Hear, Land oí Cakes and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnny Groatís, If thereís a hole in aí your coats, I rede ye tent it; A chielís amang you takiní notes, Aní faith heíll prent it! Burns. SCOTT began to work on “The Heart of Mid-Lothian” almost before he had completed “Rob Roy.” On Nov. 10, 1817, he writes to Archibald Constable announcing that the negotiations for the sale of the story to Messrs. Longman have fallen through, their firm declining to relieve the Ballantynes of their worthless “stock.” “So you have the staff in your own hands, and, as you are on the spot, can manage it your own way. Depend on it that, barring unforeseen illness or death, these will be the best volumes…
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