! TEN THOUSAND A YEAR!"----Etching by Cruickshank WAVERLEY'S LAST VISIT TO FLORA MAC-IVOR----Painted by Herdman DOUNE CASTLE (FROM THE TEITH)----Etched by John Andrew and Son EDITOR'S NOTE. The purpose of the added matter in this edition of the Waverley Novels--a reprint of the magnum opus of 1829-1832--is to give to the stories their historical setting, by stating the circumstances in which they were composed and made their first appearance. Sir Walter's own delightful Introductions, written hastily, as Lockhart says, and with a failing memory, have occasionally been corrected by Lockhart himself. His "Life of Scott" must always be our first and best source, but fragments of information may be gleaned from Sir Walter's unpublished correspondence. The Editor owes to the kindness of Mrs. Maxwell Scott permission to examine the twenty-four large volumes of letters to Sir Walter, and some other manuscripts, which are preserved at Abbotsford. These yield but little of contemporary criticism or remark, as is natural, for Scott shared his secret with few, and most topics were more grateful to him than his own writings. Lockhart left little for his successors to do, and the more any one studies the Abbotsford manuscripts, the mo
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