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Sir Walter Scott's Dogs. Share full article. From The Westminster Review. Oct. 16, 1898; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 16, 1898, Page ...
The author was widely believed to be Sir Walter Scott, at the time better known for his poetry — of the “Oh, what a tangled web we weave” variety. “Waverley” was something new for Scott.
An academic has called for greater recognition of Walter Scott's legacy as his novel Waverley marks its 200th anniversary. Prof Alison Lumsden, of the University of Aberdeen, said criticism of ...
SCOTT was twenty-six, the age of Keats at his death, before he wrote any original verse. He then wrote two poems to two ladies: one out of a bitter personal feeling, the other as a passing ...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust with support from the Hawthornden Foundation, the Buccleuch Living ...
THE publication entire of the journal of Sir Walter Scott, 1 though liberal use of it was made by Lockhart, offers the great advantage that the reader, being interrupted by no comment save that of ...
A rare seal which belonged to Sir Walter Scott has sold for nearly £14,000 at auction. It is part of the Matrix Collection of desk seals gathered by the late David Morris, an avid collector.
Or, after the novel by Sir Walter Scott." He said that Penguin editions for the book had sold around 100,000 copies in the last decade, with worldwide sales of around 200,000 copies.
Sir Walter Scott’s original manuscript for his narrative poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, is to be displayed for the first time at Abbotsford, his home near Melrose.
Sir Walter Scott’s desk seal, likely to have been the one used in correspondence to King George IV, is to go under the hammer this week where it could sell for as much as £18,000.
SIR WALTER SCOTT. Share full article. Aug. 8, 1903. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from August 8, 1903, Section BR, Page 8 Buy Reprints.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, historian, poet and playwright. The prize is managed by the Abbotsford Trust ...