books.google.fr - Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley Novels" take their name from "Waverley" (1814), the first in the series, because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827....http://books.google.fr/books/about/The_Waverly_Novels.html?hl=fr&id=qt9NsMy1XvwC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Waverly Novels
Sir Walter Scott's "Waverley Novels" take their name from "Waverley" (1814), the first in the series, because Scott did not publicly acknowledge authorship until 1827.