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LEFT SCOTT 301 SCOTT life of his grandson, John Hugh Lock- hart, who was suffering from a mortal disease. Nevertheless, he kept heroically at work, earned £8,228 with "Woodstock" (1826) in three months, and £18,000 with his "Life of Napoleon" in nine volumes. "Tales of a Grandfather" (1828-1830) followed, and with the "Chronicles of the Canon gate" (1827) and an edition of his works with autobiographical prefaces en- abled him to raise nearly £40,000 in two years. He went on with "The Fair Maid of Perth" (1828) and "Anne of Geier- stein" (1829), but in 1830 was interrupted by a stroke of paralysis. When he re- sumed with "Count Robert of Paris" (1831) a decline in his powers was un- mistakable. A second and third attack followed, but he toiled on, and even found time for political activity. After finish- ing "Castle Dangerous" (1831) he was taken to Naples in the hope of prolonging his life, and there heard of the death of his grandson. In the following spring, on his return journey, he was again struck down by paralysis, and was brought home half unconscious. They carried him to Abbotsford, where he died within sound of his beloved Tweed, on Sept. 21, 1832. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Walter, on whose death in 1847 the title became ex- tinct. Scott's life insurance and his copy- rights were sufficient to settle the unpaid balance of his obligations, so he may be regarded as having won his heroic fight to clear his name and estate from debt. Scott's struggle to the death to pay what was due to his creditors is typical of the most fundamental trait in his character. From his ancestry or from the age of chivalry to which he gave so romantic a devotion he caught the spirit of honor which he carried into the mazes of modern business. For the rest he was a loyal friend, a generous enemy, a warm partisan without personal rancor, a de- voted patriot. In spite of his romanti- cism, his character had a basis of solid common sense, and his broad sympathy and hearty humor made his contact with his fellows human and healthy. These qualities pervaded his work. His poetry is vivacious and picturesque, seldom pas- sionate or lofty; his prose admirably suited to a born story teller with a keen observation of the variety if not the subtlety of human nature. In his fiction he professed no higher motives than the characters. He succeeded best with figures that could be drawn in strong colors, least with normal young men and women. He was a great artist in the picturesque. Among men of letters it is hard to find a truer man. SCOTT, WALTER DILL, an Ameri- can educator, born at Cooksville, 111., in 1869. He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University in 1891, from Northwestern University in 1895, and took post-graduate studies at the Univer- sity of Leipzig. From 1901 to 1908 he was associate professor of psychology and education and direction of the psychologi- cal laboratory at Northwestern Univer- sity, and from 1908 was professor of psychology at the same institution. In 1916-17 he was director of the Bureau of Salesmanship Research at the Car- negie Institute of Technology. During the World War he devised and installed a personnel system in the United States Army, for which he received the Dis- tinguished Service Medal. He was the author of "The Theory of Advertising" (1903) ; "The Psychology of Advertising" (1908) ; and "Increasing Human Ef- ficiency" (1911). SCOTT, WINFIELD, an American military officer; born near Petersburg, Va., June 13, 1786; was educated at ^% GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT providing of wholesome entertainment, and the awakening of patriotism and an William and Mary College, and studied interest in the past. These purposes he law. In 1808 he was appointed captain achieved with brilliant success; for few of light artillery in General Wilkinson's writers have given more harmless pleas- division, stationed at Baton Rouge, La.; ure, or have aroused in more readers a but was suspended for having accused his curiosity about former ages, or have ere- general of complicity with the conspiracy ated so large a company of imaginary of Aaron Burr. At the commencement T — Cyc Vol 8