, etc. -- London. -- Parting
with Lord Byron. -- Scott's Sheffield Knife. -- Return to
Abbotsford. -- Anecdotes by Mr. Skene and James Ballantyne.
1815. 39

XXXVI. Field of Waterloo published. -- Revision of Paul's
Letters, etc. -- Quarrel and Reconciliation with Hogg. --
Football Match at Carterhaugh. -- Songs on the Banner of
Buccleuch. -- Dinner at Bowhill. -- Design for a Piece of
Plate to the Sutors of Selkirk. -- Letters to the Duke of
Buccleuch, Joanna Baillie, and Mr. Morritt. 1815. 76

XXXVII. {p.vi} Publication of Paul's Letters to his
Kinsfolk. -- Guy Mannering "Terry-fied." -- Death of Major
John Scott. -- Letters to Thomas Scott. -- Publication of
The Antiquary. -- History of 1814 for the Edinburgh Annual
Register. -- Letters on the History of Scotland projected.
-- Publication of the First Tales of my Landlord by Murray
and Blackwood. -- Anecdotes by Mr. Train. -- Quarterly
Review on the Tales. -- Building at Abbotsford begun. --
Letters to Morritt, Terry, Murray, and the Ballantynes.
1816. 94

XXXVIII. Harold the Dauntless published. -- Scott aspires to
be a Baron of the Exchequer. -- Letter to the Duke of
Buccleuch concerning Poachers, etc. -- First Attack of Cramp
in the Stomach. -- Letters to Morritt, Terry, and Mrs.
Maclean Clephane. -- Story of The Doom of Devorgoil. -- John
Kemble's retirement from the Stage. -- William Laidlaw
established at Kaeside. -- Novel of Rob Roy projected. --
Letter to Southey on the Relief of the Poor, etc. -- Letter
to Lord Montagu on Hogg's Queen's Wake, and on the Death of
Frances, Lady Douglas. 1817. 135

XXXIX. Excursion to the Lennox, Glasgow, and Drumlanrig. --
Purchase of Toftfield. -- Establishment of the Ferguson
Family at Huntly Burn. -- Lines written in Illness. --
Visits of Washington Irving, Lady Byron, and Sir David
Wilkie. -- Progress of the Building at Abbotsford. --
Letters to Morritt, Terry, etc. -- Conclusion of Rob Roy.
1817. 173

XL. Rob Boy published. -- Negotiation concerning the Second
Series of Tales of my Landlord. -- Commission to search for
the {p.vii} Scottish Regalia. --