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Eight letters to John Forbes Mitchell.
Correspondents include Sir Alexander Boswell, Thomas Campbell and Sir Walter Scott, concerning a monument to Robert Burns.
Facsimile of the "Peroration" to the manuscript of Walter Scott`s "The Tale of Old Mortality" (1816).
Forged letter, spuriously dated`1801` purporting to be of Walter Scott but actually by Alexander Howland Smith, pseudonym Antique Smith.
Fragment of letter of Sir Walter Scott.
Letter mentions books in the Advocates` Library and at Abbotsford.
Fragment of Sir Walter Scott, "History of Scotland".
Fragment of the autograph manuscript of "The Abbot" in hand of Sir Walter Scott
Fragment of the border ballad 'Outlaw Murray'.
In Sir Walter Scott's hand and collected for Scott's 'The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border' with variations from teh published version.
French prose translation of "The Lady of the Lake" by Sir Walter Scott: "La Dame du Lac" by Etienne-Aulède-Sophie Fevret de Saint-Mesmin, Vicomtesse de Juigné
Galley proof sheet of Sir Walter Scott`s "History of Scotland".
Sheet has been revised heavily.
Incomplete manuscript of 'Waverley'.
The manuscript comprises the greater part of `Waverley`. Of the parts not included in the manuscript some exist as fragments in the Library`s manuscript collection, fifteen folios are in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and others are missing.
The first fifty folios of the manuscript are on quarto paper, watermarked 1805, the rest on folio paper, watermarked 1813.
Journal of `A few weeks among the Blue-bells of Scotland, memoranda of men, manners and mountains above the Tweed`
Letter, 1820, and note, undated, of Walter Scott to John Ballantyne.
Concerns their financial arrangements.
Letter, 1824, of Sir Walter Scott to Mrs Catherine Paterson, Galashiels, which originally enclosed a sum of money sent by Mrs Thomas Hughes towards Mrs Paterson`s relief.
Includes a letter, 1832, of Sir Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet, inviting the Rev Mr Williamson to attend the funeral of his father.
Letter, 1826, of Hector Macdonald Buchanan to Sir Robert Dundas, 1st Baronet, of Beechwood.
Buchanan guarantees to pay one third share of a debt of Sir Walter Scott. Includes a letter, 1828, of Buchanan`s widow and daughter agreeing to honour this commitment.
Letter, 1827, of Sir Walter Scott to James Bridges.
Concerning Edinburgh Improvements Commission.
With letter, undated, of Scott to - Stark, printer, concerning his edition of Swift
Letter of Alexander to James Ballantyne describing the last dinner of the writer with Sir Walter Scott.
Includes manuscript draft and cutting of letter of John Ballantyne on the same dinner with Scott, and a pencil and chalk study of Scott by John Ballantyne.
Letter of Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery, to Walter Severn on Burns, Scott and Keats.
Letter of Charles William Henry Scott, 4th Duke of Buccleuch, to Walter Scott, bearing a note by Scott to James Hogg to whom he passed Buccleuch`s letter.
Includes fragmentary letter of Walter Scott to James Hogg.
Letter of J G Lockhart to John Wilson.
Concerns a visit by Sir Walter Scott and his party to the Lake District, and a projected meeting there with George Canning.
Letter of James Ballantyne to Hurst and Robinson negotiating terms for "The Novelists Library" and "Don Quixote" on behalf of Sir Walter Scott.
Letter of Jane Dunlop to William Dunlop in India.
Concerns social and domestic matters, but also mentions the later work of Sir Walter Scott and the possible loss by fire of letters of Burns to Mrs Dunlop.
Letter of John Ballantyne to John Aitken.
Letter concerns his health and Walter Scott`s concern for himself and his health; includes an undated letter of James Ballantyne to Miss Corbett on printing matters.
Letter of John Gibson Lockhart refusing to provide a speciman of the autograph of Sir Walter Scott.
Letter of John Richardson, solicitor and friend of Sir Walter Scott, to Robert Cadell on legal matters concerning Scott`s estate.
Letter of Major Walter Scott, later 2nd Baronet of Abbotsford, to Captain Pigott, Royal Navy.
The letter describes Scott`s father`s increasing illness and his hurried journey home from Italy.