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London. Second edition, 18 vols., Edinburgh, 1821. Another edition, revised and corrected by George Saintsbury, Edinburgh, 1882-1893. The Life of John Dryden (4to, only 50 copies printed). Memoirs of John Dryden, Paris, 1826. Memoirs of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, written by himself, and Fragmenta Regalia, being a history of Queen Elizabeth's favourites, by Sir Robert Naunton.
With explanatory annotations.Edinburgh.
[Edited by Scott anonymously.] Scott contributed no introductions, but his notes are copious, especially with regard to the history of the Border.
This is one of the books of which Scott is reported to have said to his publisher, Mr.Constable, "Did I not do Hodgson, Carey, Carleton, etc., to serve you; and did I ever ask or receive any remuneration ?" (_Ballantyne's Refutation_, etc., p.
76.) Queenhoo-Hall, a romance; and Ancient Times, a drama.
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