A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
In travelling so many miles to view the scenery of Scott's work, I
think the strongest impression I have received is that of the
all-pervading personality of Scott himself. It was one of the joys of
the experience that so many places, not particularly attractive in
themselves, should suddenly become interesting when found to be
connected in some way with Scott's life or with something he had
written; and that scenes of great natural beauty should become invested
with a new fascination whenever they were found to suggest some line of
poetry or to recall some well-remembered incident. I am sure I should
never have given a second thought to the bit of an old wall which is
now the scant remnant of Triermain Castle, had I passed it without
knowledge of its identity; but it was worth going far out of the way to
see, if only for the sake of realizing how the merest fragment of an
old ruin could suggest a poem to Scott and how he could rebuild a
castle in all its early magnificence and people it with the children of
his fancy.
I know of no more romantic place in all of beautiful Scotland than the
vale of the Esk, where the river flows between high cliffs, clothed
with thick shrubbery and overhanging vines; and one can stand by the
side of the stream, looking over the lacelike foliage of the tree-tops,
and catch glimpses now and then of some fascinating old ruin, peeping
down like a fairy castle, lodged in the {396} topmost branches. Yet
when I recall its charm, I cannot help remembering how it transformed
an Edinburgh lawyer of small reputation into a poet of world-wide fame.
Wherever we went, whether driving through the Canongate of Edinburgh,
or looking across the Tweed toward the Eildon Hills, or listening to
the shrill screams of the sea-fowl as they dashed about the dizzy
heights of St. Abb's Head, or wandering quietly through the woods that
lend a wild and fairy-like enchantment to the Trossachs, there was
always the feeling that Scott had been there before and had so left the
impress of his personality that his spirit seemed to remain.
It was a pleasant sensation, for there seemed to be in it an
indefinable consciousness of the presence of Scott's own genial nature,
that spirit of good-fellowship which so delighted Washington Irving
when he enjoyed the rare privilege of wandering over the hills and
valleys with Sir Walter, listening to countless anecdotes and ballads,
and sharing his boundless hospitality for several days.
[Illustration: ABBOTSFORD]
This feeling became more and more intense as we went about in the
Border Country, which must be regarded as Scott's real home, and it
reached its culmination when we came to Abbotsford. Here, thanks to
the courtesy of Mr. James Curie, the representative in Melrose of the
Honourable Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, a great-granddaughter of the poet and
the present owner of the estate, we were greeted with a kindness worthy
of Sir Walter's own ideas of hospitality. We seemed to meet the
original owner face to face--not the poet--not the novelist--but Walter
Scott, the man.
The great mansion and the spacious, well-wooded estate which he took so
much joy in creating and {397} struggled so desperately to save, seemed
to typify all the success and all the failure of his career. The
garden with the arched screen, copied by his own desire from the
cloisters of Melrose Abbey; the pile of stones in the centre, that once
formed the base of the ancient Mercat Cross of his native city; the
stone image of the favourite old stag-hound Maida, placed just outside
the door, as a constant reminder of the faithful friend of many years;
the entrance itself, copied from the Palace of Linlithgow; the hall,
with its fine carved woodwork from the old Kirk of Dunfermline; the
museum with its collection of guns, swords, armour, and curious
articles of every description, suggesting the author's antiquarian
tastes and the loving interest which scores of friends took in
presenting him with the things they knew he would appreciate; the
library with its thousands of volumes representing the author's own
literary tastes; the study with his own desk and chair; the dining-room
with its highly prized ancestral portraits; and the bay-window through
which Sir Walter looked for the last time upon the rippling waters of
his beloved Tweed--all these seemed to bring his kindly personality
nearer to us.
I believe it was this all-pervading personality, the spirit of
brotherly kindness, of generosity and of love, that made Scott's life a
success. It is reflected through page after page in the novels and
poems, and shines out brilliantly from the beginning to the end of
Lockhart's great biography. It is the very essence of that wholesome
quality which has been so often remarked as one of the most
distinguishing characteristics of the Waverley Novels.
There were no signs on Scott's property warning {398} trespassers to
'keep out.' He felt that such things would be offensive to the
feelings of the people and if any of his neighbours could shorten a
journey by walking through his grounds, he wanted them to have the
advantage. There was one sign on his land, by a broad path through the
woods, reading 'The _Rod_ to Selkirk.' The spelling was Tom Purdie's,
but the implied invitation to take a 'short cut' through the private
estate was warmly endorsed by his master. It was a pleasure to him to
see children come up with a pocketful of nuts gathered from his trees,
rather than run away at sight of him, and he declared that no damage
had ever been done in consequence of the free access which all the
world had to his place.
When he walked over his estate, talking familiarly with Maida, who
almost invariably accompanied him, he would stop for a friendly word
with every tenant. 'Sir Walter speaks to every man as if they were
blood relations,' said one of them. Happy the companion who could take
such a walk with him. 'Oh! Scott was a master spirit--as glorious in
his conversation as in his writings,' wrote Irving. 'He spoke from the
fulness of his mind, pouring out an incessant flow of anecdote and
story, with dashes of humour, and then never monopolizing, but always
ready to listen and appreciate what came from others. I never felt
such a consciousness of happiness as when under his roof.'
The same kindliness, experienced by tenants and visitors, was extended
to the servants of the family, as Tom Purdie could heartily testify.
Tom was brought before Scott, as sheriff, charged with poaching. He
told his story with such pathos,--of a wife and many children {399} to
feed, of scarcity of work and abundance of grouse,--mingling with it so
much sly humour, that the 'Shirra's' kind heart was touched. He took
Tom into his own employment as shepherd, and no master ever had a more
faithful servant. When Purdie died, twenty-five years later, he was
laid to rest in the churchyard of Melrose Abbey, where his grave is
marked by a simple monument, inscribed by his master, 'in sorrow for a
humble but sincere friend.' Peter Mathieson, a brother-in-law of Tom,
who was employed as coachman about the same time, survived his master.
The portraits of both these servants occupy an honoured place on the
walls of the armoury at Abbotsford.
No man was ever on more delightful terms with his family than Sir
Walter. Captain Basil Hall, who spent a Christmas fortnight at
Abbotsford, recorded that 'even the youngest of his nephews and nieces
can joke with him, and seem at all times perfectly at ease in his
presence--his coming into the room only increases the laugh and never
checks it--he either joins in what is going on, or passes.' When
writing in his study, if Lady Scott or the children entered, his train
of thought was not disturbed. He merely regarded the interruption as a
welcome diversion by which he felt refreshed. Sometimes he would lay
down his pen and, taking the children on his knee, tell them a story;
then kissing them, and telling them to run away till supper-time, he
would resume his work with a contented smile. He considered it 'the
highest duty and sweetest pleasure' of a parent to be a companion to
his children. They in turn reciprocated by sharing with 'papa' all
their little joys and sorrows and taking him into their hearts as their
{400} very best playfellow. No man ever took more pleasure in the
education of his children. On Sundays he would often go out with the
whole family, dogs included, for a long walk, and when the entire party
were grouped about him, by the side of some pleasant brook, he would
tell stories from the Bible, weaving into them all that picturesque
charm and richness which have made his written stories so delightful.
He taught his children to love the out-of-door life, and especially
insisted upon their attaining proficiency in horsemanship, that they
might become as fearless as himself. 'Without courage,' he said,
'there cannot be truth; and without truth, there can be no other
virtue.'
What Scott taught his children, he impressed upon all, by the force of
example, throughout his life. Shortly before his death, in a few
simple words, he epitomized his creed--without intending to do so--in a
tender parting message to his son-in-law. 'Lockhart,' he said, 'I may
have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man--be
virtuous--be religious--be a good man. Nothing else will give you any
comfort when you come to lie here.' When Lockhart asked if he should
send for Sophia and Anne, he said, 'No, don't disturb them. Poor
souls! I know they were up all night--God bless you all.'
This lifelong desire to 'be good' and to do good, without the slightest
affectation, prudery, or sanctimoniousness, was I believe the crowning
glory of Scott's life and the secret of his success.
Yet in many ways Scott was not successful. Judged by that test which
is the only one allowed to many men, his life was distinctly a failure.
In the ordinary usage of {401} the term, a man is accounted successful
if he accomplishes his chief aim in life. Wealth is the aim of so many
that rich men are usually considered successful, and those who die poor
are commonly supposed to be failures.
Scott aimed to write a popular kind of poetry, and in this he
succeeded. He then turned to fiction and here he was even more
successful. But this kind of success did not represent his supreme
desire. He sought to make it the means to an end, and the dream of his
life was, after all, wealth. Not riches for himself. He was never
mean enough for that, and selfishness did not enter into his nature.
It was wealth for his family that he desired. He was a man of great
pride and the old feudal system was full of attractiveness. He knew
every detail of the history of the Scott family for centuries. He
revered the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch as the head of his clan. As
his writings, year after year, brought him financial returns almost
fabulous in size, he began to cherish the desire to found a new branch
of the Scott Clan. The irresistible impulse to add new lands to
Abbotsford, regardless of cost, and to erect a great mansion, fit for
the residence of an earl, all sprang from this one motive. The
readiness with which he purchased a captaincy in the army for his
eldest son, at a cost of £3500, and the cheerfulness with which he
settled nearly the whole of Abbotsford upon young Walter and his
affianced bride, promising that if he should be spared ten years he
would give them as much more, are striking indications of his intense
longing to establish the Scotts of Abbotsford among the great families
of Scotland.
In this, the greatest ambition of his life, Scott was {402} completely
thwarted. Though Abbotsford was saved from the wreck of his fortunes
by an almost superhuman effort, the estate which passed to his heirs
was not so large as he had expected, nor did his sons live long to
enjoy it. The eldest, Walter, died in 1847, and as he had no son, the
baronetcy expired with him. The younger son, Charles, had died in 1841.
The failure of Scott's hopes was the result of a long chain of
circumstances. In early life he had undertaken the practice of law,
and continued for ten years without rising above the level of mere
drudgery, his earnings for the first five years averaging only eighty
pounds annually and probably not rising very much higher during the
subsequent years. Finding it necessary, at length, to give up the law
entirely, he arranged to secure an appointment as Clerk of the Court of
Session, to succeed an aged incumbent of that office. The agreement
was that Scott should do the work while his predecessor drew the pay,
in consideration of which he was to have the entire emolument after the
old gentleman's death. The office was worth eight hundred pounds a
year and offered a very fair substitute for the small earnings at the
bar. Unfortunately the gentleman was so inconsiderate as to prolong
his existence for six years after the bargain was made.
Scott was already in possession of a private income of one thousand
pounds, to which the office of Sheriff of Selkirk added three hundred
pounds, and was beginning to receive large rewards for his literary
labour, 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' bringing him £769 6_s._ for the
first and second editions. It might be supposed that such an income
would satisfy a young man not yet {403} thirty-four. Scott, however,
was ambitious, and feeling the need of the additional income which did
not at once materialize from the clerkship, sought to make up the
deficiency by investing nearly all his capital in a commercial venture.
He entered into a secret partnership with James Ballantyne in the
printing business, which proved, with one exception, to be the greatest
mistake of his life. The exception, which marked, in Lockhart's
phrase, 'the blackest day in his calendar,' was in connecting his
fortunes with John Ballantyne in the publishing business.
James Ballantyne's greatest fault was a tendency to rely too much upon
Scott's judgment, and the latter was too much swayed by generous
motives to be a prudent business manager. He would favour the
publication of an unmarketable book rather than disappoint a friend.
Moreover, his own great interest in works of an historical or
antiquarian nature often led him astray. His judgment of good
literature was better than his knowledge of what the public was likely
to buy. The firm became loaded with unprofitable enterprises, which
they, in turn, unloaded, in part, upon Constable, thus contributing one
of the causes of the latter's downfall. Another weakness of James
Ballantyne, who was an excellent printer and in many ways an exemplary
man, was his distaste for figures and utter indifference to his
balance-sheets--a fatal error for a business man.
John Ballantyne, a younger brother of James, was a light-headed,
happy-go-lucky, careless little fellow, who could amuse a company of
friends with comic songs and droll mimicry, who loved all kinds of
sports, drove a tandem down the Canongate, was fond of {404}
dissipation and gay company, and without the slightest capacity for
business or interest in it. Like his brother he was intensely fond of
Scott and loyal to him, but a reckless adventurer and spendthrift.
Scott nicknamed him 'Rigdumfunnidos' and was always amused by him, but
could scarcely have had respect for his business qualities. It must
always remain a mystery why he entrusted so large an interest in his
own fortunes to such a weakling.
An alliance, and, what is worse, a secret one, with two such men, who
could not in any sense act as a brake upon Scott's own impulses nor
steady him with the business experience which he sadly lacked, was
mistake enough; but Scott himself committed a serious error in his own
affairs. He fell into the habit of selling his literary productions
before they were written, and carried this folly to such an extreme
that about the time of the issue of 'The Fortunes of Nigel,' he had
received payment, by notes, from the bookseller, for no less than four
works of fiction, which at that time had not even been planned. They
subsequently appeared as 'Peveril of the Peak,' 'Quentin Durward,' 'St.
Ronan's Well,' and 'Redgauntlet.' The proceeds were spent upon the
castle at Abbotsford before the books were even named. John Ballantyne
was rapidly spending money which his firm had not earned, and Scott,
who ought to have remonstrated against such rashness, was committing
the same fault on a larger scale. Under the circumstances the only
wonder is that the disaster was so long averted. When it came, Scott
found himself involved in the debts of the Ballantynes to the extent of
£117,000.
[Illustration: SCOTT MONUMENT, EDINBURGH]
With superb courage he rose to the emergency. {405} Assuming the
entire burden, and struggling against almost insuperable difficulties,
he succeeded in paying £63,000, or considerably more than half of the
indebtedness. Life insurance of £22,000 and £2000 in the hands of his
trustees reduced the debt to about £30,000, which sum was advanced by
Cadell, the publisher. All the creditors, except the latter, were then
paid in full, and in 1847, fifteen years after Scott's death, Cadell
was paid by a transfer of copyrights and the entire obligation was thus
finally extinguished.
Had Scott died at the time of the Constable failure, leaving his
affairs to be settled by the ordinary process of the law, and the
Ballantyne creditors unpaid, the world would never have known whether
the unprecedented success of his literary labours was after all quite
sufficient to counterbalance the disastrous failure of his business
affairs.
The catastrophe, however, brought out all the sterling qualities of his
character. How much courage he possessed, what a high sense of honour,
what patience, what endurance, even his closest friends had never
realized. Just as those kindly personal qualities had woven an
indescribable charm into the products of his fancy, such as no other
series of writings had ever before possessed, so the highest and
noblest traits of his character responded to the call of a great
emergency, and converted the failures of a lifetime into a final
triumph.
THE END
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INDEX
ABBOT, THE, 4, 10, 265-271; 348.
Abbotsford, 39, 46, 89, 90, 133, 146, 220, 233, 346, 352, 360, 376,
394, 396, 397, 398, 399, 401, 402.
Abercorn, Lady, letter to, 22.
Abercrombie, George, 119.
Aberfoyle, 74; clachan of, 192, 193; 194; old bridge, 193.
Adam, Rt. Hon. William, 267, 268.
Albany, Duke of, 381, 384, 385.
Allan-Fraser, Patrick, 154.
Allan, the river, 259.
Alsatia (Whitefriars), 323, 324.
Amboglanna, 136.
Annan, 357.
Annan, the river, 359.
ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN, 391, 392.
Anne, Queen, 374.
ANTIQUARY, THE, 145-159.
Arbroath, 151-155; 158.
Argyle, John, Duke of, 202, 207.
Argyle, Marquis of, 225, 226, 227, 228, 231.
Arthur's Seat, 8, 60.
Ashby de la Zouch, 234, 235, 236.
Ashestiel, 48, 62, 106, 346, 352.
Auchmithie, 155, 158.
Avon, the river, 283.
Baiglie, the Wicks of, 10, 378.
Bailie, Joanna, letter to, 366.
Balfour, John, of Burley, 169, 177, 178, 179.
Baliol, Barnard, founder of Barnard Castle, 88.
Ballantyne, James, 5, 106, 365, 372, 391, 392, 403.
Ballantyne, John, 5, 273, 372, 403, 404.
Balmawhapple, 124.
Balquhidder, Kirk of, 188, 189.
Balue, Cardinal John de la, 234, 343.
Bannockburn, 81, 104.
Bard's Incantation, The, 159.
Barnard Castle, 86-88, 92.
Beaton, Cardinal, 155.
Becket, Thomas à, 373.
Bemerside Heights, 352.
Ben An, 12, 76.
Ben Ledi, 12, 73, 77.
Ben Lomond, 12, 193.
Ben Nevis, 233.
Ben Venue, 12, 74, 76, 78.
BETROTHED, THE, 365-369.
Birnam Wood, 380.
Bishop's Palace, the, Kirkwall, 307.
Blackford Hill, 8, 57, 59.
Black Ormiston, the Laird of, original of Julian Avenel, 261.
Blackwood, William, criticism by, of _The Black Dwarf_, 165.
Blair Adam Club, The, 267.
BLACK DWARF, THE, 15, 160-165.
Blenheim, battle of, 374.
Blenheim Palace, 373-375.
Bohun, Sir Henry de, 104.
Border Minstrelsy, 52.
Borthwick, the river, 35.
Bothwell Bridge, 168, 170, 171.
Bothwell Castle, 172.
Bower, Johnny, guide at Melrose, 41.
Bowhill, seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, 35.
Bowness, 357.
Bradwardine, Bears of, 107, 109.
Bradwardine, Cosmo Comyne, 118, 123.
Bradwardine, Rose, 113.
Braes of Balquhidder, 11, 66, 78, 186, 187, 196.
Branksome Hall, 37, 43.
Branxton Hill, 7.
BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN, THE, 16, 20, 21, 91, 96-99; 104.
BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, THE, 215-223; 190.
Brignall Woods, 91, 92.
Brig o' Turk, 71, 74, 77.
Brogar, Bridge of, 310.
Brown Square, 9.
Bruce, John, discoveries of, in Kinrossness, Shetland, 208, 209.
Bruce, Robert, 40, 80, 101, 102, 103, 124, 129, 152, 191, 230, 262,
304, 332.
Bryant, William Cullen, quoted, 164.
Buccleuch, Duchess of (Countess of Dalkeith), 31, 32, 34, 46.
Buccleuch, Duke of, 32; 35; 46; 49.
Buchanan, Francis, 120.
Buchanan, John, 72, 120.
Burgh-upon-Sands, 358.
Burns, Robert, 126, 142.
Byron, Lord, 104.
Cadell, Robert, 392, 405.
Cadyow Castle, 30; quotation, 31.
Caerlaverock Castle, 127-129, 135, 357.
Caerlaverock Churchyard, grave of Old Mortality, 167.
Calton Hill, 60.
Cambus Kenneth, 80.
Cambusmore, 72, 120.
Campbell, Robert MacGregor, original of Rob Roy, exploits of, 182-188;
death of, 189.
Campsie Linn, 110, 383.
Canongate, The, Edinburgh, 209.
Cargill, George, original of Saunders Mucklebackit, 156.
Carlisle, 21, 121, 357, 358, 362.
Caroline, Queen, 204.
Carpenter, Miss Charlotte Margaret. _See_ Lady Scott.
Carrick, Margaret, original of Tib Mumps, 137.
Castell Coch, Wales, 368.
Castell Dinas Bran, 367.
CASTLE DANGEROUS, 190, 393.
Castle Street, Edinburgh, Number 39, Scott's residence, 346.
Castleton, 328.
Cat Castle rocks, 94.
Cathcart Castle, 271.
Chambers, Robert, quoted, 202, 204.
Chambers, William, quoted, 163.
Charles I, 90, 225, 233, 319, 322, 326, 374.
Charles II, 184, 242, 325, 326, 330, 332, 334, 335, 376, 385.
Charles of Burgundy, 338, 343, 344, 345, 392.
Chaucer, 374.
Chillingham Castle, 189-190, 191.
Christian, William (William Dhône), 332.
CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE, THE, 387-394.
Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough, 374.
Clare, Lady, 61, 63.
Claverhouse, John Grahame of, 170, 171, 179.
Cleikum Inn, 350.
Clerk, William, original of Darsie Latimer, 9, 110, 267.
Clickimin (_Cleik-him-in_), Pictish broch, 298.
Clifford Tower, 250.
Cluden, the river, 126, 205.
Clyde, the river, 172.
Coldingham Abbey, 56.
Coldingham Priory, 222.
Coldstream, 7, 61.
Colmslie, 260.
Comines, Philippe de, 341, 345, 392.
Coningsburgh, Castle of, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250.
Constable, Archibald, 272, 372, 403, 404, 405.
Constable, George, original of Monkbarns, 4, 147.
Constance de Beverly, 54-56, 64.
Corehouse, Lord, 42.
Corra Linn, 172.
COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS, 392.
Cragg Force, 94.
Craighall, 12, 110, 111, 112.
Craignethan Castle, original of Tillietudlem, 172-175.
Craigroyston, 185, 186.
Cranstoun (Lord Corehouse), original of the Baron of Cranstoun, 42.
Cranstoun, Miss (The Countess of Purgstall), 190.
Crichope Linn, 177.
Crichton Castle, 56-58, 221.
Cromwell, Oliver, 241, 374, 376, 377, 385.
Crookston Castle, 270, 271.
Crosbie, Andrew, original of Paulas Pleydell, 141.
Culloden, battle of, 116, 122, 123.
Cumberland, 135, 136.
Cumnor Church, 279.
Cumnor Hall, 272, 273, 276, 277, 278.
Cumnor, the village, 273, 281.
Curle, James, 396.
Dacre, Thomas, Lord, 20, 43.
Daim, Oliver le, 342.
Dalgetty, old soldier, 114.
Dairymple, James, Lord Stair, original of Sir William Ashton, 215, 216.
Dalzell, General, 179.
Darnley, Henry, Lord, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, 267, 271.
David I, 380.
David II, son of Robert Bruce, 183.
David Deans, house of, 212.
Davidson, James, original of Dandie Dinmont, 137.
Dee, river in Wales, 367.
Deepdale, 94.
Derby, Countess of (Charlotte de la Tremouille), 332.
Derby, Earls of, 332.
Derbyshire, 328.
Devil's Beef Tub, 361.
Dirk Hatteraick's cave, 131, 132.
Dods, Mrs. Margaret, 350.
Don, the river, 247.
Douglas, George, 269, 270.
Douglas, Lady, 269.
Douglas, 'The Little,' original of Roland Graeme, 270.
Douglas, Sir William, 269.
Douglas, village of, 393.
Doune Castle, 12, 80, 120.
Driver, Counsellor Pleydell's clerk, 142.
Drumclog, battle of, 170, 171.
Dryburgh Abbey, 304, 352.
Dryhope, 35.
Dudley, Edmund, 325.
Dudley, Guildford, 274, 325, 326.
Dudley, John, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, 274, 277,
281, 325.
Dudley, Robert. _See_ Leicester.
Dugald Ciar Mohr, ancestor of Rob Roy, 183.
Dumbarton, 172, 270.
Dumbiedykes, 212.
Dumfries, 126, 127, 130, 131, 135, 191.
Maxwelltown observatory, 166; the
Mid Steeple, 205; Church of Kirkpatrick Irongray, 207.
Duncan, Rev. Dr., 353.
Duncraggin, 77.
Dundrennan Abbey, 270, 360.
Dunfermline, the Abbey, 40, 304.
Dunottar, Scott's meeting with Old Mortality, 167.
Dunstaffnage, 230, 231, 232, 379.
Dwarfie Stone, the, 312.
Earl's Palace, the, Kirkwall, 307.
Edinburgh, 7, 8.
The Old Town, 9, 10; Brown Square,
9; High Street, 141; Parliament Square, 190-202; St. Giles, 60,
109-203; Tolbooth, 9, 200-205, 233; Advocates' Library, 200;
Grassmarket, 203, 204; King's Park, 209, 212; Canongate, 209, 266;
Salisbury Crags, 7, 8, 60, 210, 389; Queensbury House, 266; the Castle,
346; Castle St., 346; St. Cuthbert's Church, 114; St. Leonard's Crags,
8, 212; the Cowgate, 201; West Bow, 201; St. Anthony's Chapel, 8, 210,
211.
Edward I, 129, 191, 231, 324, 358, 379.
Edward III, 374.
Edward IV, 235, 240.
Edward VI, 274.
Egliston Abbey, 92, 93.
Eildon Hills, the, 38, 347, 352, 396.
Elibank, 36, 49, 106, 139, 332.
Elizabeth, Queen, 272, 273, 274, 275, 286, 287, 321, 326, 332.
Ellen's Isle, 69, 76.
Ellis, George, 32, 52, 96; quoted, 61, 64.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, opinion of _The Bride of Lammermoor_, quoted, 215.
English Lakes, the, 15, 16, 96.
Engaddi, 369, 370.
Erskine, Rev. John, 10.
Erskine, William, 51, 96, 375.
Esk, vale of the. _See_ Roslin Glen.
Etal Castle, 62.
Ethie Castle, 154, 155.
Ettrick Forest, 47.
Ettrick, the river, 175.
EVE OF ST. JOHN, THE, 3, 30.
Eyemouth, 222.
Faa, Gabriel (Tod Gabbie), 138.
FAIR MAID OF PERTH, THE, 11, 378-386; house of, 382.
Fairy Dean, 259.
Falkland Castle, 383, 384, 385.
Fast Castle, 220.
Feckless Fannie, original of Madge Wildfire, 213.
Ferguson, Dr. Adam, 15, 160, 162.
Ferguson, Sir Adam, 15, 16, 81, 267.
FIELD OF WATERLOO, THE, 104.
Fitful Head, the, 300.
Fitz James. _See_ James V.
Flodden Field, 7, 53, 58, 61, 62, 64, 257.
'Flower of Yarrow,' the, 35.
Forbes, Sir William, 18, 95, 389.
Ford Castle, 62.
Forth, the river, 188, 192.
FORTUNES OF NIGEL, THE, 316-327, 404.
Fort William, 231.
Foster, Anthony, 274, 276, 279.
Fountains Abbey, 243, 244.
Friar Tuck, 237, 243, 252.
Gardiner, Colonel, 4, 116.
Gauger's Loup, the, 131.
Gemmels, Andrew, original of Edie Ochiltree, 6, 148.
George II, 327.
George V, 231, 320, 323.
Gilmerton, 280.
Gilsland, 16, 20, 97, 136, 159, 349.
Glasgow--
The Cathedral, 191, 192; the Tolbooth,
192; the Salt Market, 192; the Trongate, 195; Langside, 270.
Glencaple, 127, 357.
Glendearg, 259, 260.
Glen Finglas, 74.
GLENFINLAS, 30.
Glenfruin, battle of, 183.
Glengarry. _See_ MacDonnel.
Gloucester, Cathedral of, 369.
Goblin Cave, the, 78.
Goldie, Mrs., 207.
Gordon, Jean, original of Meg Merrilies, 6, 7, 138.
Gordon, Madge, Queen of the Gipsies, 6, 138.
Gow, John, original of Cleveland, 313.
Gowrie Conspiracy, 221, 385.
Grahame, John. _See_ Claverhouse.
Graham of Killearn, 186-187.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, 203, 204.
Gratz, Rebecca, original of Rebecca, 252.
GRAY BROTHER, THE, 30.
Gray, Daft Jock, original of Davie Gellatley, 118.
Grandtully Castle, 13, 109, 111, 112.
Greenwich Palace, called Placentia, 326.
Greta, the river, 89, 91, 94.
Grey, Lady Jane, 274, 325, 326.
Grey Mare's Tail, 176, 177.
Grierson of Lag, 361.
GUY MANNERING, 126-144; scenes from, in Edinburgh, 10; Liddesdale, 15;
England, 16.
Guy's Cliffe, 281.
Gwenwynwyn, Welsh hero, 368, 369.
Haddon Hall, 329, 330, 331.
Hall, Captain Basil, 399.
Kailyards, residence of Dr. Adam Ferguson, 160.
Hal o' the Wynd, house of, 382.
Harden, 35.
Harden, Wat of, 106.
HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS, 104.
Harthill, site of Front-de-Boeuf's castle, 239.
Hastings, William, Lord, 235.
Hawthornden, 24.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, his opinion of Scotland, 256.
HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN, THE, 8, 199-214, 326.
Heber, Richard, 52.
Henry I, 373.
Henry II, 329, 373.
Henry III, 374.
Henry VII, 240, 274, 335.
Henry VIII, 244, 258, 321, 325, 326.
Heriot, George, 318, 319.
Heron, Lady, 60, 63.
Heron, Sir Hugh, 7, 53.
Herries family, the, 359-360.
HIGHLAND WIDOW, THE, 389, 390.
High Street, Edinburgh, 9, 141.
Hillslap, 260.
Hoddam Castle, 359, 360, 361.
Hogg, James, the Ettrick shepherd, 26, 139, 144, 176.
Holyrood Abbey, 304, 381.
Holyrood Palace, 10, 60, 112, 113, 209, 266, 267.
Hospitalfield, Arbroath, 153.
Howard, Lord William ('Belted Will'), 21, 43, 331.
Hoy, Island of, 312.
Hughes, Mrs., of Uffington, quoted, 124.
Hutton, Richard H., quoted, 64.
Innerleithen, 349.
Inverary Castle, 227, 231.
Inverlochy, battle of, 226, 231-233; Castle, 232.
Inversnaid, 119; the fort, 196; the falls, 197.
Iona, 103, 231.
Irthing River, the, 20, 97, 349.
Irving, John, 7.
Irving, Washington, visit of, to Abbotsford, 252, 306; Scott's letter
to, 253; quoted, 41, 47, 145, 146, 347, 398.
IVANHOE, 234-254, 345.
James I of Scotland, 120, 129, 381, 385.
James II of Scotland, 83, 120, 381, 385.
James III, 58, 81, 120.
James IV, 53, 58, 59, 60, 63, 81, 120.
James V, 47, 58, 81; as Fitz James, 67, 75, 79, 80, 84; as 'Gudeman of
Ballangeich,' 82, 129, 342, 385.
James VI of Scotland (James I of England), 36, 82, 221, 233, 317-321,
324-327, 385.
James VIII, the 'Old Pretender,' 113.
Jarlshof, Shetland Islands, 294, 298, 299, 300, 308.
Jedburgh, 14.
Jeffrey, Lord, 96; quoted, 64.
Jervaulx Abbey, 242.
John, King, 235, 242, 251, 374.
Jones, Paul, 130.
Keith, Mrs. Murray, original of Mrs. Bethune Baliol, 300.
Keith, Sir Alexander, 109.
Kelso, 5, 6, 7, 26, 150, 353, 358.
KENILWORTH, 272-289.
Kenilworth Castle, 273, 275, 277, 281, 283, 288, 289.
Mortimer's Tower, 283, 284, 287.
The Gallery Tower, 283, 284, 286.
Cæsar's Tower, 284.
Leicester's Building, 284.
Henry VIII's Lodgings, 285.
The White Hall, 285.
The Presence Chamber, 285.
The Great Hall, 285, 287.
Mervyn's Tower, 286, 287.
The Pleasance, 287.
Kenneth MacAlpine, 231.
Kilpont, Lord, original of the Earl of Menteith, 225-228.
Kilsyth, battle of, 233.
Kinblethmont, 158.
Kinfauns, Castle of, 379.
Kinross, 268.
Kirkcudbright, 130, 131.
Kirk Yetholm, 6, 138.
Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney Islands, 303-309.
Knox, John, 267, 380.
LADY OF THE LAKE, THE, 12, 22, 23, 66-85.
Lag, Castle of, 361.
Laidlaw, William, 347, 348.
Lammermuir Hills, 218, 221.
Lanark, 172.
Lanercost Priory, 20, 44, 97.
Lang, Andrew, quoted, 64, 214, 377.
Langshaw, 260.
Langside, battle of, 270, 271.
Lasswade Cottage, 22, 25, 45, 346.
Lauderdale, Duke of, 179, 180.
Lanrick Mead, 71, 77, 78.
LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL, THE, 21, 28-46, 348; quotation from, 24.
Lediard Falls, 121, 195.
LEGEND OF MONTROSE, A, 4, 224-233.
Leicester, Earl of (Lord Robert Dudley), 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278,
280, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287.
_Leicester's Commonwealth_, anonymous pamphlet, 276.
Lennel, 7, 61.
Leny, Falls of, 229.
Lerwick, capital of the Shetland Islands, 291-293, 296, 303, 311.
Leslie, General, 225, 233.
Leyden, Dr. John, letter to, 48.
Liddesdale, raids into, 1, 14, 26, 137.
Liège, 319, 343, 344, 345.
LIFE OF NAPOLEON, 372.
Lincluden Abbey, 126, 127.
Lindisfarne Abbey, 54-56.
Lindsay, Sir David, 56, 58.
Linlithgow, 58.
Llangollen, Wales, 366, 367; the 'Ladies' of, 367.
Loch Achray, 12, 74.
Loch Ard, 74, 192, 194, 195.
Loch Arklet, 196.
Loch Corriskin, 100.
Loch Doine, 78.
Loch Fyne, 231.
Loch of Harray, 310.
Loch Katrine, 11, 12, 66, 71, 74, 76, 78, 101, 184, 187.
Loch Leven Castle, 267, 268, 269, 359.
Loch Linnhe, 226, 230, 231, 232.
Loch Lomond, 12, 119, 120, 183-185, 196.
Loch of the Lowes, 175.
Loch Lubnaig, 77, 78, 193, 229.
Loch Oich, 123.
Loch Scavig, 102.
Loch Skene, 176, 177.
Loch of Sleapin, 102.
Loch of Stennis, 310.
Loch Tay, 379.
Loch Vennachar, 12, 71.
Loch Voil, 78, 189, 196.
Loches, Castle of, 341, 342.
Lockhart, John Gibson, 97, 347, 400; quoted, 48, 64, 214, 253, 317,
336, 366, 371, 372, 377, 391.
London, 316, 317, 320, 327, 334, 335.
London Bridge, 325.
LORD OF THE ISLES, THE, 100-105.
Louis XI of France, 338, 339, 340, 341, 343, 344, 345.
Lyulph's Tower, 98.
Macallister's Cave, 102.
MacDonald, Flora, original of Flora MacIvor, 122.
MacDonnel, Colonel Ronaldson, of Glengarry, 123.
MacGregor, Clan, 182-184.
MacGregor, Helen, Rob Roy's wife, 195.
Mackay, Charles, 198.
MacVicar, Minister of St. Cuthbert's, 114.
Maida, Scott's favourite dog, 123, note; 371-375, 398.
Major Oak, the, in Sherwood Forest, 239-240.
'Making' of Sir Walter, the, 1-27.
Malcolm Graeme, 68, 79, 84.
Man, Isle of, 130, 331.
Manor Water, vale of, 15, 160, 163.
Marck, William de la, 342.
Margaret, Lady, of Branksome Hall, 33, 37, 41, 44 45.
MARMION, 7, 8, 20, 47-65, 353; quotations from, 3, 8.
Marquis of Annandale's Beefstand, 361.
Marriott, Rev. John, 50.
Mary, Queen of England, 274, 275, 326, 335.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 58, 81, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272,
275, 359, 385.
Mathieson, Peter, 399.
Mayburgh, 98.
Meg Merrilies, 131, 137, 138.
'Meikle-mouthed Meg,' story of, 36.
Melrose, 33, 38-42, 45, 106, 255, 258, 265, 266, 304, 347, 348, 352,
399.
Menteith, Lake, 73.
Mercat Cross, of Melrose, 261.
Middleham Castle, 240, 241.
Miller, A. H., quoted, 195.
Millie, Bessie, original of Norna of the Fitful Head, 313, 314.
MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER, 15, 25, 29, 31.
Mitchell, Robert, 169, 180.
Moddey Dhoo, legend of the, 334.
Moffat, 172, 175, 176.
Moffat Water, 175.
MONASTERY, THE, 4, 255-264, 348.
Monkbarns (Hospitalfield), 153.
Monmouth, Duke of, 170, 171, 179.
Montrose, Duke of, 182, 185, 187, 196, 202.
Montrose, the Marquis of, 225, 226, 228, 232, 233; sword of, 233.
Morritt, John B. S., 89, 90, 91, 134, 197.
Mortham Castle, 89, 94.
Morton, The Regent, 202.
Mount Sharon, 5.
Mousa, broch of, 247, 300, 301.
Mucklebackit, Saunders, 155-157.
Multon, Sir Thomas de, of Gilsland, 21, 369.
Mump's Ha', 136, 137.
Murdock, Duke of Albany, 129.
Murray, Earl of, 10, 30.
Murray, Sir Gideon, of Elibank, 36.
Muschat's Cairn, Edinburgh, 210.
Nasmyth, Sir James, 162.
Naworth Castle, 20, 43, 44, 231.
Neidpath Castle, 351.
Nethan, the river, 172.
Neville, Richard, Earl of Warwick, 282.
Newark Castle, 35.
Nith, the river, 126, 127, 357.
Norham Castle, 7, 53, 56.
Oakwood Tower, Stronghold of Wat of Harden, 35.
Oban, 230, 231.
Ochil Mountains, 59.
Odin, Stone of, 311, 313.
OLD MORTALITY, 166-181; Tennyson's opinion of, 167.
ORIGINALS OF CHARACTERS--
Alasco, an Italian physician employed
by the Earl of Leicester, 277.
Lucy Ashton, Janet Dalrymple, 216, 217.
Lady Ashton, Lady Stair, 216, 217.
Sir William Ashton, James Dalrymple, Lord Stair, 215, 216.
Julian Avenel, the Laird of Black Ormiston, 261.
Mrs. Bethune Baliol, Mrs. Murray Keith, 300.
Bevis, Maida, Scott's dog, 123, note; 371-375, 398.
The Black Dwarf, David Ritchie, 160.
Josiah Cargill, Rev. Dr. Duncan, 353.
Cleveland, John Gow, 313.
Baron Cranstoun, George Cranstoun, 42.
Effie Deans, Isabella Walker, 205-208.
Jeanie Deans, Helen Walker, 205-208.
Dandie Dinmont, James Davidson,
137; Willie Elliott, 137; Mr. Laidlaw, 137.
Meg Dods, Marian Ritchie, 350.
Driver, a clerk of Andrew Crosbie's, 142-143.
Alan Fairford, Sir Walter Scott, 9, 362.
Saunders Fairford, Walter Scott, father of Sir Walter, 9, 363.
Rachel Geddes, 'Lady' Waldie, 5, 358.
Davie Gellatley, Daft Jock Gray, 118.
Roland Graeme, 'The Little Douglas,' 270.
Dr. Gideon Gray, Dr. Ebenezer Clarkson, 391.
Dirk Hatteraick, Yawkins, a Dutch skipper, 131.
Darsie Latimer, William Clerk, 9, 362.
Alice Lee, Anne Scott, 376.
Allan McAulay, James Stewart, 227, 228.
Flora MacIvor, Flora MacDonald, 122.
Colonel Mannering, Sir Walter Scott, 144.
Margaret of Branksome, Williamina Stuart, 43.
Matilda of Rokeby, Williamina Stuart, 95.
Earl of Menteith, Lord Kilpont, 227.
Meg Merrilies, Jean Gordon, 6, 138, 148-151.
Saunders Mucklebackit, George Cargill, 156.
Tib Mumps, Margaret Carrick, 137; Margaret Teasdale, 137.
Norna of the Fitful Head, Bessie Millie, 313.
Edie Ochiltree, Andrew Gemmels, 6.
Jonathan Oldbuck (Monkbarns), Sir
Walter Scott, 4, 146; George Constable, 4, 147
Old Mortality, Robert Paterson, 166.
Paulus Pleydell, Andrew Crosbie, 141-142; Adam Rolland, 143.
Rebecca of York, Rebecca Gratz, 252, 253.
Sir Robert Redgauntlet, Grierson of Lag, 361.
Hugh Redgauntlet, one of the Herries family, 359.
Rob Roy, Robert MacGregor Campbell, 182.
Dominie Sampson, George Thomson, 140.
Diana Vernon, Miss Cranstoun, 190;
Miss Williamina Stuart, 191; Lady Scott, 191.
Edward Waverley, Sir Walter Scott, 125.
Madge Wildfire, Feckless Fannie, 213.
Orkney Islands, Scott's visit to, in a light-house yacht, 100.
Osbaldistone Hall (Chillingham Castle), 189-190.
Oxford, University of, 275, 276.
Paterson, Robert, original of Old Mortality, 166-168, 171.
Peat, description of, 295-296.
Peebles, 350, 331, 352.
Peel Castle, Isle of Man, 333.
Penrith, 98.
Péronne, 319, 343, 344.
Perth, 10, 109, 226, 231, 378-382.
Peveril Castle, 328, 330.
PEVERIL OF THE PEAK, 328-336, 404.
Philiphaugh, 233.
Pinkie, battle of, 257.
PIRATE, THE, 290-315.
Plessis les Tours, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341.
Pleydell, Paulus, 135, 140-143.
'Popping Stone,' the, 20.
Porteous, John, 203-204.
Porteous Mob, story of, 205.
Powis Castle, Wales, 368.
'Prentice's Pillar, the, 370.
Prestonpans, 4, 114, 115, 116, 147.
Purdie, Tom, 308, 399.
Purgstall, Countess of, 42.
Queen Margaret's Bower, 58.
QUENTIN DURWARD, 337-346; 347, 404.
Raby Castle, 93.
Raeburn House, 350.
Ramsay, David, 319, 320, 323.
Red Comyn, the, 191.
REDGAUNTLET, 5, 9, 355-364, 404.
Red Head, Cliffs of, 155.
REIVER'S WEDDING, THE, 37.
René, King, 392.
Richard I, 43, 234, 239, 242, 248, 251, 365, 369, 374.
Richard II, 369.
Richard III, 240, 282.
Richmond Castle, 241, 242.
Ritchie David, original of the Black Dwarf, 15, 160.
Robert III, 381, 384.
Robin Hood, 237, 239, 245, 246, 252.
Robin Hood's Well, 246.
Rob Roy, 11, 12, 182-198.
Rob Roy's cave, 119, 197.
Rob Roy's gun, 233.
Robsart, Amy, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 284, 287.
Roderick Dhu, 67, 68, 76, 77, 78, 79.
ROKEBY, 19, 86-95, 96, 104.
Roman wall at Amboglanna, 136.
Rosamond's Well, 373.
Rosebank, 14.
Rose, William Stewart, 50.
Roslin Chapel, 369.
Roslin Glen (vale of the Esk), 22, 23, 24, 30, 45, 89, 94.
Rotherham, 236.
Rothsay, Duke of, 381, 384.
Rushen, Castle, Isle of Man, 331, 332.
Saddleback, 135.
St. Abbs Head, 218, 220.
St. Anthony's Chapel, Edinburgh, 8, 210, 211.
St. Bride, the chapel of, 77.
St. Clair, William, 370.
St. Cuthbert's Church, 114.
St. Cuthbert's Holy Isle, 54-56.
St. Giles Cathedral, 60, 199-203.
St. John, Church of, Perth, 380.
St. John, Valley of, 98.
St. Leonard's Crags, Edinburgh, 8, 212.
St. Magnus, Cathedral of, 304, 305, 306, 307.
St. Margaret's Loch, Edinburgh, 210.
St. Mary's Loch, 35, 175.
ST. RONAN'S WELL, 346-354, 404.
St. Thomas's Abbey (St. Ruth's), 151, 152.
Salisbury Crags, the, Edinburgh, 7, 8, 60, 210, 389.
Sandy Knowe, 2, 51, 353.
Scalloway, Castle of, 298, 302, 303, 309.
Scalloway, village in the Shetland Islands, 302.
Scone, Palace of, 110, 231, 379, 381, 385.
Scott Country, the, limits of, 337, 346, 366.
Scott, Anne, daughter of Sir Walter, 48, 376, 400.
Scott, Charles, son of Sir Walter, 48, 402.
Scott, Daniel, brother of Sir Walter, 383.
Scott, Miss Janet, aunt of Sir Walter, 2, 5.
Scott, John, brother of Sir Walter, 15, 90.
Scott, Lady (wife of Sir Walter), introduction of, to Sir Walter, 17,
329; courtship, 19, 20; marriage, 21; home at Lasswade, 22, 23;
reference to Dryburgh, 352, 353; sickness and death, 372, 376, 399.
Scott, Michael, the wizard, 38, 41.
Scott, Mrs. Maxwell-, granddaughter of Sir Walter, 396.
Scott, Sophia, daughter of Sir Walter, 48, 400.
Scott, Thomas, brother of Sir Walter, 333.
Scott, Sir Walter--
Liddesdale raids, 1; residence at
Sandy Knowe, 2; visit to Prestonpans, 4; his first pony, 4; at Kelso,
5; passes law examinations, 13; visit to English Lakes, 15; to
Gilsland, 16; meets Miss Carpenter, 17, 349; marriage, 21;
quartermaster of Edinburgh Volunteers, 25; his memory, 26; decides to
abandon the practice of law, 28-30; Sheriff of Selkirk, 29; early
poems, 30; Ashestiel, 48, 49; visit to Highlands, 72, 116; purchases
Abbotsford, 89; Clerk of Court of Session, 90; aided by Sir William
Forbes, 95; later Highland excursion, 119, 120; visit from Joseph
Train, 133; visit to Dumfries, 135; to English Lakes, 135; salmon
spearing incident, 139; at University of Edinburgh, 139; visited by
Irving, 145-146; experience as member of Edinburgh Volunteers, 158-159;
visit to Hallyards, 160; visit to Loch Skene, 175-177; visit to the
Braes of Balquhidder, 188; clerk of Court of Session, 200; driving
through Canongate, 209; suggests building the Radical Road, 210; guest
at Studley Royal, 246; visited by Washington Irving, 252; 'refreshing
the machine,' 255; presentation to the Duke of Wellington, 266; visit
to Shetland Islands, 294, 298, 311, 313, 314; familiarity with history
and literature of England, 317; duties as clerk of the Court of
Session, 346; residence in Edinburgh, 346; fondness for country life,
347; practices in case of Peter Peebles, 363; visit to Wales, 366;
distressing change in personal affairs, 371; announcement of authorship
of Waverley Novels, 372; visit to Wicks of Baiglie, Perth, 378; feeling
toward brother Daniel, 383; circumstances under which _The Fair Maid of
Perth_ was written, 386; paying off the debt, 387; writings of the last
five years, 388; importunities of a creditor, 389; Theatrical Fund
Dinner, 300; spirit of perseverance, 392; apoplexy and other ailments,
393; journey to the Continent, 394; death, 394; personality of, 395;
kindness, 397; generosity, 398; conversation, 398; relations with
family, 399, 400; creed, 400; ambition, 401; failure of hopes, 402;
relations with the Ballantynes, 403, 404; indiscretion, 404; courage
and final triumph, 405.
Scott, Walter, 'Beardie,' great-grandfather of Sir Walter, 37.
Scott, Walter, father of Sir Walter, original of Saunders Fairford, 9.
Scott, Walter, son of Sir Walter, 48, 401, 402.
Scott, Sir William, of Harden, 36.
Scott, Sir William, of Buccleuch, 37.
Seymour, Lord, 277.
Sharp, James, Archbishop, 168-169, 180.
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, 360.
Sherwood Forest, 236, 237.
Shetland Islands, visit to, in a lighthouse yacht, 100.
Shortreed, Robert, 1, 14, 26,137.
Skene, James of Rubislaw, 52, 338, 392; quoted, 25, 26, 62, 138, 139,
176.
Skiddaw, 135.
Skye, Island of, 100, 102.
Smailholm, 2, 3, 4, 30, 261, 347.
Smellie, William, 141.
Solway Firth, 126, 127, 355, 356, 357.
Somerset, the Duke of, 277.
Staffa, 102.
Stennis, stones of, 310, 311.
Stewart, Alexander of Invernahyle, 116, 117, 118.
Stewart, James, of Ardvoirlich, original of Allan McAulay, 188, 227,
228.
Stewart, Patrick, Earl of Orkney, 298, 302, 308, 309.
Stirling Castle, 66, 78, 80-84, 381.
Stonebyres Linn, 172.
Strathgartney, 78.
Stromness, village in Orkney, 310, 311, 312, 313.
Stuart, Charles Edward, 10, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 120, 125,
358, 363.
Stuart, Lady Louisa, 197, 214, 336, 364.
Stuart, Miss Williamina (Lady Stuart-Forbes), Scott's first love, 17,
18, 23; original of Margaret of Branksome, 42; original of Matilda, 95.
Studley Royal, 243, 246.
Sumburgh Head, 294, 296, 297, 208, 300.
SURGEON'S DAUGHTER, THE, 389, 390.
Sweetheart Abbey, 126, 127, 135.
SWIFT, LIFE OF, 91.
TALES OF THE CRUSADERS, 365-370.
TALISMAN, THE, 21, 345, 365, 369-372.
Tantallon Castle, 60, 61.
Tay, the river, 109, 110, 379.
Teasdale, Margaret, original of Tib Mumps, 137.
Tees, the river, 89, 92, 93, 94.
Teith, the river, 229.
Temple, the, London, 322, 323, 324.
Terry, Daniel, 197, 375.
Teviot, the river, 35.
Thames, the, London, 320, 322.
Thomas the Rhymer, 222.
Thomson, George, original of Dominie Sampson, 140.
Thomson, Rev. John, of Duddingston, 220.
THORESBY HOUSE, 238.
Thorsgill, the river, 92, 93.
Tillietudlem. _See_ Craignethan.
Tippermuir, battle of, 226.
Tolbooth, Edinburgh, 9, 201-205, 233.
Tours, 339, 341.
Tower of London, 325.
Train, Joseph, provides information used in _The Lord of the Isles_,
103; in _Guy Mannering_, 132-135; in _Old Mortality_, 171; in _The
Heart of Midlothian_, 214.
Traquair, Earl of, 108, 109.
Traquair House, 13, 107, 108, 109, 112, 329.
Triermain Castle, 11, 97, 395.
Triermain Castle Rock, 16, 98.
Trossachs, the, 12, 66, 70, 71, 74, 75.
Tully Veolan, 107-111.
Turnberry Castle, 103.
Tweed, the river, 258, 348-353, 396, 397.
Twisel Bridge, 7.
TWO DROVERS, THE, 389, 390, 391.
Ullswater, 97.
Vaux, Sir Roland de, 97.
Vernon, Dorothy, of Haddon Hall, 329.
Villiers, George, first Duke of Buckingham, called 'Steenie,' 319, 322.
Villiers, George, second Duke of Buckingham, 335.
Waldie family, the, of Kelso, 5, 358.
Waldie, 'Lady,' original of Rachel Geddes, 5.
Waldie, Robert, 5.
Wales, 366, 367, 368.
Walker, Helen, original of Jeanie Deans, 205-208.
Walker, Isabella, original of Effie Deans, 205-208.
Walker, Patrick, author of _Life of Cameron_, 213.
Wallace, William, 81.
Wampool River, the, 358.
Wark Castle, 62.
Warrender, Sir George, 109.
Warwick Castle, 281, 282, 383.
Warwick, Earl of, 240.
Warwickshire, 281.
Wat of Harden, 35.
WAVERLEY, 8, 10, 106-125, 197.
Welbeck Abbey, 238.
Welshpool, 368.
Westmoreland, 135.
Whinnyrig, 357.
Whitefoord, Colonel, 116, 117.
Whitefriars (Alsatia), 323, 334.
Whitehall, Palace of, 321, 322, 335.
Wideford Hill, Kirkwall, 309.
William the Conqueror, 241, 248, 250, 282, 328, 373.
William the Lion, 152, 155.
Williams, Rev. John, Archdeacon of Cardigan, 366.
Wolf's Crag, 220.
Wolf's Hope, 222.
WOODSTOCK, 371-377.
Woodstock, village of, 372; palace of, 373-375.
Wordsworth, 16; letter to, 32; 35, 172.
Wright, Guthrie, 57; quoted, 135.
Wycliffe, Oswald, 88.
Yarrow, the river, 175.
Yawkins, Dutch skipper, original of Dirk Hatteraick, 131.
Yetholm Loch, 260.
York, Castle of, 250.
York Minister, 251.
York, city of, 234, 250.
York Water Gate, 322.
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