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in a corner of the dining-room; and when he goes 

 out, Charlie Scott and I read the stories." My 

 son's tutor was the original of Dominie Sampson 

 in " Guy Mannering." The " Memorie of the Somer- 

 villes " was edited by Walter Scott, from an ancient 

 and very quaint manuscript found in the archives 

 of the family, and from this he takes passages 

 which he could not have found, elsewhere. Although 

 the work was printed it was never published, but 

 copies were distributed to the different members of 

 the family. One was of course given to my hus- 

 band. 



The Burning of the Water, so well described by 

 1 Walter Scott in " Redgauntlet," we often witnessed. 

 The illumination of the banks of the river, the 

 activity of the men striking the salmon with the 

 " leisters," and the shouting of the people when a 

 fish was struck, was an animated, and picturesque, 

 but cruel scene. 



Sophia Scott, afterwards married to Mr. Lockhart, 

 editor of the "Quarterly Review," was the only one of 

 Sir Walter's family who had talent. She was not 

 pretty, but remarkably engaging and agreeable, and 

 possessed her father's joyous disposition as well as 

 his memory and fondness for ancient Border legends 

 and poetry. Like him, she was thoroughly alive to 

 peculiarities of character, and laughed at them 



