Sir Walter Scott Books In Order

Waverley Novels Books In Publication Order

  1. Waverley (1814)
  2. Guy Mannering (1815)
  3. The Antiquary (1816)
  4. Rob Roy (1817)
  5. Ivanhoe (1819)
  6. The Monastery (1820)
  7. The Abbot (1820)
  8. Kenilworth (1821)
  9. The Pirate (1822)
  10. The Fortunes of Nigel (1822)
  11. Peveril of the Peak (1822)
  12. Quentin Durward (1823)
  13. Saint Ronan’s Well (1823)
  14. Redgauntlet (1824)
  15. Woodstock (1826)
  16. Anne of Geierstein (1829)
  17. Some Poems by Sir Walter Scott (1893)
  18. The Siege of Malta (2008)

Chronicles of the Canongate Books In Publication Order

  1. Chronicles of the Canongate (1827)
  2. The Fair Maid of Perth (1828)

Hermetica Books In Publication Order

  1. Hermetica, Vol. 2 (1985)
  2. Hermetica, Vol. 3 (1985)
  3. Hermetica, Vol. 1 (1985)
  4. Hermetica, Vol. 4 (1985)

Tales of the Crusaders Books In Publication Order

  1. The Betrothed (1825)
  2. The Talisman (1825)

Tales of My Landlord Books In Publication Order

  1. Old Mortality (1816)
  2. The Black Dwarf (1816)
  3. The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818)
  4. The Bride of Lammermoor (1819)
  5. A Legend of Montrose (1819)
  6. Castle Dangerous (1832)
  7. Count Robert of Paris (1832)

Tales of a Scottish Grandfather Books In Publication Order

  1. From Bannockburn to Flodden (2000)
  2. From Gileskirk to Greyfriars (2000)
  3. From Montrose to Culloden (2000)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1803)
  2. Marmion (1808)
  3. The Lady of the Lake (1810)
  4. Rokeby (1816)
  5. The Surgeon’s Daughter (1956)
  6. The Lay of the Last Minstrel (2018)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Two Drovers (1827)
  2. The Tapestried Chamber; Or, the Lady in the Sacque (1829)
  3. The Highland Widow (2001)
  4. My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror and Other Tales (2006)

Plays In Publication Order

  1. Halidon Hill (2015)
  2. Auchindrane (2015)
  3. Goetz of Berlichingen, with the Ironhand (2018)
  4. Macduff’s Cross (2018)
  5. The Doom Of Devorgoil (2019)

Poetry Books In Publication Order

  1. The Bridal of Triermain (2009)
  2. The Vision of Don Roderick (2015)
  3. The Field of Waterloo (2015)
  4. Harold the Dauntless (2015)
  5. The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (2018)
  6. Lord of the Isles (2018)
  7. The Chase (2018)
  8. The Lady of the Lake, a Poem (2019)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott (1977)
  2. Selected Writings of Sir Walter Scott (2003)
  3. Selected Poems (2006)
  4. Marmion and the Lord of the Isles (2007)
  5. Ballads and Lyrical Pieces (2007)
  6. Selected Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott (2011)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Letters of Malachi Malagrowther (1826)
  2. Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830)
  3. Religious Discourses by a Layman (2006)
  4. The Waverley Anecdotes (2007)
  5. The History of Scotland, Etc. (2011)
  6. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland (2012)
  7. Tales of a Grandfather Volume 3 (2015)
  8. Essays On Chivalry, Romance, And The Drama (2015)
  9. Tales of a Grandfather, Fourth Series; Being Stories Taken from the History of France. Inscribed to John Hugh Lockhart (2015)
  10. The History of Scotland (2016)
  11. France and Belgium, as Orig. Publ. Under the Title of ‘Paul’s Letters to His Kinsfolk’ (2016)
  12. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French (2016)
  13. The Tales of a Grandfather; Being the History of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the Close of the Rebellion, 1745-46. New Ed., with Introd. by Archdeacon Farrar; Volume 1 (2016)
  14. Tales of a Grandfather Being Stories Taken from Scottish History. Second Series. Humbly Inscribed to Hugh Littlejohn, Esq. in Two Vols; Volume 2 (2016)
  15. Tales of a Grandfather. History of Scotland; Volume 1 (2018)
  16. Provincial Antiquities of Scotland (2018)
  17. Lives of the Novelists (2018)
  18. The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, from the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford (2019)
  19. Tales of a Grandfather. History of Scotland; Volume 2 (2019)
  20. Tales of a Grandfather (2020)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Halloween (2009)

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Waverley

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Guy Mannering

Text extracted from opening pages of book: Guy Mannering; OR, THE ASTROLOGER. Tis said that words and signs hare power O’er sprites in planetary hour ; But scarce I praise their venturous part, Who tamper with such dangerous art Lay of the Last Minstrel. VOL. IV. Guy Mannering; OR, THE ASTROLOGER. CHAPTER I. I renounce your defiance ; if you parley so roughly I’ll barricado my gates against you Do you see yon bay window ? Storm, I care not, serving the gtod Duke of Norfolk. Merry Devil of Edmonton, Julia Mannering to Matilda Marchmont. I RISE from a sick Led, my dearest Matilda, ta communicate the strange and frightful scenes which have just passed. Alas ! how little we ought to jest with futurity I I closed my letter to you in high spirits, with some flippant remarks on your taste for the romantic and extraordinary in fictitious narrative. How little I expected to have had such events to record in the course of a few days I And to witness scenes of terror, or to contemplate them in description, is as different, my dearest Matilda, as to bend over the brink of a precipice holding by the frail tenure of a half rooted shrub, or to admire the same precipice as represented in the landscape of Salvator. But I will not anticipate my narrative 4 Guy Mannering. The first part of my story is frightful enough, though it had nothing to interest my feelings. You must know that this country is particularly favour able to the commerce of a set of desperate men from the Isle of Man, which is nearly opposite. These smugglers are numerous, resolute, and for midable, and have at different times become the dread of the neighbourhood when any one has in terfered with their contraband trade. The local magistrates, from timidity or worse motives, have become shy of acting against them, and impunity has rendered them equally daring and desperate. With all this, my father, a stranger in the land, and invested with no official authority, had, one would think, nothing to do. But it must be owned, that, as he himself expresses it, he was born when Mars was lord of his ascendant, and that strife and blood shed find him out in circumstances and situations the most retired and pacific. About eleven o’clock on last Tuesday morning, while Hazlewood and nay father were proposing to walk to a little lake about three miles’ distance, for the purpose of shooting wild ducks, and while Lucy and I were busied with arranging our plan of work attd study for the day, we were alarmed by the sound . of horses’ feet, advancing very fast up the avenue. The ground was hardened by a severe frost, which made the clatter of the hoofs sound yet louder and sharper. In a moment, two or three men, armed, mounted, and each leading a spare horse loaded with packages, appeared on the lawn, and, without keepiag open the road, which makes Guy Mannering. 5 a small sweep, pushed right across for the door of the house. Their appearance was in the utmost degree hurried and disordered, and they frequent ly looked hack like men who apprehended a close and deadly pursuit. My father and Hazlewood hur ried to the front door to demand who they were, and what was their business. They were revenue offi cers, they stated, who had seized these horses, load ed with contraband articles, at a place about three miles off. But the smugglers had heen reinforced, and were now pursuing them with the avowed pur pose of recovering the goods, and putting to death the officers who had presumed to do their duty. The men said, that their horses being loaded, and the pursuers gaining ground upon them, they had fled to Woodbourne, conceiving, that as my father had served the king, he would not refuse to protect the servants of government, when threatened to he murdered in the discharge of their duty. My father, to whom, in his enthusiastic feelings of military loyalty, even a dog would be of import ance if he came in the king’s name, gave prompt or ders for securing the goods in the hall, arming the servants, and

The Antiquary

The Antiquary ADVERTIseme*nT THE present Work completes a series of fictitious narratives, intended to illustrate the manners of Scotland at three different periods. WAVERLEY embraced the age of our fathers, GUY MANNERING th at of our own youth, and The Antiquary re fers to the last ten years of the eighteenth century. I have, in the two last narratives especially, sought my principal personages in the class of society who are the last to feel the influe lceo f that general polish which assimilates to each other the manners of different nations. Among the same class I have placed some of the scenes, in which I have endeavoured to illustrate the operation of the higher and more violent passions both because the lower orders are less restrained by the habit of suppressing their feelings, and because I agree with my friend Wordsworth, that they seldom fail to express them in the strongest and most powerful language. This is, I think, peculiarly the case with the peasantry of my own country, a class with whom I have long been familiar. The antique force and simplicity of their language, often tinctured with the Oriental eloquence of Scripture, in the mouths of those of an elevated understanding, give pathos to their grief, and dignity to their resentment. I have been more solicitous to describe manners minutely, than to arrange in any case an artificial and combined vi Advertiseme*nt ro narrative, and have but to regret that I felt myself unable to unite these two requisites of a good Novel. The knavery of the Adept in the following sheets may appear forced and improbable but we have had very late instances of the force of superstitious credulity to a much greater extent, and the reader may be assured, that this part of the narrative is foufided oxi a fact f actuai occurrence. I have now only to express my gratitude to the public, for the distinguished reception which they have given to works that have little more than some truth of colouring to re commend them and to take my respectful leave, as one wha is nQt likely again to solicit their favour. v , , To the above advertiseme*n4 which was pdiwed to the first edition of The Antiquary, it is necessary in the present edition to add a few words, transferred from the Introduction ta the Chronicles of the Canongate, respecting the character of Jonathan Oldbuck. I may bere state generally, that although I have deemed historical personages free subjects of delineation, I have never on any ccasion violated the respect due to private IiFe. It was indeed impossible that traits proper t persons, both living and dead, with whom I have had intacourse in society, should not have risen to my pen in such w r has Waverley, and those which followed it. But I have always studied to generalise the portraits, so that they sflould still pgem, on the whole, the productions of faqcy, though ossessing some resemblance to real individuals. Yet I must QWQ my attempts have not iq this last particular been uniiorrnly successful. There are men whose characters are so peculiarly mark that the delineation f some leading d ptjncipd feature, ineuitably places the whole, person 3 A vii before you In his individuality. Thus, the c h a W of Jonathan Oldbuck, h The Antiquary, was partly m d d oh that of an old friend of my youth, to whom I am indebted for infmdwing…

Rob Roy

Rob Roy br SIR WALTER SCOTT Sir Walfer Scott was born at Edinburgh on 15th August 1771, educated at Edinburgh H h School and University, knighted in 1820, and died at Abbotsford on 21st Sep tember 1832. His chief novels are Waverby I 814. Guy Mannering 1815 The Antiquary 1816, Old Mortality I 81 6, Rob Roy I 81 7, The Heart of Mik bthian 1818, The Bride o j Lummermoor 1819, The Legend ofMontrose 1819 I v anhoe 1819, The Monastery 1820. The Abbot 1820, Kenilworth 1821, The Pirate f1821, The Fortunes ofNigel I 822, Quentin Durward 1823, St. Ronans Well 1823. Redgauntlet 1824, The Betrothed 1825, The Talisman i825, Woodstock 1826, Chronicles ofthe Canongate I 827, and The Fair Maid of Perth I 828 all of which are included in the Nelson Classics, together with his Journal two volumes. A number appear also in the Winchester Classics. A D V E R T I S E M E N T TO THE FIRST EDITION WHEN th e Editor of the following volumes published, about two years since, the work called The Antiquary, he announced that he was, for the last time, intruding upon the public in his present capacity. He might shelter himself under the plea that every anonymous writer is, like the celebrated Junius, only a hantom, and that therefore, although an apparition o a more benign, as well as much meaner description, he cannot be bound to plead to a charge of inconsistency. A better apology may be found in the imitating the confession of honest Benedict, that, when he said he would die a bachelor, he did not think he should live to be married. The best of all would be, if, as has eminently happened in the case of some distinguished contemporaries, the merit of the work should, in the readers estimation, form an excuse for the authors breach of promise. Without presuming to hope that this may prove the case, it is . only further necessary to mention, that my resolution, like that of Benedict, fell a sacrifice, to temptation at least, if not to stratagem. It is now about six months since the Author, through the medium of his respectable Publishers, received a parcel of Papers, containing the Outlines of this narrative with a permission, or rather with a request, couched in highly flattering terms, that they might be given to the Public, with such alterations as should be found suitable. These were of course so numerous, that, besides As it may be necessary, in the present Edition, to speak upon the square, the Author thinks it proper to own, that the communication alluded to is entirely imaginary the suppression of names, and of incidents approaching too much to reality, the work may in a great measure be said to be new written. Several anachronisms have probably crept in during the course of these changes and the mottoes for the Chapters have been selected without any reference to the supposed date of the incidents. For these, of course, the Editor is responsible. Some others occurred in the original materials, but they are of little consequence. In point of minute accuracy, it may be stated, that the bridge over the Forth, or rather the Avondhu or Black River, near the hamlet of Aberfoil, had not an existence thirty years ago. It does not, however, become the Editor to be the first to point out these errors and he takes this public opportunity to thank the unknown and nameless correspondent, to whom the reader will owe the share of any amuseme*nt which he may derive rom the following pages. P cipd 1st December, 1817 INTRODUCTION WHEN the author projected this further encroachment on the patience of an indulgent public, he was at some loss for a title a good name being very nearly of as much consequence in literature as in life. The title of Rob Roy was suggested by the late Mr…

Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today’s top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader’s viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader’s understanding of these enduring works. Medieval England. King Richard the Lion hearted, coming home from the Crusades, has been captured and imprisoned in Austria. His wicked brother, John, has seized the throne and refuses to pay Richard’s ransom. Meanwhile the conflict between Saxon and Norman threatens to turn into civil war.

Standing above it all is Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the disinherited son of Cedric, a Saxon noble. Ivanhoe enraged his father by following the Norman Richard to the Crusades. Now back in England, he wants to help rescue Richard and marry Cedric s ward, Rowena. But Cedric has pledged her to a highborn Saxon in hopes of creating a new Saxon royal line. To this mix Walter Scott adds several ferocious Norman villains, the legendary Robin Hood, a Shakespearean wise fool who constantly offers wryly sardonic comments on the action, and a sidelong look at English anti Semitism, as a pair of Jewish characters, the beautiful Rebecca and her father, Isaac of York, alternately protect and garner protection from Ivanhoe.

With its clanging swords, burning castles, damsels in distress, and kings in disguise, Ivanhoe remains Scott s best loved novel of historical romance. Gillen D’Arcy Wood was born in Australia, and came to New York on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1992. He took his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000, and is now Assistant Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. He is the author of an historical novel, Hosack s Folly Other Press, 2005, and a cultural history of Romantic literature and art, The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760 1860 Palgrave, 2001, as well as numerous articles on nineteenth century British literature and culture.

The Monastery

Set on the eve of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, The Monastery is full of supernatural events, theological conflict, and humor. Located in the lawless Scottish Borders, the novel depicts The Monastery of Kennaquhair a thinly disguised Melrose Abbey, whose ruins are still to be seen near Scott’s own home at Abbotsford on the verge of dissolution and the fortunes of two brothers as they respond to a new social and religious order. Highlights of the narrative include a moving encounter between two representatives of opposing sides in the Reformation controversy who had been students together in less troubled times and the final formal procession of the Kennaquhair monks as the Reformed forces arrive. A point of interest when the work was first published, the mysterious spectral White Lady, guardian of the magical Black Book, still intrigues readers. A strong comic element is provided by Sir Piercie Shafton with his absurd linguistic mannerisms fashionable at the English court. The narrative is preceded by one of Scott’s most charming and playful introductory exchanges between the fictional local antiquary Cuthbert Clutterbuck and the author of Waverley.

The Abbot

1905. Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. The Abbot, is his sequel to The Monastery which was considered by some to be a dismal failure, takes us through the life of Roland Graeme, a comely lad who is adopted by the lady of Avenel, as her page, and someone to while away the hours with while her husband, Sir Halbert Glendinning, is away in foreign lands with the Scottish Regent Murray. After seven years Roland the upstart is banished from the castle and leaves to seek his fortune. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Kenilworth

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Scott’s imagination created ‘Kenilworth‘, a romance novel of conflicting characters. He has brought to life the character of Queen Elizabeth with the most brilliant and enchanting effect. The novel tells the story of the secret, tragic marriage of Amy Robsart to Robert Dudley that is marred by ambition. The theme of selfishness versus selflessness and ambition versus love is superbly presented.

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The Pirate

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The Fortunes of Nigel

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. This, sir, is one among the Seignory, Hu wealth at will, and will to use his wealth, And wit to increase it. Marry, his worst folly Lie in a thriftless sort of charity, That goes a gadding sometimes after objects. Which wise men ‘wilt not see when thrust npon them. The Otd Coupte. The ancient gentleman bastled about his shop, in pettish displeasure at being summoned hither so hastily, to the interruption of his more abstract studies; and, unwilling to renounce the train of calculation which he had put in progress, he mingled whimsically with the fragments ofthe arith metical operation, his oratory to the passengers, and angry reflections on his idle apprentices. ‘What d’ye lack, sir? Madam, what d’ye lack clocks for hall or table night watches day watches? Locking wheel being 48 the power of retort 8 the striking pins are 48 What d’ye lack, honoured sir ? The quotient the multiplicand That the knaves should have gone out at this blessed minute! the acceleration being at the rate of 5 minutes, 65 seconds, 53 thirds, 59 fourths I will switch them both when they come back I will, by the bones of the immortal Napier!’ Here the vexed philosopher was interrupted by the entrance of a grave citizen of most respectable appearance, who, saluting him familiarly by the name of ‘Davic, my old acquaintance,’ demanded what had put him so much out of sorts, and gave him at the same time a cordial grasp of his hand. The stranger’s dress was, though grave, rather richer than usu. il. His paned hose were of black velvet, lined with purple silk, which garniture appeared at the slashes. His doublet was of purple cloth, and his short cloak of black velvet, to correspond with his hose; and both were adorned with a great number of small silver buttons richly w…

Peveril of the Peak

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Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward‘ first published in 1823, Scott’s first ‘European’ novel, was an experiment in transferring the historical romance to foreign soil. Fifteenth century France, the French Revolution, and contemporary Britain all come together in this sharp eyed novel of political expediency and intrigue. Quentin Durward is a young adventurer and soldier of the Scottish guards seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI 1461 1483. Embarking upon a dangerous journey through the forest of the Ardennes seeking a name, a partner there is a romance involving his love for Isabelle, Countess of Croye, and a position in the world, he knows little and understands less, but Scott represents his ignorance and naivete as useful to ‘the most sagacious prince in Europe’ who needs servants motivated solely by the desire for coin and credit and lacking any interest in France, which would interfere with the execution of his political aims. Meanwhile, the Machiavellian King Louis XI of France, maneuvers his realm out of the hands of feudal barons and into centralized control which Scott believed to characterize the modern state. In Quentin Durward Scott studies the first modern state in the process of destroying the European feudal system at a time when the feudal system, which had been the sinews and nerves of national defense, and the spirit of chivalry, by which, began to be innovated upon and abandoned by those grosser characters, who centered their happiness in materialism. The reception accorded ‘Quentin Durward‘ astounded Scott, his friends and his publishers. France, Germany and Italy went mad over him, realizing then, as now, that this miracle worker had given to European literature an unsurpassed picture of Louis XI and his age. His fame, the world over, was thenceforth permanently fixed. It was cheering news for Scott.

Saint Ronan’s Well

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE GUEST. Qu!b nmiis hie hospes? Dido apud Viryitium. Ch’am maid The Oemman in the front parlour! Boots’s free Transtation of Ike Miuid. It was on a fme summer’s day that a solitary traveller rode under the old fashioned archway, and alighted in the courtyard of Meg Dods’s inn, and delivered the bridle of his horse to the humpbacked postilion. ‘ Bring my saddle bags,’ he said, ‘ into the house or stay I am abler, I think, to carry them than you.’ He then assisted the poor meagre groom to unbuckle the straps which secured the humble and now despised convenience, and meantime gave strict charges that his horse should be unbridled, and put into a clean and comfortable stall, the girths slacked, and a cloth cast over his loins; but that tha saddle should not be removed until he himself came to see him dressed. The companion of his travels seemed in the hostler’s eye deserving of his care, being a strong active horse, fit either for the road or field, but rather high in bone from a long journey; though from the state of his skin it appeared the utmost care had been bestowed to keep him in condition. While the groom obeyed the stranger’s directions, the latter, with the saddle bags laid over his arm, entered the kitchen of the inn. Here he found the landlady herself in none of her most blessed humours. The cook maid was abroad on some errand, and Meg, in a close review of the kitchen apparatus, was making the unpleasant discovery, that trenchers had been broken or cracked, pots and saucepans not so accurately scoured as her precise notions of cleanliness required, which, joined to other detections of a more petty description, stirredher bile in no small degree; so that while she disarranged and arranged the blnk, she maundered, in an under tone, co…

Redgauntlet

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

Woodstock

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CARISBROOK CASTLE, ISLE OF WIGHT : WINDOW THROUGH WHICH THE KING ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE. CHAPTER THE TWEJSTTY FIFTH. Stay for the King has thrown his warder down. Eichard II. The combatants whom we left engaged at the end of the last chapter, made mutual pas*ses at each other with apparently equal skill and courage. Charles had been too often in action, and too long a party as well as a victim to civil war, to find anything new or surprising in being obliged to defend himself with his own hands ; and Everard had been distinguished, as well for his personal bravery, as for the other propertles of a commander. But the arrival of a thirdparty prevented the tragic conclusion of a combat, in which the success of either party must have given him much cause for regretting his victory. It was the old knight himself, who arrived, mounted upon a forest pony, for the war and sequestration had left him no steed of a more dignified description. He thrust himself between the combatants, and commanded them ou their lives to hold. So soon as a glance from one to the other had ascertained to him whom he had to deal with, he demanded, ‘ Whether the devils of Woodstock whom folk talked about had got possession of them both, that they were tilting at each other within the verge of the royal liberties ? Let me tell both of you,’ he said, ‘ that while old Henry Lee is at Woodstock, the immunities of the Park shall be maintained as much as if the King were still on the throne. None shall fight duellos here, excepting the stags in their season. Put up, both of you, or I shall lug out as thirdsman, and prove perhaps the worst devil of the three! As Will says I’ll so maul you and your toasting irons, That, you shall think the devil has come from hell.’ The combatants d…

Anne of Geierstein

1901. Sir Walter Scott was a master of diverse talents. He was a man of letters, a dedicated historian and historiographer, a well read translator of foreign texts, and a talented poet. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. Anne of Geierstein is set in Central Europe in the fifteenth century. With this novel Scott concludes the unfinished historical business of Quentin Durward, working on a larger canvas with broader brush stokes and generally with more somber colors. The novel also illustrates the darkening of Scott’s historical vision in the final part of his career. See the many other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Some Poems by Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

Chronicles of the Canongate

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

The Fair Maid of Perth

This is a remarkable novel, in part because late in his career Scott has a new subject and in part because he employs a spare narrative style that is without parallel in the rest of his oeuvre. Many critics have written off late Scott and seen his last works as evidence of failing powers. This edition will prove these critics wrong, for in it we see a luminous creative intelligence working at high pressure to produce a tightly organized and deeply moving novel. The Edinburgh Editions of the Waverley Novels are the first critical editions of Scott’s fiction. This is the only edition to be based on the original manuscripts and is emended by readings from Scott s manuscripts which were lost in the original process of preparing the novel for publication. It is supported by a full textual apparatus, explanatory notes and glossary.

Hermetica, Vol. 2

First published in 1924, this classic four volume work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott’s extensive notes, commentary, and addenda. It is said that these teachings are records of private, intimate talks between a teacher and one or two of his disciples. The setting was in Egypt under the Roman Empire, among men who had received some instruction in Greek philosophy, and especially the Platonism of the period, but were not content with merely accepting and repeating the dogmas of the orthodox philosophic schools. Instead, they sought to expound a philosophic religion that would better satisfy their needs. Included here are the translator’s notes on the twenty eight libelli of the Corpus Hermeticum. Volumes I, III, and IV of Hermetica, which contain Scott’s translation, his notes on the Latin Asclepius and the Hermetic excerpts of Stobaeus, and testimonia, addenda, and indices, are also published by Shambhala.

Hermetica, Vol. 3

First published in 1924, this classic four volume work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott’s extensive notes, commentary, and addenda.

It is said that these teachings are records of private, intimate talks between a teacher and one or two of his disciples. The setting was in Egypt under the Roman Empire, among men who had received some instruction in Greek philosophy, and especially the Platonism of the period, but were not content with merely accepting and repeating the dogmas of the orthodox philosophic schools. Instead, they sought to expound a philosophic religion that would better satisfy their needs.

Included here is the translator’s commentary on the Latin Asclepius and the Hermetic excerpts of Stobaeus. Volumes I, II, and IV of Hermetica, which contain Scott’s translation, his notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, and testimonia, addenda, indices, are also published by Shambhala.

Hermetica, Vol. 1

First published in 1924, this classic work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings attributed to the Egyptian sage Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott’s extensive notes, commentary, and addenda. It is said that these teachings are records of private, intimate talks between a teacher and one or two of his disciples. The setting was in Egypt under the Roman Empire, among men who had received some instruction in Greek philosophy, and especially the Platonism of the period, but were not content with merely accepting and repeating the dogmas of the orthodox philosophic schools. Instead, they sought to expound a philosophic religion that would better satisfy their needs. Included here are the libelli of the Corpus Hermeticum, the Asclepius, the Hermetic excerpts in the Anthologium of Stobaeus, and other fragments. The entire text is produced in the original Greek or Latin, with an English translation on facing pages. Walter Scott 1855 1925, a classical scholar, devoted much of his life to the study of the Hermetica.

Hermetica, Vol. 4

First published in 1924, this classic four volume work contains various Greek and Latin writings of religious or philosophic teachings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, with Walter Scott’s extensive notes, commentary, and addenda. It is said that these teachings are records of private, intimate talks between a teacher and one or two of his disciples. The setting was in Egypt under the Roman Empire, among men who had received some instruction in Greek philosophy, and especially the Platonism of the period, but were not content with merely accepting and repeating the dogmas of the orthodox philosophic religion that would better satisfy their needs. Included here are alchemical writings in Greek and Latin about the Hermetica, as well as addenda and indices compiled after Scott’s death. Volumes I, II, and III of Hermetica, which contain Scott’s translation, his notes on the Corpus Hermeticum, and his commentary on Asclepius and the Hermetic excerpts of Stobaeus, are also published by Shambhala.

The Talisman

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott’s tale of the Crusades a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit. In Scott’s own words: ‘…
the warlike character of Richard I, wild and generous, a pattern of chivalry, with all its extravagant virtues, and its no less absurd errors, was opposed to that of Saladin, in which the Christian and English monarch showed all the cruelty and violence of an Eastern sultan, and Saladin, on the other hand, displayed the deep policy and prudence of a European sovereign, whilst each contended which should excel the other in the knightly qualities of bravery and generosity. This singular contrast afforded, as the author conceived, materials for a work of fiction possessing peculiar interest.’

Old Mortality

Old Mortality is a novel by Sir Walter Scott set in the period 1679 89 in south west Scotland. It forms, along with The Black Dwarf, the 1st series of Scotts’s Tales of my Landlord. The two novels were published together in 1816. Old Mortality is considered one of Scott’s best novels. The novel tells the story of Henry Morton, who shelters John Balfour of Burley, on e of the assassins of Archbishop James Sharp. As a consequence Morton joins Burley in an uprising of Covenanters who want the re establishment of prebyterianism in Scotland which was eventually defeated at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679, by forces led by the Duke of Monmouth and John Grahm of Claverhouse. The bulk of the novel describes the progress of the rebellion from its initial success at the battle of Drumclog, and the growth of factionalism which hastened its defeat. The novel takes its title from the nickname of Robert Paterson, a Scotsman of the 18th century who late in like decided t otravel around Scotland re engraving the tombs of 17th century Covenanter martyrs. The first chapter of the book describes a meeting between him and the novel’s fictitious narrator…

The Black Dwarf

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE HIGHLAND WIDOW. CHAPTER I. It wound as near as near could be, But what it is she cannot tell; On the other side it seem’d to be, Of the huge broad breasted old oak tree. Coleridgz. fES. BETHUNE BALIOL’S memorandum begins thus: It is flve and thirty, or perhaps nearer forty years ago, since, to relieve the dejection of spirits occasioned by a great family loss sustained two or three months before, I undertook what was called the short Highland tour. This had become in some degree fashionable; but though the military roads were excellent, yet the accommodation was so indifferent that it was reckoned a little adventure to accomplish it. Besides, the Highlands, though now as peaceable as any part of King George’s dominions, was a sound which still carried terror, while so many survived who had witnessed the insurrection of 1745; and a vague idea of fear was impressed on many as they looked from the towers of Stirling northward to the huge chain of mountains which rises like a dusky rampart to conceal in its recesses a people, whose dress, manners, and language differed still very much from those of their Lowland countrymen. For my part, I come of a race not greatly subject to apprehensions arising from imagination only. I had some Highland relatives, knew several of their families of distinction; and, though only having the company of my bower maiden, Mrs. Alice Lambskin, I went on my journey fearless. But then I had a guide and cicerone, almost equal to Greatheart in the Pilgrim’s Progress, in no less a person than Donald MacLeiah, p the postilion whom I hired at Stilling, with a pair of able bodied horses, as steady as Donald himself, to drag my carriage, my duenna, and myself, wheresoever it was my pleasure to go. Donald MacLeish was one o…

The Heart of Mid-Lothian

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

The Bride of Lammermoor

Text extracted from opening pages of book: The Bride of Lammermoor. CHAPTER I. Ay, and when huntsmen wind the merry horn, And from its covert starts the fearful prey, Who, warnj’d with youth’s blood in his swelling veins, Would, like a lifeless clod, outstretched lie, Shut out from all the fair creation offers ? Ethwald Act I. Scene I. LIGHT meals procure light slumbers ; and there fore it is not surprising, that, considering the fare which Caleb’s conscience, or his necessity, assuming, as will sometimes happen, that disguise, had as signed to the guests of Wolf’s Crag, their slumbers should have been short. In the morning Bucklaw rushed into his host’s apartment with a loud halloo, which might have awaked the dead. Up ! up I in the name of Heaven the hunters are out, the only piece of sport I have seen this month ; and you lie here, Master, on a bed that has little to recommend it, except that it may be 4 TALES OF MY LANDLORD. something softer than the stone floor of your an cestor’s vault. I wish, said Ravenswood, raising his head peevishly, you had forborne so early a jest, Mr Hayston it is really no pleasure to lose the very short repose which I had just begun to enjoy, after a night spent in thoughts upon fortune far harder than my couch, Bucklaw. Pshaw, pshaw ! replied his guest ; get up get up the hounds are abroad I have saddled the horses myself, for old Caleb was calling for grooms and lackeys, and would never have proceeded with out two hours’ apology, for the absence of men that were a hundred miles off. Get up, Master I say the hounds are out get up, I say the hunt is up. And off ran Bucklaw. And I say, said the Master, rising slowly, that nothing can concern me less. Whose hounds come so near to us ? The Honourable Lord Bittlebrains’, answer ed Caleb, who had followed the impatient Laird of Bucklaw into his master’s bedroom, and truly I ken nae title they have to be yowling and howling within the freedoms and immunities of your lord ship’s right of free forestry. Nor I, Caleb, replied Ravenswood, u except ing that they have bought both the lands and the right of forestry, and may think themselves entitled to exercise the rights they have paid their money for. It may be sae, my lord, replied Caleb ; but it’s no gentleman’s deed of them to come here and The Bride of Lammermoor. 5 exercise such like right, and your lordship living at your ain castle of Wolf’s Crag. Lord Bittle brains would do weel to remember what his folk have been. And we what we now are, said the Master, with suppressed bitterness of feeling. But reach me my cloak, Caleb, and I will indulge Bucklaw with a sight of this chase. It is selfish to sacrifice my guest’s pleasure to my own. Sacrifice ! echoed Caleb, in a tone which seem ed to imply the total absurdity of his master ma king the least concession in deference to any one Sacrifice, indeed I but I crave your honour’s pardon and whilk doublet is it your pleasure to wear ? Any one you will, Caleb my wardrobe, I suppose, is not very extensive. Not extensive I echoed his assistant; when there is the grey and silver that your lordship be stowed on Hew Hildebrand, your outrider and the French velvet that went with my lord your fa thjer be gracious to him ! my lord your father’s auld wardrobe to the puir friends of the family, and the drap de berry Which I gave to you, Caleb, and which, I sup pose, is the only dress we have any chance to come at, except that I wore yesterday pray, hand me that, and say no more about it. If your honour has a fancy, replied Caleb, and doubtless it’s a sad coloured suit, and you are in mourning nevertheless, I have never tried on 6 TALES OF MY LANDLORD. the drap de berry ill wad it become me and your honour having no change of claiths at this present and it’s weel brushed, and as there are leddies down yonder Ladies I said Ravens wood ; and what la dies, pray ? What do I ken, your lordship ? looking down at them from the Warden’s Tower, I could but see them glent

A Legend of Montrose

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

Castle Dangerous

From Scott’s introduction: ‘The incidents on which the ensuing Novel mainly turns, are derived from the ancient Metrical Chronicle of The Brace, by Archdeacon Barbour, and from the History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, by David Hume of Godscroft; and are sustained by the immemorial tradition of the western parts of Scotland. They are so much in consonance with the spirit and manners of the troubled age to which they are referred, that I can see no reason for doubting their being founded in fact; the names, indeed, of numberless localities in the vicinity of Douglas Castle, appear to attest, beyond suspicion, many even of the smallest circumstances embraced in the story of Godscroft.’

Count Robert of Paris

EDITORS INTRODUCTION THE first hint in Sir Walter Scotts Life of the writing of Count Robert of Paris is to be found in a passage of his diary for February, 1826 at the period when he was engaged upon Woodstock. He writes on that date Being troubled with thick coming fancies, and a slight palpitation of the heart, I have been reading the Chronicle of the Good Knight Messire Jacques de Lalain curious, but dull, from the constant repetition of the same species of combats in the same style and phrase. It is llke washing bushels of sand for a grain of gold. It pas*ses the time, however, especially in that listless mood when your mind is half on your book, half on something else. You catch something o arrest the attention every now and then, and what you miss is not worth going back upon idle mans studies, in short. Still, things occur to one. Something might be made of a tale of chivalry takep from the Passage of Arms, which Jacques de Lalain gaintained for the first day of every month for a twelvemonth. The first mention perhaps of red hot balls appears in the siege of Oudenarde by the Citizens of Ghent Chronique, p. 293. This would be light summer work. It was more than four years later, in the autumn of 1830, when he actually set to work upon the story. His own circle, and Cadell his publisher, were anxious that he should be content with a lighter task, namely the Neliquiae Trottcosienses, or the Gabions of Jonathan Oldbuck. Nothing, writes Lockhart, could have suited the time better but after a few days he said he found this was not sufficient that he should proceed in it during bore szcbcenke, but must bend himself to the composition of a romance, founded on a story which he had more than once told cursorily already, and for which he had been revolving the various titles of Robert of the Isle Count Robert de LIsle and Count Robert of Paris. There was nothing to be said in reply to the decisive announcement of this purpose. The usual agreements were drawn out and the Tale was begun. By this time Scotts powers had suffered heavily from his many and repeated attacks. Nothing in romance could be more affecting than the story of the final battle to maintain his post, as witnessed by Will Laidlaw, who still served him occasionally as amanuensis He could not watch Scott from hour to hour above all, he could not write to his dictation, without gradually, slowly, most reluctantly taking home to his bosom the conviction that the mighty mind, which 1. e had worshipped through more than thirty years of intimacy, had lost something, and was daily losing something more of its energy. The faculties were there, and each of them was every now and then displaying itself id its full vigour but the sagacious judgment, the brillial t fancy, the unrivalled memory, were all subject to occasional eclipse Amid the strings his fingers strayd, And an nucertain warbling made. Ever and anon he paused and looked round him, like one halfwaking from a dream, mocked with shadows. The sad bewilderment of his gaze showed a momentary consciousness that, like Samson in the lap of the Philistine, his strength was passing from him, and he was becoming weak like unto other men. Then came the strong effort of aroused will the cloud dispersed as if before an irresistible current of purer air all was bright and serene as of old and then it closed again in yet deeper darkness. The consequence was that James Ballantyne was alarmed when the earlier chapters of the romance written under . this shadow reached him, to find them decidedly inferior to anything that had ever before come from that pen. So he felt compelled to inform the unfortunate romance writer himself…

From Bannockburn to Flodden

In 1828 the world’s greatest storyteller sat down to weave yet another yarn. Over the past dozen or so years, Sir Walter Scott had almost single handedly revived Scottish pride and of course, his novels had fanned the flames of passion for the kilts, bagpipes, and highland burr of the Scots. He had become the world’s spokesman for all things Celtic. But now he had something entirely different in mind. His Tales from a Scottish Grandfather proved to be his most intimate, most accessible, and most dramatic stories of all. The reason was simple: He was no longer telling his stories to the world. He was telling them to his own grandson. Scott was far and away the most popular writer of the nineteenth century. Often mentioned in the same breath with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton, his output was prodigious: twenty seven novels, five major works of epic poetry, three biographies, fourteen histories, and half a dozen collections of tales, legends, and ballads. All remain classics to this day. But it was for his popularisation of his native Scotland that he is best remembered. Scott was proud of his work but he was especially proud of the stories in Tales from a Scottish Grandfather. Here he recovered the whole story of his beloved Scotland its actual history, not a fictionalised approximation. From William Wallace and Robert the Bruce volume 1 to John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots volume 2, from the subjugation of Rob Roy and the rising of the Jacobites volume 3 to the crusade of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the quest of the Duke of Cumberland volume 4, the entire romantic tapestry is unrolled, not as a historian would tell it, but as a grandfather would. In these four volumes Scott marshals all his narrative power for the sake of love love of family, love of place, and love of legacy. At a time when interest in Scotland has never been greater, these volumes are sure to strike a nerve and find a treasured place in schools, libraries, and, most especially, in homes, where they most belong.

From Gileskirk to Greyfriars

The ‘Tales from a Scottish Grandfather Series’ are the most intimate, most accessible, and most dramatic of all the tales Sxott ever presented to his readers. Meant to comfort his sickly grandson, these books are a combination of history and story telling sure to entertain and teach.

From Montrose to Culloden

In 1828 the world’s greatest storyteller sat down to weave yet another yarn. Over the past dozen or so years, Sir Walter Scott had almost single handedly revived Scottish pride and of course, his novels had fanned the flames of passion for the kilts, bagpipes, and highland burr of the Scots. He had become the world’s spokesman for all things Celtic. But now he had something entirely different in mind. His Tales from a Scottish Grandfather proved to be his most intimate, most accessible, and most dramatic stories of all. The reason was simple: He was no longer telling his stories to the world. He was telling them to his own grandson. Scott was far and away the most popular writer of the nineteenth century. Often mentioned in the same breath with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton, his output was prodigious: twenty seven novels, five major works of epic poetry, three biographies, fourteen histories, and half a dozen collections of tales, legends, and ballads. All remain classics to this day. But it was for his popularisation of his native Scotland that he is best remembered. Scott was proud of his work but he was especially proud of the stories in Tales from a Scottish Grandfather. Here he recovered the whole story of his beloved Scotland its actual history, not a fictionalised approximation. From William Wallace and Robert the Bruce volume 1 to John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots volume 2, from the subjugation of Rob Roy and the rising of the Jacobites volume 3 to the crusade of Bonnie Prince Charlie and the quest of the Duke of Cumberland volume 4, the entire romantic tapestry is unrolled, not as a historian would tell it, but as a grandfather would. In these four volumes Scott marshals all his narrative power for the sake of love love of family, love of place, and love of legacy. At a time when interest in Scotland has never been greater, these volumes are sure to strike a nerve and find a treasured place in schools, libraries, and, most especially, in homes, where they most belong.

Marmion

‘On pleasant knolls, under trees, and by the banks of Yarrow, many lines were written,’ the author told his son in law.

The Lady of the Lake

A kindly heart had brave Fitz James; Fast poured his eyes at pity’s claims, And now, with mingled grief and ire, He saw the murdered maid expire. ‘God, in my need, be my relief, As I wreak this on yonder Chief!’ from The Lady of the Lake Wildly successful with readers and critics on both sides of the Atlantic when it was first published in 1810, this is Scott’s renowned romantic poem about love and honor amidst a bitter rivalry between King James V and the powerful Douglas clan of the Scottish Highlands. This revised edition, published in 1899, features an extensive introduction that places Scott and his writings in historical and literary context, as well as explanatory notes, study guides, and suggested selections for class or book group readings.

Rokeby

This long narrative poem is set in Rokeby, Yorkshire. It takes place in 1644, and concerns the events following the Battle of Marston Moor. Sir Walter Scott 1771 1832, began his career writing narrative poetry, and later re launched his career as a novelist. Deriving most of his material from his native Scotland, its history and its legends, Scott invented and mastered what we know today as the historical novel. This edition includes an introduction by Scott and excerpts from letters he wrote during the writing of this poem.

The Surgeon’s Daughter

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

The Two Drovers

THIS 32 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Chronicles of the Canongate; Highland Widow; Two Drovers; Surgeon’s Daughter; My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror; Tapestried Chamber, by Sir Walter Scott. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1419179853.

The Tapestried Chamber; Or, the Lady in the Sacque

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet 1771 1832 was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers all over Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English language literature and specifically Scottish literature. Famous titles include: Ivanhoe, The Lady of the Lake and Waverley. At the age of 25 he began dabbling in writing, translating works from German, his first publication being rhymed versions of ballads by B rger in 1796. He then published a three volume set of collected Scottish ballads, The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. This was the first sign of his interest in Scottish history from a literary standpoint. Amongst his other works are Marmion 1808, The Heart of Mid Lothian 1818, Rob Roy 1818, The Bride of Lammermoor 1819, The Fortunes of Nigel 1822, St. Ronan’s Well 1823, The Betrothed 1825, Kenilworth 1821, The Mirror and Quentin Durward.

The Highland Widow

A party on the Highland Tour comes upon a miserable hut hidden away among a patch of cliffs. Upon inquiring about what lies before them, the ladies hear the wretched tale of Elspat MacTavish, The Highland Widow, who is condemned forever to live penitent and alone. After the suppression of the Highland clans, the widow’s son, Hamish, sets off with honorable intentions of joining the coalition on its campaign against the French into America. But soon the unfortunate Hamish finds himself tricked by his own mother. The ensuing events produce a tragic ending made all the more pathetic by the unquenchable passion of a once proud nation that continues to beat in the breast of one woman.

Selected Writings of Sir Walter Scott

This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake, and the complete narrative poems ‘William and Helen’ and ‘Marmion,’ reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people.

Selected Poems

This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake, and the complete narrative poems ‘William and Helen’ and ‘Marmion,’ reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people.

Marmion and the Lord of the Isles

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Ballads and Lyrical Pieces

Ballads and Lyrical Pieces. BY WALTER SCOTT. These Ballads have been alreadypublished in different collections, some in the MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOT TISH BORDER, others in the TALES OF WONDER, and some in both these Miscellanies. They are now first col lected into one Volume. The Songs have been written at different times for the Musical Collections of MR GEORGE THOMSON and MR WHYTE. CONTENTS. Glenfinlas, or Lord Ronalds Coronach, The Eve of Saint John, Cadyow Castle, The Grey Brother, Page. Thomas the Rhymer, Parti 73 Part II 93 . Part The Fire King, Frederick and Alice, The Wild Huntsmen, The Erl King, War Song, The Norman Horse Shoe, The Dying Bard, 1 21 39 61 III 120 134 143 148 162 167 173 176 The Maid of Toro, . . 178 Hellyellyn, 180 . r .i GLENFINLAS, OR LORD RONALDS CORONACH. THE tradition, upon which the following t stanzas are founded, runs thus While two Highland hunters were passing the night in a solitary bathy, a hut, built for the purpose of hunting, and making merry over their venison and whisky, one of them expressed a wish, that they had pretty las*ses to complete their party. The words were scarcely uttered, when two beautiful young women, ha bited in green, entered the hut, dancing and singing. One of the hunters was seduced by the syren, who at tached herself particularly to him, to leave the hut the other remained, and, suspicious of the fair seducers, con Coronach is the lamentation for a deceased warrior, sung by the aged of the clan. A t

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