t of James the First (edited).

1813 Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I, by Sir Philip Warwick
(edited).

1814 The Works of Jonathan Swift (edited).

1814-17 The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland.

1816 Paul's Letters.

1818 Essay on Chivalry.

1819 Essay on the Drama.

1819-26 Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland.

1820 Trivial Poems and Triolets by Patrick Carey (edited).

1821 Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland; and
the Contemplative and Practical Angler (edited).

1821-24 The Novelists' Library (edited).

1822 Chronological Notes of Scottish Affairs from 1680 till 1701
(edited).

1822 Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War (edited).

1824 Essay on Romance.

1826 Letters of Malachi Malagrowther on the Currency.

1827 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte.

1828 Tales of a Grandfather, first series.

1828 Religious Discourses, by a Layman.

1828 Proceedings in the Court-martial held upon John, Master of
Sinclair, etc. (edited).

1829 Memorials of George Bannatyne (edited).

1829 Tales of a Grandfather, second series.

1829-32 The "Opus Magnum" (Novels, Tales, and Romances, with
Introductions and Notes by the Author).

1830 Tales of a Grandfather, third series.

1830 Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft.

1830 History of Scotland.

1831 Tales of a Grandfather, fourth series.

1831 Trial of Duncan Terig, etc. (edited).

* * * * *

1890 The Journal of Sir Walter Scott.

1894 Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott.

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

Importance of a study of Scott's critical and scholarly
work--Connection between his creative work and his
criticism--Chronological view of his literary career.

Scott's critical work has become inconspicuous because of his
predominant fame as an imaginative writer; but what it loses on this
account it perhaps gains in the special interest attaching to criticism
formulated by a great creative artist. One phase of his work is
emphasized and explained by the other, and we cannot afford to ignore
his criticism if we attempt fairly to comprehend his genius as a poet
and novelist. The fact that he is the subject of one of the noblest
biographies in our language only increases our obligation to become
acquainted with his own presentation