Letters to the Duke of
Buccleuch, Mr. Croker, Mr. Morritt, Mr. Murray, Mr. Maturin,
etc. -- Correspondence on Rural Affairs with Mr. Laidlaw,
and on the Buildings at Abbotsford with Mr. Terry. -- Death
of Mrs. Murray Keith and Mr. George Bullock. 1818. 202

XLI. Dinner at Mr. Home Drummond's. -- Scott's Edinburgh
Den. -- Details of his Domestic Life in Castle Street. --
His Sunday Dinners. -- His Evening Drives, etc. -- His
Conduct in the General Society of Edinburgh. -- Dinners at
John Ballantyne's Villa, and at James Ballantyne's in St.
John Street, on the appearance of a new Novel. -- Anecdotes
of the Ballantynes, and of Constable. 1818. 236

XLII. Publication of the Heart of Mid-Lothian. -- Its
Reception in Edinburgh and in England. -- Abbotsford in
October. -- Melrose Abbey, Dryburgh, etc. -- Lion-Hunters
from America. -- Tragedy of the Cherokee Lovers. -- Scott's
Dinner to the Selkirkshire Yeomen. 1818. 266

Appendix: The Durham Garland. 295

Narrative of the Life of James Annesley. 303

{p.viii} LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WALTER SCOTT IN 1822 _Frontispiece_
From the painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, R. A., in the possession
of the Earl of Home.

MAIDA, THE SCOTTISH DEERHOUND 96
After the painting by Landseer made in 1824.

JOHN MURRAY 124
From the painting by Henry W. Pickersgill, R. A., in the
possession of John Murray, Esq.

WASHINGTON IRVING 180
After the painting by Charles Robert Leslie, R. A.

SCOTT'S HOUSE IN CASTLE STREET 250
After the drawing by J. M. W. Turner, R.A.

JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART 274
After the painting by Henry W. Pickersgill, R. A.

{p.001} CHAPTER XXXIV.

Progress of the Lord of the Isles. -- Correspondence with
Mr. Joseph Train. -- Rapid Completion of the Lord of the
Isles. -- "Refreshing the Machine." -- "Six Weeks at a
Christmas." -- Publication of the Poem, -- And of Guy
Mannering. -- Letters to Morritt, Terry, and John
Ballantyne. -- Anecdotes by James Ballantyne. -- Visit to
London. -- Meeting with Lord Byron. -- Dinners at Carlto