by Lockhart.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected; illustrated with notes,
historical, critical and explanatory, and a life of the author, by
Walter Scott, Esq. 18 vols. London.
Second edition, 18 vols., Edinburgh, 1821.
Another edition, revised and corrected by George Saintsbury,
Edinburgh, 1882-1893.
The Life of John Dryden (4to, only 50 copies printed).
Memoirs of John Dryden, Paris, 1826.
Memoirs of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, written by himself, and
Fragmenta Regalia, being a history of Queen Elizabeth's favourites, by
Sir Robert Naunton. With explanatory annotations. Edinburgh. [Edited
by Scott anonymously.]
Scott contributed no introductions, but his notes are copious,
especially with regard to the history of the Border. This is one
of the books of which Scott is reported to have said to his
publisher, Mr. Constable, "Did I not do Hodgson, Carey, Carleton,
etc., to serve you; and did I ever ask or receive any
remuneration?" (_Ballantyne's Refutation_, etc., p. 76.)
Queenhoo-Hall, a romance; and Ancient Times, a drama. By the late
Joseph Strutt, author of Rural Sports and Pastimes of the People of
England. [Edited by Scott, who wrote a conclusion for Queenhoo-Hall.
This conclusion is given in an appendix to the introduction of
Waverley.] Edinburgh.
1809
The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler ... edited by Arthur
Clifford ... to which is added a memoir of the life of Sir Ralph
Sadler, with historical notes, by Walter Scott, Esq. 2 vols.
Edinburgh. (Also the same work in 3 vols., with same date.)
The biography is included in all the editions of Scott's Prose
Works.
The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, written by himself. With
a prefatory memoir. Edinburgh; printed by James Ballantyne & Co. for
John Ballantyne & Co. and John Murray. (A reprint of Walpole's
edition, with the prefatory memoir added.)
It is a question whether Scott edited this book, but it has been
ascribed to him, and is given under his name without hesitation in
the British Museum catalogue. The prefatory memoir is short and
largely made up of quotations, but it sounds as if Scott might
have written it. The book is one to which he often refers. Mr.
Sidney Lee, in his edition of the Autobiography, says merely,
"Walpole's edition was reprint
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