“‘11 November 1816, Mudford.’”—­Life, vol. iv. pp. 397-8.

Hinves died in Mr. Rose’s service circa 1838, and his master followed him on the 30th April 1843, a few weeks after his friend Morritt.

[207] An analysis of these letters was published by Mr. Lockhart in the Life, vol. vi. pp. 346-386.

[208] Created Earl of Leicester in 1837.

[209] It is worth noting that Sir Walter first wrote “grasp”—­and then deleted the word in favour of the technical term—­“fathom.”

[210] W. Withers had just published a Letter to Sir Walter Scott exposing certain fundamental errors in his late Essay on Planting,—­Holt:  Norfolk, 1828.

[211] A deep pool in the Tweed, in which Scott had had a singular nocturnal adventure while “burning the water” in company with Hogg and Laidlaw.  Hogg records that the crazy coble went to the bottom while Scott was shouting—­

“An’ gin the boat were bottomless, An’ seven miles to row.”

The scene was not forgotten when he came to write the twenty-sixth chapter of Guy Mannering.

[212] This refers to the splendid edition of Walton and Cotton, edited by Nicolas, and illustrated by Stothard and Inskipp, published in 1836 after nearly ten years’ preparation, in two vols. large 8vo.

[213] Sir William Scott, Lord Stowell, died 28th January 1836, aged ninety.

[214] Moore writes:  “On our arrival at Hampton (where we found the Wordsworths), walked about,—­the whole party in the gay walk where the band plays, to the infinite delight of the Hampton blues, who were all eyes after Scott.  The other scribblers not coming in for a glance.  The dinner odd; but being near Scott I found it agreeable, and was delighted to see him so happy, with his tall son, the Major,” etc. etc,—­Diary, vol. v. p. 287.

[215] The author of Evelina died at Bath in 1840, at the age of eighty-eight.  Subsequent to this meeting with Scott she published memoirs of her father, Dr. Burney (in 1832).  It is stated that for her novel Camilla, published in 1796, she received a subscription of 3000 guineas, and for the Wanderer, in 1814, L1500 for the copyright.  This was the year in which Waverley appeared, for the copyright of which Constable did not see his way to offer more than L700.

[216] This item refers to money which had belonged to Lady Scott’s parents.

[217] It contains half of Chancellor Clarendon’s famous collection—­the other half is at Bothwell Castle.

[218] William Elliot Lockhart of Cleghorn and Borthwick-brae, long M.P. for Selkirkshire.

[219] Weare, Thurtell, and the rest were professed gamblers.  See ante, July 10, 1826, and Life, vol. viii. p. 381.

[220] The first volume had just been published in 1828.  The book was completed in 6 vols. in 1840.