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125886225.23.Pdf / H.K'iT.T. &vtrofubfc(7 'Zb*- UJ 2jl2*^UM }J> '‘i1^ FHUtr^ ( D $l%?> ^JZl ‘^+~~t /\ < f^U ^ ' 7^. (^> jc l^'H^ .J^- J <IJ>0 ^ lA^ C^y^JjCu^k / JL UHUUB'l H./M. 35.5, ^•(^j 3 ^ * u ^ J C»->-** JjC’Qs* ^ fi^Cx ,J<WV ^ l^ulX to. vT* (^cAttt % Jp \oun. h 'i^t J&ji Cu»il<)"p k^L *f ^ wh' THE SCOTT ORIGINALS SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., From a painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. THE SCOTT ORIGINALS AN ACCOUNT OF NOTABLES WORTHIES THE ORIGINALS OF CHARACTERS IN THE WAVERLEY NOVELS W. S. CROCKETT MINISTER OF TWEEDSMUIR AUTHOR‘lABBOTSFORD” OR “ FOOTSTEPS “IN OFPRAISE SCOTT OF ” TWEED”“ THE SCOTT ETC. COUNTRYETC. " TNFOULIS London & Edinburgh 1912 January 1912 PHnttd by Morrison & Gibb Limited, Edinburgh To 'Daniel <iAitkenhead Schoolmaster-Emeritus of Earlston Dear Maister—From the A B C To Greek and grand Latinity You drove the lessons into me. Old Homer strung his lyre langsyne, Quintus Horatius sang divine. In that lore-haunted school of thine. Back in those thirty years agone. Heard I the call of11 Marmionf And claimed the Wizard for mine own. And all the great heart-stirring lays Fillea up the fountain of your praise. Ambition in my breast to raise. You led your Scholar up the hill Of learning, with a joyous will— His heart is with the Maister still. “If anywhere in another world the blessings which men have conferred here are taken into account in distributing reward, surely the choicest in store of the Most High will be reserved for His servant Scott! It may be said of others that they have made the world wise or rich, but of him it must be said that he, more than all, has made the world happier —wiser, too, wiser through its happiness.”— Mark Rutherford. CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE i. Waverley—“The Baron of Bradwardine” • 3 11. ,, “Davie Gellatley” . .27 hi. Guy Mannering—“ Dandie Dinmont” . 45 iv. ,, “Dominie Sampson” . 67 v. ,, “ Pleydell” . -89 vi. ,, “ Meg Merrilies” . 105 vii. The Antiquary—“Jonathan Oldbuck” . .119 viii. „ “Edie Ochiltree” . 133 ix. The Black Dwarf—“The Black Dwarf” . 143 x. Old Mortality—“Old Mortality” . 165 xi. Rob Roy—“ Rob Roy” . .187 xii. „ “ Di Vernon ” . .209 xiii. The Heart of Midlothian—“Jeanie Deans” . 227 xiv. „ „ “ Madge Wildfire” 243 xv. The Bride of Lammermoor—“Lucy Ashton” . 249 xvi. A Legend of Montrose—“ Dugald Dalgetty” . 271 xvii. Ivanhoe—“Rebecca” ..... 283 xvin. The Pirate—“Captain Cleveland” . 299 viii CONTENTS xix. St. Ronan’s Well—“Meg Dods” .313 xx. „ “Josiah Cargill” . 325 xxi. Redgauntlet—“ Redgauntlet ” . 341 xxii. Chronicles of the Canongate—“ Mrs. Bethune Baliol” . .359 xxm. The Surgeon’s Daughter—“Gideon Gray” . 369 xxiv. Is Scott Self-Revealed? .... 375 xxv. Scott’s Clerical Characters . 387 Appendix ...... 405 Index ....... 425 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Sir Walter Scott, Bart. .... Frontispiece From a Painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A. Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ..... 6 From a Painting by Graham Gilbert. Colonel Charles Whitefoord . • 14 ArtistWhitton unknown. Paddocks, By Ludlow.permission of Mrs. Whitefoord, The Last Lord Forbes of Pitsligo . .20 FromLord a Painting Clinton. by A. S. Belle (1720). By permission of Daft Jock Gray . -32 From a Painting by W. Smellie Watson, R.S.A. By per- missionEsq. of the Trustees of the late Ralph Dundas, Dirk Hatteraick’s Pistol . .50 FromDunn. a Photograph by J. Dunn, Esq. By permission of Mrs. Manuscript Sermon of the Rev. George Thomson . 74 By permission of J. E. Fairbairn, Esq. Grave of the Rev. George Thomson . .78 From a Photograph by John Brown, Esq. The Rev. James Sanson . .82 From a contemporary Print. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING Adam Rolland ....... 92 FromGallery a Painting of Scotland. by Sir Henry Raeburn in the National Andrew Crosbie . .96 Artist unknown. By permission of the Faculty of Advocates. George Constable . .122 By Kay, By ermission of Messrs. T. C. & E. C. Jack. Grave of Andrew Gemmels (2 Pictures) . .138 From a Photograph by Messrs. Macintosh & Co., Kelso. David Rjtchie (“The Black Dwarf”) . .142 FromMargaret a contemporary Nairn, Sketch M.A. (1802). By permission of The Black Dwarf’s Cottage .... 146 From a Photograph by Mrs. Caverhill. Statue of the Black Dwarf at Hallyards House . 150 FromMrs. a Photograph Anderson. by Mrs. Caverhill. By permission of Relics of the Black Dwarf (2 Pictures) . .156 Fromthe a TrusteesPhotograph of by the Mrs. Chambers Caverhill. Institution, By permission Peebles. of Grave of the Black Dwarf. .... 160 From a Photograph by Mrs. Caverhill. Birthplace of Old Mortality, Haggisha’, Hawick . 170 From a Photograph by Peter Macnairn, Hawick. Statue of Old Mortality in the Garpel Glen, Bal- maclellan, by John Currie . • i74 From a Photograph by Summerville Smith. Tombstone to Old Mortality at Balmaclellan . 178 From a Photograph. OST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi Rob Roy . • i94 Frommerly an Originalin the possession Painting of by Kenneth Andrew Macleay,Henderson, R.S.A. for- Count and Countess Purgstall (Jane Anne Cranstoun) AND THEIR ONLY SON . 2l8 FromChurch, the Medallion Styria. byBy permissionThorwaldsen of the inHauptefarrer. Riegersburg Grave of Jeanie Deans (Helen Walker) . 236 From a Photograph by James White. MS. of “The Heart of Midlothian’’—Jeanie’s Inter- view with Queen Caroline .... 240 By permission of Mrs. Topham. Baldoon Castle ...... 256 From a Photograph by Nicolson, Wigtown. Marriage - Contract of The Bride of Lammermoor (1669) ....... 262 By Permission of Captain John Hope, R.N. Burial-Vault of the Bride of Lammermoor, Kirkliston Church . .266 From a Photograph. Sir James Turner ...... 278 Frontof a Scotland. Painting by Robert White in the National Gallery Rebecca Gratz. .288 FromRebecca a Miniature Gratz by Nathan.Malbone. By permission of Mrs. Grave of Rebecca Gratz at Philadelphia From a Photograph by William H. Rai-. • 294 Misses Anne and Catherine Morritt 300 ArtistRokeby. unknown. By permission of H. Morritt, Esq., of xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING Margaret Scott, of Deloraine .... 304 FromBy a Miniaturepermission. in the possession of Miss Barbara Peddie. Eliza Scott, of Deloraine ..... 308 FromBy a Miniaturepermission. in the possession of Miss Barbara Peddie. Grave of the Ritchie Family, Peebles . 320 From a Photograph by James M‘Knaught. Rev. Alexander Duncan, D.D. -334 Artist unknown. By permission of Dr. John Thomson. Sir Robert Grierson, sth Baronet of Lag . 342 Artistson, unknown. Bart. By permission of Sir Alexander D. Grier- Grave at Dunscore of Sir Robert Grierson, ist Baronet of Lag ...... 346 FromSir a AlexanderPhotograph by D. J.Grierson, W. Dods, Bart. Esq. By permission of Mrs. Ann Waldie . .350 FromRichard a Painting J. Waldie-Griffith,by Downman. By Bart. permission of Sir Mrs. Anne Murray Keith ..... 362 FromLord a Miniature Balcarres. at Haigh Hall. By permission of Dr. Ebenezer Clarkson ..... 370 Artist unknown. By permission of Mrs. Lawrie. Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ..... 376 FromGeorge a Painting Bishop, by Graham Esq. Lindsay. By permission of PREFACE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRESENT WORK MAY be found in the plea of a librarian of standing—Mr. G. M. Fraser of Aberdeen Public Library. Referring (in a recent article on Scott) to the characters depicted in the Waverley Novels, Mr. Fraser says: “ It may be doubted if there is any one literary subject on which requests to public librarians— at least in Scotland—are more frequent or more interesting than the requests for information as to the Originals of these characters. There is a real need for a first-class book on this subject.” That is to say, that with the exception of Robert Chambers’s Illustrations of the Author of Waverley, published ninety years since (but frequently reprinted), no such book has ever been written. Dictionaries of the characters exist, notably Cornish’s (1871), and May Rogers’s (187 9)—the latter an American compilation, and admirable; and Miss M. A. F. Husband’s volume published last year. But none of the three make attempt at identifications. I have gathered together (in the course of many years) a vast amount of interesting material with respect to Scott, hoping some day to annotate, or to assist in annotating, Lockhart’s great Biography. Some portion of these notes and investigations has gone to the making of thisjbook. All the available sources have been examined—the invaluable XIV PREFACE Introductions contributed to the Magnum Opus edition of the Waverleys ; Lockhart’s Life of the Wizard; and many other works which only a Scott Bibliography could enumerate. Only the best-known of the characters have been dealt with, and those generally whose identity either Scott or Lockhart has revealed. I have not formulated theories: for who can pretend to be certain where the Master himself is silent ? Indeed, the whole question is a somewhat thorny one. What were Scott’s methods in drawing his fictitious portraits ? He had an individual in view, no doubt, but his identity was veiled by the addition of characteristics belong- ing to a totally different personage or (as often happened) personages. Scott painted in “composites.” The living person he never transferred to his pages simply as he was. That were a violation of the technique of the novelist’s art, impossible to a great creative genius. Scott’s characters are his own matchless creation. He first lived among them. He had gone through the length and breadth of the country and had met after a friendly fashion with all the conditions of life which are so happily reflected in his resplendent mirror. There everything is so real, so true to life, so ex- quisitely touched with the “ rare sweet glamour of humanity.” In the making of this book I have been indebted for much kind help—more than I can sufficiently acknowledge—par- ticularly with regard to the Illustrations, which constitute an altogether unique Scott Gallery.
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