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portions that his fame and character assume. That character, wrote Mr. Lockhart, "seems to belong to some elder and stronger period than ours;" and, he continued, I "cannot help likening it to the architectural fabrics of other ages which" Scott "most delighted in," with all their marvellous variety of rich and beautiful, grand and picturesque design. If the writer should attempt to make an application of this excellent comparison to one of these fabrics, he would make it to Lincoln Cathedral, on its "sovereign hill." Rising lofty from foundations deep and sure, enriched by the imagination and the art, the wealth of mind and treasure, and the better qualities of many generations past, invested with associations dearly cherished, noble and pre-eminent, it stands watching over the ancient castle, the gothic palace, the cloister, the quiet homes that cluster beneath it, and the broad lands spread around,—all with stories of the human hearts that through the centuries gone were active in them. A spirit that once animated the Cathedral, like the spirit once in him, long ago departed, but to reappear in holier development. And the lofty fabric towering with the intricacies of its medieval beauty, though now sending out no tones of mortal voice, has yet an eloquence, and day by day diffuses harmonies, more widely spreading, over earth.

The faith of Rome celebrates four Archangels, four Virgin Patron Saints, four Evangelists, four Latin Fathers of the Church. And these illustrious groups may allowably suggest to us the radiant and immortal four in English Literature, whose now ideal forms rise through the centuries of its long history, each preeminent in a broad domain: John Milton in religious poetry; William Shakespeare in the drama; Geoffrey Chaucer in the poetry of nature; and Walter Scott in all romance.

Established in his worthy place in this great company, we see his form bearing its crown, lofty and dominant like towering Lincoln, bright and eloquent and noble in the clear sunlight, that, like our parting gaze while we now leave his Lands, lingers longest on the pinnacled diadem.

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INDEX.

ABBREVIATIONS. —ch., chapter; des., described; qu., quoted; sta., station.

A.

Abbeys, des. Arbroath, 230-32. Dun-
drennan, 152-3. Egliston, 85-6. Foun-
tains, 345. Jedburgh, 321. Kelso,
321-2. Lannercost, 170-1. Lindisfarne,
38-39. Melrose, 24-5.
Abbey Burn Foot, 152.
Craig, 202.

Head, 154,
"Abbot." See The.
Abbotsford, Scott's first purchase, and
removal to, 77. 301-2; literary work at,
78, 101, 102, 103, 306; general description,
301-12; do., in 1816, 478; Scott left on
his last tour, 480; death at (Sept. 21,
1832), 481; burial from, 481-3.

Miscellaneous, 18, 54, 78, 203, 275,
294, 456, 476.
Abdul Medjid, 459.
Aberdeen, 227-8.
Aberfeldy, 141, 203.

Aberfoyle, 54, 64, 68, des. 180-1, 184.
Abington, Monks of, 387, 390.
Acre, 454.

Adam, Hon. W., 245, qu. 247.
Adlard, G., qu 388-9.
Adrian, wall of, 150.

Agatha ("Count Robert "), 458.
Agricola, 234.

Aix, 448, 449-50, 452.
"Albyn's Anthology," 186, 471.
Alexander of Russia, 121.
W. L., 116.

Alfred the Great, 392.
Alianan (ford of), 183.

"Alice Brand" (ballad), 65.
See Lee.

-- Lee.

Allen Water, 323-5.

Alnwick, 344-

Althorp, 410.

Altrive Lake, 291.

Ambergate, 363.

Ambleside, 94, 137.

Amboglana, 171.
Amboise, 423, 426.
Angus-shire, 141.

Anjou, Margaret of, 448-50.

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Annesley, J. (memoirs of), 161.
Anthology, The, 472.

"Antiquary." See The.
Antwerp, 10, 120, 430.
Arasaig, 108.

Arbroath, 227, 228, 229-32, 233.
Architectural Antiquities and Styles:

372, 392.

British, 302, 392. Baronial or Castel-
lated: English, 35, 36, 39, 80, 82, 146,
166-9, 354-5, 356, 365, 368-9, 372, 379,
380, 386, 395-400. French, 423-7. Ger-
man, 40, 446-7. Scottish, 20, 21, 22, 43,
46, 70, 71, 104, 141, 142, 155, 156, 209,
212, 243, 248, 280-2, 304-10, 313, 324-5,
336-8. Danish, 372. Druid, 203, 317,
Domestic: Belgian, 428-30.
Elizabethan, 166, 385. 397. French, 179,
243, 424, 423-7. Jacobean, 179, 260,
280, 333, 356. Tudor, 166-9, 391, 393,
399. Ecclesiastical: Byzantine, 459.
German, 447-8. Norman, 39, 231, 318-
19, 321-2, 349, 353, 354-5, 383, 426.
Pointed, Earlier, 152, 153, 170, 171,
175-6, 221-3, 231, 235, 318, 319, 335, 360.
Do., Later, 24, 25, 262-3, 368-9, 383,
399, 417, 424. Saxon, 349, 354-5, 368,
382, 392. Spanish, 17. Pictish, 219.
Roman (various), 150, 171-2, 174, 223,
228, 234, 253, 302, 354, 377, 392, 470.
Scandinavian, 223, 354
Ardchattan, 209.

Ardenvohr, 209, 210.

Ardnamurchan Pt. and Mts., 107.

Ardrossan, 116.

Ardvoirlich, 207.

Argyll, Duke of, я 119, 267, 271, 273-4.
Marquis of, 210-12.

Argyllshire, 103.

Arnheim, Barons, 442. Castle, 447-

Arran, Isle of, 103, 113, des. 116-17, 187.
Artornish Castle, 103, des. 104-5, 104-7.
Arthur's Seat, 44, 145. View from, 256-9,

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Bannatyne Club, 308.

Bannavie, 212, 213.

Bannockburn, 70, 119, 144, 202.

Barebones, D., 416.

"Barham " frigate, 480.

Barnard Castle, 78, des. So, 81, 82, 85, 345.

Bartlett's Cumnor, 389.

Basle, 438, 439, 442, 443, 444.

Bass Rock, 47, 264, 332.

Bassenthwaite Water, 95.

Bath, Scott at, 15.

"Battle of Bealan Duine," 72.

Bavaria, 446, 467.

Bawtry, 355.

Bearne, 141, 434.

Beattie, Dr., qu. 397.

Beattock sta., 174.

Beauchamp, B., 317.

Belford, 35, 38, 165, 344.

Belgium, 120, 137, 422, 428-32.
Belisarius, 448.

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