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2、ditionoftheWaverleyNovels,thePublishershaveavailedthemselvesoftheopportunitythusaffordedthemofcarefullycollatingitwiththevaluableinterleavedcopyintheirpossession,containingtheAuthor'slatestmanuscriptcorrectionsandnotes;andfromthissourcetheyhaveobtaine
3、dseveralannotationsofconsiderableinterest,neverbeforepublished.Asexamplesofsomeofthemoreimportantofthesemaybementionedthenoteson``HighJinks''inGuyMannering,``Prtorium''intheAntiquary,andthe``ExpulsionoftheScotchBishops''intheHeartofMidlothian.Ther
4、ehavealsobeeninserted(withinbrackets)someminornotesexplanatoryofreferencesnowrenderedperhapssomewhatobscurebythelapseoftime.Forthese,thePublishershavebeenchieflyindebtedtoMr.DavidLaing,SecretaryoftheBannatyneClub,andoneofthefewsurvivingfriendsoftheAut
5、hor.FortunatelythereisnowlittlemorerequiredinthewayofannotationtotheWaverleyNovels;butinordertoaffordeveryfacilityofreference,aspecialglossaryhasbeenaddedtosuchofthenovelsasrequireit,andeachvolumewillcontainaseparateindex.AGeneralIndexwillalsobeappend
6、edtotheconcludingvolumeoftheseries.EDINBURGH,_December_1869,ADVERTISEMENTTOEDITION1829IthasbeentheoccasionaloccupationoftheAuthorofWaverleyforseveralyearspasttoreviseandcorrectthevoluminousseriesofNovelswhichpassunderthatname,inorderthat,iftheyshoulde
7、verappearashisavowedproductions,hemightrendertheminsomedegreedeservingofacontinuanceofthepublicfavourwithwhichtheyhavebeenhonouredeversincetheirfirstappearance.Foralongperiod,however,itseemedlikelythattheimprovedandillustratededitionwhichhemeditatedwo
8、uldbeaposthumouspublication.ButthecourseoftheeventswhichoccasionedthedisclosureoftheAuthor'snamehavinginagreatmeasurerestoredtohimasortofparentalcontrolovertheseWorks,heisnaturallyinducedtogivethemtothepressinacorrected,and,hehopes,animprovedf
