45 $43 On the d entire litera his son-in-la "I shall have a peep at Bothwell Castle if it is only for half-an-hour. It is a place of many recollections to me, for I cannot but think how changed 1 am from the same Walter Scott who was so passionately ambitious of fame when I wrote the song of Young Lochinvar at Bothwell; and if I could recall the same feelings, where was I to find an audience so kind and patient, and whose applause was at the same time so well worth having, as Lady Dalkeith and Lady Douglas? When one thinks of these things, there is no silencing one's regret but by Corporal Nym's philosophy: Things must be as they may. One generation goeth and another cometh."-TO LORD MONTAGU, June 28th, 1825. these remai had been ! Mr. Lockha mirable li so short it so free to his o feelings altered; Diary in There should n permissio appears tion of Some de The |