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Title: Lady of the Lake

Author: Sir Walter Scott

Editor: William Vaughn Moody

Release Date: March 9, 2009 [EBook #28287]

Language: English

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The Lake English Classics

_REVISED EDITION WITH HELPS TO STUDY_

THE
LADY OF THE LAKE

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT

EDITED FOR SCHOOL USE

BY

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY

SOMETIME ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

SCOTT, FORESMAN AND COMPANY
CHICAGO ATLANTA NEW YORK

Copyright 1899, 1919
By Scott, Foresman and Company

292.46

[Illustration: THE SCENE OF "THE LADY OF THE LAKE"]

CONTENTS

PAGE
Map 6

Introduction

I. Life of Scott 9

II. Scott's Place in the Romantic Movement 39

III. The Lady of the Lake

Historical Setting 46

General Criticism and Analysis 48

Text 59

Notes 251

Appendix

Helps to Study 265

Theme Subjects 269

Selections for Class Reading 270

Classes of Poetry 271

I. LIFE OF SCOTT

I

Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, August 15, 1771, of an ancient
Scotch clan numbering in its time many a