LADY OF THE LAKE WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY G. H. STUART, M.A. PRINCIPAL AND PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, PRESIDENCY COLLEGE London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1902 All rights reserved 12-2-43 PREFACE. THE language of Scott's poetry is in general so clear, and the ideas so simple, that little is needed in the way of explanation. The notes therefore consist chiefly of such remarks on grammar and etymology as are suggested by the words and constructions in the text. I have made free use of Scott's own notes to this poem and to the Border Minstrelsy, and have given illustrations from the latter work and from the novels wherever I could. For etymology my principal guide has been Skeat's Etymological Dictionary; I have also made use of the new English dictionary of the Philological Society as far as it has gone, and of Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary for purely Scotch words. For points of grammar, I have made references to Bain, Higher English Grammar (1884), and to Morris, Historical Outlines of English Accidence (1880), while I have occasionally consulted Maetzner, English Grammar, which is an excellent storehouse of examples. I have been greatly assisted by the suggestions of Mr. E. H. Elliot, Assistant Professor of English at the Presidency College. PRESIDENCY COLLEGE, MADRAS. |