Moore, Thomas, Esq., Letters from,
viii. 42.

51, 122, 150, 218, 387, 397; ▼
19 n.

Letters to, viii. 43, 65, 154, 290; Morritt, Mrs, iii. 98, 245; iv. 5, 25,

"Morbus Eruditorum," a touch of Morven, "The Woody," iv. 339.

the, viii. 153.

More, Mrs, Dunluce, ix. 361, 364.
Moreau, portrait of, ix. 34.

Morgan's, Lady, novel of O'Donnel,
viii, 292.

"Moriturus vos saluto," x. 48.
Mormont hill, iv. 188-9.

Morning, The, viii. 346-7, 382; fa-
vourable for study, memory, and
bodily strength, viii. 245.

Morning Chronicle, the, its allusion
to "Marmion," iii. 61.

"Mother Goose," origin of, x. 163.
Mottoes, Scott's first composition of
original ones, v. 145.

x. 195.

"Mountain, The," in Parliament-
House, i. 275; iii. 66; vii. 124.
Mousa, Island of, iv. 223. Picts'
Castle on, ib.

Mowat, Mr, Lerwick, iv. 198, 204,
219.

Muck, Island of, iv. 319, 322.
Mull of Cantyre, iv. 364.

iv. 337.

Mulligrubs, viii. 292.

Mundell, Alexander, Esq., ii. 296.
Murder, singular discovery of a per-
petrator, iv. 50, 52.

of W. Begbie, iv. 70.
Murray, Lord George, of 1745, viii.
249 n.

Sir George, viii. 16.

Post, letter to, on Maida's epi- Mull, sound of, iv. 336. Island of,
taph, vii. 278.
Morris-dancers, iv. 218 n.
Morritt, John B. Saurey, Esq. of
Rokeby, iii. 94. Visits Scott at
Edinburgh, 98. Extracts from his
memorandum of their excursions,
ib. Estimate of Scott's Conversa-
tion and demeanour, 100, 103.
Description of Scott as "a lion"
in London, 184. His ballad, "The
Curse of Moy," 245. Generous
offers of pecuniary aid, iv. 15, 122.
Reminiscences of Scott at Rokeby,
1812, iv. 19. Visits of Scott to, in
1815, v. 89; in 1826, ix. 3; in 1828,
253; in 1831, x. 107. Sketch of,
ix. 254. His last parting with
Scott, x. 108.

Letters to, iii. 167, 242, 283,
313, 318, 328, 368, 369; iv. 21, 24,
27, 154, 168, 173; v. 12, 16, 96,
125, 138, 160, 183, 204, 238, 275,
364, 393; vi. 7, 9; viii. 30, 52,
234; ix. 110, 232, 279; x. 155.

Letters from, iii. 372 ; iv. 14, 397.
- ii. 222; iii. 113, 311; iv. 5, 14,

Sir Gideon, of Elibank, compels
Scott of Harden to marry his
daughter, i. 94; ii. 89.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry, vi.
109, 110, 116.

J. A., now Lord, viii. 270, 278.
Dinner party with, ix. 74.

John, of Broughton, secretary
of Prince Charles Stewart, a client
of Scott's father, i. 243, 245.

Naples, residence of Scott at, x.
146; court of, x. 147, 156; por-
traits of Scott at, x. 264.

King of, x. 156, 162.
Nasmyth, Mr Alex. painter, v. 313.
National taste and delicacy, im-

provement of, vi. 407.

Nature, external beauties of, con-
trasted with the chamber of death,
viii. 336, 338, 342.

Murray, John, letters to, v. 171, 305; Natural objects, Scott's early feeling

vi. 424.

Letters from, v. 169; ix. 325.
iii. 86, 169; v. 25, 41, 173, 270-1,
351; viii. 119; x. 260, 262.

Sir Patrick, of Ochtertyre,
i. 199, 208 n.; v. 320 n.; viii. 221.
Patrick, Esq. of Simprim,
Visit of Scott

i. 199, 204, 208 n.
to, i. 292. Letters to, i. 300, 305;
viii. 272.

Mr W. H., of the Edinburgh
Theatre, success in the play of
Rob Roy, vi. 29, 30 u., 62. Of his
management, vii. 376.

vii. 99; ix. 77, 84.

Music, viii, 253. Scott's incapacity
for, i. 73; vii. 188; viii. 70-1, 114.
Must, and Ought, viii. 316.
Mutability, human, vi. 400.
Mutual understanding, x. 32-3.
"MY AUNT MARGARET'S MIRROR,"
tale of, ix. 181. Printed in
Heath's Keepsake," 208.
"Mysteries and Moralities," iv. 218.
Mystifying, Lord Byron's love of,
viii. 118.

N

for the beauties of, i. 54.
Necessity, viii. 117, 258.
Neighbours, vii. 319, 321.
Nelson, Lord, ix. 335.

Mr, Scott's amanuensis, viii.

286.
"Nest-egg" of earnings

mended, vii. 98.

recom-

Newark Castle, ii. 211.
Newarkhill, coursing match on, vi.
239.

New Club, viii. 266.
Newmarket, vii. 256.
Newton, Lord. [See Alex. Irving.]
Gilbert Stewart, Esq. R.A,
his portrait of Scott, x. 262.

viii. 43, 254.

--seat of Mr Edmonstone, i. 290.
New Year's Day, reflections on, viii.
185.

Nicholson, Captain, Lerwick, iv. 198.

John, the favourite domestic
at Abbotsford, x. 3, 37, 200, 205,
217.

Mrs Sarah, v. 159.

Miss Jane, i. 368, 375, 381, 387.
Nichols, Mr B., letter to, x. 53.
"Nicknackatories" in a purse from
Miss Baillie, iii, 392.

"Nameless Glen," proposed poem Nicol, Rev. Principal, viii. 405.

of, iv. 84

W., of the High School, Edin-
burgh, savage character of, i. 45.
149, 150.

Nimeguen, Scott's fatal attack at,
x. 200.

Niven, James, case of homicide
pleaded by Scott, i, 314.

"NOBLE MORINGER, THE," ballad
of, composed under severe illness,
vi. 70.

Nocera dei Pagani, x. 164.

Northampton, Marchioness of, v. 55,
207, 335; ix. 155.

Ogilvie, Honourable Mrs, i. 107.

- Thomas Elliot, Esq. of Ches-
ters, vi. 292.

Oil Gas Company, Scott chairman
of, vii. 141; vii. 374; viii. 113.
O'Kelly, an Irish poet, viii. 37.

Northern Lights, Commissioners for, Old age, not desirable, v. 266, 310.
iv. 174.

Lighthouse Yacht, nautical tour
in, iv. 174, 180-370.

Nations, Scott's Essay on the
Manners and Customs of," i. 235,
273.

Northcote, Mr R. A. ix. 240.
North, Roger, i. 275.
Northumberland, Duke of, ix. 167,

168.

Duchess of, ix. 167-169.
excursions to, i. 245, 260.

North Wales, viii. 47.

Norwegian and Danish Seamen, iv.
240.

Noss, Cradle and Holm of, described,

iv. 201; Noup of, 202.

and young, society of, viii. 391.
"OLD MORTALITY," 3 vols., remarks
on the tale of, v. 176. "The Mar-
mion of the Waverley Novels," 177.
Materiel of its groundwork supplied
by Mr Train, 177-179. Italian tran-
slation of, x. 167.

[See "TALES OF MY LANDLORD,"]
first series. See also, i. 293; ii.
271; v. 165, 173; ix. 321.

Old Plays, viii. 385.

Shipping Company of Leith,
vessel of, vii. 327.

womanries, ix. 221.

"Omen, The," by Galt, reviewed, viii.
268-295.

O'Neill, Miss, v. 168; vii. 306.

Note-Books of 1792, i. 272; of 1797, Opposition friends, ix. 74.

extracts from, i. 359-363.

Optical delusion, viii. 155; ix. 140.

"Not proven," remarks on the ver- Orange, Prince of, 1815; v. 84.
dict of, ix. 91.

Nourjahad, vi. 102.

Novelty in literary composition, ix. 9.
Nuns of Wilton, viii. 223; of Kil-
kenny, ib.

Nymmites, viii. 349.

Oakwood tower, x. 93.

Oban, iv. 351, 352.

O'Callagan, Sir Robert, viii. 130.
"Occupation's gone," ix. 346.

Ochtertyre, seat of Mr Ramsay, i.
291."

Orcadians, superstitions of the, iv.
252, 262, 269, 273. Customs, 255,
261.

Orford, Lord. [See Horace Wal-
pole.]

Orkney Islands, ii. 163. Visited by
Scott, iv. 246.

Agriculture and fishing, iv. 275.
Earls of, iv. 213, 225, 227, 247,

249-251.

Pythoness, iv. 273-4.

Orleans, Duke of, (1829,) ix. 31.
Ormes' "History of Hindoostan,” i.
66.

O'Connell, Mr, Killarney, viii. 40. 42. Ormiston, "auld Saundie, the cow-
Odin, iv. 252.

bailie, at Sandy-Knowe," i. 113.

"O'Donnel," novel of, by Lady Orphir, Clergyman of, iv. 261.

Morgan, viii. 292.

Ogilvie, George, of Barra, v. 281,
282.

Mrs, 281, 282.

Oscar, whaler, wreck of the, iv. 186.
Ossian's Poems, ii. 252. Opinion of
the controversy regarding, 253;
iv. 309.

an early favourite with Scott, i. 52,"Piranesi's Views," viii. 257.
53, 157; vi. 269; ii. 16, 68, 131.
Periodical criticism, state of in 1808,
iii. 144.

Phipps, "a certain Mrs," tricks of, Plagiarism,Scott falsely charged with

"Planty-cruives,"in Shetland, iv.193.

Picturesque, Tom Purdie's exposi- Platanus, at Kelso, i. 156; vi. 269.