Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 4 (of 10)

by J. G. Lockhart

James Ballantyne.

END OF VOLUME FOUR

Notes

[1]: The epitaph of this favorite greyhound may be seen on the edge of the bank, a little way below the house of Abbotsford.

[2]: The Reverend Alexander Dyce says, "N. T. stands for Nathaniel Thompson, the Tory bookseller, who published these Loyal Poems."—(1839.)

[3]: An edition of the British Dramatists had, I believe, been projected by Mr. Terry.

[4]: Mr. Thomson died 8th January, 1838, before the publication of the first edition of these Memoirs had been completed.—(1839.)

[5]: Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott, p. 56.

[6]: [From a passage in a letter to Lady Abercorn, written September 10, 1818, on the return from a similar journey (see Familiar Letters, vol. ii. p. 24), it seems probable that some at least of the incidents of this visit belong to that of the later date.]

[7]: This alluded to a ridiculous hunter of lions, who, being met by Mr. Morritt in the grounds at Rokeby, disclaimed all taste for picturesque beauties, but overwhelmed their owner with Homeric Greek; of which he had told Scott.