| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| Ancestry—Childhood—Youth—First Love—Marriage | 1 |
| CHAPTER II |
| Early Married Life—Ballad Collecting—“Lay of the Last Minstrel”—“Marmion” | 27 |
| CHAPTER III |
| “Quarterly Review”—“Lady of the Lake”—“Rokeby”—Ballantyne Affairs | 59 |
| CHAPTER IV |
| The “Waverley” Novels | 83 |
| CHAPTER V |
| “Guy Mannering” to “Kenilworth” | 110 |
| CHAPTER VI |
| Novels—Financial Ruin—Death | 157 |
| Conclusion | 205 |
