THE

LITERARY SOUVENIR.

EDITED BY

ALARIC A. WATTS.

I have song of war for knight;
Lay of love for lady bright;
Fairy tale to lull the heir;
Goblin grim the maids to scare.

SIR WALTER SCOTT.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN & GREEN.

LONDON:

Manning and Smithson, Printers, 4, London-house-yard, St. Paul's.

TO

SIR FRANCIS FREELING, BART.

This Volume

IS INSCRIBED,

AS A MARK OF RESPECT FOR HIS PATRONAGE OF

BRITISH ART,

NO LESS THAN AS A SLIGHT BUT SINCERE TESTIMONY OF THE PERSONAL ESTEEM OF

THE EDITOR.