Cathcart, Lord, iv. 139; v. 82, 83.

Robert, Esq. of Drum, iii. 338.
Catholic (Roman) Emancipation,
Scott's views hostile to, iii. 34; vi.
303. In favour of, vii. 366; viii.
33, 40-1, 59; ix. 103, 271, 302, 305,
308-9, 316. Bill for, passed, 317;
x. 8.

Anti-, Administration, ix. 103.

Church hymns, iv. 33; x. 214.
Catholicism, (Roman) views of,
and remarks on, v. 39; viii. 40,
58, 151; x. 195; "a mean and de-
praving superstition," ix. 305.
Catrail, The, ii. 67, 189; iii. 340;
viii. 105.

Cauldshields Loch, iv. 85; v. 236-7.
Cave of Down Kerry, iv. 361.
Caves of Egg Island, iv. 319, 321.
Cave of Friskin, iv. 290.

of Macallister, in Skye, iv. 287;
description of, 315, 332.

of Port Coon, iv. 361.

of Staffa, iii. 276, 284, 295; iv.
330; description of, 331, 332.

of Uam Smowe, description
of, iv. 280-90, 332.
Cay, John, Esq., viii. 134.

Robert Hodgson, Esq., i. 326.
Cellini, Benvenuto, x. 177.
Celtic Society, vi. 291, 294, 320; vii.
51, 74. Present of a broad-sword,
viii. 211. Dinner, ix. 311.
"Century of inventions" at Abbots-
ford, vii. 145.

Cervantes, v. 182; x. 105, 187.
Chain-bridge, Scotch and French,
x. 46-7.

Chairmen at dinners, rules for, ix.
78-9.

"ChaldeeManuscript," v. 294 n.,370.
Chalmers, George, Esq. (the cele-
brated antiquary, &c.) i. 33 n.,
348; ii. 85.

Chambers, Mr Robert, ix. 305; his
"Traditions of Edinburgh," i.
107-8; and "Picture of Scotland,"
ix. 305.

Champaign, exchange of, for Scott's
works, vii. 130.
Changes, human, vi. 400, 402.
Chantrey, Sir Francis, his busts
of Scott, vi. 203 passim 210, 358,
363; ix. 241 n.; x. 265. Letter to
Sir Robert Peel regarding, x. 265.
Bust of James Watt, vi. 278; and
of Wordsworth, 283.
-i. 142; iii. 99; ix. 247.
Character, judged of in epistolary
correspondence, iii. 43.

human, remarks on the deli-
neation of, x. 222-5.
"Charge Law," iii. 335.
Charlecote-Hall, visit to, ix. 227.
Charles I. King of England, i. 275;
ix. 19; hair-ring of, iv. 141.

II., ix. 19. Court of, vi. 8. Civil
wars of, vii. 265.

X. of France, ix. 35. His re-
turn to Holyrood Palace, 364.
Scott's appeal to the citizens of
Edinburgh in favour of, 365-8.
iv. 169 n.; vii. 265.

XII. of Sweden, portrait of, vi.
153, 195.

Edward, Prince, (1745.) [See
Stuart.]

Charlotte, Queen, illness of, v. 366.
Death of, vi. 7. Remarks on her
court, 7, 8.

Charpentier, J. C., and Madame, of
Lyons, parents of Lady Scott, i.
367, 375, 382.

Charles, brother of Lady Scott,
i. 367, 375, 382. Death of, vi. 8;
and bequest, 10.

Letters to, ii. 129; iii. 341.
Chatham, Lord, ix. 243. Letters of,
244.

Check-mate, v. 47.

Cheney, Edward, Esq., x. 176, 177,
189. His Memoranda of Scott at
Rome, 184-98.
"Cherokee Lovers," American MS.
tragedy of the, v. 382.
Chess, game of, i. 174.

Chess playing, anecdote of, v. 47.
Chiaveri, the Chevalier Luigi, x.177.
Chiefswood Cottage, vi. 224; the
residence of Mr and Mrs Lock-
hart, 337, 388; ix. 347, 353; x. 63,
90. Visits of Scott to, 389; vii.
276; viii. 86, 187, 230; ix. 133, 353;
x. 90.

Child, an only, vii. 234.

Childe Harold, Canto IV. reviewed,
vi. 6.

Chimney-sweeps, vii. 233.

sweeping, vii. 235.

Clarke, Rev. Dr J. S., iii. 406. Let-
ters from, iv. 107; v. 45. Letter
to, iv. 143.
Clarkson, Ebenezer, Esq., Selkirk,
vi. 199; ix. 181; x. 38, 208, 213.
James, Esq., Melrose, viii. 180;
x. 3, 62, 208, 213, 219 n.
Classical languages, study of, re-
commended, vi. 274, 287; but not
too exclusively, 323.

Claverhouse [See Viscount Dundee.]
Cleeve, Rev. Mr, one of Scott's
early teachers, i. 30.

Lismore, iv. 343.

Mr, vi. 81, 82.

Chiswick, visit to, ix. 241.

"Chiverton, Sir John," a novel, ix.6.
Choice of a profession, advice on,
vi. 224-5.

Christmas and New-Years' parties,
reflections on, vii. 293-4.
"CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE,
1st SERIES," 2 Vols., commence-
ment of, viii. 345, 357. Progress,
371-2. Publication of, in Novem-
ber 1827, ix. 173.

v. 308; ix. 6.
"CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE,
2d SERIES," 3 Vols: commence-
ment of, and tales rejected from,
ix. 181, 182, 189. [ See "FAIR MAID
OF PERTH."]

Church, Presbyterian, x. 244. Epis-
copal, ib.

Churnside's (Mrs) school anecdote
of Scott, i. 140.

Cicero, "de Oratore," passage in,
applied to Scott, viii. 335.

Cigars, use of, vi. 137; viii. 117, 195,
281; ix. 313; x. 15.

Visit to, at Torloisk, iv. 333.
-v. 335; vi. 125; ix. 155.

Letters to, v. 206; vi. 96.

Miss M. Maclean, of Tor-
loisk, letter from, on "Waverley,"
iv. 400. Her marriage, v. 55. [ See
Marchioness of Northampton.]
Clergyman's daughter, account of
one, v. 251.

Clerk, William, Esq., i.69, 77. Scott's
early estimate of, 80, 82. Admit-
ted, with Scott, a member of the
Faculty of Advocates, 83. Com-
panionship with Scott, 198 passim
208 n., 213. "Darsie Latimer," 218.
Visit to Craighall with Scott, 291.
Conversation, iii. 344. Sketch of,
viii. 109. Dinner parties, ix. 75.
Letter to, on the affair of General
Gourgaud, 143.

Letters from Scott to, i. 213;
Rosebank, 225; Kippilaw, 229; on
Flodden-field, 245; from Rose-
bank, 256, 260.

-i. 172, 257, 272, 276; vi. 25, 87,
179, 259; ix. 145.

Sir John, of Pennycuick, i. 70.
Antiquarian anecdote of, 203; v.

143.

John, Esq. of Eldin, author of
the Naval Tactics, i. 202.

John, Lord Eldin, anecdote of,
i. 203. Solicitor-General, ii. 321.
James, the brother of William
Clerk, Esq., i. 201, 231, 263.

Miss Elizabeth, viii. 197.
"Clerk Colville," ballad of, iv. 260.

Scotland, viii. 401, 405.
Companions, Scott's early, i. 63, 77,

198.

Clestrom, Orkney, iv. 264-7.

Clovenford inn, ii. 59, 161.

Clyde, frith of, iv. 367; viii. 8.
Coalition administration, ix. 131,

186.

"Cobbler of Kelso," v. 218, 219.
Cochrane, Sir Alexander, i. 201.
"Cock-a-pistol," viii. 230.
Cockburn, Mrs, her lines on Sir
Walter Scott's father, i. 13. Au-
thoress of the "Flowers of the
Forest," i. 118. Her account of
Scott in his 7th year, 119. Lines
to, in his 14th year, 167.

Henry, Lord, his estimate of
Scott's conversation, v. 331.
ix. 74; x. 215, 216.

Sir George, ix. 12.

Cockenzie, visit to, ix. 351.
Cogswell, Mr, vi. 42.

Cohen, Mr, now Sir Francis Pal-
grave, vii. 116.

Colburn, Mr Henry, ix. 195, 207.
Coleridge, S. T., his "Christabel,"
ii. 210; vii. 291. Anecdotes of
him, iii. 185; ix. 232. Vindicates
Scott from a charge of plagiar-
ism, iii. 293. His letter to David
Hinves, iv. 398 n. His " Biogra-
phia Literaria," v. 300-3. Attack
of Marturin's "Bertram," 300.
Estimate of his genius, 379, 380.

ii. 91, 117; iii. 112, 172, 160.
Colquhoun, John Campbell, Esq. of
Killermont (Lord Advocate), i.
338; iii. 127, 133.

"Colonel Grogg," a sobriquet of
Scott, i. 207, 213 passim.
Colonsay, Isle of, iv. 353.
Colvay, Island of, iv. 337, 338.
Combinations among operatives,
viii. 123-5.

Commercial affairs in 1825, viii. 81,
86-105.

Company, good and bad, vi. 315, 316.
"Complaynt of Scotland," the, ii.73.
Compton, Lord and Lady, visit of,
v. 394.

Concealed thoughts, ix. 44-5.
Congenial pursuits and habits, lo-
cal separation of, ii. 127.
Coningsburgh Castle, iii. 371, 379.
"Conquest of Granada," MS. poem
on, i. 183.

Constable, Archibald, ii. 53, 240.
Publishes "Sir Tristrem," 177;
"Lay of the Last Minstrel," 227;
and "Slingsby's Memoirs," iii. 3.
Purchase of "Marmion" before
its completion, for £1050, 4. En-
gagement with Scott for an edi
tion of Swift's Life and Works, 82.
Sketch of his person and profes-
sional character, 122. Temporary
alienation of Scott, from, 117, 145,
149-58, 169, 172, 200. Bequest to,
of Miss Seward's MS. Correspon-
dence, 226, 228, 298. Gradual re-
conciliation with Scott, 247; iv.
75, 161. Change in the firm of Con-
stable & Co., and Scott's opinion
of it, iii. 336. Negotiations with,
for relief of John Ballantyne &
Co., iv. 75, 77, 120; v. 147, 217-19,
272. Scott's negotiation with, for
land-purchase, iv. 84. Offer for
the copyright of "Waverley," 167.
Purchase of "The Lord of the
Isles, 394. His position with Scott
in 1816, v. 147-51. Suggests the
title of "Rob Roy," 217. Negotia-
tions for the 2d Tales of my Land-
lord, 270-2. Sobriquet of "the
Crafty," 294 n., 351. His social
intercourse with the Ballantynes,
350-3. Anecdotes and nicknames,
351-2. Description of, in his re-
sidence at Polton, 353. Purchase

of Scott's copyrights in 1818, for
£12,000, vi. 21. A Sunday at Ab-
botsford, 188. Characteristic an-
ecdotes of, vi. 267. Extravagant
literary projects, vi. 404; vii. 18,
24-6. Second purchase of Scott's
copyrights, £5520, vi. 420. Con-
tracts with Scott for four unnam-
ed works of fiction, 422; vii. 107.
Introduction of "Nigel," vii. 19.
Estate of Balniel, 26. Presented
with the Waverley MSS., viii. 138.
Third purchase of copyrights,
£5500, 161. Gift of the Variorum
Classics, 224. Visit to Abbotsford,
and projection of his "MISCEL-
LANY," 379-86. Collections for
the Life of Bonaparte, vii. 390.
Personal character and retro-
spective sketch of his commer-
cial connexion with Scott and the
Ballantynes, viii. 95, 188, 195, 197.
Rumours of the instability of his
firm, viii. 83 passim 197. Dedica-
tion of his Miscellany to the King,
viii. 142, 166. Scheme of repub-
lishing "The Waverley Novels,"
171-2. His interviews with Mr
Lockhart in London, 174-8, 357.
Catastrophe of his affairs, 197, 203,
212, 230, 239, 314; ix. 187. Illness,
viii. 329. Change of Scott's views
regarding him, 357. His death,
ix. 127. Sketch of his character,
127-8, 270.

Constable, Archibald, letters to, iii.
153, 247; iv. 84, 121; vi. 66; vii.
128, 130, 138, 225, 245.

Letters from, iii. 152; vii. 20.
iii. 27, 29, 88, 99; iv. 97 passim
161, 165; v. 22-5, 302, 335; vi. 6,
52, 212, 266; vii. 104, 107, 208; viii.
137-65, 207, 283.
"Constable's Miscellany," projec-
tion of, vii. 379-86, 391; viii. 176.
Dedication of to the King, viii.
142, 166. Scott's "Larochejaque-
lin" for, 172, 180; ix. 269.

Constable, Mr David, vii. 129 n.

George, Prestonpans, the pro-
totype of Jonathan Oldbuck, i.
33, 34 n., 122, 203, 340; v. 143-4;
vii. 112; ix. 350.

Lady Winifred, ix. 260.
Constar, Jean, impositions of, on
the field of Waterloo, v. 64, 71.
Conversation, ix. 17, 45, 49, 230.

anecdote, iii. 344.

English, Scotch, and Irish,
viii. 395-6.

Convivial habitsof Edinburgh,i.200.
Coronation of George IV., vi. 215,
339. Scott's account of, 345.
Cooke, George Frederick, his Sir
Giles Overreach superior to Kem-
ble's, iv. 66.

Cooper, Mr (the American novel-
ist), his "Pilot," vii. 242. Meets
Scott in Paris, ix. 34, 37, 39.
Copyrights, sale of, in 1818, for

£12,000, vi. 21; in 1821, for £5,500,
420; in 1823, for £5,500, vii. 161.

Waverley, &c., arbitration on,
and re-purchase of, ix. 187-90.
Corby Castle, v. 98.
Corchiano, Duke and Duchess of,
x. 179; their MS. Memoirs of Ita-
lian families, ib.
Corehouse, vi. 401; visit to, ix. 156.

Lord. [See George Cranstoun.]
Coriolanus, Mr J. P. Kemble in, v
208.

Cormorants, iv. 290.

Corra Linn, fall of, ix. 156.
Correspondence, sentimental, iii.

228.

Correspondents, lazy, vii. 259-60.
Corri, Nattali, anecdote of, ix. 257.
Corrievreckan, gulf of, iv. 353.
Cork, city of, visited, viii. 45.
Coulter, William, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, anecdotes of, iii. 217,
217 n.

"COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS," ori-
gin of the tale, viii. 265. Com-
mencement, ix. 357. Progress,