Autograph letter signed with initials : Abbotsford [near Melrose], to James Ballantyne, [1812 Oct.] | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Responding to Ballantyne's desire to publish Rokeby by Christmas, noting that it is only possible if Scott shortens the poem by a Canto; saying that he can complete it at the original projected length in six weeks or two months; expressing determination to publish the poem by Christmas; discussing a few specific lines of the poem

Manuscript, English, 1812

Publication:Sir Walter Scott's Rokeby (MA 448)

Physical Description:1 item (2 pages) ; 22.8 cm

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:759593004

Notes:

Labeled "No. 4" in an unknown hand on p. 2

Approximate date of writing from the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 731)

Bound in Sir Walter Scott's autograph manuscript of Rokeby (MA 448); see related record for more information