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Dandie Dimont and his Dogs, engraved by Stephen Sly after Sir William Allan, 1842 (Corson A.7.a.1842/8)

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Andrew Lang, photograph by George Meisenbach, 1891 (.8288 Lan)

Online Literary Works about Scott
Scott on the Stage and in Film
Other Pages

1. Online Literary Works about Scott

Naar Walter Scott - A poetic tribute by the Dutch writer Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903) with hypertext notes: from the Project Laurens Jz Coster, an electronic archive of classic Dutch literature.
The Funeral Day of Sir Walter Scott - A poem by Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), published by Mary Mark Ockerbloom's A Celebration of Women Writers site.
A Walter Scott: nostalgia del pulito - From Ioannes Paulus PP. I: Servum Dei, a site dedicated to the memory of Pope John Paul I, this Italian-language text is taken from Illustrissimi (1976), a series of imaginary letters to historical, religious, and mythical figures, to writers and artists, and to literary characters. The letter to Scott evokes the writer's childhood pleasure in reading the Waverley Novels (with particular reference to Waverley and Anne of Geierstein) and salutes Scott as a model of healthy literature.
To Sir Walter Scott, Bart. - One of the Letters to Dead Authors (1886) by Andrew Lang (1844-1912), editor and biographer of Scott, published by The Literature Network.
Old Friends - From World Wide School, a series of 'epistolary parodies' published in 1890 by Andrew Lang, consisting of imaginary letters between well-known characters from fiction or between characters and authors. They include a) correspondence between Jonathan Oldbuck, the eponymous hero of The Antiquary, and Scott's real-life antiquarian friend Robert Surtees (Letters 7 and 8), b) Letter 10 from the Earl of Montrose to Captain Dalgetty, the soldier of fortune of A Legend of Montrose, concerning a dual in Dumas's The Three Musketeers, c) Letter 24 from Baron Bradwardine to Edward Waverley on his quarrel with Sir Hew Halbert who derided the Bradwardine family name (see Waverley, chapter XIV).
The Wizard of the North: The Life, Times and Works of Sir Walter Scott - From Plays by Alan Richardson, a description and sample scene from a dramatized reading written for performance at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The text is based on the words of Scott himself, his family and friends, acquaintances and critics, and includes extracts from The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, and Rob Roy. A free script can be requested from the author.

2. Scott on the Stage and in Film

The Adelphi Theatre 1806-1900: The 1823-1824 Season - From The Adelphi Theatre 1806-1900: A Calendar of Performances, a site maintained by members of Eastern Michigan University English Department, this page discusses contemporary reviews of adaptations of Waverley, The Heart of Mid-Lothian, and St. Ronan's Well. The site also includes a list of all plays performed at the London theatre, including a number of further Scott adaptations.
Playbills of the Theatre Royal Edinburgh 1800-1850 - From the National Library of Scotland, a page providing access to clickable images of playbills from the library's collection, including bills for nineteen performances of Rob Roy MacGregor; or, Auld Lang Syne (adapted from Rob Roy) (1819-25), eight performances each of Guy Mannering (1819-25) and The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1820-24), five of The Antiquary (all 1821), four each of The Bride of Lammermoor (1822-25) and The Talisman (all 1825), three each of Ivanhoe (all 1823) and St. Ronan's Well (all 1824), two of Waverley (1824-25), and one apiece of Kenilworth (1824) and Redgauntlet (1825).
Scott at the Movies - From the Internet Movie Database, a list of film and TV adaptations of Scott, from J. Stuart Blackton's 1909 film The Bride of Lammermoor: A Tragedy of Bonnie Scotland to the present day. Also includes a list of films in which 'Hail to the Chief' (extracted from The Lady of the Lake) is sung.

3. Other Pages

Extracts from Robert Walker's Diary, 1867-1877 - From the North East Folklore Archive, the diary of Robert Walker of Richmond (1815-1890), a Peterhead businessman and local historian, includes an entry on how Scott's centenary was celebrated in Peterhead, August 14, 1871.
'The Gastronomic World of Sir Walter Scott' - From Frank R. Shaw's pages on Electric Scotland, this article by Kay Shaw Nelson, author of The Art of Scottish American Cooking, shows that Scott's novels provide 'a wealth of valuable and fascinating information for food historians and devotees of Scottish gastronomic lore'.
Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery - Tom Lee's Picture Gallery includes links to images of the steamer 'Sir Walter Scott', and of steamers named after Scott's works or characters: the 'PS Dandie Dinmont' (built 1866), 'PS Madge Wildfire' (built 1886, later renamed 'Fair Maid'), 'PS Jeanie Deans' (built 1884), a later ship of the same name (built 1931), 'PS Kenilworth' (built 1898), 'PS Lord of the Isles' (built 1877), a later ship of the same name (built 1891), 'Lucy Ashton' (built 1888), 'PS Marmion' (built 1906), 'PS Redgauntlet' (built 1895), the 'PS Talisman' (built 1896), 'DEPV Talisman' (built 1935), the 'PS Waverley' (built 1899), and a later ship of the same name (built 1946).
Phrases Coined by Sir Walter Scott - From The Phrase Finder, a site which lists the meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms, this page discusses Scott's position as the third-most fertile coiner of English phrases after the King James Bible and Shakespeare. There is a discussion of Scott's coinage of 'caught red-handed' with links to entries on further phrases for which Scott is either 'father or midwife'.
The Scottish Deerhound - From a site devoted to the breed, this page (accessible in Dutch or English) describes Scott's love of the deerhound, with an extract from The Talisman and an image of Landseer's painting of his dog Maida.
The Scottish-Israelite Food Taboos - From Brit-Am, the 'official website for the Lost Tribes of Israel', this article by Yair Davidiy quotes extensively from Scott to show that the Scots traditionally followed Mosaic Law in regarding pork as taboo.
Walter Scott, Lord Penzance and Roses - From the Rosegathering site ('Dedicated to roses in art, gardens, and history'), this page discusses the enthusiasm of the nineteenth-century judge and amateur horticulturist James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance, for Scott, which led him to name fourteen Hybrid Eglanteria roses after Scott characters.

Ceramic Model of Walter Scott's Deerhound Maida (Corson P.13.468)

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