BIB_ID
307942
Accession number
MA 426.10
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1802 Jan. 2].
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Date from Grierson and note on p. 1.
Labeled "No. 8" and "2d Jany 1802" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's hand.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient inferred from contents of letter and identified in Grierson.
Labeled "No. 8" and "2d Jany 1802" on p. 1, possibly in J. G. Lockhart's hand.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Recipient inferred from contents of letter and identified in Grierson.
Summary
Saying that the Christmas vacation has allowed Leyden to continue copying the "Arthour" manuscript and discussing Leyden's plans to take a medical degree and move to India. Agreeing with Ellis's observation regarding the French version of "Sir Tristram," discussing a likely transmission of the romance through England to Scotland, and further discussing the romance.
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