Waverley
or
’T is Sixty Years Since.
by
Sir Walter Scott
With an introductory essay and notes
By Andrew Lang
Illustrated
eBooks@Adelaide
2008
Table of Contents
Dedication.
Editor’s note.
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General preface to the Waverley novels
Editor’s introduction to Waverley.
Introduction
Preface to the third edition
Waverley
Introductory
Waverley-Honour — a retrospect
Education
Castle-Building
Choice of a profession
The adieus of Waverley
A Horse-Quarter in Scotland
A Scottish Manor-House sixty years since
More of the Manor-House and its environs
Rose Bradwardine and her father
The banquet
Repentance and a reconciliation
A more rational day than the last
A discovery — Waverley becomes domesticated at Tully-Veolan
A Creagh, and its consequences
An unexpected ally appears
The hold of a highland robber
Waverley proceeds on his journey
The chief and his mansion
A highland feast
The chieftain’s sister
Highland minstrelsy
Waverley continues at Glennaquoich
A Stag-hunt and its consequences
News from England
An eclaircissement
Upon the same subject
A letter from Tully-Veolan
Waverley’s reception in the lowlands after his highland tour
Shows that the loss of a horse’s shoe may be a serious inconvenience
An examination
A conference and the consequence
A confidant
Things mend a little
A volunteer sixty years since
An incident
Waverley is still in distress
A nocturnal adventure
The journey is continued
An old and a new acquaintance
The mystery begins to be cleared up
A soldier’s dinner
The Ball
The March
An incident gives rise to unavailing reflections
The eve of battle
The conflict
An unexpected embarrassment
The English prisoner
Rather unimportant
Intrigues of love and politics
Intrigues of society and love
Fergus a suitor
‘To one thing constant never’
A brave man in sorrow
Exertion
The march
The confusion of King Agramant’s camp
A skirmish
Chapter of accidents
A journey to London
What’s to be done next?
Desolation
Comparing of notes
More explanation
“Now is Cupid a child of conscience”
“Happy’s the wooing That’s not long a doing”
“To morrow? O that’s sudden!”
“A darker departure is near”
Dulce Domum
“This is no mine ain house”
A postscript which should have been a preface
Appendix
Fragment of a romance which was to have been entitled Thomas the Rhymer.
Conclusion of Mr. Strutt’s romance of Queen-Hoo Hall.
Anecdote of school days, upon which Mr. Thomas Scott proposed to found a tale of fiction.
Glossary.
List of Illustrations.
Portrait of Sir Walter Scott
Painted by Raeburn, Etched by Batley
Tully-Veolan
Painted by W. J. Leitch, Etched by H. W. Batley
“Eh, Sirs!”
Original Etching by George Cruickshank
Waverley and Rose Bradwardine
Etched by Ben. Damman
The hold of a Highland robber
Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth
Flora MacIvor at the waterfall
Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth
Prince Charles Edward in shelter
Etched by H. M. Raeburn
Stirling Castle
Etched by John Andrew and Son
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Painted by Pettie, Etched by Raeburn
Colonel Gardiner
Original Etching by H. Macbeth Raeburn
Disbanded
Painted by John Pettie, Etched by F. Huth
Bailie MacWheeble
Painted by J. Lauder, Etched by H. Lefort
“Lady Wauverley! Ten thousand a year!”
Etching by Cruickshank
Waverley’s last visit to Flora MacIvor
Painted by Herdman
Doune Castle (from the Teith)
Etched by John Andrew and Son
Abbotsford (from the Tweed)
Etched by D. Y. Cameron
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