Strutt's Queen Hoo Hall

Some years back I purchased of a son of the late Joseph Strutt, a copy of *Queen Hoo Hall*, containing manuscript memoranda by that son relating to his father and to Walter Scott. Amongst other matters it states, that the original manuscript of that romance was submitted to Mr. Scott before it was published, and that he retained it a long time before he published his *Waverley Novels*. Mr. Strutt, jun., accuses him of taking hints and facts from his parent's work. He also stated that the story of the Illuminator in *Queen Hoo Hall* is mainly an account of the life of his father. The three volu…