| Title: | [Letter] 1823 Autumn [to] Thomas Allan / Walter Scott [Sir]. |
| Personal Author: | Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832. |
| Date: | 1823 Autumn. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Dimensions: | 25 cm. |
| General Note: | See also another letter in the collection from Scott, as well as letters from Sir Humphrey Davy, and letters to Thomas Allan. |
| Abstract: | Scott expresses his approval of the plan to give a dinner for Sir Humphrey Davy, and will hold himself engaged for the date. Scott also mentions the "Club" and Mackenzie. A writer of historical romances and a poet, Scott began his literary career by traveling in his native Scotland and collecting folk ballads, the subject of his first book. He was influenced by German writers like Goethe (also represented in the collection). His first success was the narrative poem "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" (1805), and his well known works include Marmion (1808), the Waverley novels including Rob Roy (1817) and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), and Ivanhoe (1819). The letter's recipient, Thomas Allan, developed one of the finest collections of minerals in England, published an Alphabetical list of the names of minerals at present most familiar in the English, French, and German languages (1808), and discovered the mineral Allanite which was named for him. |
| Personal Subject: | Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832--Correspondence
Allan, Thomas, 1777-1833--Correspondence
Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829--Correspondence. |
| Subject: | Authors--Scottish--19th century
Social life and customs
England--Intellectual life--19th century. |
| Recipient: | Allan, Thomas, 1777-1833. |
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