Susan Edmonston Ferrier, a Scottish novel-ist, born in Edinburgh about 1782, died there in November, 1854. Her works, all published anonymously, are: "Marriage" (1818),The Inheritance" (1824), and "Destiny, or the Chief's Daughter"' (1831). She possessed a rare ability for delineating national character-istics, genial wit, and a quick sense of the lu-dicrous. Sir Walter Scott pays a tribute to her talent at the conclusion of his "Legend of Montrose." She was his frequent guest at Abbotsford, and contributed by her society to relieve the sadness which clouded the last days of his life. She was never married.