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‘Relics of Correspondence with Sir Walter Scott, Explanatory Notes, and other Reminiscences, by J. Skene, Edinburgh, 1833’.
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Identifier: MS.965
Scope and Contents
The volume contains:
(i) 92 letters of Sir Walter Scott, chiefly to James Skene, from 1805 to 1832, bound in with Skene's commentary and followed by reminiscences of Mrs Skene (folios 1-281). Most of the material was published as ‘Memories of Sir Walter Scott’ (London, 1909), and it was used by David Douglas in his ‘Familiar letters of Sir Walter Scott’ (Edinburgh, 1894).
(ii) James Skene's correspondence regarding proposals for a memorial to Scott, which includes letters from various...
Dates:
1805-1835.