But after that year he wrote little for the _Quarterly_ until 1818, and again little until after Lockhart became editor in 1825.

From that time until 1831 he was an occasional contributor.
1814 was the year of _Waverley_.

Before that the poems had been appearing in rapid succession, and Scott had been busy with the _Works of Swift_, which came out also in 1814.

The thirteen volumes of the edition of _Somers' Tracts_, already mentioned, and several smaller books, bore further witness to his editorial energy.

The last of the long poems was published in 1815, about the same time with _Guy Mannering_, the second novel, and after that the novels continued to appear with that rapidity which constitutes one of the chief facts of Scott's literary career.