‘No,’ said the lady in the bus, — she had to speak rather loud to make herself heard above the din of the traffic, — ‘No, I used to like Scott as a child, but I never read him now.’ ‘I don t suppose ...

Caroline McCracken-Flesher, a UW English professor and director of the Center for Global Studies, co-edited a new book, titled “Walter Scott at 250: Looking Forward.” The book considers the ways in ...

IF it is true, as is often affirmed, that Scott no longer has as many readers and admirers as he did, say, fifty years ago, the reason is not hard to find. Our grandfathers, as well as many of ...