P. 266. #B.# Motherwell sent ‘Child Noryce’ to Sir Walter Scott in a
letter dated 28 April, 1825 (Letters, XIV, No 94, Abbotsford). He
changed several readings (as, orders to errand, in 6^4), and in three
cases went back to original readings which he has altered in his
manuscript. I am now convinced that the alterations made in the
manuscript are not in general, if ever, corrections derived from the
reciters, but Motherwell’s own improvements, and that the original
readings should be adhered to.