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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 571 (Supplementary Number)   By:

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 571 is a delightful collection of diverse articles and stories that cater to a wide range of interests. From historical anecdotes to entertaining tales, this volume offers something for everyone.

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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

Vol. 20 No. 571.] SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER. [PRICE 2d.

NOTICES OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART.

With Five Engravings:

1. ABBOTSFORD, ( from the Garden .) 2. THE ARMOURY. 3. THE POET'S STUDY. 4. PORTRAIT ( from the last painting .) 5. DRYBURGH ABBEY.

[Illustration: ABBOTSFORD, (FROM THE GARDEN, see page 247.)]

Sir Walter Scott was the third son of Walter Scott, Esq., Writer to the Signet, in Edinburgh, and Anne, daughter of Dr. John Rutherford, Professor of Medicine in the University of the above city. His ancestry numbers several distinguished persons; though the well earned fame of Sir Walter Scott readers his pedigree comparatively uninteresting; inasmuch as it illustrates the saw of an olden poet, that

Learning is an addition beyond Nobility of birth: honour of blood, Without the ornament of knowledge, is A glorious ignorance.

SHIRLEY.

Sir Walter was born at Edinburgh, on the 15th of August, 1771 or, on the birthday of Napoleon Buonaparte. His father was a man of prosperous fortune and good report; and for many years was "an elder in the parish church of Old Grey Friars, while Dr. Robertson, the historian, acted as one of the ministers... Continue reading book >>


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