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[Footnote 1: In here speaking of Sir Walter Scott by name as the author of the Constable Scotch novels, the writer would be sorry to have it supposed that he was inattentive to the courtesies of literature. Whatever disguise an author chooses to assume, it is a point of good breeding to respect it in any case where there is not some higher reason for declining to do so. In this case there _is_. It is now become essential to Sir Walter Scott's honour no longer to speak of the author of the Scotch novels as 'unknown.' Sir Walter is not under any necessity of avowing himself the author: but no man who does not mean to insult him is now at liberty to doubt whether he is. For Sir W. S. cannot now be supposed ignorant that he has long and universally had the credit of being the author: and a man of honour would not, even by his silence, acquiesce in the public direction to himself of praise due to some other. Consequently it is not possible to make it a question whether Sir W. S. were the author, without at the same time making it a question whether he were a man of honour. This single consideration would have saved a world of literary gossip.] [Footnote 2: See his Anthropologie.] [Footnote 3: K. John.] THE END. ERRATUM. In the Advertisement (Vol. I.) for Koenigsburg. read Koenigsberg. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Walladmor:, by Thomas De Quincey *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WALLADMOR: *** ***** This file should be named 31568.txt or 31568.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/1/5/6/31568/ Produced by Charles Bowen, from scans provided by the Web Archive Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules, set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark. Project Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permis
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