take spa treatment at Bath in England,where they lived at 6 South Parade.[5]In the winter of 1776 he went back to Sandyknowe,with another attempt at a water cure at Prestonpans during the followingsummer.[4] Scott's home from the age of 4 to 26 in George Square, Edinburgh In 1778 Scott returned to Edinburgh for private education to prepare him for school,and in October 1779 he began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh.He was now well able to walk and explore the city and the surrounding countryside.His reading included chivalric romances,poems,history and travel books.He was given private tuition by James Mitchell in arithmetic and writing,and learned from him the history of the Kirk with emphasis on the Covenanters.After finishing school he was sent to stay for six months with his aunt Jenny in Kelso,attending the local grammar school where he met James and John Ballantyne who later became his business partners and printed his books.[6] II.Literary career As a boy,youthand youngman,Scott was fascinated by the 10 oral traditions ofthe Scottish Borders.He was an obsessivetake spa treatment at Bath in England, where they lived at 6 South Parade.[5] In the winter of 1776 he went back to Sandyknowe, with another attempt at a water cure at Prestonpans during the following summer.[4] Scott's home from the age of 4 to 26 in George Square, Edinburgh In 1778 Scott returned to Edinburgh for private education to prepare him for school, and in October 1779 he began at the Royal High School of Edinburgh. He was now well able to walk and explore the city and the surrounding countryside. His reading included chivalric romances, poems, history and travel books. He was given private tuition by James Mitchell in arithmetic and writing, and learned from him the history of the Kirk with emphasis on the Covenanters. After finishing school he was sent to stay for six months with his aunt Jenny in Kelso, attending the local grammar school where he met James and John Ballantyne who later became his business partners and printed his books.[6] II. Literary career As a boy, youth and young man, Scott was fascinated by the oral traditions of the Scottish Borders. He was an obsessive 10’