Short Stories
SIR WALTER SCOTT once stated that he kept a lowland laird waiting for
him in the library at Abbotsford, and that when he came in he found the
laird deep in a book which Sir Walter perceived to be Johnson's
Dictionary. Well, Mr. ----, said Sir Walter, how do you like your
book?--They're vera pretty stories, Sir Walter, replied the laird;
but they're unco' short.