THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. VOL. XII. DRAMAS. EDINBURGH: ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK. 1861. ADVERTISEMENT. [This volume contains all the dramatic pieces which Sir Walter Scott ever published; namely, the translation of Goetz von Berlichingen, which appeared in 1799; the House of Aspen, which was written at the same early period, though it was first printed in The Keepsake for 1830; Halidon Hill, written and published in 1822; MacDuff's Cross, 1823; and the Doom of Devorgoil, and the Aryshire Tragedy, which appeared together in 1830. The Editor had some scruples about reprinting the version of Goetz of the Iron Hand; but it marks so important a period in the Author's studies, that, on the whole, he considered it proper to insert it, though in a smaller type, and in the shape of an Appendix.] |