To win at once the head and heart,—
At once to charm, instruct, and mend,
My guide, my pattern, and my friend!”
George Ellis was also a contributor to “Specimens of the Early English Poets,” which ran through a number of editions.
An edition of Miss Seward’s Poems, in three volumes, 12mo, edited by Scott, printed by James, and published by John Ballantyne in 1810. See ante, p. 38.
“The Secret History of the Court of James the First: containing I. Osborne’s Traditional Memoirs. II. Sir Anthony Weldon’s Court and Character of King James. III. Aulicus Coquinariæ. IV. Sir Edward Peyton’s Divine Catastrophe of the House of Stuart. With Notes and Introductory Remarks. In Two Volumes. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., For John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London. 1811.”
Two large 8vo volumes, about 480 pp. each, edited by Sir Walter Scott.