One of my pleasant recollections is that of seeing Sir Walter Scott out on a stoll with his dogs, the scene being in the neighborhood of Abbotsford, in the Summer of 1824, while as yet the gloom ...

And, greatly as I admire Scott, I almost wish he had left ‘slogan’ to sleep undisturbed. Another of his picturesque revivals is the ‘fiery cross,’ the cross burnt at one end and dipped in ...

Now a proposal has been put forward to designate 2011 as The Year of Sir Walter Scott. ... "Abbotsford became the first large home to open to tourists in Scotland in 1833.

The present volume, indeed, were undertaken at the special request of the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell Scott, the great-granddaughter of Sir Walter, through the Lockhart line. View Full Article in ...

The shortlist for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize f or Historical Fiction has been revealed by way of a treasure-hunt video.. The shortlist was announced at Abbotsford, home to the prize and to ...

It is also known that, in 1817, Irving visited Sir Walter Scott at his home in Abbotsford, Scotland, and apparently sang Gratz’s praises to the British writer.

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Abbotsford House, the home of Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, near Melrose in the Scottish Borders (David Cheskin/PA) PA Archive. Ryan McDougall. 15 April 2025.