Excerpt from Waverly, or Sixty Years Since: A Dramatic Romance, in Three Acts, Founded on the Popular Novel of the Same Name, as First Performed on Monday, March 8th, 1824, at the Adelphi Theatre, Strand IF I knew how, I should be happy to form some reasonable excuse for the liberties I have taken with so popular a Novel 'as waver ly, in my attempt to pinion it to Dramatic shape but as I do not, except such a one as must present itself to every person possessing a tolerable share of common sense, I leave each Reader to form his own opinion, and to draw his own conclusion on the subject' For me, I can only entertain a degree of surprise, ' that the very best of the Scotch Novels, amid the existing multitude of Dramatic Authors, should have been left for my pen to dramatise; and if, indeed, there exist a material cause for censure, I humbly trust Messieurs, the Critics, will deal more, kindly with my presumption, than with the apathy of those _who suffered the tale to pass into my un skilful 'hands. With regard to my imitation of the Scotch dialect, -i am silent; the very offence itself may prove that the least said is soonest mended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.