Chapter XXXI: 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.

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.

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.

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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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