Three Short Novels

John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Angela Esterhammer, FRSC, is Professor of English at the University of Toronto. Her publications include Print and Performance in the 1820s: Improvisation, Speculation, Identity (2020), Romanticism and Improvisation, 1750-1850 (2008), The Romantic Performative: Language and Action in British and German Romanticism (2000), and numerous articles on British and European Romantic poetry, fiction, and print culture. She is General Editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of John Galt and previously edited Galt’s Three Short Novels: Glenfell; Andrew of Padua, the Improvisatore; The Omen for the series.

• Preface to The Works of John GaltAcknowledgementsChronology of John GaltIntroductionThe Periodical Novelist or Circulating LibraryAdvertisement to the SeriesVol.1: Glenfell; or, Macdonalds and CampbellsPrefaceGlenfellVol.3: Andrew of Padua, the ImprovisatoreBiographical Sketch of the Abbate FurboAndrew of PaduaThe OmenEmendationsEnd-of-line HyphensExplanatory Notes