CHAPTER IV.
Illness and Death of John Ballantyne—Extract from his
Pocketbook—Letters from Blair-Adam—Castle-Campbell—Sir Samuel
Shepherd—“Bailie Mackay,”
&c.—Coronation of George IV.—Correspondence with James
Hogg—and Lord Sidmouth—Letter on the
Coronation—Anecdotes—Allan Cunningham’s Memoranda—Completion
of Chantrey’s Bust—
1821, 74
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
New Buildings at Abbotsford—Chiefswood—William
Erskine—Letter to Countess Purgstall—Progress of the Pirate—Private Letters in the Reign of James
I.—Commencement of the Fortunes of Nigel—Second Sale
of Copyrights—Contract for “Four Works of Fiction”—Enormous Profits of the
Novelist, and Extravagant Projects of Constable—The
Pirate published—Lord Byron’s Cain, dedicated to Scott—Affair of the
Beacon Newspaper—Franck’s Northern Memoirs—And Notes of Lord Fountainhall,
published—
1821, 122
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
Quentin Durward in progress—Letters to
Constable—and Dr Dibdin—the Author of Waverley and the Roxburghe Club—the Bannatyne Club
Founded—Scott Chairman of the Edinburgh Oil Gas Company,
&c.—Mechanical Devices at Abbotsford—Gasometer—Air-bell, &c. &c.—The Bellenden
Windows—
1823, 253
CHAPTER XI.
Quentin Durward published—Transactions with
Constable—Dialogues on Superstition proposed—Article on Romance
Written—St Ronan’s Well begun—“Melrose in
July”—Abbotsford Visited by Miss Edgeworth—And by Mr
Adolphus—His Memoranda—Excursion to Allanton—Anecdotes—Letters to
Miss Baillie, Miss Edgeworth, Mr
Terry, &c.—Publication of St Ronan’s
Well—
1823, 279
CHAPTER XII.
Publication of Redgauntlet—Death of Lord
Byron—Library and Museum—“The Wallace
Chair”—House-painting, &c.—Anecdotes—Letters to
Constable—Miss
Edgeworth—Terry—Miss
Baillie—Lord Montagu—Mr
Southey—Charles Scott, &c.—Speech at the Opening of
the Edinburgh Academy—Death and Epitaph of Maida—Fires in
Edinburgh—
1824, 319
CHAPTER XIII.
Tales of the Crusaders begun—A Christmas at Abbotsford, in
Extracts from the MS. Journal of Captain Basil Hall, R. N.—Dec. 29,
1824—Jan. 10, 1825—
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