Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-28

Scotch smile, -" YOU was but an Ill faured turn,
m ali; YEN surely take look o the g"oes moo.
The m. STR draper himself, who was SANDING
all The while in the op, admiring he pai'enoe-
and perseverance Of ,hr old man, and iteiing
lt,le computation for the unceremoniouS man.
ner he had been treated, examined me contents
Of the pack, found them to be articles ne s'o"d
in need Of, purchased them, and ordered an
additional regular supply, and thus iald the
foundation Of an oppnteDt mercantile house
that has now fl"urs ed for some generations.
"Sir Wafer. hsn NJ. 5 OF, frs appeared
before he public Ia 1899, Gas, hir'y years
sgo,) as the iransla or al a uasei'y from the
German, called Coz Ber'i hlngen, with he
Iron Hand Ii wa, pubish'd In london, we
believe anonymously, n aas been ii''ie heard
Of since. H. lSo2, he pibls"td ne Mlnsir''sy
Of rbr S o',sh b 'der, With al 'n'iohncuon
AID Noes, ,o. 8>o. IN 1904, 81 rs ram,
a Romance, by Thomas of ErrI dru e VII
Preliminary Dissertation ard Gioss,ry; |"
1905 The Lay of the Last M'n'hel; ~ 1900
Ballads and Lyrical Pres; 10 1903 MArmon;
aud the Works of Jonn Drydsr, lS vols /.
Illustrated with No es. Historical, C,i'ical, AID
explanatory, and Lie Of the Au'hh. )"
1909 The Stale p ,pers and Letters Of Sir
moir of his Lift and Lord Somrr's Collection
Of Tracts, in - vols. 40; IN 1910, hr Political
Works Of Anna Steward, with Extracts fro"
her Ii cray Correspondence the l. DIV
uf the L.Rr; in 1911 the Vision o. Do Rn-
derrick; IN 1913, Rokrby: 10 1914, The Works
of Jvna han Swift with Notes, and Life oil
the Au,hor, in 10 vols. svo.--'he Lord OF The
Isi,s, and the border Antiquities Of Scmland
and Eoglsnd; in 1915, Pauls Letters to ais
Kir.f,ik the Field Of Waterloo, and work
on Iceland; in 1919, Account Of The Regatta
OF Scotland: and Provincial Antiquities AMI
Picturesque Scenery IF Scotland, with His'o>
real Illustrations; in 1920, Trivial Poems and
Triole,s, by P. Carey, VIII Preface; in 1922,
,,don Hill; in S27, The L'r Of Napoleon,
in 'o!s Svo. Meroisoi Larocheja quelin,
with Preface for The first volume of Cons,a.
ble's Mi,cel'ary-and he Letters OF Malachi
Ma agrowther or the Currency; in 1928 Tafs
Of Cir ndfa he', FIRST series: and in 1929, aies
Of o Grandf.,h.r, second series. Add TO The sc
Fl .rold 80 Daurtless, aad tie Bridal "f irier-
milan. which originally appeared ANONYMOUSLY;
Essays or Chivslrv. Ron, ance, and he Drama,
in III. Supple men, The Enoy loped'" BIi'anni-
ca; Lives Of the Nnvei,cs Charao tcrs Of the
,at" Duke OF Buccleugr. Lord Somervi'e,
George ILL.,. Byron, and the Duke Of York :
the Visionary, three per:oti' al papers, which
originally apptar in he Edinburgh " eek'y
Journa' o. the STATE &c he coustry in 1890 ;
and nn.merable ANONYMOUS Co: lrihulions TO
diff rem, periodical works, among which We
may particularly mention In Edinhu'gh and
Quar'erly Reviews, Ed, burgh Annual Regis
yer, &c. Sc.
Sir Walters novels have come ont in thu
following oruer, AID each has consisted of three
III
pat,icu;arize In 1914, Waverlv !; 1915, Guy
Mannering; 1916, the An'iquar,-aud Tai,
Of my Landlord. fist Serts consisting Of he
Black Dwarf and Orh Ma:.ality, 4 vols; 1918,
Rob Roy-and Tales Of my Landlord. second
series, .ons,s ing If the H.art f Mid Lo hi.'.
4 vols. 1919, Tales Of IN, Landlord, third Sc
ries, consisting OF tie Bride Of L,mmr mnir.
aud the Legend Of Mnnl,os', 4 vols; 1920,
lvanhoe-the Monastery and the Abbo'; 1921,
X nilworh 1928, The Plrar-and the Foo
tunes OF Nigel 1924, 81 Romans Well-ant
Redgauhtlet; 1928. Tales OF the Crusaders,
vols 1926, Woodstock; 1927, Chronicles Of
the C,no"gae, first series, vols 1928, Chro
nj, lrs OF the Canongate, second series; ann now,
1929, Anne Of Geirs,ein. /, is Interesting 10
know, as curi,us literary fact, that as s'a'ed
in the general preface TO the cabinet edition
Of the novels on the eve OF publication The
original manuscripts are Ill in existence. and
entirely written in the authors own hand, ex
,epting during The years 1918 and 1919, when,
bring afiicred with severe illness, he was obig-
ed 20 employ the assistance Of an amanuensis.
he.e novels make, in all, IS volumes, and are
for the most part closely printed, and contain
much greater quantity Of letter press than is
usual IN similar productions.
AN INTERESTING FACT. -Siilimans July No.
Of the M iran JIurual Of Science and Arts