Sir Walter Scott’s “Waverley”
July marks the 200th anniversary of the first appearance of Sir Walter Scott’s novel, Waverley. Scott had already found great success with his poetry, such as The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) and Marmion (1808), but Waverley was a runaway bestseller. It was first published in an edition of 1000 copies, which sold out …