ABSTRACT
Scott's use of vernacular speech has of course already been illustrated in the utterances of a number of characters, from Meg Dods to Meg Merrilies; indeed there is a vast amount of material on which one could draw for discussion of this subject. In the interests of concentration, however, it is perhaps as well for us to confine our attention to two books. These have been chosen because the first introduces a highly successful character not previously mentioned, and because the second, in addition to features considered earlier in this study, incorporates a piece of splendid and self-contained art.
