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WAVERLEY NOVELS

FORTY-EIGHT VOLUMES

VOLUME XLIII.

BORDER EDITION
The Introductory Essays and Notes by Andrew Lang to this Editionof the Waverley Novels are Copyright

THE DUEL.
Drawn and Etched by R de Los Rios

Anne of Geierstein

by

Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart.

WITH INTRODUCTORY ESSAY AND NOTES
By ANDREW LANG

TEN ETCHINGS

VOLUME I.

LONDON
JOHN C. NIMMO
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND
MDCCCXCIV

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

THIS EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS,

THE BORDER EDITION,

IS DEDICATED BY THE PUBLISHER

TO

THE HON. MRS. MAXWELL SCOTT OF ABBOTSFORD
AND HER CHILDREN,
WALTER, MARY, MICHAEL, ALICE, MALCOLM,
MARGARET, AND HERBERT,
GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
OF THE AUTHOR.

TO

The King's Most Gracious Majesty.

Sire,

The Author of this Collection of Works of Fiction wouldnot have presumed to solicit for them your Majesty's august patronage,were it not that the perusal has been supposed in some instancesto have succeeded in amusing hours of relaxation, or relieving thoseof languor, pain, or anxiety, and therefore must have so far aided thewarmest wish of your Majesty's heart, by contributing in howeversmall a degree to the happiness of your people.

They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty, agreeablyto your gracious permission, by

Your Majesty's Dutiful Subject,

WALTER SCOTT.

Abbotsford,
1st