[Footnote 344:  M. Maigron says, speaking of the vogue of Scott in France:  “On peut affirmer meme que, de 1820 a 1830, aucun nom francais ne fut en France aussi connu et aussi glorieux.” (Le Roman Historique a l’Epoque Romantique, p. 99.  See also pp. 100-133.)]

[Footnote 345:  The phrase is quoted from Scott’s article on the Life and Works of John Home, in which it is applied to Home’s critical work.  The same idea occurs frequently in Scott’s books, as indicating one of the finest graces of life.  It was one which Sir Walter was foremost in practicing in all his social relations.]

  [Footnote 346:  He was talking about Pope.  See the Recollections, by
  R.P.  Gillies, Fraser’s, xii:  253 (Sept., 1835).]

  [Footnote 347:  Review of The Battles of Talavera, Quarterly,
  November, 1809.]

  [Footnote 348:  Editor’s Introduction to Montrose, Border edition of
  the Waverley Novels.]

  [Footnote 349:  Familiar Letters, Vol.  I, p. 125.]

[Footnote 350:  Quarterly, January, 1817.  Scott evidently wrote this article chiefly for the purpose of defending the historical accuracy of Old Mortality.  He also wished to show that The Black Dwarf was founded on fact; and he devoted some space, as will appear in the passage quoted below (pp. 111-112), to a discussion of the artistic aspects of these and the earlier Waverly novels.]

  [Footnote 351:  Journal, Vol.  II, p. 269.]

  [Footnote 352:  Ibid., Vol.  II, p. 276.]

  [Footnote 353:  Familiar Letters, Vol.  I, p. 96.]

  [Footnote 354:  Introductory epistle to Nigel; Fam.  Let., Vol.  I,
  p. 28.]

  [Footnote 355:  Introduction to the Monastery.]

  [Footnote 356:  Familiar Letters, Vol.  I, p. 258.]

  [Footnote 357:  Rokeby, Canto VI, stanza 26; Waverley, Vol.  II, pp.
  399-400; Journal, Vol. 1, p. 117; Lockhart, Vol.  IV, pp. 447-8.]

  [Footnote 358:  Review of the Life and Works of John Home,
  Quarterly, June, 1827.]

  [Footnote 359:  Review of Southery’s Life of Bunyan, Quarterly,
  October, 1830.]

  [Footnote 360:  Quarterly, January, 1817.]

  [Footnote 361:  Lockhart, Vol.  II, pp. 7-8.]

  [Footnote 362:  Quarterly, November, 1809.]

  [Footnote 363:  Lockhart, Vol.  II, p. 128.]

  [Footnote 364:  Ibid., Vol.  II, p. 129.]

  [Footnote 365:  Epistle prefixed to Canto V.]

  [Footnote 366:  Epistle prefixed to Canto III.]

  [Footnote 367:  Hazlitt’s Spirit of the Age, art. Sir Walter Scott;
  see Letters to Heber, p. 75 ff.]