摘要：Describes and reproduces a letter written by Sir Walter Scott to the actress Sarah Smith (later Mrs Bartley), in February 1814, in which he tells her shortly before the anonymous publication of his novel Waverley that "I am not writing anything just now"; discusses Scott's interest in Smith's career, his brief comments on the dramatist Joanna Baillie, and the extent to which Smith was in his confidence about his writing.
关键词：Scottish literature; Scottish fiction; the Scottish novel; Sir Walter Scott; Sarah Smith; Sarah Bartley; Joanna Baillie; publication of WaverleyN
