The Times.—“It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task; and if any proof were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming Introduction to ‘Waverley.’ The editor’s own notes are judiciously sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang’s laudable purpose being to illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and beautifully executed, and, altogether, the ‘Border Edition’ of the Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great Scottish classic.”
The Athenæum.-“The handsome ‘Border Edition’ has been brought by Mr. Nimmo to a successful conclusion. Mr. Nimmo deserves to be complimented on the manner in which the Edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr. Lang on the way in which he has performed his portion of the work. His Introductions have been tasteful and readable; he has not overdone his part; and, while he has supplied much useful information, he has by no means overburdened the volumes with notes.”
Notes and Queries.—“Mr. Nimmo’s spirited and ambitious enterprise has been conducted to a safe termination, and the most ideal edition of the Waverley Novels in existence is now completed.”
Saturday Review.—“Of all the many collections of the Waverley Novels, Mr. Nimmo’s ‘Border Edition’ is incomparably the most handsome and the most desirable.… Type, paper, illustrations are altogether admirable.”
Daily Chronicle.—“There is absolutely no fault to be found with it, as to paper, type, or arrangement.”
Magazine of Art.—“Size, type, paper, and printing, to say nothing of the excessively liberal and charming introduction or of the illustrations, make this perhaps the most desirable edition of Scott ever issued on this side of the border.”
Two-Volume edition of
The Border Waverley.
In 48 Volumes, Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with the 250 Etchings printed on Japanese Paper, price 6s. per Volume.
Purchasers of this beautiful edition are recommended to complete their sets at once, as many of the Volumes are out of print, and those still remaining will soon be.