Evidence: | '[Scott] denies "Waverly" [sic] which it behoves him to do for a while at least; indeed I do not think he will ever acknowledge it; but with regard to the author there is not and cannot be a doubt remaining - the internal evidence is of itself sufficient - it may be practical enough to imitate either your lordship or him for a few verses but that the same turn of thought characters and expression in a word that the whole structure of mind sholud so exactly coinincide in two distinct individuals is not in nature. - By the by this seems to have brought a curious fact to light. I heard Ballantyne with my own ears attest when Waverly went first to the press which is now a long while ago that it was by the author of "The Bridal of Triermain" who in all the surmises [italics] had never yet been named [end italics] What are we to think here my Lord?
However I like Waverly exceedingly and never was more diverted than by some of the pictures there of Scottish manners and I am much pleased to hear you commend it'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 7 Jul 1814 and 30 Jul 1814 | ||||||||||
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Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
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Reader: | George Gordon, Lord Byron |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | poet |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 18753 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Hogg | |
Editor: | Gillian Hughes | |
Title: | Collected Letters of James Hogg, The | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 2004 | |
Vol: | I | |
Page: | 191 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Hogg, Gillian Hughes (ed.), Collected Letters of James Hogg, The (Edinburgh, 2004), I, p. 191, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=18753, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
Letter from Hogg to Byron, referring to a letter from Byron which has not survived. |
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