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

THE "FLITTING" TO ABBOTSFORD. -- PLANTATIONS. -- GEORGE THOMSON. --ROKEBY AND TRIERMAIN IN PROGRESS. -- EXCURSION TO FLODDEN. --BISHOP-AUCKLAND, AND ROKEBY PARK. -- CORRESPONDEN...

AFFAIRS OF JOHN BALLANTYNE AND CO. -- CAUSES OF THEIR DERANGEMENT. --LETTERS OF SCOTT TO HIS PARTNERS. -- NEGOTIATION FOR RELIEF WITH MESSRS. CONSTABLE. -- NEW PURCHASE OF LAND...

The gallant composure with which Scott, when he had dismissed a work from his desk, awaited the decision of the public--and the healthy elasticity of spirit with which he could...

"_26th August, 1814._--At seven this morning were in the Sound which divides the Isle of Rum from that of Egg. Rum is rude, barren, and mountainous; Egg, although hilly and rock...

LETTER IN VERSE FROM ZETLAND AND ORKNEY. -- DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH. -- CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE DUKE. -- ALTRIVE LAKE. --NEGOTIATION CONCERNING THE LORD OF THE ISLES C...

INSANITY OF HENRY WEBER. -- LETTERS ON THE ABDICATION OF NAPOLEON, ETC. -- PUBLICATION OF SCOTT'S LIFE AND EDITION OF SWIFT. -- ESSAYS FOR THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRI...

"_Off Stromness, 17th August, 1814._--Went on shore after breakfast, and found W. Erskine and Marjoribanks had been in this town all last night, without our hearing of them or t...

"_12th August, 1814._--With a good breeze and calm sea we weighed at two in the morning, and worked by short tacks up to Kirkwall Bay, and find ourselves in that fine basin upon...

"_22d August, 1814._--Sailed early in the morning from Scalpa Harbor, in order to cross the Minch, or Channel, for Dunvegan; but the breeze being contrary, we can only creep alo...

XXV. The "Flitting" to Abbotsford. -- Plantations. -- George Thomson. -- Rokeby and Triermain in Progress. -- Excursion to Flodden. -- Bishop-Auckland, and Rokeby Park. -- Corre...