▁actions ▁and ▁utter ances ▁from ▁his ▁collection . ▁ ▁Ed itions ▁The ▁Abb ot ▁was ▁published ▁by ▁Arch ib ald ▁Const able ▁and ▁John ▁Ball ant y ne ▁in ▁Edinburgh ▁on ▁ 2 ▁September ▁ 1 8 2 0 ▁and ▁by ▁Long mans ▁two ▁days ▁later . ▁As ▁with ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁W aver ley ▁nov els ▁before ▁ 1 8 2 7 ▁publication ▁was ▁anonymous . ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁reason ▁to ▁suppose ▁that ▁Scott ▁was ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁novel ▁again ▁until ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁when ▁he ▁re vised ▁the ▁text ▁and ▁added ▁an ▁introduction ▁and ▁notes ▁for ▁the ▁' Mag num ' ▁edition ▁where ▁it ▁appeared ▁as ▁Vol umes ▁ 2 0 ▁and ▁ 2 1 ▁in ▁January ▁and ▁February ▁ 1 8 3 1 . ▁The ▁standard ▁modern ▁edition , ▁by ▁Christopher ▁Johnson , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁as ▁Volume ▁ 1 0 ▁of ▁the ▁Edinburgh ▁Edition ▁of ▁the ▁W aver ley ▁Nov els : ▁it ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁edition ▁with ▁em end ations ▁mainly ▁from ▁the ▁manuscript ▁and ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁editor ial ▁changes ▁to ▁rect ify ▁the ▁Douglas ▁family ▁relationships ; ▁the ▁Mag num ▁material ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁Volume ▁ 2 5 b . ▁ ▁Plot ▁introduction ▁It ▁is ▁concerned ▁mainly ▁with ▁Queen ▁Mary ' s ▁imprison ment ▁at ▁L och ▁Le ven ▁Castle ▁in ▁ 1 5 6 7 , ▁her ▁escape , ▁and ▁her ▁defeat . ▁Par allel ▁to ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁rom ance ▁of ▁Roland