18, 1815), two volumes of "Guy Mannering" were in print (Letter to Morritt, Jan.

17, 1815.) The novel was issued on Feb.

14, 1815.

Scott, as he says somewhere, was like the turnspit dog, into whose wheel a hot cinder is dropped to encourage his activity.

Scott needed hot cinders in the shape of proof-sheets fresh from the press, and he worked most busily when the printer's devil was waiting.