EDITOR‘S NOTE
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EDITOR‘S NOTE
The purpose of the added matter in this edition of the Waverley Novels--a reprint of the magnum opus of 1829-1832--is to give to the stories their historical setting, by stating the circumstances in which they were composed and made their first appearance.
Sir Walter‘s own delightful Introductions, written hastily, as Lockhart says, and with a failing memory, have occasionally been corrected by Lockhart himself. His "Life of Scott" must always be our first and best source, but fragments of information may be gleaned from Sir Walter‘s unpublished correspondence.
The Editor owes to the kindness of Mrs. Maxwell Scott permission to examine the twenty-four large volumes of letters to Sir Walter, and some other manuscripts, which are preserved at Abbotsford. These yield but little of contemporary criticism or remark, as is natural, for Scott shared his secret with few, and most topics were more grateful to him than his own writings. Lockhart left l

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