Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
Vol. I Contents.
MEMOIRS
OF THE LIFE
OF
SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.
VOLUME THE FIRST.
MDCCCXXXVII.
ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH.
JOHN MURRAY AND WHITTAKER AND CO., LONDON.
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST.
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CHAPTER I.
Memoir of the early Life of Sir Walter Scott,
written by himself,
1
CHAPTER II.
Illustrations of the Autobiographical
Fragment—Edinburgh—Sandy-Knowe—Bath—Prestonpans—
1771-1778, 61
CHAPTER III.
Illustrations of the Autobiography continued—High School of
Edinburgh—Residence at Kelso—
1778-1783, 91
CHAPTER IV.
Illustrations of the Biography continued—Anecdotes of
Scott’s College Life—
1783-1786, 120
CHAPTER V.
Illustrations continued—Scott’s Apprenticeship to
his Father—Excursions to the Highlands, &c.—Debating Societies—Early Correspondence,
&c. &c.—
1786-1790, 132
CHAPTER VI.
Illustrations continued—Studies for the Bar—Excursions to
Northumberland—Letter on Flodden Field—Call to the
Bar—
1790-1792,
166
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CHAPTER VII.
First Expedition into Liddesdale—Study of German—Political Trials,
&c.—Specimen of Law Papers—Bürger’s Lenore translated—Disappointment in
Love—
1792-1790, 187
CHAPTER VIII.
Publication of Ballads after
Bürger—Scott Quarter-Master of the
Edinburgh Light-Horse—Excursion to Cumberland—Gilsland Wells—Miss
Carpenter—Marriage—
1796-1797, 245
CHAPTER IX.
Early Married Life—Lasswade Cottage—Monk
Lewis—Translation of Goetz Von Berlichingen,
published—Visit to London—House of Aspen—Death of Scott’s Father—First Original
Ballads—Glenfinlas, &c.—Unpublished Fragments—Appointment to the Sheriffship of
Selkirkshire—
1798-1799, 285
CHAPTER X.
The Border Minstrelsy in
Preparation—Richard Heber—John
Leyden—William Laidlaw—James
Hogg—Correspondence with George Ellis—Publication of the
Two First Volumes of the Border Minstrelsy—
1800-1802, 319
CHAPTER XI.
Preparation of Volume III. of the Minstrelsy—and of
Sir Tristrem—Correspondence with Miss
Seward and Mr Ellis—Ballad of the
Reiver’s Wedding—Commencement of the Lay of the Last
Minstrel—Visit to London and Oxford—Completion of the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border—
1802-1803, 348
CHAPTER XII.
Contributions to the Edinburgh Review—Progress of
the Tristrem and of the Lay of the Last
Minstrel—Visit of Wordsworth—Publication of “Sir Tristrem”—
1803-1804, 383
