ABSTRACT

1837

Extracts from John Gibson Lockhart, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., first published in 1837. (These selections are taken from the 1839 ed. (Edinburgh, London), v, 176–7 (ch. 37), vi, 255–7 (ch. 50), vii, 117–18 (ch. 57).)

Lockhart was Scott’s son-in-law and editor of the Quarterly Review for many years (1825–53).