V

Valetta, town of, in Malta, x. 143.
Vanity, literary, viii. 184.

Van Mildert, Mrs. ix. 162.

Variorum Classics, 140 vols. gift of
Constable, vii. 224.

W

Wags, professed, ix. 45.
Waldie, Mr Robert, i. 159.

Mrs, i. 160.

ron to Scott, v. 41, 44, 166.

Vathek, tale of, v. 34; ix. 45.
"Vegtam's Kvitha," or the "descent

of Odin," i. 273.

Venice, visit to, x. 199.

Ventriloquism, viii. 193.

Ventriloquist, a, ix. 320.

Vertot's "Knights of Malta," i. 66.
Vesta, temple of, x. 188.
Victoria, Princess, now Queen, Scott
presented to, ix. 243.

Vida's poems, Scott falsely charged

of plagiarism from, iii, 294.
Vidocq, memoirs of, ix. 304.
Villa Muti, the residence of the last
of the Stuarts, x. 184-5.
Villiers, John, Earl of Clarendon, vi.
304; i. 343.

Violet, lines on a, i. 334.
Virgil's sailor, prayer of, x. 34.
Virtue, moral beauties of, ii. 139.
Its own reward, vi. 176-7.
Virtue and piety, cultivation of in
the higher ranks of life, iv. 381,
383, 385, 388.

Virtuoso, definition of a, i. 120 n.
"VISIONARY, THE," publication of
in January 1820, vi. 181.
Visits of three days, viii. 76 n.
Volcanic island, new, x. 110, 125.
Letter on, 126.

Volere, Chevalier de la, uncle to
Lady Scott, vi. 9.

Voltaire, vi. 232.

Volunteers, burgher, v. 189.

Walker, Mr, teacher of dancing, i.
171.

Deacon, Galashiels, vii. 96.
Helen, the original of Jeannie
Deans, x. 117. Scott's Monument
to, 118.

Castle, ib.

"Watch and Ward in Ireland," vii.
38.

"Water-bull," superstition, v. 126.
Watering places, Society at, vii. 207.

Waterloo, field of, visited by Scott,
v. 64. Major Gordon's Narrative of,
64-66. Letter on, from Scott to the
Duke of Buccleuch, 67; and to
Miss Baillie, 77.

Watson, Thomas, Esq., M.D., (in
text erroneously James), accom-
panies Scott in illness from Lon-
don to Abbotsford, x. 206, 207 8.
Captain James, R. N., x. 59.
Watt, James, bust of, vi. 278. His
remarks on Scotch artizans, 336 n.
viii. 57.

— and Downie, trials of, for high
treason, i. 307. Execution of Watt,

313.

Wattie Waeman, suicide of, vii. 250.
Waugh, Mr, Melrose, vi. 417; vii.
109.

"WAVERLEY, 3 Vols.," opinions of
its merits, iv. 166. Constable's
offer for the copyright, 167. Pub-
lished July 1814, 166. Letters to
Morritt on its progress and author-
ship, 168, 173. Unprecedented
success of, 395. Retrospect of its
composition, 396. Letters on, from
Morritt, 397; and from M. G.
Lewis, 400. Edinburgh and Quar-
terly Review notices of, 403-4.
Opinions of others on, and charac-
teristics of the Novel, 404.
Senior's remarks on, vii. 123. See
also i. 192, 291-2, 297; ii. 132, 249;
iii. 299; iv. 124; v. 17, 176; vi. 176,
372, 379; ix. 321.

Mr

NOVELS," (The Magnum
Opus,) COLLECTED EDITION, with
NOTES, &c., 48 vols. First
suggestion of the scheme, viii.
171-172. Arbitration on, and re-
purchase of their copyrights, ix.
187-190. Preparation of, 194, 257,
262, 306-307. Dedication of, to
George IV., ix. 240. Publication,
and success of, 325, 326, 328, 356;
x. 21, 96, 255.

Dramas of, v. 130, 310; vi. 28,
60; vii. 190, 211; x. 198.

"WAVERLEY NOVELS," secrecy and
suspicion of their authorship, iv.
170, 176, 399-404; v. 51, 170, 389.
Under a penalty of L.2000, vi. 21,
420; vi. 26, 178, 262. Letters of Mr
Adolphus on, 364-386; vii. 124, 132-
134, 139, 188-190, 225-227, 338, 354;
viii. 23, 67, 160; x. 242. Avowal
of, 82-84.

MSS." presented to Constable,
vii. 138.
Wealth and Rank, remarks on Scott's
estimate of, viii. 76-81.

Weare, murder of, by Thurtell,
viii. 381; ix. 251-253.
Weaver, "a gifted," anecdote of a,
v. 175 n.

Weber, Henry, amanuensis to Scott,
ii. 199, 200. His edition of "An-
cient Metrical Romance," iii. 79,
81; viii. 287. Of "Beaumount
and Fletcher's Works," iii. 302;
iv. 77-78; viii. 287. Insanity of,
iv. 146-151. Death of, 149. "II.
lustrations of Northern Antiqui-
ties," 153. Sketch of, viii. 287.
iii. 145; iv. 154.
Wedderburne, James, Esq., vii. 102,
106,

Weir, Dr, of Eastbank, vii. 194 n.
Wellesley, Sir Arthur. [See Duke of
Wellington.]

Marquis of, iii. 203, 205, 208;
viii. 16, 41.
Wellington, Duke of, Scott's esti-
mate of his military character,
iii. 313. Heroism of, v. 71.
Scott presented to, 82; and awe
of the Duke's presence, 92, 93.
Allusion to, in "The Abbot,"
ib. n Appearance at the Coro-
nation of George IV., vi. 351.
Meetings with Scott in 1826, ix.
47-49, 52. Opposed to Mr Can-
ning, 104. Meeting with Scott at
Durham Castle, ix. 157-159; and
at Ravensworth Castle, 163. His
anecdotes of Foy and Tripp, ib.
Meeting at Sunderland, 164. Eu-

logé of, 272. His bust of Scott at
Apsley house, x. 266.
Wellington, Duke of, iii. 160, 391; vi.
37, 210; vii. 87, 182, 322; ix. 99, 132,
186, 241, 302, 306, 372; x. 108.

Duchess of, iii. 321. Letters
from, ib.

Wells of Slain, iv. 260.

Welsh Antiquaries and Poets, ii. 208.
language, vi. 288.

Wemyss, Earl of, vi. 52.

Mr, of East Blair, viii. 3.
Wesley, anecdote of, vi. 46. Life of,
by Southey, 45-46.
Westhall, Lord, ix. 350.
Westmoreland Lakes, iii. 112.
West-Port murders. [See Burke and
Hare.]

Whale, Mr Lancelot, of the Gram-
mar School, Kelso, i. 47, 158, 159.
Sketch of, 48. Scott's progress in
Latin under him, 48, 159; x. 12.
Whales, iv. 238, 241-242.
"What for no," phrase of, vii. 168.
"What is this world?" ix. 71.
Whately, Archbishop, vii. 4 n.
Whig and Tory, viii. 201; ix. 126.
Administration of, 131.

party, iii. 139-204, 391; v. 96,
295-6; vi. 350; viii. 124, 283, 333;
ix. 101, 105, 108, 112, 131, 309, 317;
x. 8.

Whisky, Highland, iv. 137; ix. 313.
Irish, viii. 38.

White Boys, the Irish, vi. 124.
"White horse in the Revelations,"

vi. 77.
"teeth," iii. 38.

Whittaker, Mr G. B., bookseller,
London, x. 109.
Whitworth, Earl of, x. 261.
Whyte, Miss Lydia, "a blue stock-
ing," iii. 38, 95.

Humorous
Her excur-

sketch of, 95; ix. 46.
sion to the Highlands, iii. 96; and
death, ix. 88.

Miss, La Cava, x. 163, 167.
Wicklow County, Excursion to, viii.
23.

Wicks of Baiglie, i. 190.
Widdrington, vii. 90.

Widows, burning of, in India, viii.

134.

demands of, viii. 312, 313.
Wild Bull, the, v. 127.

"WILD HUNTSMAN, THE," from
Burger, i. 337, 349 passim.

Wilde, John, Professor of Civil Law,
i. 81.

Wilkes, John, iii. 266.

Wilkie, Sir David, R. A., visits Ab-
botsford, v. 253, 256, 261, 294 n.
The Teniers of Scotland, viii. 254.
His portraits of Scott, x. 263; and
picture of "The Abbotsford Fa-
mily," ib.

Professor, vi. 263.

William IV., x. 8, 21, 89, 108, 251.
"William and Helen." [See "Bur-
ger's Lenore."]

Williams, Archdeacon, vi. 271 pas-
sim. Chosen Rector of the New
Edinburgh Academy, vii. 267, 271.
vii. 385; x. 90, 221.

Williamson, W., of Cardrona, viii.
267, 268 n.

Willich, Dr, teacher of German, i.
278, 337.

Wilson, Captain, of the Lighthouse
Yacht, iv. 183 passim, 369.

Harriet, publication of her Me-
moirs, viii. 147. Meeting with,
148.

Mr Lestock, ix. 292, 293.

Professor John, short account
of, iii. 384. His "Magic Mirror,"
iv. 39. Lines from, on "The
Great Magician," 40. Visit to Ab-
botsford, v. 368 passim, 393. Can-
didate for the Moral Philosophy
Chair, vi. 216. Letter from Scott
on, 217. Admiral of the Lakes,
viii. 30, 51. Visit to Storrs, 50.

v. 210; vi. 380; vii. 210; viii.
30; x. 256.

Robert Sym, Esq., viii. 159.
William, Esq. ix. 18.

Mrs, Fushie Bridge, ix 178 n.

"With," a substantive, i. 126.
Wolcott, Dr, his attack of Gifford,
ix. 87.

Wollaston, Dr, at Abbotsford, vi.
239.

Woman of Fife, anecdote of a, viii.
39.

legal evidence of a deaf and
dumb, viii. 401.

-"vain, beautiful as," viii. 311.
Women, employment of, iv. 69; viii.
406.

of fashion, conduct of, viii. 74-5.
"Women, or Pour et Contra," Ma-
turin's novel of, v. 300. Scott's
letter of advice on, ib. Review of,
vi. 6.

Wood, Sir Alexander, i. 306, 324.
Letter to, ix. 267.

Mr Alexander, surgeon, i. 20.
Deacon, Galashiels, vii. 96.
John Philip, Esq., ix. 351, 352 n.
Woodhouselee, Lord, i. 59, 278; viii.

387.

His impressions of Scott, 164-165.
"Sonnet on Neidpath Castle," 11.
167. Visit at Grasmere of Mr and
Mrs Scott, 274. Letter from, on
Dryden, 287. Remarks on his poe-
try, iii. 32; vi. 283; ix. 63-64, 90.
"Sonnet on Killiecrankie," iii. 33.
Opinion of "Marmion," 45. His
bust by Chantrey, vi. 283. Visit to
Storrs, viii. 50. Visited by Scott
at Mount Rydal, 51-52. His anec-
dote of Crabbe, ix. 64. Visit to
Abbotsford, 1831, x. 104. His
"Yarrow Revisited," ib. "Sonnet
on the Eildons," 106.
Wordsworth, letters from, ii. 165-287;
iii. 45.

- iii. 172, 176, 260; vii. 262.

Miss, ii. 161, 162, 163 n.; vii.
262; viii. 52; x. 104.

World, "another and a better," ix.
268.

Wortley, Hon. John Stuart, x. 257.

for in 1823. Progress of, viii. 199,
206-207, 213, 217-218, 23250, 265,
314. Sale of, 316. Publication of
in June 1826, 353; and reception,
355. Critical remarks on, 355-356.
Its success, 357.
"Woody-Morven," The, iv. 339.
Wordsworth, William, Esq. visits
Scott at Lasswade, ii. 160. Recep-
tion, ib.; and excursions, 161-164.

ix. 14.

Wynn, Right Hon. C. W., ix. 243.

Y

Yair, seat of Mr. Pringle, ii. 190.
Yarmouth, Lord, now Marquis of
Hertford, v. 47.

Yarrow, river, ii. 189; iii. 6; v. 193.
Anecdotes of Mungo Park at, iii.
195, 197.