ABSTRACT
Sir Walter Scott, in 1826, on his way from Abbotsford to London, read during his journey, and with interest, he tells us, Sir John Chicer-ton and Brambletye Honse, " Novels in what I may surely claim as the style ' Which I was born to introduce, Refined it first, and shewed its use.' They are both clever books," he adds; " one in imitation of the days of chivalry, the other dated in the time of the Civil Wars, and introducing historical characters."
