those who derive pleasure or satisfaction from Old-World stories and scenes, mediæval art, aspects of former social life, healthy walks over green fields, or fresh heather, or breezy hills, and the real romance told by the life of a truenearted man, - and that man one of the noblest in genius and spirit the world has known. J. F. H. CHARLESTOWN, March, 1871. Quotations from the works of Scott, and from Lockhart's "Life,' are made from the "Abbotsford" edition of the Novels, and from the uniform edition of the Poems, Prose Works, and Life published by Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh. "Time of action" of the novels, and many other dates, are according to the same authorities. III. BIRTHPLACE AND EARLY LIFE OF SCOTT IV. LASSWADE, AND SCOTT'S LIFE, 1798-1805 17-19 19-34 75-77 77-78 78-86 86-101 103-119 VIII. "THE VISION OF DON RODERICK " IX. SCOTT'S LIFE, 1804-1812. . X. VISIT TO THE SCENERY OF "ROKEBY " 164-187 XXV. "THE PIRATE," THE GREAT GLEN, AND 213-228 THE NORTHERN Coasts oF SCOTLAND XXVII. "THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH " XXVIII. "THE ABBOT" (and Loch Leven) XXX. "THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN "2 228-233 233-244 276-279 XXXVI. "THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR XXXVII. FROM SCOTLAND TO ENGLAND XXXVIII. "IVANHOE" (and Central England) XLIV. “QUENTIN DURWARD" (France and Bel- 461-466 tinople). . "The Highland Widow," 461; "The Two Drovers," 461; "The Surgeon's Daughter," 463; “My Aunt Margaret's Mirror," 464; "The Tapestried Cham- MAPS. Page. 212 COUNTRY BETWEEN STIRLING AND OBAN (containing the GREAT BRITAIN FROM MORAY FIRTH TO YORK, with a 336 clew of the Tour. 352 PORTIONS OF ENGLAND (south of York) AND WALES with |