MEMOIRS

OF THE LIFE

OF

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

SECOND EDITION.

ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH.

WHITTAKER & CO. LONDON.

MDCCCXXXIX.

828 S430

18

1839 V. 2

STEVENSON AND CO. PRINTERS,
THISTLE STREET,

CONTENTS

OF VOLUME SECOND.

Early Married Life

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CHAPTER IX.

- Lasswade Cottage - Monk Lewis -

Translation of Goetz von Berlichingen, published - Visit

to London House of Aspen - Death of Scott's Father

- First Original Ballads Glenfinlas, &c. - Metrical

Fragments Appointment to the Sheriffship of Selkirk-

shire

CHAPTER X.

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.1798-1799,

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The Border Minstrelsy in preparation - Richard Heber -

John Leyden-William Laidlaw - James Hogg - Cor-

respondence with George Ellis-Publication of the Two

First Volumes of the Border Minstrelsy....1800-1802,

CHAPTER XI.

Preparation of Volume III. of the Minstrelsy—and of Sir

Tristrem Correspondence with Miss Seward and Mr

Ellis Ballad of the Reiver's Wedding - Commence-

ment of the Lay of the Last Minstrel -Visit to London

and Oxford Completion of the Minstrelsy of the Scot-

tish Border.......
....1802-1803,

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87

CHAPTER XII.

PAGE

Contributions to the Edinburgh Review.

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Progress of the

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Tristrem -

of Wordsworth - Publication of "Sir Tristrem,”.

and of the Lay of the Last Minstrel - Visit

1803-1804, 134

CHAPTER XIII.

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Removal to Ashestiel - Death of Captain Robert Scott -

Mungo ParkCompletion and Publication of the Lay

of the Last Minstrel................ ......1804-1805, 181

CHAPTER XIV.

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Partnership with James Ballantyne — Literary Projects -

Edition of the British Poets-Edition of the Ancient

English Chronicles, &c. &c.— Edition of Dryden under-

taken Earl Moira Commander of the Forces in Scot-

land

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- Sham Battles-Articles in the Edinburgh Review

Commencement of Waverley Letter on Ossian

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Mr Skene's Reminiscences of Ashestiel- Excursion to

Cumberland. · Alarm of Invasion -Visit of Mr Southey

- Correspondence on Dryden with Ellis and Words-

worth.......

.......1805,

CHAPTER XV.

229

Affair of the Clerkship of Session-Letters to Ellis and

Lord Dalkeith-Visit to London-Earl Spencer and

Mr Fox Caroline, Princess of Wales - Joanna Baillie