a, his favorite old greyhound, given him by Glengarry,
and quoting Shakespeare--'Crabbed old age and youth cannot agree.' On the
floor was the cover of a proof-sheet, sent for correction by Constable,
of the novel then in progress. N. B.--This took place before he was the
acknowledged author of the 'Waverley Novels.'" Landseer early suspected
Scott of the authorship of the novels, and without doubt he came to this
conclusion from what he saw at Abbotsford.

Landseer repeated his visits to Scotland for many years, and saw all parts
of that country at various seasons. From the time of his first visit there
was a new feeling in his works--a breadth and power was in them which he
gained from nature, and a refinement and elevation which he undoubtedly
received from his friendship with Sir Walter and the impetus it gave him.
He also became so interested in the Gaelic people that he painted good
pictures of them. At first these men did not know what to make of a
huntsman who would throw away his gun when fine game appeared, and draw
out pencils and paper to make pictures of what others were so eager to
shoot. This tendency made him a poor hunter; but he was intensely
interested in the chase, and especially in deer-stalking. He insisted that
deer had intelligence, and the question was whether the game or the hunter
happened to have the superior mind. When in London the artist was a quiet,
society gentleman; but each year he broke away from all city habits, and
went to the Highlands, where he divided his days between the chase and
painting portraits of his friends there with their children and pets, or
putting frescoes on the walls of their houses.

Landseer continued to live in his father's house long after he was a
famous man. The senior artist conducted all business matters--sold
pictures, and took the money for them as if his son was still a boy. At
length, through the advice of a friend, Edwin Landseer removed to No. 1
St. John's Wood Road, to which he gave the name of Maida Vale; he
enlarged, and improved this home from time to time, and had no other for
nearly fifty years.

[Illustration: FIG. 77.--THE EAGLE AND DEAD STAG. _By Landseer._]

In 1826 Landseer painted "Chevy Chase;" it was the only historical
painting he ever did, and still remains at Woburn Abbey, where it
originally went. The animals in the picture are excellent of course, but
this sort of painting was not that in which Landseer showed his best. This
yea