Contributions to Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country

James Hogg was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. He is best known for his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Megan Coyer is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow and directs Glasgow’s Medical Humanities Research Centre. She held a Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Humanities from 2012-2016. She received her PhD in Scottish Literature from the University of Glasgow in 2010, and her first degree is a B.S. in Neuroscience from Lafayette College (Easton, PA USA).

• List of FiguresIntroductionContributions to Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836February 1830–January 1831 (Volumes 1–2)The Flower of AnnisleyI Hae Naebody NowThe Lass o’ CarlisleLines for the Eye of the Beautiful Miss E. B.The Unearthly WitnessStrange Letter of a LunaticFebruary 1831–January 1832 (Volumes 3–4)Geordie ScottThe Barber of Duncow.—A Real Ghost StoryDisagreeablesAunt SusanCrawford JohnOn the Separate Existence of the SoulFebruary–December 1832 (Volumes 5–6)The Twa BurdiesOne Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-oneThe Elder in LoveThe Mountain-Dew MenThis Warld’s an Unco Bonny PlaceEwan M‘GabharJanuary–December 1833 (Volumes 7–8)An Auld Wife’s DreamA Remarkable Egyptian StoryThe Shepherd’s Noctes [Manuscript Version]The Shepherd’s Noctes, and the Reason Why They Do Not Appear in Fraser’s MagazineThe Miller Correspondence. XXVII.—James HoggJanuary–December 1834 (Volumes 9–10)Extraordinary History of a Border Beauty[O saw ye ought o’ the Queen o’ Hearts]The Frasers in the CorreiLove’s LegacyJanuary–December 1835 (Volumes 11–12)Anecdotes of Ghosts and Apparitions. No. I and IIA Very Ridiculous SermonThe Hunter of ComarA DreamThe Three SistersThe Chickens in the CornJanuary–December 1836 (Volumes 13–14) [Posthumous]The TurnersHelen CrocketAppendix A:Oliver Yorke’s Introduction to the Ettrick Shepherd’s Last TaleAppendix B:I. Works Attributed to Hogg for which Hogg’s Authorship is Unlikely, Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836II. Biographical Articles, Fictive Depictions, and Reviews of Hogg’s Works in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, 1830–1836Hyphenation ListNotesGlossary

James Hogg clearly enjoyed being a ‘Fraserian’. In that ‘racy and spunky Magazine’ he was playful, tender, funny, political and daring. Megan Coyer’s expert editing and enlightening annotations bring new Hoggian treasures to light. This fine edition illuminates the literary culture of that fascinating transitional decade, the 1830s.