No persuasion or authority could prevail upon the French troops to stand the shock of the bayonet. The imperial guards, in particular, hardly stood till the British were within thirty yards of them, although the French author, already quoted, has put into their mouths the magnanimous sentiment, “The guards never yield--they die.” The same author has covered the plateau, or eminence, of St Jean, which formed the British position, with redoubts and entrenchments which never had an existence. As the narrative, which is in many respects curious, was written by an eye-witness, he was probably deceived by the appearance of a road and ditch which runs along part of the hill. It may be also mentioned, in criticising this work, that the writer states the Chateau of Hougomont to have been carried by the French, although it was resolutely and successfully defended during the whole action. The enemy, indeed, possessed themselves of the wood by which it is surrounded, and at length set fire to the house itself; but the British (a detachment of the Guards, under the command of Colonel Macdonnell, and afterwards of Colonel Home,) made good the garden, and thus preserved, by their desperate resistance, the post which covered the return of the Duke of Wellington’s right flank. THE END. WORKS OF WALTER SCOTT, ESQ. I. The MINSTRELSY of the SCOTTISH BORDER, consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a few of Modern Date, founded on Local Tradition. With an Introduction and Notes by the Editor. Fifth Edition. 3 vol. 8vo. 1_l._ 16s. boards. II. SIR TRISTREM, a Romance, by Thomas of Ercildoune; published from the Auchinleck MS. in the Advocates’ Library. With a preliminary Dissertation and Glossary. Third Edition. 8vo. 15s. boards. III. The LAY of the LAST MINSTREL. Thirteenth Edition. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards. IV. MARMION; a Tale of Flodden-Field. 8vo. Ninth Edition. 14s. boards. The same in 2 vols. 8vo., with Engravings from Designs by Singleton. 1_l._ 1s. boards. V. The LADY of the LAKE, with a Portrait of the Author. Tenth Edition. 14s. boards. VI. DON RODERICK. A Poem in Three Cantos. 8vo. Second Edition. 9s. boards. VII. BALLADS and LYRICAL PIECES. Fourth Edition. 7s. 6d. boards. VIII. ROKEBY. A Poem. Sixth Edition. 8vo. 14s. boards. IX. The LORD of the ISLES. A Poem. Fourth Edition. 8vo. 14s. boards. X. The MINSTRELSY of the BORDER; SIR TRISTREM; LAY; MARMION; LADY of the LAKE; BALLADS; DON RODERICK; ROKEBY; and LORD of the ISLES. Elegantly and uniformly printed by Ballantyne and Co., in 10 vol. royal 8vo. 12_l._ 9s. boards. XI. The WORKS of JOHN DRYDEN, 18 vol. 8vo. 9_l._ 9s. boards. XII.