Peter Garside was educated at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and taught English Literature for more than thirty years at Cardiff University, where he became Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research. Subsequently he was appointed Professor of Bibliography and Textual Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he is now a Professorial Fellow. He was one of the general editors of the bibliographical survey The English Novel 1770-1829 (2000) and has since co-edited the critical collection English and British Fiction 1750-1820 (2015). More recent work includes editions of Walter Scott’s Shorter Poems (2020) and J. G. Lockhart’s Peter’s Letters to His Kinsfolk (2 volumes, 2022).

What distinguishes this edition are the Explanatory Notes: they are wonderful. They incorporate, develop and consolidate those in the Edinburgh editions of the novels and poetry. They superbly indicate Lockhart’s sources and his manipulation of them. They are a magnificent guide to the Scott world.

• Aims of the EditionVolume Editor’s AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Genesis and Early Composition2. Production and Reception: The Larger Life to 18423. The 1848 Abridgement and Successors4. The Present TextNarrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.PrefaceChapter I, 1792-1797Chapter II, 1797-1803Chapter III, 1804-1806Chapter IV, 1806-1809Chapter V, 1809-1812Chapter VI, 1812-1814Chapter VII, 1815-1816Chapter VIII, 1817-1818Emendation ListHyphenation ListExplanatory NotesTextual Notes

Peter Garside was educated at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and taught English Literature for more than thirty years at Cardiff University, where he became Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research. Subsequently he was appointed Professor of Bibliography and Textual Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he is now a Professorial Fellow. He was one of the general editors of the bibliographical survey The English Novel 1770-1829 (2000) and has since co-edited the critical collection English and British Fiction 1750-1820 (2015). More recent work includes editions of Walter Scott’s Shorter Poems (2020) and J. G. Lockhart’s Peter’s Letters to His Kinsfolk (2 volumes, 2022).

What distinguishes this edition are the Explanatory Notes: they are wonderful. They incorporate, develop and consolidate those in the Edinburgh editions of the novels and poetry. They superbly indicate Lockhart’s sources and his manipulation of them. They are a magnificent guide to the Scott world.

• Aims of the EditionVolume Editor’s AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Genesis and Early Composition2. Production and Reception: The Larger Life to 18423. The 1848 Abridgement and Successors4. The Present TextNarrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.PrefaceChapter I, 1792-1797Chapter II, 1797-1803Chapter III, 1804-1806Chapter IV, 1806-1809Chapter V, 1809-1812Chapter VI, 1812-1814Chapter VII, 1815-1816Chapter VIII, 1817-1818Emendation ListHyphenation ListExplanatory NotesTextual Notes

Peter Garside was educated at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and taught English Literature for more than thirty years at Cardiff University, where he became Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research. Subsequently he was appointed Professor of Bibliography and Textual Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he is now a Professorial Fellow. He was one of the general editors of the bibliographical survey The English Novel 1770-1829 (2000) and has since co-edited the critical collection English and British Fiction 1750-1820 (2015). More recent work includes editions of Walter Scott’s Shorter Poems (2020) and J. G. Lockhart’s Peter’s Letters to His Kinsfolk (2 volumes, 2022).

What distinguishes this edition are the Explanatory Notes: they are wonderful. They incorporate, develop and consolidate those in the Edinburgh editions of the novels and poetry. They superbly indicate Lockhart’s sources and his manipulation of them. They are a magnificent guide to the Scott world.

• Aims of the EditionVolume Editor’s AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Genesis and Early Composition2. Production and Reception: The Larger Life to 18423. The 1848 Abridgement and Successors4. The Present TextNarrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.PrefaceChapter I, 1792-1797Chapter II, 1797-1803Chapter III, 1804-1806Chapter IV, 1806-1809Chapter V, 1809-1812Chapter VI, 1812-1814Chapter VII, 1815-1816Chapter VIII, 1817-1818Emendation ListHyphenation ListExplanatory NotesTextual Notes