The Graveyard 

 Tillietudlem Castle 

 Edith on the Battlements 

 Claverhouse 

 The Duel 

 Abbotsford 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO OLD MORTALITY. 

     The origin of "Old Mortality," perhaps the best of Scott's historical romances, is well known. In May, 1816, Mr. Joseph Train, the gauger from Galloway, breakfasted with Scott in Castle Street. He brought gifts in his hand,—a relic of Rob Roy, and a parcel of traditions. Among these was a letter from Mr. Broadfoot, schoolmaster in Pennington, who facetiously signed himself "Clashbottom." To cleish, or clash, is to     "flog," in Scots. From Mr. Broadfoot's joke arose Jedediah Cleishbotham, the dominie of Gandercleugh; the real place of Broadfoot's revels was the     

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