REDGAUNTLET. With 12 Illustrations by Sir JAMES D. LINTON, P.R.I.,
JAMES ORROCK, R.I., SAM BOUGH, R.S.A., W. HOLE, R.S.A., G. HAY, R.S.A.,
T. SCOTT, A.R.S.A., W. BOUCHER, and FRANK SHORT.
19. THE BETROTHED and THE TALISMAN. With 10 Illustrations by HERBERT
DICKSEE, WAL. PAGET, and J. LE BLANT.
20. WOODSTOCK. With 10 Illustrations by W. HOLE, R.S.A.
21. THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH. With 10 Illustrations by Sir G. REID,
P.R.S.A., JOHN PETTIE, R.A., R. W. MACBETH, A.R.A., and ROBERT HERDMAN,
R.S.A.
22. ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. With 10 Illustrations by R. DE LOS RIOS.
23. COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS and THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. With 10
Illustrations by W. HATHERELL, R.I., and W. B. WOLLEN, R.I.
24. CASTLE DANGEROUS, CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE, ETC. With 10
Illustrations by H. MACBETH-RAEBURN and G. D. ARMOUR.
The Border Waverley
SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
_TIMES._--"It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent
and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and
versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task, and if any proof
were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion
in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming
Introduction to 'Waverley.' The editor's own notes are judiciously
sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly
separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang's laudable purpose being to
illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for
displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The
illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and
beautifully executed, and, altogether, the 'Border Edition' of the
Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great
Scottish classic."
_SPECTATOR._--"We trust that this fine edition of our greatest and most
poetical of novelists will attain, if it has not already done so, the
high popularity it deserves. To all Scott's lovers it is a pleasure to
know that, despite the daily and weekly inrush of ephemeral fiction, the
sale of his works is said by the booksellers to rank next below
Tennyson's in poetry, and above that of everybody else in prose."
_ATHENAEUM._--"The handsome 'Border Edition' has been brought to a
successful conclusion. The publisher deserves to be complimented on the
manner in which the edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr.
Lang on the way in which he has per
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