Meaning of the centenary celebration- great popularity of the
poems-value of monuments as memorials.
Poems express the yearning for the Past in general-the Past of
Feudalism, and the Past in Scotland-they have much
historic suggestiveness, promote the acknowledgment of
duty on the part of the highly-placed, and appeal to all
minds and hearts by beautiful descriptions of nature.
Scott the type of a South Country Scotchman; his good eye for
colour partly inherited-why should we neglect old English
words now preserved in the Scottish language?
Classification of Scott's poetry-very suitable for brightening dim
eras-necessarily presents a series of large sketches, and an
abated delineation of character-reason given for Scott's
abandonment of poetry.
Richness, freedom and force of Scott's illustrations generally-
his fertility and versatility-his joyous metre-fondness for
moonlight-unpoetic passages in the poems-the poems
must be judged, with their subject, as a whole.
Scott's artistic excellences-his Church scenes.