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NARRATIVE, &c.
We have received some files of American Papers, to the middle of August last. In one of these, the "National Gazette," we find a Narrative of the Battle of Drumclog, which, as our readers will remember, are described in the Novel of Old Mortality. This Narrative is introduced by the following Letter to the Editors of the National Gazette:—
Messrs. Editors,
Of all the Waverly Novels "Old Mortality" produced perhaps the greatest sensation in Scotland. It pleased the light readers. It was very acceptable to the Tory party. It ⟨roused⟩ the attention of the Whigs-I mean ⟨not⟩ the Radicals, but the descendants and ⟨lovers⟩ of the true "Whigs of the Covenant." ⟨It⟩ excited a burst of admiration, and a burst ⟨of⟩ indignation, deep and severe.—The one ⟨from⟩ the Tories, and the mere admirers of ⟨the⟩ historical romance—the other from the ⟨religious⟩ and devout body of the nation.
It was a novel affair, and it excited the pub-
