(p.~v) TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
Chap.
Declining Health of Charles, Duke of Buccleuch. — Letter on the Death of Queen Charlotte. — Provincial Antiquities, etc. — Extensive Sale of Copyrights to Constable & Co. — Death of Mr. Charles Carpenter. — Scott accepts the Offer of a Baronetcy. — He declines to renew his Application for a Seat on the Exchequer Bench. — Letters to Morritt, Richardson, Miss Baillie, the Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Montagu, and Captain Ferguson. — Rob Roy played at Edinburgh. — Letter from Jedediah Cleishbotham to Mr. Charles Mackay. 1818-18191
Recurrence of Scott's Illness. — Death of the Duke of Buccleuch. — Letters to Captain Ferguson, Lord Montagu, Mr. Southey, and Mr. Shortreed. — Scott's Sufferings while dictating The Bride of Lammermoor. — Anecdotes by James Ballantyne, etc. — Appearance of the Third Series of Tales of my Landlord. — Anecdote of the Earl of Buchan. 181924
Gradual Reëstablishment of Scott's Health. — Ivanhoe in Progress. — His Son Walter joins the Eighteenth Regiment of Hussars. — Scott's Correspondence with his Son. — Miscellaneous Letters to Mrs. Maclean Clephane, M. W. Hartstonge, J. G. Lockhart, John Ballantyne, John Richardson, Miss Edgeworth, Lord Montagu, etc. — Abbotsford visited by Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. — Death of Mrs. William Erskine. 181969
Political Alarms. — The Radicals. — Levies of Volunteers. — Project of the Buccleuch Legion. — Death of Scott's Mother, her Brother Dr. Rutherford, and her Sister Christian. — Letters to Lord Montagu, Mr. Thomas Scott, Cornet Scott, Mr. Laidlaw, and Lady Louisa Stuart. — Publication of Ivanhoe. 1819106
The Visionary. — The Peel of Darnick. — Scott's Saturday Excursions to Abbotsford. — A Sunday there in February. — Constable. — John Ballantyne. — Thomas Purdie, etc. — Prince Gustavus Vasa. — Proclamation of King George IV. — Publication of The Monastery. 1820132
Scott revisits London. — His Portrait by Lawrence, and Bust by Chantrey. — Anecdotes by Allan Cunningham. — Letters to Mrs. Scott, Laidlaw, etc. — His Baronetcy gazetted. — Marriage of his Daughter Sophia. — Letter to "the Baron of Galashiels." — Visit of Prince Gustavus Vasa at Abbotsford. — Tenders of Honorary Degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. — Letter to Mr. Thomas Scott. 1820147
Autumn at Abbotsford. — Scott's Hospitality. — Visit of Sir Humphry Davy, Henry Mackenzie, Dr. Wollaston, and William Stewart Rose. — Coursing on Newark Hill. — Salmon-fishing. — The Festival at Boldside. — The Abbotsford Hunt. — The Kirn, etc. 1820172
Publication of The Abbot. — The Blair-Adam Club. — Kelso, Walton Hall, etc. — Ballantyne's Novelists' Library. — Acquittal of Queen Caroline. — Service of the Duke of Buccleuch. — Scott elected President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. — The Celtic Society. — Letters to Lord Montagu, Cornet Scott, Charles Scott, Allan Cunningham, etc. — Kenilworth published. 1820-1821189
Visit to London. — Project of the Royal Society of Literature. — Affairs of the 18th Hussars. — Marriage of Captain Adam Ferguson. — Letters to Lord Sidmouth, Lord Montagu, Allan Cunningham, Mrs. Lockhart, and Cornet Scott. 1821219
Illness and Death of John Ballantyne. — Extract from his Pocketbook. — Letters from Blair-Adam. — Castle-Campbell. — Sir Samuel Shepherd. — "Bailie Mackay," etc. — Coronation of George IV. — Correspondence with James Hogg and Lord Sidmouth. — Letter on the Coronation. — Anecdotes. — Allan Cunningham's Memoranda. — Completion of Chantrey's Bust. 1821241
Publication of Mr. Adolphus's Letters on the Authorship of Waverley. 1821267
New Buildings at Abbotsford. — Chiefswood. — William Erskine. — Letter to Countess Purgstall. — Progress of The Pirate. — Franck's Northern Memoir, and Notes of Lord Fountainhall, published. — Private Letters in the Reign of James I. — Commencement of The Fortunes of Nigel. — Second Sale of Copyrights. — Contract for "Four Works of Fiction." — Enormous Profits of the Novelist, and Extravagant Projects of Constable. — The Pirate published. — Lord Byron's Cain, dedicated to Scott. — Affair of the Beacon Newspaper. 1821288