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3 1822 16 16 Peveril of the Peak* 3 1823 42 0 Quentin Durward 3 1823 St. Ronan's Well 3 1824 Redgauntlet 3 1824 Tales of the Crusaders 4 1825 Woodstock 3 1826 Chronicles of the Canongate 2 1st ser. 1827 Chronicles of the Canongate 3 2nd ser. 1828 Anne of Gerstein 3 1829 Tales of My Landlord 4 4th ser. 1831 Making in all, 73 volumes, within 17 years. (Those marked * were alone perfect.) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS. To particularize Sir Walter's contributions to periodical literature would occupy considerable space. He wrote a few papers in the early numbers of the _Edinburgh Review_, and several in the _Quarterly Review_, especially during the last ten volumes of that journal, of which his son-in-law, Mr. Lockhart, is the accredited editor. Sir Walter likewise contributed the articles Chivalry, Drama, and Romance to the sixth edition of the _Encyclopaedia Britannica_. _Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk_, the fruits of Sir Walter's tour through France and Belgium, in 1815, were published anonymously; and the _Field of Waterloo_, a poem, appeared about the same time. We may also here mention his dramatic poem of _Halidon Hill_, which appeared in 1822; and two dramas, _the Doom of Devergoil_ and _Auchindrane_, in 1830--neither of which works excited more than temporary attention. Sir Walter likewise contributed a _History of Scotland_, in two volumes, to Dr. Lardner's _Cabinet Cyclopaedia_, in 1830; and in the same year a volume on _Demonology and Witchcraft_, to Mr. Murray's _Family Library_: both which works, of course, had a circulation co-extensively with the series of which they form portions. We may here notice a juvenile History of Scotland, in three series, or nine volumes, under the title of _Tales of a Grandfather_, affectionately addressed to his grandchild, the eldest son of Mr. Lockhart, as Hugh Littlejohn, Esq. ABBOTSFORD--BARONETCY. The large sums received by Sir Walter for the copyright of his earlier works had enabled him to expend nearly one hundred thousand pounds upon Abbotsford, so as to make it his "proper mansion, house, and home, the theatre of his hospitality, the seat of self-fruition, the
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