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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unpublished correspondence.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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