Chapter 44

Ruskin (Modern Painters, iii. 278) refers to "the love of color" as a leading element in Scott's love of beauty. He might have quoted the present passage among the illustrations he adds. 195. The native bulwarks, etc. The MS. has "The mimic castles of the pass." 196. The tower, etc. Cf. Gen. xi. 1-9. 198. The rocky. The 1st ed. has "Their rocky," etc. 204. Nor were, etc. The MS. reads: "Nor were these mighty bulwarks bare." 208. Dewdrop sheen. Not "dewdrops sheen," or "dewdrops' sheen," as sometimes printed. Sheen …