CONTENTS: Ancestry, Parentage, and ChildhoodYouth -- Choice of a ProfessionLove and MarriageEarliest Poetry and Border MinstrelsyScott's Mature PoemsCompanions and FriendsFirst Country HomesRemoval to Abbotsford, and Life thereScott's Partnerships with the BallantynesThe Waverley NovelsScott's Morality and ReligionDistractions and Amusements at AbbotsfordScott and George IVScott as a PoliticianScott in AdversityThe Last YearThe End of the StruggleIndex