SIR WALTER SCOTT

BY

G. LE GRYS NORGATE

WITH FIFTY-THREE ILLUSTRATIONS BY JENNY WYLIE

METHUEN & CO.

36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

LONDON

FIRST YEARS

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

"BORDER MINSTRELSY"

THE BORDER POEMS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER III

ADVOCATE, GERMAN STUDENT, QUARTERMASTER OF YEOMANRY

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER I

"WAVERLEY"

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER VI

THE "QUARTERLY" AND "THE LADY OF THE LAKE"

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VII

REMOVAL TO ABBOTSFORD, AND LAST POEMS

CHAPTER VIII

"ROB ROY"

CHAPTER IX

"GUY MANNERING," BYRON, AND WATERLOO .

CHAPTER X

"THE ANTIQUARY" AND "OLD MORTALITY"

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII

"THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN "

PAGE

I

14

24

31

42

56

66

76

87

102

119

131

THE SICK MAN'S ROMANCES

CHAPTER XIV

SIR WALTER, QUEEN MARY, AND QUEEN ELIZABETH

CHAPTER XV

SCOTT ATTENDS GEORGE IV.'S CORONATION, AND WRITES

"THE PIRATE" AND "NIGEL"

CHAPTER XVI

CHAPTER XIII

THE LAST JOURNEY

CHAPTER XVIII

RUIN OF BALLANTYNE AND Co.

SCOTT AS A LAWYER

INDEX

CHAPTER XIX

CHAPTER XXI

"THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON": A GALLANT RALLY

CHAPTER XX

CHAPTER XXVI