WALTER SCOTT: THE CRITICAL HERITAGE THE CRITICAL H ERITAGE SERIES General Editor: B.C.Southam The Critical Heritage series collects together a large body of criticism on major figures in literature Each volume presents the contemporary responses to a particular writer, enabling the student to follow the formation of critical attitudes to the writer’s work and its place within a literary tradition The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to fragments of contemporary opinion and little published documentary material, such as letters and diaries Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included in order to demonstrate fluctuations in reputation following the writer’s death WALTER SCOTT THE CRITICAL HERITAGE Edited by JOHN O.HAYDEN London and New York First Published in 1970 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003 Compilation, introduction, notes and index © 1970 John O.Hayden All rights reserved No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data ISBN 0-203-19771-2 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-19774-7 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-13427-7 (Print Edition) General Editor’s Preface The reception given to a writer by his contemporaries and nearcontemporaries is evidence of considerable value to the student of literature On one side we learn a great deal about the state of criticism at large and in particular about the development of critical attitudes towards a single writer; at the same time, through private comments in letters, journals or marginalia, we gain an insight upon the tastes and literary thought of individual readers of the period Evidence of this kind helps us to understand the writer’s historical situation, the nature of his immediate reading-public, and his response to these pressures The separate volumes in the Critical Heritage Series present a record of this early criticism Clearly for many of the highly-productive and lengthily-reviewed nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers, there exists an enormous body of material; and in these cases the volume editors have made a selection of the most important views, significant for their intrinsic critical worth or for their representative quality—perhaps even registering incomprehension! For earlier writers, notably pre-eighteenth century, the materials are much scarcer and the historical period has been extended, sometimes far beyond the writer’s lifetime, in order to show the inception and growth of critical views which were initially slow to appear In each volume the documents are headed by an Introduction, discussing the material assembled and relating the early stages of the author’s reception to what we have come to identify as the critical tradition The volumes will make available much material which would otherwise be difficult of access, and it is hoped that the modern reader will be thereby helped towards an informed understanding of the ways in which literature has been read and judged B.C.S This book is for Mary Contents page xiii xiv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE ON THE TEXT INTRODUCTION The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) Review in Literary Journal 1805 FRANCIS JEFFREY The Lady of the Lake (1810) Review in British Critic 1810 COLERIDGE: a letter to Wordsworth 1810 52 56 Rokeby (1813) Review in British Review 1813 62 Waverley (1814) Review in British Critic 1814 JANE AUSTEN: a comment 1814 MARIA EDGEWORTH: a letter 1814 FRANCIS JEFFREY in Edinburgh Review 1814 67 74 75 79 The Field of Waterloo (1815) 10 Review in La Belle Assembleé 1815 85 Guy Mannering (1815) 11 WORDSWORTH on Scott’s first novels 1815 12 Review in Augustan Review 1815 86 87 13 GEORGE ELLIS Marmion (1808) in Edinburgh Review 1808 The Lord of the Isles (1815) in Quarterly Review 1815 ix 25 35 90 APPENDIX: LI ST OF REVIEWS OF SCOTT’S NOVELS This list is intended to comprise and supplement the lists of contemporary reviews contained in James C.Corson’s A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott (Edinburgh, 1943) The novels are listed in order of publication, the reviews in order of appearance (the actual dates of publication of the Quarterly Review are taken from H and H.C.Shine, The Quarterly Review Under Gifford (Chapel Hill, N.C., 1949)) Attributions of authorship, given in parentheses when known or suspected (indicated by ‘?’), are taken mostly from standard sources: for the Quarterly, Shine, as cited above; for the Edinburgh Review, Walter E.Houghton, ed., The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (London and Toronto, 1966); for Blackwood’s Magazine, Alan L.Strout, A Bibliography of Articles in Blackwood’s Magazine (Lubbock, Texas, 1959); for the Monthly Review, B.C.Nangle, The Monthly Review (Oxford, 1955) The attributions for the London Magazine are taken from T.R.Hughes’ unpublished dissertation, ‘The London Magazine’ (Oxford University, 1931); and those for the Eclectic Review are taken from marked copies in the London Library Other attributions are from Corson’s bibliography, cited above Asterisks by page numbers indicate misnumbering Abbreviations used AjR AugR LaBA BC BLM BM BR Champ CO CR EcR EdM Antijacobin Review and Magazine (1798–1821) Augustine Review (1815–16) La Belle Assembleé (1806–32) British Critic (1793–1826) British Lady’s Magazine (1815–18) Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine (1817– ) British Review (1811–25) Champion (1814–22) Christian Observer (1802–74) Critical Review (1756–1817) Eclectic Review (1805–68) Edinburgh Magazine (1817–26) 541 APPENDIX EM ER Exam GM LC LG LitMus LitReg LJGM LM Gold’s LM LMM LS LSB LSMS MC MM MinMag MR NAR NEM NER NMM QR Scot SM TI UR WestR WR European Magazine and London Review (1782–1826) Edinburgh Review (1802–1929) Examiner (1808–81) Gentleman’s Magazine (1731–1868) Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review (1819–29) Literary Gazette (1817–62) Literary Museum (1822–24) Literary Register (1822–23) Literary Journal, and General Miscellany (1818–19) London Magazine (1820–29) London Magazine; and Monthly Critical and Dramatic Review (1820–21) Lady’s Monthly Museum (1798–1828) Literary Speculum (1821–23) Literary Sketch-Book (1823–24) Literary and Statistical Magazine for Scotland (1817–22) Monthly Censor (1822–23) Monthly Magazine (1796–1825) Miniature Magazine (1818–1820) Monthly Review (1749–1845) North American Review (1815–1940) New European Magazine (1822–24) New Edinburgh Review (1821–23) New Monthly Magazine (1814–36) Quarterly Review (1809– ) Scotsman (1817– ) Scots Magazine (1739–1817) Theatrical Inquisitor (1812–21) Universal Review (1824–25) Western Review (1819–21) Westminster Review (1824–1914) Waverley (1814) SM, LXXVI (July 1814), 524–33; QR, XI (July 1814), 354–77 [pub between July and 30 July] (J.W.Croker); Champ, 24 July 1814, 238–9 (J.Scott); BC, II 2s (Aug 1814), 189–211; AjR, LXVII (Sept 1814), 217–47*; NMM, II (Sept 1814), 156; Scourge, VIII (Oct 1814), 291–8; ER, XXIV (Nov 1814), 208–43 (F.Jeffrey); MR, LXXV (Nov 1814), 275–89 (J.Merivale); CR, I 5s (March 1815), 288–83*; The Port Folio, V 3s (April 1815), 326–33; ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey); GM, LXXXV–i, 538 Guy Mannering (1815) QR, XII (Jan 1815), 501–9 [pub by 14 Jan 1815] (J.W.Croker); BC, III 2s (April 1815), 399–409; NMM, III (April 1815), 256; Champ, April 1815, 118; BLM, I 542 APPENDIX (May 1815), 355–8; MR, LXXVII 2s (May 1815), 85–94; AjR, XLVIII (June 1815), 544–50; CR, I 5s (June 1815), 600–3; AugR, I (July 1815), 228–33; SM, LXXVII (Aug 1815), 608–14; NAR, I (Sept 1815), 403–36; Port Folio, II 4s (Aug 1816), 159–78; ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey) The Antiquary (1816) SM, LXXVIII (May 1816), 365–73; BC, V 2s (June 1816), 633–57; GM, LXXXVI–i (June 1816), 521–3; NMM, V (June 1816), 444; AjR, L (July 1816), 625–32; QR, XV (April 1816), 125–39 [pub Aug 1816] (J.W.Croker); AugR, III (Aug 1816), 155–77; BLM, IV (Aug 1816) 103–5; EM, LXX (Sept 1816), 248– 50; MR, LXXXII (Jan 1817), 38–52; ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey) Tales of My Landlord: The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality (1816) SM, LXXVIII (Dec 1816), 928–34; CR, IV 5s (Dec 1816), 614–25; BC, VII 2s (Jan 1817), 73–97; Edinburgh Christian Instructor, XIV (Jan 1817), 41–73, (Feb 1817), 100–140, (Mar 1817), 170–201 (Thomas M’Crie); MM, XLII (1 Jan 1817), 546; NMM, VI (Jan 1817), 533–4; BLM, V (Feb 1817), 94–101; BR, IX (Feb 1817), 184–204; ER, XXVIII (March 1817), 193–259 (F.Jeffrey); QR, XVI (Jan 1817), 430–80 [pub April 1817] (W.Scott, W.Erskine, and W.Gifford); EcR, VII 2s (April 1817), 309–36 (J.Conder); MR, LXXXII 2s (April 1817), 383–91; NAR, V (July 1817), 257–86 (J.G.Palfrey); The Port Folio, IV 4s (Nov 1817), 400–408; ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey) Rob Roy (1818) AjR, LIII (Jan 1818), 417–31; EdM, II 2s (Jan 1818), 41–50, (Feb 1818), 148–53 (R Morehead); TI, XII (Jan 1818), 36–40; Scot, Jan 1818, 7; LG, 17 Jan 1818, 34–6; BR, XI (Feb 1818), 192–255; EM, LXXIII (Feb 1818), 137–9; ER, XXIX (Feb 1818), 403–32 (F.Jeffrey); LSMS, II (Feb 1818), 45–60; MM, XLV (1 Feb 1818), 63; GM, LXXXVIII–i, (March 1818), 243; MR, LXXXV (March 1818), 261–75; Analectic Magazine, II (April 1818), 273–311; BC, IX 2s (May 1818), 528– 40; NAR, VII (July 1818), 149–84 (E.T Channing); ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1– 54 (F.Jeffrey); QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–28 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) Tales of My Landlord, Second Series: The Heart of Midlothian (1818) BM, III (Aug 1818), 567–74; EdM, III (Aug 1818), 107–17; LSMS, II (Aug 1818), 314–22; Scot, Aug 1818, 247; LG, Aug 1818, 497–500; LJGM, Aug 1818, 304–6, 15 Aug 1818, 324–7; Edinburgh Advertiser, 14 Aug 1818, 100; BC, X 2s (Sept 1818), 246–60; MM, XLVI (1 Sept 1818), 158; NMM, X (Oct 1818), 250; AjR, LV (Nov 1818), 212–18; BR, XII (Nov 1818), 396–406; GM, LXXXVIII–ii (Nov 1818), 426–9; MR, LXXXVII (Dec 1818), 356–70; Green Man, 26 Dec 1818, 68–9; EcR, XII 2s (Nov 1819), 422–52 (J.Conder); ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey); QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–48 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) 543 APPENDIX Tales of My Landlord, Third Series: The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose (1819) BM, V (June 1819), 340–53; EdM, IV 2s (June 1819), 547–54, V 2s (July 1819), 38–45; LC, 26 June 1819, 81–6, July 1819, 101–4; LG, 26 June 1819, 401–5, July 1819, 419–23; Scot, 26 June 1819, 207; MinMag, III (July 1819), 85–93 [Bride of Lammermoor]; MM, XLVII (1 July 1819), 539; AjR, LVI (Aug 1819), 507–14; BR XIV (Aug 1819), 233–47; MR, LXXXIX 2s (Aug 1819), 387–403; NER, II (Aug 1819), 160–84; NMM, XII (Aug 1819), 67–73; MinMag, III (Sept 1819), 184–93 [Legend ofMontrose]; EcR, XII 2s (Nov 1819), 422–52 (J.Conder); LG, 18 Dec 1819, 802–6; ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey); LC, Dec 1820, 784; QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–48 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) Ivanhoe (1820) BM, VI (Dec 1819), 262–72; LG, 25 Dec 1819, 817–23; Scot, 25 Dec 1819, 414; EdM, VI 2s (Jan 1820), 7–16 (R.Morehead); ER, XXXIII (Jan 1820), 1–54 (F.Jeffrey); Gold’s LM, I (Jan 1820), 79–84, (Feb 1820), 154–71; LM, I (Jan 1820), 79–84 (J.Scott); MR, XCI (Jan 1820), 71–89; NMM, XIII (Jan 1820), 73–82; LC, Jan 1820, 1–4, Jan 1820, 21–4; Champ, Jan 1820, 27–8, 15 Jan 1820, 42–4; LMM, XI 3s (Feb 1820), 97–101; MM, XLIX (Feb 1820), 71; NER, III (Feb 1820), 163–99; WestR, II (May 1820), 204–24; BR, XV (June 1820), 393–454; EcR, XIII 2s (June 1820), 526–40; QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–49 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) The Monastery (1820) BM, VI (March 1820), 692–704; EdM, VI 2s (March 1820), 254–56, (April 1820), 297–304; LG, 25 March 1820, 193–200; Scot, 25 March 1820, 101; AjR, LVIII (April 1820), 174–83; EM, LXXVII (April 1820), 344–7; Gold’s LM, I (April 1820), 414– 22, (May, 1820), 506–14; GM, XC-i (April 1820), 334–6; LC, April 1820, 209–14; MR, XCI 2s (April 1820), 404–26; NMM, XIII (April 1820), 486–7; LM, I (May 1820), 565–8 (J.Scott); LMM, XI 3s (May 1820), 273–80; MM, XLIX (1 May 1820), 354–5; BR, XV (June 1820), 393–454; WestR, II (July 1820), 341–54; EcR, XIV 2s (Oct 1820), 244–53; NER, IV (Dec 1820), 691–717; The Port Folio, IX (1820), 337– 8; QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–48 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) The Abbot (1820) AjR, LIX (Sept 1820), 49–66; BM, VII (Sept 1820), 665–7 (J.G.Lockhart); EdM, VII 2s (Sept 1820), 248–56; EM, LXXVIII (Sept, 1820), 241–6; MR, XCIII (Sept 1820), 67–83; LG, Sept 1820, 561–9; LC, Sept 1820, 577–85; Scot, Sept 1820, 295; EcR, XIV 2s (Oct 1820), 254–68; Gold’s LM, II (Oct 1820), 414–16, (Nov 1820), 493–503; LM, II (Oct 1820), 427–37 (J.Scott); LMM, XII 3s (Oct 1820), 213–15; NMM, XIV (Oct 1820), 421–30; MM, L (1 Oct 1820), 266–7; GM, XC-ii (Nov 1820), 433–6; NER, IV (Dec 1820), 691–717; The Port Folio, X (Dec 1820), 370–87; WestR, III (Dec 1820), 255–60; QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–48 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W.Senior) 544 APPENDIX Kenilworth (1821) BM, VIII (Jan 1821), 435–42; EdM, VIII 2s (Jan 1821), 10–16 (R.Morehead); EM, LXXIX (Jan 1821), 53–61; Scot, 13 Jan 1821, 15, 20 Jan 1821, 22; LG, 20 Jan 1821, 33–40; LC, 20 Jan 1821, 33–37, 27 Jan 1821, 52–7; Dublin Inquisitor, I (Feb 1821), 138–50; LM, III (Feb 1821), 188–200 (J.Scott); MR, XCIV (Feb 1821), 146–61; NMM, I (Feb 1821), 243–9; BR, XVII (March 1821), 216–29; Gold’s LM, III (March 1821), 291–4; GM, XCI-i (March 1821), 246–52; MM, LI (March 1821), 167; NER, V (March 1821), 324–53; The Port Folio, XI (March 1821), 161–93; Exam, 11 March 1821, 156–7; WestR, IV (April 1821), 154–76; QR, XXVI (Oct 1821), 109–48 [pub Dec 1821] (N.W Senior) The Pirate (officially published 1822; actually published Dec 1821) BM, X (Dec 1821), 712–28 (J.G.Lockhart?); EdM, IX 2s (Dec 1821), 535–54; GM, XCI-ii (Dec 1821), 541–2, (supp Feb 1822), 607–13; LG, 22 Dec 1821, 801–8; Scot, 29 Dec 1821, 414; Exam, 30 Dec 1821, 826–7; BC, XVII 2s (Jan 1822), 93– 109; EM, LXXXI (Jan 1822), 45–57; LM, V (Jan 1822), 80–90 (W.Hazlitt); MR, XCVII (Jan 1822), 69–83; NER, II (Jan 1822), 196–213; QR, XXVI (Jan 1822), 454–74 [pub March 1822] (N.W.Senior); LC, Jan 1822, 1–6, 12 Jan 1822, 19–22; LMM, XV 3s (Feb 1822), 98–102; MM, LIII (Feb 1822), 65; CO, XXII (March 1822), 157–72, (April 1822), 237–50; LSMS, III (March 1822), 88–96 The Fortunes of Nigel (1822) EdM, X 2s (May 1822), 563* -9; BM, XI (June 1822), 734–5 (William Howison?); EM LXXXI (June 1822), 543–9; ER, XXXVII (June 1822), 204–25 (F.Jeffrey); LMM, XVI 3s (June 1822), 42, (Aug 1822), 98–101; MC, I (June 1822), 216–24; MR, XCVIII (June 1822), 169–84; LC, June 1822, 337–43; LG, June 1822, 335–8, June 1822, 355–8; LitMus, June 1822, 81–3, June 1822, 97–9, 15 June 1822, 117–19; Exam, June 1822, 345–6; General Weekly Reporter, June 1822, 345– 52, June 1822, 377–83; GM, XCII-ii (July 1822), 52–4; MM, LIII (July 1822), 548–9; NMM, IV (July 1822), 77–81; EcR, XVIII 2s (Aug 1822), 163–70; QR, XXVII (July 1822), 337–64 [pub Oct 1822] (N.W Senior); LS, II, 124–31 Peveril of the Peak (1822) EcR, XVIII 2s (Aug 1822), 163–70; EdM, XII 2s (Jan 1823), 54–60; GM, XCIIIi (Jan, 1823), 48–50; Edinburgh University Journal, Jan 1823, 38–44; LG, 18 Jan 1823, 33–9 25 Jan 1823, 53–4; LitMus, 18 Jan 1823, 44–5, 25 Jan 1823, 49–54, Feb 1823, 67–70, Feb 1823, 83–7; LitReg, 25 Jan 1823, 49–50; Feb 1823, 68– 71; LC, 25 Jan 1823, 49–54, Feb 1823, 70–3; EM, LXXXIII (Feb 1823), 169– 74; LaBA, XXVII (Feb 1823), 91–4; LM, VIII (Feb 1823), 205–10 (W.Hazlitt); MM, LV (Feb 1823), 62, (March 1823), 166–7; MR, C 2s (Feb 1823), 187–206; NEM, II (Feb 1823), 152–8; Exam, Feb 1823, 89–92; BC, XIX 2s (March 1823), 259–73; British Magazine, I (March 1823), 19–33; NMM, VII (March 1823), 273–8; EcR, XX 2s (July 1823), 36–46; QR, XXXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud) 545 APPENDIX Quentin Durward (1823) BC, XIX 2s (May 1823), 535–51; EdM, XII 2s (May 1823), 529–37; GM, XCIIIi (May 1823), 448–9; NEM, II (May 1823), 453–61; LitMus, May 1823, 273–80, 17 May 1823, 309–11, 24 May 1823, 327–9; LitReg, 10 May 1823, 289–94, 17 May 1823, 308–12; LG, 10 May 1823, 297–8, 17 May 1823, 305–11; Edinburgh Literary Gazette, 17 May 1823, 237–40; Scot, 21 May 1823, 321; LC, 24 May 1823, 321–4, June 1823, 362–3; British Magazine, I (June 1823), 159–75; EM, LXXXIII (June 1823), 544–6; Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, I (June 1823), 200–14 (John Tell [pseud.?]); MM, LV (June 1823), 449; MR, CI 2s (June 1823) 187–202; Exam, June 1823, 363; EcR, XX 2s (July 1823), 36–46; LaBA, XXVIII (July 1823), 32–3; La Muse Francaise, I (July 1823), (V.M.Hugo); LMM, XVIII 3s (July 1823), 31–40; NMM, VIII (July 1823), 82–7; MM, LVI (1 Sept 1823), 118–22; NMM, IX (1 Sept 1823), 416; QR, XXXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud), St Ronan’s Well (1824) EdM, XIII 2s (Dec 1823), 738–43; GM, XCIII-ii (Dec 1823), 537–40; LC, 27 Dec 1823, 820–4, Jan 1824, 1–3, 10 Jan 1824, 24; LG, 27 Dec 1823, 817–18, Jan 1824, 6; LitMus, 27 Dec 1823, 817–19, Jan 1824, 7–9; Scot, Dec 1823, 833; BC, XXI 2s (Jan 1824), 16–26; Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, II (Jan 1824), 238; MR, CIII (Jan 1824), 61–75; NEM, IV (Jan 1824), 54–61; Exam, Jan 1824, 2– 3; LSB, 10 Jan 1824, 337–41; LaBA, XXIX (Feb 1824), 76–7; LMM, XIX 3s (Feb 1824), 98–100, (March) 153–5; MM, LVII (Feb 1824), 64; Cambridge Quarterly Review, I (March 1824), 99–136; UR, I (May 1824), 334–9; QR, XXXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud) Redgauntlet (1824) NMM, XI 2s (May 1824), 93–6; EdM, XIV 2s (June 1824), 641–7; GM, XCIV-i (June 1824), 538–43; MR, CIV (June 1824), 198–209; NEM, IV (June 1824), 536–45; Scot, 16 June 1824, 377; LC, 19 June 1824, 385–92; LG, 19 June 1824, 385–90; LaBA, XXX (July 1824), 32–3; LM, X (July 1824), 69–78 (W.Hazlitt?); LMM, XX 3s (July 1824), 45; Monthly Critical Gazette, I (July 1824), 171–5; Philomathic Journal, I (July 1824), 235–9; NMM, XI (July 1824) 93–6; UR, I (July 1824), 514–20; WR, II (July 1824), 179–94; Exam, 11 July 1824, 441; BC, XXII 2s (Aug 1824), 185–92; Metropolitan Literary Journal, I (Aug 1824), 341–3; United States Literary Gazette, 15 Aug 1824, 134–6; The Port Folio, XVIII 4s (Sept 1824), 197–202; QR, XXXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud) Tales of the Crusaders: The Betrothed and The Talisman (1825) EdM, XVI 2s (June 1825), 641–6; MR, CVII (June 1825), 160–74; LC, 25 June 1825, 401–8, July 1825, 420–3; LG, 25 June 1825, 401–5, July 1825, 420–2; Scot, 22 June 1825, 393; Dublin and London Magazine, I (July 1825), 223–8; Dumfries Monthly Magazine, I (July 1825), 80–8; GM, XCV-ii (July 1825), 40–4; NMM, XIV 2s (July 1825), 27–32; MM, LIX (1 July 1825), 551–2; Exam, July 1825, 416–17; LM, VII (Aug 1825), 766–73; LM, II 2s (Aug 1825), 593–9; Repository of Arts, VI 546 APPENDIX 3s (1 Aug 1825), 102–13 (signed: Reginald Hildebrande); United States Literary Gazette, Sept 1825, 401–6; QR, XXXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud) Woodstock (1826) WR, V (April 1826), 399–457; LC, 29 April 1826, 257–66, May 1826, 278–80; LG, 29 April 1826, 257–60, May 1826, 276–8, 13 May 1826, 295–6; EdM, XVIII 2s (May 1826), 542–7; GM, XCVI-i (May 1826), 434–7; MR, II 3s (May 1826), 73–96; Panoramic Miscellany, 31 May 1826, 673, 30 June 1826, 811–12; Dublin and London Magazine, II (June 1826), 264–71; EcR, XXV 2s (June 1826), 542–5; LM, V 2s (June 1826), 173–81; MM, I 2s (June 1826), 626–7; NMM, XVIII 2s (1 June 1826), 230–1; Repository of Arts, VII 3s (1 June 1826), 341–50 (R.Hildebrand); QR, XXV (March 1827), 518–66 (J.Heraud) Chronicles of the Canongate: Two Drovers, The Highland Widow, and The Surgeon’s Daughter (1827) London Weekly Review, 20 Oct 1827, 305–10, Nov 1827, 340–3; LG, 27 Oct 1827, 689–94, Nov 1827, 709–12; BM, XXII (Nov 1827), 556–70 (J.Wilson); GM, XCVII-ii (Nov 1827), 439–45; LM, IX 2s (Nov 1827), 341–60, 409–25; LC, Nov 1827, 689–92; Scot, Nov 1827, 697; Exam, Nov 1827, 689–91; LMM, XXVI 3s (Dec 1827), 336–7; MM, IV 2s (Dec 1827), 645–7; NMM, XXI 2s (1 Dec 1827), 510–2; LMM, XXVII (June 1828), 343 Chronicles of the Canongate, Second Series: The Fair Maid of Perth (1828) Le Globe, 10 May 1828, 395–6; LC, 17 May 1828, 305–8, 24 May 1828, 325–6; LG, 17 May 1828, 305–9; London Weekly Review, 17 May 1828, 305–8; Athenaeum, 21 May 1828, 466–9; GM, XCVIII-i (June 1828), 531–2; LMM, XXVII 3s (June 1828), 343; Exam, June 1828, 359; Le Globe, 25 June 1828, 500–2; Repository of Arts, XII 3s (1 July 1828), 35–51 (signed: Reginald Hildebrande); L’Indicatore Genovese, 12 July 1828, 34 (Giuseppe Mazzini); Southern Review, II (Aug 1828), 216–63 Anne of Geierstein (1829) New Scots Magazine, I (May 1829), 393–5; Revue de Paris, II (May 1829), 248–50; LG, May 1829, 297–300, 16 May 1829, 313–16; Edinburgh Literary Gazette, 16 May 1829, 2–4, 30 May 1829, 41–2; Edinburgh Literary Journal, 16 May 1829, 367–71; GM, XCIX-i (June 1829), 520–4; LMM, I 5s (June 1829), 343–5; MR, XI 3s (June 1829), 288–301; Athenaeum, June 1829, 337–40; Exam, 14 June 1829, 370–1; WR, XI (July 1829), 211–28; Le Globe, 15 Aug 1829, 514–16; Southern Review, IV (Nov 1829), 498–522 Tales of My Landlord, Fourth Series: Count Robert of Paris and Castle Dangerous (1832) Border Magazine, I (Dec 1831), 90–3; GM, CI-ii, (Dec 1831), 531–4; Athenaeum, Dec 1831, 777–80, 10 Dec 1831, 796–7; Edinburgh Literary Journal, Dec 1831, 317–21; LG, Dec 1831, 770–2; MM, XII 2s (Jan 1832), 118–20; MR, I 5s (Jan 1832), 65–71; Fraser’s Magazine, V (Feb 1832), 6–19 (Bulwer-Lytton) 547 Select Bibliography This select, annotated bibliography includes lists of criticisms of Scott and studies of his reputation CORSON, J.C., A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott (London, 1943): the standard bibliography of Scott, it contains listings of many of the contemporary reviews given in the Appendix CRUSE, AMY, An Englishman and His Books in the Early Nineteenth Century (London, 1930): contains a chapter on Scott’s contemporary reputation, especially as found in letters and memoirs of the time; eminently readable but of no scholarly value HAYDEN, J.O., The Romantic Reviewers 1802–24 (Chicago and London, 1969): a section on the contemporary reception of Scott’s poetry and miscellaneous prose works supplements Hillhouse’s study of the reception of the novels; also a source of information on the English reviewing periodicals of the early nineteenth century HILLHOUSE, J.T., The Waverley Novels and Their Critics (Minneapolis, 1936): the most important source of information on the reputation of Scott’s novels down to the early 1930s HILLHOUSE, J.T (revised by A.Welsh), ‘Sir Walter Scott’, in The English Romantic Poets and Essayists, ed by C.W and L.H.Houtchens (New York, 1966): an annotated bibliography condensing the material in Hillhouse’s study and supplementing it with information on the reputation of the poetry and with additional material to date of publication 549 Select Index Rather than list the contents in the usual single alphabetical scheme, I have divided the references as follows: I Periodicals in which Scott’s works have been criticized II Critics III Authors compared with Scott IV References to Scott’s works, where there is significant comment I An index of periodicals from which criticism of Scott has been taken or about which pertinent comment is made Antijacobin Review, Athenaeum, No 42, discussed 16; No 62, discussed 20 Augustan Review, No 12 Fraser’s Magazine, No 46; No 56 General Weekly Register, No 31 La Belle Assembleé, No 10, Blackwood’s Magazine, No 60; 11; quoted 13 British Critic, No 3, discussed 6, 7; No 6; No 53 British Lady’s Magazine, No 15, discussed British Review, No 5; No 21, discussed 10 Contemporary Review, No 68 Cornhill Magazine, No 61; No 65 Critical Review, No 16, discussed Eclectic Review, No 26, discussed 11, 12; No 33, discussed 6; quoted 11 Edinburgh Christian Instructor, Edinburgh Magazine, 13 Edinburgh Review, No 2, discussed 7; No 9, discussed 8; No 41; quoted 9–10; 9, 11, 12 European Magazine, No 19 Examiner, No 30 Le Globe, No 45 Ladies’ Monthly Museum, No 25 Literary Gazette, 11–12, 13 Literary Journal, No 1, discussed 6–7 Literary Register, 14 London and Westminster Review, No 51 London Magazine, quoted 14 London Quarterly, No 63, discussed 20 Monthly Magazine, No 23, discussed 12; quoted 4–5 Monthly Repository, No 47 Monthly Review, quoted 8, 12; 11 Le National, No 43 National Review, No 57 New Edinburgh Review, 11, 12 New Monthly Magazine, No 34, discussed 3, 13; No 35 Nineteenth Century, No 69 North American Review, No 20, discussed 10; No 48; No 59 Otechestvenniye Zapiski, No 54 550 SELECT INDEX Quarterly Review, No 13, discussed 6; No 14, discussed 8, quoted 9; No 17, discussed 5, 9, 10; No 29, discussed 10, 11; quoted 14 Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, No 49 Universal Review, quoted 13 Westminster Review, No 36, discussed 13 Revue Parisienne, No 52 II An index of critics, both public and informal Adolphus, J.L., No 28; 7, 16 Austen, J., No 7; 15 Bagehot, W., No 57; 17, 18, 19, 490 Balzac, No 52; 15, 17 Belinsky, V., No 54; 19 Brandes, G., No 66; 17, 18 Bulwer-Lytton, No 46; 18–19 Carlyle, T., No 51; 17, 18, 387, 442– 58, 473, 492–3, 501–5, 510, 513 Charming, E.T., No 20; 10 Chesterton, G.K., 21 Coleridge, S.T., No 4; No 24; 7, 15 Conder, J., 11 Croce, B., 21 Croker, J.W., No 14; 8–9 Daiches, D., 21 Davie, D., 22 Doran, J., ? No 62 Edgeworth, M., No 8; 15 Ellis, G., No 13; Fonblanque, A., ? No 30 Ford, F.M., 21 Gladstone, W.E., No 64; 17 Goethe, No 40; 15 Hart, F.R., 22 Hazlitt, W., No 35; 16 Heine, H., No 39; 15 Hutton, R.H., No 67; 18, 19, 501, 513, 515 James, Henry, No 59; 19 Jeffrey, F., No 2; No 9; 7, 8, 9–10, 12, 383 Lockhart, J.G., No 50; 13 Lukacs, G., 21 Macaulay, T.B., No 41; 16 Maginn, W., No 38; 11 Martineau, H., No 49; 18 Masson, D., 20 Maurice, F.D., No 42; 16 M’Crie, T., 9, 511 Merivale, J.H., Newman, J.H., No 53; 18 Oliphant, Mrs., No 60; 7, 19–20 Palgrave, F.T., 19 Peabody, W.B.O., No 48; 19 Peacock, T.L., No 18; No 44; 15 Pushkin, 15 Ruskin, J., No 69; 18, 20 Sainte-Beuve, No 45; 15–16, 17 Saintsbury, G., 21 Scott, W., No 17; No 32; No 37; 5, 9, 10, 13–14, 15, 497 Senior, N., No 29; 10, 11, 14, 427–8 Smith, S., No 22; 15 Stendhal, No 43; 16 Stephen, L., No 61; 17, 18, 19 Stevenson, R.L., No 65; 20 551 SELECT INDEX Taine, H.A., No 58; 17, 19, 20 Tillyard, E.M.W., 22 Twain, M., No 70; 17, 18 Wedgwood, J., No 68; 18, 19 Woolf, V., 21 Wordsworth, W., No 11; No 55; 15 III An index of authors compared by critics to Scott Addison, J., 423, 425 Alfieri, V., 246–7 Arabian Nights, 69, 171 Austen, J., 425, 469, 489, 491 Bennett, Mrs., 180 Bronté, E., 425 Bulwer-Lytton, 425, 434, 489 Burns, R., 204, 282 Byron, 270–1, 282, 374, 457, 499 Godwin, W., 87–8 Goethe, J.W., 365, 414–16, 492–3, 494, 508 Hazlitt, W., 15 Helvetius, C., 310 Homer, 91, 93, 317, 425, 487, 501, 503 Hope, T., 197 Hugo, V., 477–8 Hume, D., 391 Carlyle, T., 442–3 Cervantes, M.de, 305, 317, 539 Chaucer, G., 282 Chronicle of the Cid, 193 Cobbett, W., 350 Coleridge, S.T., 499 Cooper, J.F., 375–7 Corneille, P., 321 Crabbe, G., 405 Cunningham, A., 329 James, G.P.R., 392, 489 Darwin, E., 47 Dickens, C., 20, 404, 425, 434, 440, 464, 468, 470, 472, 523 Dryden, J., 64 D’Urfé, H., 181 Radcliffe, Mrs., 39, 50, 59, 60, 86, 193 Reade, C., 430 Richardson, S., 88, 103, 179–80, 181, 238, 319, 429 Edgeworth, M., 71 Eliot, G., 425, 462, 469, 493 Fielding, H., 75, 179–80, 181, 429, 464, 475–8 Froissart, J., 193 Gaskell, Mrs., 425 Gay, J., 118 Lafayette, Mme.de, 319 Locke, J., 310 Milton, J., 91, 93, 282, 317, 469, 486 Molière, 327 Porter, J., 329 Schiller, F., 50, 317, 446–7 Scudéry, M.de, 181 Sévigné, Mme.de, 103 Shakespeare, W., 11, 14, 16, 21, 70, 75, 100, 130, 156, 182, 191, 192, 200, 230, 231, 253, 267, 270, 271, 275, 282, 311, 317, 332–3, 337, 343, 344, 357, 365, 368, 392, 402, 415, 429, 434, 435–6, 445, 446, 447, 448, 456, 460, 465, 469, 492, 494, 496, 498, 501, 517, 518 552 SELECT INDEX Thackeray, W., 20, 425, 434, 464, 470, 493 Trollope, A., 489 Shelley, P.B., 15, 21, 412, 457, 499 Smith, H., 301 Smollett, T., 82, 429, 464 Spenser, E., 282 Sterne, L., 179–80, 181 Swift, J., 71, 105 Walpole, H., 192, 193 Wieland, C., 30 Wood, Mrs H., 428 Wordsworth, W., 5, 15, 49, 282, 432, 457, 499, 519 Tasso, T., 479 Tennyson, A., 430, 505 IV An index of Scott’s works with entries where significant comment was made The Abbot, Nos 24c, 29; early reception 12 ; 201, 206, 262, 410, 494 The Antiquary, Nos 14, 15; early reception 8, 9; 115, 121, 146, 152, 164, 194, 195, 199, 211, 214, 286, 317, 374, 377, 403, 415, 436, 455, 465, 468, 472–3 403, 436, 455, 461–2, 465, 470, 472–3 Halidon Hill, No 33; early reception Harold the Dauntless, 214 The Heart of Midlothian, Nos 21, 29; early reception 10–11; 200, 203, 204, 207, 281, 285, 317, 374, 403, 408, 416, 436–9, 449, 456, 479, 480, 497 The History of Napoleon Bonaparte, 327 The Betrothed, early reception 13 The Black Dwarf, Nos 16, 17; early reception 9; 209, 286, 333, 436 The Bridal of Triermain, 484, 485 The Bride of Lammermoor, Nos 22, 29, 64; early reception 11; 179, 181, 204, 205, 211, 317, 416–17, 449, 455, 462–3, 468 Ivanhoe, Nos 22, 23, 24c, 26, 29; early reception 11–12; publication 3; 179, 180, 181, 186, 208, 209–10, 211, 213, 262, 281, 286, 319, 374, 377, 385, 408–9, 422, 424, 451, 453, 457, 491, 517–18 Chronicles of the Canongate, 1st series, 300, 374 The Fair Maid of Perth, No 40 a & b; 328 The Field of Waterloo, No 10 The Fortunes of Nigel, Nos 22, 31; publication and early reception 3, 13; 13, 14, 286, 309 Guy Mannering, Nos 11, 12; early reception 8; 9, 86, 98, 99, 100–1, 104, 115, 119, 121, 146, 152, 153, 179, 182, 210, 223, 285–6, 333, Kenilworth, Nos 22, 29; early reception 12; 201, 206, 261–2, 373–4, 487, 495, 496 The Lady of the Lake, Nos 3, 4; publication and early reception 3, 6; 7, 70, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 208–9, 210, 211, 212, 227, 281, 337, 339, 399, 400, 433, 484, 485 The Lay of the Last Minstrel, No 1; publication and early reception 2– 3, 6; 36, 66, 192, 199, 200–1, 338, 481–3, 485, 514–15 553 SELECT INDEX A Legend of Montrose, Nos 24c, 29; early reception 11; 195, 201, 204, 208, 337, 493–4 The Lord of the Isles, No 13; early reception ; 202, 211, 214, 339, 484, 485 Marmion, No 2; publication and early reception 3, 6; 199, 200, 201, 205, 210, 211, 213, 338, 343, 430, 433, 485, 486, 487, 488, 516 The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, early reception 6; 353 The Monastery, Nos 22, 25, 29, 50; publication 3; early reception 12; 13, 183, 195–6, 201, 214, 262, 333, 343–4, 457, 491 Quentin Durward, No 34; early reception 13; 286, 319 Redgauntlet, early reception 13; 376, 447, 470–1, 496 Rob Roy, Nos 19, 20, 29; publication and early reception 3, 10; 210–11, 275, 286, 308, 436, 448–9, 465, 532–6 Rokeby, No 5; early reception 6; 209, 211, 214, 252, 339, 343, 485 St Ronan’s Well, No 22; early reception 13; 13, 284, 374, 490, 491 Tales of the Crusaders, 472, 479 The Talisman, early reception 13 Old Mortality, Nos 16, 17, 50; publication and early reception 3, 9; 152, 167, 179, 181, 182, 201, 204, 208, 212, 214, 262, 275, 285, 309, 317, 342–3, 376, 386, 415, 422, 430, 436, 455, 488 The Vision of Don Roderick, 66, 505 Paul’s Letters to His Kinsfolk, 327 Peveril of the Peak, Nos 22, 24c, 50; early reception 13; 14, 286, 344 The Pirate, Nos 22, 30; early reception 13; 13, 274, 333 Waverley, Nos 6, 7, 8, 9; publication and early reception 3, 8; 86, 89, 98, 101, 104, 115, 150, 204, 205, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 222, 228, 247, 250, 254, 262, 275, 285, 308, 327, 361, 365, 398, 415, 416, 429, 436, 455, 461 Woodstock, No 36; early reception 13; 13, 14, 496 554 ... T.Hillhouse’s account of the reception of Scott s novels and James C.Corson’s annotated bibliography of Scott were of inestimable value, the former especially in composing the introduction, the. .. From the period of Scott s contemporary reception, roughly 1805–32, an enormous amount of data has survived Well over 350 reviews of the novels alone exist, and mention of Scott and the author... of the announcement of “Another Novel from the Great Unknown”’ INTRODUCTION The Waverley novels were published anonymously, the second and following ones being designated as ‘by the author of