The Lady of the lake . olfe. 350 Illustrations. 8vo, full gilt, $ POEMS. Cabhiet Ediiio)t. i6mo, $ FAMILIAR LETTERS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. Edited byDavid Douglas. 2 vols. 8vo, $ TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. Illustrated. 3 vols. i2mo,$ THE LADY OF THE LAKE. In the Riverside School Library. i6mo, half leather, 60 cents, HOE. In the Riverside School Library. i2mo, half leather, 70 cents, WAVERLEY NOVELS. 25 vols. i2mo, each $ Waverley. Ivanhoe. Guy Mannering. The Monastery. The Antiquary. The Abbot. Rob Roy. Kenilworth. Old Mortality. The Pirate. Bl.\ck Dwarf,
The Lady of the lake . olfe. 350 Illustrations. 8vo, full gilt, $ POEMS. Cabhiet Ediiio)t. i6mo, $ FAMILIAR LETTERS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. Edited byDavid Douglas. 2 vols. 8vo, $ TALES OF A GRANDFATHER. Illustrated. 3 vols. i2mo,$ THE LADY OF THE LAKE. In the Riverside School Library. i6mo, half leather, 60 cents, HOE. In the Riverside School Library. i2mo, half leather, 70 cents, WAVERLEY NOVELS. 25 vols. i2mo, each $ Waverley. Ivanhoe. Guy Mannering. The Monastery. The Antiquary. The Abbot. Rob Roy. Kenilworth. Old Mortality. The Pirate. Bl.\ck Dwarf, and A Le- The Fortunes of Nigel, gend of Montrose. Peveril of the Peak. The Heart of Mid-Lothian. Quentin Durward. The Bride of Lammermoor. St. Ronans Well. Redgauntlet. The Fair Maid of Perth. The Betrothed, and The Anne of Geierstein. Highland Widow. Count Robert of Paris. The Talisman, and other The Surgeons Daughter, Tales. and Castle Dangerous. Woodstock. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. Boston, New York, and O^ Copyright, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1894, and 1896, Bt JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, AMD HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. by H. O. Houghton and Company. :x^ BIOGEAPHICAL SKETCH OF SIR WALTERSCOTT Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, August15, 1771. He was the ninth of his parents twelvechildren. His father was a Waiter to the Signet, as anEdinburgh solicitor is called, and was himself the fifthin direct descent from the Walter Scott known inlegend as Auld Wat of Harden, who figures in TheLay of the Last The ancestors that camebetween were typical Scotchmen of the better sort,each in his day and generation loyal to king and coun-try, and of strongly marked personal characteristics,My birth was neither distinguished nor sordid, Scotthimself wrote. According to the prejudices of mycountry it was esteemed gentle, as I was connected,though remotely, with ancient families both by myfathers and mothers
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