FOOTNOTES: 

[350] Eldest daughter of the illustrious Admiral Lord Duncan, wife of Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple.  She died in 1852.

[351] This implacable enemy of Napoleon,—­a Corsican, died in his seventy-fourth year in 1842.

[352] E.H.  Locker, Esq., then Secretary, afterwards one of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital—­an old and dear friend of Scott’s.—­See Oct. 25.

[353] As an illustration of Constable’s accuracy in gauging the value of literary property, it may be stated that in his formal declaration, after sequestration, he said:—­“I was so sanguine as to the success of the Memoirs of Napoleon that I did not hesitate to express it as my opinion that I had much confidence in it producing him at least L10,000, and this I observed, as my expectation, to Sir W. Scott.”  This opinion was expressed not only before the sale of the work, but before it was all written.—­A.  Constable and his Correspondents, vol. iii. p. 313.

[354] Another of the Abbotsford labourers.

[355] See Ballad of Edom of Gordon.

[356] “On the 12th of October, Sir Walter left Abbotsford for London, where he had been promised access to the papers in the Government offices; and thence he proceeded to Paris, in the hope of gathering from various eminent persons authentic anecdotes concerning Napoleon.  His Diary shows that he was successful in obtaining many valuable materials for the completion of his historical work; and reflects, with sufficient distinctness, the very brilliant reception he on this occasion experienced both in London and Paris.  The range of his society is strikingly (and unconsciously) exemplified in the record of one day, when we find him breakfasting at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park, and supping on oysters and porter in “honest Dan Terry’s house, like a squirrel’s cage,” above the Adelphi Theatre in the Strand.  There can be no doubt that this expedition was in many ways serviceable in his Life of Napoleon; and I think as little that it was chiefly so by renewing his spirits.  The deep and respectful sympathy with which his misfortunes, and gallant behaviour under them, had been regarded by all classes of men at home and abroad, was brought home to his perception in a way not to be mistaken.  He was cheered and gratified, and returned to Scotland with renewed hope and courage for the prosecution of his marvellous course of industry.”—­Life, vol. ix. pp. 2, 3.

[357] John B. Saurey Morritt of Rokeby, a friend of twenty years’ standing, and “one of the most accomplished men that ever shared Scott’s confidence.”

He had published, before making Scott’s acquaintance, a Vindication of Homer, in 1798, a treatise on The Topography of Troy, 1800, and translations and imitations of the minor Greek Poets in 1802.

Mr. Morritt survived his friend till February 12th, 1843, when he died at Rokeby Park, Yorkshire, in his seventy-second year.—­See Life throughout.