NOVELS AND TALES BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
HARPER'S REVISED STEREOTYPE EDITION.

PRINTED BY J. & J. HARPER, 82 CLIFF-ST.

SOLD BY COLLINS AND HANNAY, COLLINS AND CO., G. AND C. AND H. CAR-
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To

Most Gracious Majesty

Sire

The Author of this Collection of Works of Fiction would not have presumed to solicit for them your Majesty's August Patronage, were it not that the perusal has been suppos. ed in some instances to have succeeded in amusing hours of relaxation, or relieving those of languor, pain, or anxiety; and therefore must have so far aided the warmest wish your Majesty's heart by contributing in however small a degree to the happiness of your people.

They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty, agreeably to your gracious permissi

on, by

Your Majesty's
Dutiful Subject
Wallerfull

Abbotsford 1 January 1829.

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