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. 1818-1819[1]
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. 1819[24]
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.
1819[69]
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. 1819[106]
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. 1820[132]
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. 1820[147]
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. 1820[172]
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.
1820-1821[189]
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. 1821[219]
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.
1821[241]
Publication of Mr. Adolphus's Letters on
the Authorship of Waverley. 1821[267]
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.
1821[288]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Walter Scott in 1820 [Frontispiece]
From the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P. R. A., in the
Royal Gallery, Windsor Castle.
Charles Mackay as Bailie Nicol Jarvie [22]
From the painting by Sir D. Macnee, P. R. S. A., in the
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh.
Anne Rutherford, Mother of Sir Walter Scott [106]
After the painting at Abbotsford.
Sophia Scott (Mrs. J. G. Lockhart) [136]
After the painting at Abbotsford by William Nicholson,
R. S. A.
Walter Scott in 1820 [150]
From the pencil sketch by Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A.
Chiefswood [288]
After the drawing by J. M. W. Turner, R. A.