Walter Scott, The Abbot, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black (The Waverley Novels, Author’s Editon, paperpack, price one shilling).

For my dearest
friend, Clara.
A parting gift in token
of the love and constancy of
Nellie Bacon.
April 14th 1888

Walter Scott, The Monastery, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black (The Waverley Novels, Author’s Editon, paperpack, price one shilling).

For dearest Clara.
In loving remem-
brance of her
faithful friend
Nellie Bacon.
April 14th 1888