In some respects I hope that this
introduction may supply, better than that bulky abbreviation, what Mr.
Gladstone probably meant to suggest,--some slight miniature taken from
the great picture with care enough to tempt on those who look on it to
the study of the fuller life, as well as of that image of Sir Walter
which is impressed by his own hand upon his works.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
ANCESTRY, PARENTAGE, AND CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II.
YOUTH--CHOICE OF A PROFESSION
CHAPTER III.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
CHAPTER IV.
EARLIEST POETRY AND BORDER MINSTRELSY
CHAPTER V.
SCOTT'S MATURER POEMS
CHAPTER VI.
COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS
CHAPTER VII.
FIRST COUNTRY HOMES
CHAPTER VIII.
REMOVAL TO ABBOTSFORD, AND LIFE THERE
CHAPTER IX.
SCOTT'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BALLANTYNES
CHAPTER X.
THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
CHAPTER XI.
SCOTT'S MORALITY AND RELIGION
CHAPTER XII.
DISTRACTIONS AND AMUSEMENTS AT ABBOTSFORD
CHAPTER XIII.
SCOTT AND GEORGE IV
CHAPTER XIV.
SCOTT AS A POLITICIAN
CHAPTER XV.
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