THE SELECTOR.

AND

LITERARY NOTICES OF _NEW WORKS_.

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CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE.


[_Ecce iterum Crispinus!_--We intend to continue our notice of the above
work in a series of snatches, or portraitures, for which mode (from its
varied and detached character) it is perhaps better calculated than any of
its predecessors. Our anticipatory anxiety in selecting the _Two Drovers_
was a forcible illustration of the maxim, _Qui dat cito, dat bis;_ for the
extent occupied by the portion already quoted and its interruption, with
the immense influx of works recently published, have somewhat interfered
with our arrangements. In "the Introduction" to the "Chronicles," Sir
Walter Scott avows the authorship of the Waverley Novels, and recapitulates
the explanation which took place at the Theatrical Fund Meeting, at
Edinburgh, in July last. Sir Walter then proceeds to acknowledge, with
gratitude, "hints of subjects and legends" which he received from various
quarters, and occasionally used as a foundation of his fictitious
compositions, or wove in the shape of episodes; and from these
acknowledgments we select the following _dram. pers._]