Life of Sir Walter Scott

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Excerpt from Life of Sir Walter Scott: With Remarks Upon His Writings The first and best reason for attempting the sketch of a poet's life is to throw. Light upon his poetry. In the case of Scott, whose verse forms only the earlier half of his writings, such a sketch would in strictness end with his forty-fifth year. It would be unpleasant, however, to break off thus and the story of his career, even if he had not been author of Marmion and Old Mortality, is in itself one of the most interest ing which we possess. An eminently good and noble hearted man, tried by almost equal extremes of for tune, and victorious over both, - the life of Scott would be a tragic drama in the fullest sense, moving and teaching us at once through pity, and love, and terror, even if he had not also, in many ways, deserved the title of greatness. The aim of these pages will hence be to present a biography, complete in its main points, and including some remarks on scott's'position as a writer, which the accompanying narrative will, it is hoped, render easily intelligible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.