Detached Thoughts
, 1821). To these have been added Sir Walter Scott's comments, collated with the originals, and, in several instances, now for the first time published.
[a]Appendix VII.]
contains a collection of the attacks made upon him in the Tory press for February and March, 1814, which led him, for the moment, to resolve on abandoning his literary work.
In conclusion, I wish to repeat my acknowledgment of the invaluable aid of the
National Dictionary of Biography
, both in the facts which it supplies and the sources of information which it suggests.
R. E. Prothero.
September, 1898.