Waverley

WAVERLY, By Sir Walter Scott The Project Gutenberg EBook of Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete, by Sir Walter Scott This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete Author: Sir Walter Scott Release Date: October 25, 2006 [EBook #5998] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WAVERLEY *** Produced by David Widger. Reference was liberally made to an early PG version produced by Robert Rowe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. WAVERLEY OR 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE Complete BY SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. With Introductory Essay and Notes By ANDREW LANG With Illustrations 1893 THIS NEW EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS IS DEDICATED TO THE HON. MRS. MAXWELL SCOTT OF ABBOTSFORD AND HER CHILDREN, Walter, Mary, Michael, Alice, Malcolm Margaret and Herbert GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER AND GREAT-GREATGRANDCHILDREN OF THE AUTHOR, BY THE PUBLISHERS TO THE KING'S MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY. SIRE, The Author of this collection of Works of Fiction would not have presumed to solicit for them your Majesty's august patronage, were it not that the perusal has been supposed in some instances to have succeeded in amusing hours of relaxation, or relieving those of languor, pain, or anxiety, and therefore must have so far aided the warmest wish of your Majesty's heart, by contributing in however small a degree to the happiness of your people. They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty, agreeably to your gracious permission, by Your Majesty's Dutiful Subject, WALTER SCOTT. ABBOTSFORD, 1st January, 1829. CONTENTS. EDITOR'S NOTE ADVERTISEMENT GENERAL PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF WAVERLEY APPENDIX No. I. Fragment of a Romance which was to have been entitled Thomas the Rhymer. Chapter I. No. II. Conclusion of Mr. Strutt's Romance of Queen-Hoo Hall. Chapter IV., Chapter V. No. III. Anecdote of School Days EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO WAVERLEY INTRODUCTION PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION VOLUME I. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. INTRODUCTORY WAVERLEY HONOUR—A RETROSPECT EDUCATION CASTLE-BUILDING CHOICE OF A PROFESSION THE ADIEUS OF WAVERLEY A HORSE-QUARTER IN SCOTLAND A SCOTTISH MANOR-HOUSE SIXTY YEARS SINCE MORE OF THE MANOR-HOUSE AND ITS ENVIRONS ROSE BRADWARDINE AND HER FATHER THE BANQUET REPENTANCE AND A RECONCILIATION A MORE RATIONAL DAY THAN THE LAST WAVERLEY BECOMES DOMESTICATED AT TULLY-VEOLAN A CREAGH, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES AN UNEXPECTED ALLY APPEARS THE HOLD OF A HIGHLAND ROBBER WAVERLEY PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY THE CHIEF AND HIS MANSION A HIGHLAND FEAST THE CHIEFTAIN'S SISTER XXII. HIGHLAND MINSTRELSY XXIII. WAVERLEY CONTINUES AT GLENNAQUOICH XXIV. STAG-HUNT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES XXV. NEWS FROM ENGLAND XXVI. AN ECLAIRCISSEMENT XXVII. UPON THE SAME SUBJECT XXVIII. A LETTER FROM TULLY-VEOLAN XXIX. WAVERLEY'S RECEPTION IN THE LOWLANDS AUTHOR'S NOTES—Volume I. GLOSSARY—Volume I. VOLUME II. I. II. III. LOSS OF A HORSE'S SHOE MAY BE A SERIOUS INCONVENIENCE AN EXAMINATION A CONFERENCE, AND THE CONSEQUENCE IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. A CONFIDANT THINGS MEND A LITTLE A VOLUNTEER SIXTY YEARS SINCE AN INCIDENT WAVERLEY IS STILL IN DISTRESS A NOCTURNAL ADVENTURE THE JOURNEY IS CONTINUED AN OLD AND A NEW ACQUAINTANCE THE MYSTERY BEGINS TO BE CLEARED A SOLDIER'S DINNER THE BALL THE MARCH AN INCIDENT GIVES RISE TO UNAVAILING REFLECTIONS THE EVE OF BATTLE THE CONFLICT AN UNEXPECTED EMBARRASSMENT THE ENGLISH PRISONER RATHER UNIMPORTANT INTRIGUES OF LOVE AND POLITICS INTRIGUES OF SOCIETY AND LOVE FERGUS A SUITOR "TO ONE THING CONSTANT NEVER" A BRAVE MAN IN SORROW EXERTION XXVIII. THE MARCH XXIX. THE CONFUSION OF KING AGRAMANT'S CAMP XXX. A SKIRMISH XXXI. XXXII. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS A JOURNEY TO LONDON XXXIII. WHAT'S TO BE DONE NEXT? XXXIV. DESOLATION XXXV. COMPARING OF NOTES XXXVI. MORE EXPLANATION XXXVII. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. XLIII. XL. DULCE DOMUM XLII. A POSTSCRIPT WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A PREFACE AUTHOR'S NOTES—Volume II. GLOSSARY—Volume II. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME I. PORTRAIT OF SIR WALTER SCOTT——Painted by Raeburn,Etched by Batley ABBOTSFORD (FROM THE TWEED)——Etched by D. Y. Cameron TULLY-VEOLAN——Painted by W. J. Leitch, Etched by H. W. Batley "EH, SIRS!"——Original Etching by George Cruickshank WAVERLEY AND ROSE BRADWARDINE——Etched by Ben. Damman THE HOLD OF A HIGHLAND ROBBER—-Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth FLORA Mac-IVOR AT THE WATERFALL—-Original Etching by R. W. Macbeth VOLUME II. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD IN SHELTER——Etched by H. M. Raeburn STIRLING CASTLE——Etched by John Andrew and Son BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE—-Painted by Pettie, Etched by Raeburn COLONEL GARDINER—-Original Etching by H. Macbeth Raeburn DISBANDED——Painted by John Pettie, Etched by F. Huth BAILIE MACWHEEBLE——Painted by J. Lauder, Etched by H. Lefort "LADY WAUVERLEY! TEN THOUSAND A YEAR!"——Etching by Cruickshank WAVERLEY'S LAST VISIT TO FLORA MAC-IVOR——Painted by Herdman DOUNE CASTLE (FROM THE TEITH)——Etched by John Andrew and Son EDITOR'S NOTE. The purpose of the added matter in this edition of the Waverley Novels—a