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Songs, By The Ettrick Shepherd
''Songs, By the Ettrick Shepherd'' is a collection of 113 songs by James Hogg published in 1831. All except one of the songs had previously appeared in print, mostly either in Hogg's earlier publications or in a range of periodicals. Background During the 1820s songs by Hogg had appeared in a number of periodicals, most notably in the ''Noctes Ambrosianae'' series in ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine''. In April 1830 Hogg announced to William Blackwood William Blackwood (20 November 177616 September 1834) was a Scottish publisher who founded the firm of William Blackwood and Sons. Life Blackwood was born in Edinburgh on 20 November 1776. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a firm of book ... that he was selecting the best of these songs for a 'pocket volume'. In the event the choice was not limited to the previous decade: Hogg assembled songs from throughout his career, so that the volume offers a comprehensive survey of his work in the field. He was closely involved with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hogg
James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorised biography. He became widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series '' Noctes Ambrosianae'', published in ''Blackwood's Magazine''. He is best known today for his novel ''The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner''. His other works include the long poem '' The Queen's Wake'' (1813), his collection of songs ''Jacobite Relics'' (1819), and his two novels ''The Three Perils of Man'' (1822), and ''The Three Perils of Woman'' (1823). Biography Early life James Hogg was born on a small farm near Ettrick, Selkirkshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noctes Ambrosianae
The ''Noctes Ambrosianae'', a series of 71 imaginary colloquies, appeared in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from 1822 to 1835. The earlier ones had several different authors, including John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, James Hogg and Professor John Wilson, but from 1825, with the 19th in the series, the contributions by Wilson predominate, and he eventually wrote all or most of 39 of the dialogues, as well as parts of some others. The scene is usually set in Ambrose's Tavern in Edinburgh, and the central characters are "Christopher North" (Wilson himself), "Timothy Tickler" (based on Robert Sym, 1750–1840, previously a Writer to the Signet), and the "Ettrick Shepherd" (based on James Hogg). Several other characters, imaginary or based on real people, including the "English Opium Eater" (Thomas De Quincey Thomas Penson De Quincey (; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his '' Confessions of an English Opium-Eater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackwood's Magazine
''Blackwood's Magazine'' was a British magazine and miscellany printed between 1817 and 1980. It was founded by the publisher William Blackwood and was originally called the ''Edinburgh Monthly Magazine''. The first number appeared in April 1817 under the editorship of Thomas Pringle and James Cleghorn. The journal was unsuccessful and Blackwood fired Pringle and Cleghorn and relaunched the journal as ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine'' under his own editorship. The journal eventually adopted the shorter name and from the relaunch often referred to itself as ''Maga''. The title page bore the image of George Buchanan, a 16th-century Scottish historian, religious and political thinker. Description ''Blackwood's'' was conceived as a rival to the Whig-supporting '' Edinburgh Review.'' Compared to the rather staid tone of ''The Quarterly Review'', the other main Tory work, ''Maga'' was ferocious and combative. This is due primarily to the work of its principal writer John Wilson, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blackwood
William Blackwood (20 November 177616 September 1834) was a Scottish publisher who founded the firm of William Blackwood and Sons. Life Blackwood was born in Edinburgh on 20 November 1776. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers in Edinburgh, and he followed his calling also in Glasgow and London for several years. Returning to Edinburgh in 1804, he opened a shop in South Bridge Street for the sale of old, rare and curious books. He undertook the Scottish agency for John Murray and other London publishers, and gradually drifted into publishing on his own account, moving in 1816 to Princes Street. On 1 April 1817 the first number of the ''Edinburgh Monthly Magazine'' was published, which on its seventh number became ''Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine''. "''Maga''," as this magazine soon came to be called, was the organ of the Scottish Tory party, and round it gathered a host of writers, including John Neal, making Maga the first British literary journal to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadell & Davies
Cadell and Davies was a publishing company established in London in 1793. The business was formed when bookseller and publisher Thomas Cadell the elder (1742–1802) bequeathed his business to his son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773–1836) and the elder Cadell's apprentice William Davies. Cadell & Davies shut down after Davies death in 1819. Cadell continued in business until his own death in 1836. Yale University has a collection of the firm's papers and correspondence. Cadell & Davies published the 4th to 8th editions of James Boswell's ''Life of Johnson''. Work The firm published various portraits from engravings based on earlier drawings made from paintings. A book by Edward Daniel Clarke was published with engravings by R. Watts of London. It documented travels in various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa in 1813 and was a follow-up to an earlier book on Russia Tartary and Turkey published in 1810. The second book covered Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land (1813). Cadel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1831 Poems
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