t valuable assistance in selection,
arrangement, and contribution; and to that individual they take
this opportunity to present the humble tribute of their thanks,
for a series of kindnesses, of which that now acknowledged is
among the least." There is no critical apparatus. The book
contains original poems by Scott, Southey, Rogers, Joanna Baillie,
and others not so well known.

The Lady of the Lake.

Memoirs of the Duke of Sully. Translated from the French [by Charlotte
Lennox] ... a new edition ... corrected, with additional notes, some
letters of Henry the Great, and a brief historical introduction
embellished with portraits. 5 vols. London.

Another edition, 4 vols. London 1858, has these words on the
title-page: "A new edition, revised and corrected; with additional
notes, and an historical introduction, attributed to Sir Walter
Scott." I have found no external evidence that Scott was the
editor. The introduction sounds as if Scott wrote it, but that so
much work could have been done by him without occasioning any
record seems unlikely. There is a historical introduction of 35
pp., and copious notes. The book is one with which Scott was
familiar. See Memoirs of Robert Carey, pp. 34 and 41.

The Poetical Works of Anna Seward, with extracts from her literary
correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott, Esq. 3 vols. Edinburgh.

The biographical preface is given in the Miscellaneous Prose
Works. The notes are by Miss Seward.

Ancient British Drama, in three volumes. London. (Printed for William
Miller, by James Ballantyne & Co., Edinburgh.)

I find no evidence that Scott was the editor of this book, but it
is sometimes ascribed to him in library catalogues. It contains
merely a two-page introduction and brief notes, and a collection
of plays. (See above, p. 52, note.)

1811
The Modern British Drama, in five volumes. London. (Printed for
William Miller, by James Ballantyne & Co., Edinburgh.)

Vols. I and II, Tragedies, with introduction in vol. I.

Vols. III and IV, Comedies, with introduction in vol. III.

Vol. V, Operas and Farces, with introduction.

These volumes apparently belong to the same collection as the
Ancient British Drama, noted above, and the external evidence for
Scott's authorship is the same. But the introductio