BIB_ID
307943
Accession number
MA 426.11
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1802 Jan. 8.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Labeled "No. 9" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
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 the letter and identified in Grierson.
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 the letter and identified in Grierson.
Summary
Describing Leyden's plans to take a medical degree and secure his passage to India. Agreeing with Mr. Macpherson's argument regarding the identity of Thomas of Learmounth (i.e., Thomas the Rhymer); discussing the traditions of the "Scoto-Celtich Bards concerning Merlin" and other aspects of the Arthurian universe, and noting that "Merlin is the only one of the four Bards of Britain whose memory has survived among common people." Asking for copies of some specific poems in the British Library.
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