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Isa. (in going off) The ground is slippery life! Myself! myself! I could not bear thou Heavens! it is floated with blood! shouldst know-Oh! (Dies.)

[Exit into the sacristy. ROD. (apart to BERTRAM.) Whom dost thou mean to call? [BERTRAM whispers. Ron. This goes beyond me. (After a moment's thought.) But be it so. Maltingen shall behold Aspen humbled in the dust. (Aloud.) Brethren, the accuser calls for a witness who remains without: admit him. [All muffle their faces.

Enter RUDIGER, his eyes bound or covered, leaning upon two members; they place a stool for him, and unbind his eyes.

ROD. Knowest thou where thou art, and before whom?

RUD. I know not, and I care not. Two strangers summoned me from my castle to assist, they said, at a great act of justice. I ascended the litter they brought, and I am here.

ROD. It regards the punishment of perjury and the discovery of murder. Art thou willing to assist us?

RUD. Most willing, as is my duty.

ROD. What if the crime regard thy friend? RUD. I will hold him no longer so. ROD. What if thine own blood? RUD. I would let it out with my poniard. ROD. Then canst thou not blame us for this deed of justice. Remove the pall. (The pall is lifted, beneath which is discovered the body of GEORGE, pale and bloody. RUDIGER staggers towards it.)

RUD. My George! my George! Not slain manly in battle, but murdered by legal assassins. Much, much may I mourn thee, my beloved boy; but not now-not now: never will I shed a tear for thy death till I have cleared thy fame.-Hear me, ye midnight murderers, he was innocent (raising his voice)-upright as the truth itself. Let the man who dares gainsay me lift that gage. If the Almighty does not strengthen these frail limbs, to make good a father's quarrel, I have a son left, who will vindicate the honor of Aspen, or lay his bloody body beside his brother's.

ROD. Rash and insensate! Hear first the cause. Hear the dishonor of thy house.

ISA. (from the sacristy.) Never shall he hear it till the author is no more! (RUDIGER attempts to rush owards the sacristy, but is prevented. ISABELLA enters wounded, and throws herself on GEORGE'S body.)

ISA. Murdered for me-for me! my dear, dear son!

RUD. (still held.) Cowardly villains, let me loose! Maltingen, this is thy doing! Thy face thou wouldst disguise, thy deeds thou canst not! I defy thee to instant and mortal combat!

RUD. Oh! let me go-let me but try to stop her blood, and I will forgive all.

ROD. Drag him off and detain him. The voice of lamentation must not disturb the stern deliberation of justice.

RUD. Bloodhound of Maltingen! Well beseems thee thy base revenge! The marks of my son's lance are still on thy craven crest! Vengeance on the band of ye!

[RUDIGER is dragged off to the sacristy. ROD. Brethren, we stand discovered! What is to be done to him who shall descry our mystery? ELDEST JUDGE. He must become a brother of our order, or die!

ROD. This man will never join us! He cannot put his hand into ours, which are stained with the blood of his wife and son: he must therefore die! (Murmurs in the assembly.) Brethren! I wonder not at your reluctance; but the man is powerful, has friends and allies to buckler his cause. It is over with us, and with our order, unless the laws are obeyed. (Fainter murmurs.) Besides, have we not sworn a deadly oath to execute these statutes? (A dead silence.) Take to thee the steel and the cord (to the eldest judge.)

ELDEST JUDGE. He has done no evil-he was the companion of my battle-I will not!

ROD. (to another.) Do-thou-and succeed to the rank of him who has disobeyed. Remember your oath! (Member takes the dagger, and goes irresolutely forward; looks into the sacristy, and comes back.)

MEM. He has fainted-fainted in anguish for his wife and his son; the bloody ground is strewed with his white hairs, torn by those hands that have fought for Christendom. I will not be your butcher. (Throws down the dagger.)

BER. Irresolute and perjured! the robber of my inheritance, the author of my exile, shall die! ROD. Thanks, Bertram. Execute the doomsecure the safety of the holy tribunal !

[BERTRAM seizes the dagger, and is about to rush into the sacristy, when three loud knocks are heard at the door.

ALL. Hold! Hold!

[The Duke of BAVARIA, attended by many
members of the Invisible Tribunal, enters,
dressed in a scarlet mantle trimmed with
ermine, and wearing a ducal crown.-He
carries a rod in his hand.-All rise.—A
murmur among the members, who whisper
to each other, "The Duke," "The Chief,"
&c.

ROD. The Duke of Bavaria! I am lost.
DUKE. (sees the bodies.) I am too late-the vic-

Isa. (looking up.) No! no! endanger not thy tims le fallen.

HEN. (who enters with the Duke.) Gracious Heaven! O George! RUD. (from the sacristy.) Henry—it is thy voice -save me! [HENRY rushes into the sacristy. DUKE. Roderic of Maltingen, descend from the Beat which thou hast dishonored-(RODERIC leaves his place, which the Duke occupies.)—Thou standest | accused of having perverted the laws of our order; for that, being a mortal enemy to the house of Aspen, thou hast abused thy sacred authority to pander to thy private revenge; and to this Wolf stein has been witness.

ROD. Lord Duke, thou hast charged me wi treachery-thou art my liege lord-but who es dares maintain the accusation, lies in his throat. HEN. (rushing from the sacristy.) Villain! I ecept thy challenge!

ROD. Vain boy! my lance shall chastise thee in the lists-there lies my gage.

DUKE Henry, on thy allegiance, touch it mt. (To RODERIC.) Lists shalt thou never more enter; lance shalt thou never more wield (draws his sword.) With this sword wast thon dubbed a knight; with this sword I dishonor thee-I thy

ROD. Chief among our circles, I have but acted prince—(strikes him slightly with the fat of the according to our laws.

DUKE. Thou hast indeed observed the letter of our statutes, and woe am I that they do warrant this night's bloody work! I cannot do unto thee as I would, but what I can I will. Thou hast not indeed transgressed our law, but thou hast wrested and abused it: kneel down, therefore, and place thy hands betwixt mine. (RODERIC kneels as directed.) I degrade thee from thy sacred office (spreads his hands, as pushing RODERIC from him.) | If after two days thou darest to pollute Bavarian ground by thy footsteps, be it at the peril of the steel and the cord (RODERIC rises.) I dissolve this meeting (all rise.) Judges and condemners of others, God teach you knowledge of yourselves! (All bend their heads-Duke breaks his rod, and comes forward.)

sword)-I take from thee the degree of knight, the dignity of chivalry. Thou art no longer a free German noble; thou art honorless and rightless; the funeral obsequies shall be performed for thee as for one dead to knightly honor and to fair fame; thy spurs shall be hacked from thy heels; thy arms baffled and reversed by the common executioner. Go, fraudful and dishonored, hide thy shame in a foreign land! (RODERIC shows a dumb expression of rage.) Lay hands on Bertram of Ebersdorf: as I live, he shall pay the forfeiture of his outlawry. Henry, aid us to remove thy father from this charnel-house. Never shall he know the dreadful secret. Be it mine to soothe his sorrows, and to restore the honor of the House of Aspen

(Curtain slowly falls.)

THE END.

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Marchioness of, 105, n.
Abercromby, Sir Ralph, tribute to the
memory of, 105.

Achaius, King of Scotland, 169, n.
Adam, Right Hon. William, a specimen

of minstrel recitation obtained from,
553.

Addison, his criticism on Chevy Chase,
539, 540,
Adolphus, J. L., Esq. extracts from his

Letters on the Author of Waverley,"
391, n.; 516, n.; 527, n.; 535.
"AHRIMAN," 716.

Albania, a poem, extract from, 613.
Albyn's Anthology, SONGs written for,
660, 661. 675, 676.

Alexander III. the last Scottish king of
"542.

the pure Celtic race,'
Alexandre, Mons., the ventriloquist,
"713.

"LINES ADDRESSED TO,'

ALICE BRAND," 213. 254, n.

"ALLEN-A-DALE." 323.

Alvanley, Lady, 654, n.

Ambition, personification of, 277.
"Ancient Mariner," Coleridge's, 559.
474.

"ANCIENT GAELIC MELODY," 679.
Ancram Moor, battle of, 597.
Anglo-Saxons, poetry of, 682.
Angus, Archibald, sixth Earl of, called

Bell-the-Cat," 130. 143. 171.
Angus, seventh Earl of, 40. 74. 194. 244.
"AN HOUR WITH THEE," 720.
"Annual Review," the critical notices
from, 16. 32. 53.

ANNE OF GEIRSTEIN, Verses from, 724.
Anthony Now Now, 555.

"ANTIQUARY," Verses from the, 662-5.
Anxiety, effect of, in giving acuteness to
the organs of sense, 297. 356.
Arbuthnot, Sir William, 662, n.; 704, n.
Aram, Eugene, remarkable case of, 361.
Archers, English, 126. 169. 462. 498. 729.
730.

Ardoch, Roman camp at. 263.
Argentine, Sir Giles de, 422. 465. 500.
ARIOSTO, Translation from, 674.
"Armin and Elvira," 560.

Arran, Earl of (1569), 600, n.

Island of, 448. 489.

Arthur, King, 154. 385. 392. 411.
Arthur's Seat, 704.

Artornish Castle, 469.
Ascetic religionists, 249.

Ascham's "Schoolmaster," note from,

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Athole, John de Strathbogie, Earl of
(temp. Rob I.), 480.

David de Strathbogie, Earl of
(1335), 222, n.
"AUCHINDRANE, or the Ayrshire trage-
dy," 770.

Ayr, loyalty of the men of, rewarded by
King Robert Bruce, 458, n.

B.

BAILLIE, JOANNA, letter to, on Rokeby,
353. Prologue to her " Family Le
gend," 639. Dedication to her of
"Macduff's Cross," 738.

105. 524, n.; 729, n.
Balfour of Burley, epitaph on, 666.
"BALLAD, THE ANCIENT, ESSAY ON
IMITATIONS OF," 555.
"BALLADS, IMITATIONS OF," 574.

Rit-

FROM THE GERMAN," 609.
and Poems, ancient, very
few manuscript records of discovered,
543. Printed in Garlands, ib.
Collections of, by Pepys, 543.
The Duke of Roxburgh, ib. An anony-
mous editor, ib. Miller and Chapman,
544. James Watson, ib. Allan Ram-
say, ib. Dr. Percy, ib. Evans, 548.
David Herd, 549. Pinkerton, ib.
son, ib. Scott (the Border Minstrelsy),
550. Sir J. G. Dalzell, ib. Robert
Jamieson, ib. Motherwell, 551. Fin-
lay, ib. Kinloch, ib. C. K. Sharpe,
ib. Charles Leslie, ib. Peter Buchan,
ib. And Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, 552.
Ballantyne, Mr. James, Border Minstrel-
sy, the first work printed by him, 550.
570. Letters from Scott to, 236. 238.
292. 306. 310. 313. 322. 354. His re-
marks on John Kemble's retirement
from the Edinburgh stage, 671, n.
Constable's sobriquets of, 713.
Mr. John, 665.

Bangor, the Monks of, 672.
"BANNATYNE CLUB, THE," 711.
Bannatyne, George, compiler of ancient
MSS., 711.

Bannerman, Miss Anne, her "Tales of
Superstition and Chivalry." 559.
Bannockburn, Battle of, 460; stanza 18
to end of the poem. See also notes, pp.

495. 501.

Bansters, what, 549, n.
Barbauld, Mrs., 565.
"BARD'S INCANTATION, THE," writ-
ten under the threat of invasion, 1804,
632.

"BAREFOOTED FRIAR, THE," 681.
Barnard Castle, 296, 306. 356. 360.
Barrington, Shute, Bishop of Durham,
524.

"BATTLE OF SEMPACH," 619.
Beacons, 32. 68.

Bealach-nam-bo, Pass of, 209. 253.
Beal' an Duine, skirmish at, 233. 267.
Beattie, Mr., of Mickledale, 13.

Dr., lines from, on the power of
fancy, 305, n.
Bellenden, 36. 71.

Sir James, 599, n.
Belrinnes, Ballad of, 550.
Bell-Rock Lighthouse, lines on visiting,

645.
Beltane-tree, the, 589. 593.
Ben-an Mountain, 187.
Benledi, 185.
Benvenue, 187.
Benvoirlich, 184.

Beresford, Field-marshal Lord, tribute to,
282,283. His training the Portuguese
troops, 291.

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642.

"BETROTHED," Verses from the, 715-

716.
"Bessie Bell and Mary Gray," remarks
on the ballad of, 553.
Bethune, or Beaton, family of, 57.
Bigotry, personification of, 276
Binram's Corse, tradition of, 161.
Biting the thumb, or the glove, 47. 76.
"BLACK DWARF," Mottoes from the,
666.

Blackford-hill, 122.
Black-mail, 32. 263.

Blackwater, Battle of, in Ireland, 367.
"BLACK KNIGHT'S SONG, THE," 683.
Blackwood's Magazine, 551, n.; critical
notices from, 408. 513. 536.
Blair, Right Honorable Robert, Lord
President of the Court of Session, death
of, 269.

"BLONDEL, THE BLOODY VEST," Song
of, 717.

Blood of which party first shed, an augury
of success in battle, 212. 254.
Blood-hound, or Sluith-hound, 59. 186.
240. 482.

"Blue-blanket," the, 704, n.
"BOAT SONG," 197.

Bohun, Sir Henry de, his encounter with
King Robert Bruce, 460. 496.
"BOLD DRAGOON, or the Plain of Bada-
jos," 642.

Bolero, a Spanish dance, 287.
Bonaparte, Napoleon, allusions to in

"The Vision of Don Roderick," 277.
281, 282. And in "The Field of Wa-
terloo," 504-511, passim. Apostro
phe to the period of his fall, 455, 456.
642.

Bond of Alliance, or feud stanching,
betwixt the clans of Scott and Kerr
(1529), 57.

"Bonnets of Bonny Dundee," SONG to
the air of, 759.
"BORDER BALLAD," 689.
Borderers, English, excommunication of,
by the Bishop of Durham (1498), 248.
Disorderly conduct of those who attend-
ed the Protector Somerset, 74. Custom
of hanging up a glove in a church as a
challenge, 377.

Scottish, moss-troopers after the
union of the crowns, 59. Religion, 60.
Speed in collecting large bodies of horse,
68. Places of their herdsmen's refuge,
ib. March-treason, 72. Form of Oath,
ib. Instances of the cruelty which oc
casionally attended their warfare, 69.
Regulations in 1648, 73. Friendly in-
tercourse with the English, 74. Foot-
ball play, ib. Pursuit of marauders
called the hot-trod, 75. Robbers quell.
ed by K. James V., 247. Manner of
carrying on depredations, 363. Taste
for poetry and music, 542.
Borough-moor of Edinburgh, 168.
Bothwell, Adam Hepburn, Earl of (temp.
Jac. IV.), 167.

Francis Stewart, Earl of (temp
Jac. VI.), 244.

James Hepburn, Earl of (temp.

Mary), 74. 118.

"BOTHWELL CASTLE," 628.
Bowhill, 52, n.

BERTRAM, HARRY, Nativity of," 658. Brackenbury Tower, 314. 362.
Berwick, North, 135.

Bracklinn Cascade, 195. 245

Bradford, Sir Thomas, 704.
Branksome Castle, 18. 54, ib.
"BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN," 379. See
also 413.

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"BRIDAL SONG" in Waverley, 647.
"BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR,' Verses
from the, 678-9.

"Bridge of Dee," poem of the, 552.
Brigg, or Bridge of Turk, 185.

British Critic, notices from the, 9. 89. 298.
355. 436, 437. 440. 445. 467. 729. 738.
747.

"Brooch of Lorn," the, 424. 476.
Brodick Castle, Arran, 448. 489.
Bruce, King Robert, defeats John of Lorn,
473. Defeated by the Lord of Lorn,
476. Crowned at Scoon, 476. Subse-
quent disasters, ib. His compunction
for violation of the sanctuary by the
slaughter of Comyn, 481. Excommu-
nicated for it, ib. Observed omens-
one of a spider, ib. Traced by a blood-
hound, 482. Sequel to that adventure
told by Barbour, 484. Tradition that
he was at the battle of Falkirk inaccu-
rate, 483. Crossed the Peninsula of
Cantyre, 488. Landing in Arran, 443.
488. Instance of his humanity, 445.
489. His landing in Carrick, 449. 451.
490, 491. Defeats the Earl of Pem-
broke, 493. Blockade of Stirling Cas-
tle, 456. 494. Affected by Leprosy,
and founds the Monastery of King's
Case, 491-2. His arrangements for the
Battle of Bannockburn, 495. Encoun-
ter with Sir Henry de Bohun, 459. 496.
Battle of Bannockburn, 460 to end of
the poem, and 495 to end of the notes.
Disinterment of his remains at Dun-
fermline, 437, n.

Edward, brother of King Robert,

489. 493.

Nigel, another brother of the

King, 480.

Sir John, of Kinross, 549.
Mrs., of Arnot, ib.
Brunne, Robert de, 540. 546.
Brunswick, Duke of, slain at Jena, 104,
105. Bryce Snailsfoot's Advertise-
ment," 700.

Brydone, Patrick, Esq., 177.
Buccaniers, 309. 357. 360. 362. 365.
Buccleuch, ancestors of the house of, 17,
n. 54, 55, 56. Romantic origin of the
name, 76.

Charles, Duke of, 95, n.
LETTERS IN VERSE to, 645. 673.

Harriet, Duchess of, 12. 95, n.
Death of, 412. Tribute to her Memo-
ry, 466.

and Monmouth, Anne, Du-

chess of, 18, n.
Buchan, Mr. Peter, his Collection of Bal-
lads, 552.
Buchanan of Arnprior, "King of Kip-
pen, "268.
Burns, Robert, his "Scots wha' hae wi'
Wallace bled," 497. Structure of
Verse used by him, 543. The poet
most capable to relieve and height-
en the character of ancient poetry,

559.

Bury, Lady Charlotte, introduced the
author to M. G. Lewis, 565, and to
Lady Anne Hamilton, 602.
Byron, Lord, Remarks on a conversation
betwixt him and Captain Medwin,
13. 572. His Satire on Marmion, 81.
Lines on Pitt and Fox, 85, 86. Re-
semblance between part of Parasina
and a scene in Marmion, 101, n. No-
tice by him of the imitators of Sir Wal-
ter Scott, 294, n., 295, n. His imita-
tion of a passage in the Lord of the
Isles, 454, n. Notes on Waterloo, 291.
502 to 507, passim. Poem on his moth-
er's marriage, 552. Parallel passages
from, 203, n., 279. 297. 302. 321. 387.
421. 433. 443. 454. 503, 508.

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CADOGAN, Colonel, tribute to the memo- Coneybeare's, Rev. Mr., his illustration
of Anglo-Saxon poetry, 354.
Congreve's "Mourning Bride," 524.
Conscience, 296. 299.

"CADYOW CASTLE," 598.

Cadell, Mr. Robert, his recollections of
The Lady of the Lake," 181, n.
"Cairns," 68.

Caledonian Forest and wild cattle, 598.
600. 602.

Cambusmore, 185.

Cameron, Colonel, killed at Fuentes de
Honoro, 290.

Colonel, of Fassiefern, killed at
Quatre-Bras, 509. 665.

Sir Ewan of Lochiel, 264.

Cameronians, 604.

Camp, a favorite dog of the author's, 115.
Campbell, Thomas, 169. "The Bard of
Hope," 561. His admiration of the
poem "Cadyow Castle," 602.

Lady Charlotte. See " Bury."
Canna, island and town of, 440. 486.
Canning, Right Hon. George, a writer in
the Anti-Jacobin, 124, n. 796.
Cantyre, peninsula of, 488.
Caraccioli, Prince, 794, n.
"CARLE, now the King's come," Part i.,
702. Part ii., 703.
Caroline, Princess of Wales, 105, n.
Cartwright, Dr., the first living poet the

author recollected of having seen, 560.
Cassilis, the Earl of (temp. Jac. VI.),
779. Bond by him to his brother, 771.
"CASTLE OF THE SEVEN SHIELDS,"
ballad of the, 527.

Castilians, their skill in fighting with
darts, 61.

Catiline, death of, 506, n.
Cave, Mac-Alister's, in Strathaird, 485.
Caxton, William, 117.
Celts, the, 541. Their music and poetry,
541-2. 567-8.

Chalmers, George, his "Caledonia," 163.
His edition of Sir David Lindsay's
Works, 166. 268.

Chapel Perilous, 86. 154.
Chapman, Walter, an early Scottish prin-
See Millar and Chapman."
Charles I., King, 364. 369.

ter.

-X. of France, in Edinburgh,
125, n.

Prince Edward, one of his places
of retreat, 242.
Charms, healing, 31. 67.
Charter-stones, 492

Chace, the royal, in Ettrick Forest, 160.
Chastity, punishment for broken vows of,
102. 164.

Chatterton, Thomas, 558.
"CHEVIOT," 631.
"Chevy Chase," 539, 540.
"Child of Elle, The," 548.
Chivalry, 38. 66. 72. 76. 369.
"Christ's Kirk on the Green," 543.
Christmas, 137. 173.

Cid, the, in Spain, metrical poems of, 538.
"CLAUD HALCRO'S VERSES,” 695, 696.
698.

Claverhouse, Grahame of. See Dundee.
Clerk, Sir George, his tenure of Penny-
cuik, 606. 703, n.

- John, Esq., of Eldin, author of an
Essay upon Naval Tactics, 604, n.

John, Esq. (Lord Eldin), 711, n.
William, Esq., 573.
"CLEVELAND'S SONGS," 698.
Coir-nan-Uriskin, 209. 252.
Coleridge, S. T., his "Ancient Marin-
er," 474. 559. His "Christabel," 13.
"The Bridal of Triermain,"
an imita-
tion of his style, 408.
Colkitto, 470.
Collins, his flights of imagination, 383.

410.

Colman's "Random Records," 753.
Colwulff, King of Northumberland, 100.

163.

Combat, single, 38. 66. 72, 73. 132. 172.
223. 263.

Constable, Mr. Archibald, his "bold and
liberal industry," 14. Extract from a
letter of the author to, 714, n.
George, Esq. (Jonathan O
buck), 567.
CONTRIBUTIONS of Scott to "Mrs
STRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH Boa
DER," 537-608.

Coronach of the Highlanders, 206, 251
Cornwallis, Marquis of, 638
"COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS," Mo
from, 726.

"COUNTY GUY," Song, 709.
Cowper, 561.

Cox, Captain, of Coventry, 549.
Cranstoun, family of, 57, 65.

George, Esq., consalted
author on his attempts at comp
14, n.

Crichton Castle, 118. 167.
Critical Review, notices from, 16.
33. 37. 45. 47. 141. 149. 187. 19
239. 270. 272. 297, 298, 299, 311.2
318, 354. 381. 383. 420. 429, 438
444. 533. 536. 606.
Cromwell, Oliver, his conduct at Masa
Moor, 314. 357, 359.
"CRUSADER'S RETURN, THE,"L
"Cumnor Hall," poem of, 548.
Cunningham, Allan, bis bailad po
559. Critical remarks on Auchindra
795, n.

Cup, a drinking one, at Dunevegan, Cl
"Curch, the," worn by Scottish s
rous, 250.
"CYPRESS WREATH, TEE," 335.

D.
DACRE, families of, 70.
Dahomay, spell of, 402,
Dalhousie, Earl of, tribute to, 645
Dalkeith, Charles, Earl of after
Duke of Buccleuch), dedics of
"The Lay of the Last Musim 1,
16. See Buccleuch.

Harriet, Countess of afura
Duchess of Buccleuch), 12. 130
Buccleuch.

Town and Castle of, 601
Dalzell, (now) Sir J. G., his destes a
Scottish poems, 550.

Sir William, his combat wa
Piers Courtenay, 156.
"DANCE OF DEATH, THE,"
Danes, the, invasion of North
by, 323, 366. Traces of the w
in Teesdale, 366.
Daoine Shi', or

259, 260.

men of

David 1., King, founded Mar.
60. A sore saint for the cave, 2, a
"Dead boll," the, 164.
Death of Leith-ball, poem of the,
Death, presages of, 230.
"DEATH CHANT,” 729

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OF KEELDAR, THETM 720.
Debateable Land, the, 77.
Deloraine, lands of, 38
DONALD CAIRD's come agun,"
Donjon, what, 156.
"DON RODERICK, THE VISION &,”

269.

"DOOM OF DETORGOIL." 753
Douglas, the House of, 177 Ancent
sword belonging to, 172.

1

Archibald, third Far of, called
"Tine-man," 245. 730

"The Good Lort res" eher
ed to carry the Bruce's ket to the 163
Land, 1. In Arran, 490. Make
prisoners of Murray and Bonkle,
Often took the Castle of Dengins, 3
His "Larder,” ib. At Bannockbur
460. 495. 497. 499.

Douglas, Wm., eighth Earl of, stabbed
by K. James II. in Stirling Castle, 225.
264.

William, "the knight of Liddes-
dale," 24. 61.

265.

Gawain, Bishop of Dunkeld, 143.
of Kilspindie, affecting story of,

Doune Castle, 225.

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DRAMATIC PIECES, "Halidon Hill."
729. Macduff's Cross," 748.
Doom of Devorgoil," 753. "Auchin-
drane," 784. The House of Aspen,"
812.

Drinking to excess, custom of, in the
Western Islands, 475.
Dryburgh Abbey, 595.

Dryden, his account of his projected epic
poem of The Round Table," 155.
Duelling, 263, 264.

Duergar (northern dwarfs), 259.
Duff, Adam, Esq., 645, n.
Dundas, Right Honorable William, 14,
n.; 18, n.; 81.

Dundee, Viscount (Graham of Claver-
house), 33. His character, 243.

Dunmailraise, 384.

"DUNOIS, Romance of," 656.
Dunolly Castle, 473.

Dunstaffnage Castle, 473.

D'Uriey's Pills to Purge Melancholy, 557.
Durham Cathedral, 521.

"DYING BARD, THE," 634.

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Review, the, critical extracts
from, on the Lay of the Last Minstrel,
16, 17, 18, 19. 23. 31. 33. 43. 48, 49, 50,
51. 53. On Marmion, 85. 92, 101. 104.
132. 143. 146, 147. 151, 152. On the
Lady of the Lake, 183. 196. 201, 202,
203. 205. 208. 217. 225. 230. 238, 239.
On the Vision of Don Roderick, 276.
280. 283-4. And on the Lord of the
Isles, 414. 420. 423, 424. 451, 461, 465.
467.

Edward I., King, his vindictive spirit,
481. His employment of the Welsh in
his Scottish wars, 494. Sets out to de-
stroy the Bruce, 436. 486. His death,
486.

II. at Bannockburn, 461. His
gallantry, 499. His light, ib.

III., Motto on his shield, 546.
"EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE, To the
Memory of," 673.
Egliston Abbey, 307. 360. Visited by
Scott, 319.

Eigg, cave in the Island of, the scene of
a dreadful act of vengeance, 487.
Eildon Hills, 63.

"Elfin Gray, the," translated from the
Danish, 255.
Ellis, George, Esq., critical notices by, 50,
n.; 124, 153. Dedication to him of the
Fifth Canto of Marmion, 124.
ELSPETH'S BALLAD," G63.
Elves, 260. See "* Fairies,"
Encampment, Scottish mode of, in 1547,
169.

Ennui, 512. 536.

Epic Poem, a receipt to make an, 380.
Poetry, 379.

"EPILOGUES.' To The Appeal, a
Tragedy, 675. Play of St. Ronan's
Well, 713. Queen Mary, 714.
"EPITAPHS."-Miss Seward, 639. Jon
o' ye Girnell, 663. Balfour of Burley,
666. Mrs. Erskine, 685. The Rev.
George Scott, 726.
"ERL KING, THE," 626.
Errol, Earl of, 704.

Erskine, Thomas Lord, speech of, on hu-
manity towards animals, 498.

William, Esq. (Lord Kinnedder),
consulted by Scott on his attempts in
composition, 14. Dedication to the
Third Canto of Marmion, 104. Pas-
sage in Rokeby quoted by him as de-
scriptive of the Author, 316. Reputed
author of "The Bridal of Triermain,"
413. 521.

Mrs., Epitaph on, 685.
ESSAY ON POPULAR POETRY," 537.
ON IMITATIONS OF THE AN-
CIENT BALLAD." 555.
Ettrick Forest, 160.

Eugene Aram, remarkable case of, 361.
Evans, Mr. T., his collection of Ballads,
548.

Mr. R. H., his republication of
that Collection, 548.
"EVE OF ST. JOHN," 594. See also 568.
573.

Evil principle, the, 716.

Ezekiel, quotation from the prophecies of,
221, n.

F.

FAC-SIMILE of Sir Walter Scott's Manu-
script of THE LADY OF THE LAKE (for
page 202), placed after the Contents.
Fain, meaning of, 322, n.

Fairies, 165. 259, 260, 261. 285.
"FAIR MAID OF PERTH," Verses from
the, 721-4.

"Fair Rosamond," ballad of, 555.
Fancy, power of, in youth, 305. Lines
on, from Beattie, ib., n.
"FAREWELL то MACKENZIE, High
Chief of Kintail," from the Gaelic,
652.

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Fraser [or Frizel], Sir Simon, ancestor of
the family of Lovat, fate of, 480.
Frederick II., King of Prussia, under-
valued the literature of his country,
562.

"FREDERICK AND ALICE," 618.
French army in the Peninsula, move

ments of applied to in the prophecies of
Joel, 289. Retreat of, March, 1811,
289.

Frere, Right Hon. J. H. A writer in the
"Antijacobin," 124, n.; 812. His
imitations of the ancient ballad, 558.
"Friar Rush, 116. 166.

"FROM THE FRENCH," 657.
Fuentes de Honoro, action of, 290.
Fullarton of Kilmichel, family of, 495.*
"FUNERAL HYMN," 683.

Gala, the river, 415.

G.

"GAELIC MELODY, ANCIENT," 689.
Galt, John, Esq., epilogue to his tragedy
of The Appeal," 675.
Garlands (small ballad miscellanies),
543.555.

"GELLATLEY's, Davie," Songs, 648.
650. 652.

Janet, alleged witch-

craft, 650.
George IV., King, his opinion of the au-
thor's poetry, 238, n. LINES on his
Visit to Scotland, 702, 703, 704.
"GERMAN BALLADS, translated or imi-
tated," 609 to 626.
German hackbut-men, 70.

language, similarity of the, to the
Old English and Scottish, 567.

literature, introduction of, into
this country, 562. Afterwards fell into
disrepute. 812.

"Ghaist's Warning, the," translated from

the Danish Kæmpe Viser, 257.

Felon Sow of Rokeby," hunting of the, Ghost of the Lady Bothwellhaugh, 603.
by the Friars of Richmond, 371.
Ferragus and Ascabart, 190. 242.
Feuds, 55, 56, 57. 784.

FIELD OF WATERLOO," poem of the,
502.

Fiery Cross, the, 201, 202. 248.
Fingal's Cave at Staffa, 440, 487.
Finlay, Mr. John, his collection of bal-
lads, 551. His imitations of the ballad
style, 559.

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FIRE KING," ballad of the, 616.
573.

Flanders, manner of reaping in, 511,
Fletcher, his comedy of Monsieur Thom-
as, 554.
Flodden, account of the battle of, 146.

178.

Flodden Field," an ancient English
poem, extracts from, 88, n.; 167-8.
178.

Florinda, daughter of Count Julian, 285.
"Flower of Yarrow," Mary Scott, 71.
161.

"Flying Dutchman, the," 361.
"Following" (feudal retainers), 128, n.
Football, game of, 74. 657.
Forbes, Sir William (author of "The
Life of Beattie''), tribute to his memo-
ry, 115, 166.

son of the preceding, 115, 115, n.
"FOR A' THAT, AN' A' THAT," 644.
Forgeries of documents, 176.
"FORTUNE, Lines on," 726.
"FORTUNES OF NIGEL," Mottoes from
the, 705-8.

Foster-children, 368.

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Gil Morrice, ballad of, 571.
Glamour, 29. 65.

GLEE-MAIDEN," Song of the, 722.
Glee-maidens, 231, 266.

Glencairn "The Good Earl" of, 601.
603. 802.

"GLENCOE, on the Massacre of," 642.
"GLENFINLAS," 589.

Glenfruin, conflict of, between the Mac
gregors and the Colquhouns, 246.
Glengarry. See Macdonnell.
Goblin-Hall, the, 164.
Goblin-Page, Lord Cranstoun's, 64.
Goethe, 562. 812.

Golagrus and Gawane, the knightly tale.
of, 544, n.

Goldsmith, Oliver, his imitations of ballad
poetry, 559.

GOLDTHRED'S SONG," 692.
Gordon, Adam, gallant conduct of, at
Homildon Hill, 730.

Colonel, the Hon. Sir Alexander,
killed at Waterloo, 509.
Grame, or Grahame, families of, 77, 243.
291.
Graham. Rev. Dr., Notes from his
Sketches of Perthshire, 185 passim
263.

Sir John the, 243. 291.
Sir Thomas, Lord Lynedoch, 291,
GRAY BROTHER, THE," 604.
Greta Bridge, 360.

161.

Grotto on the estate of Strathaird, de
scription of, 485.

Fox, Right Honorable Charles James,
River, 308. 316. 360, 361, 364.
"among those who smiled on the ad-Grey Mare's Tail," the, a cataract
venturous minstrel," 14. Never ap-
plied to by Scott regarding his appoint-
ment as a Clerk of Session, 81. Trib-
ute to his memory, 85. His compliment
to the author of The Monk," 564.
Franchemont, superstitious belief regard-
ing the Castle of, 139. 176.

Guisards of Scotland, 174.
Gunn, John, a noted Highland cateran,
story of, 262.

"GUY MANNERING," Verses from, 658.

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