The Abbot

and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

THE ABBOT.

BEING THE SEQUEL TO THE MONASTERY.

By Sir Walter Scott

INTRODUCTION--(1831.)

From what is said in the Introduction to the Monastery, it must necessarily be inferred, that the Author considered that romance as something very like a failure. It is true, the booksellers did not complain of the sale, because, u...