Product Description: Hogg played a significant role in the success and notoriety of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, which was founded in 1817 by the Edinburgh publisher and bookseller, William Blackwood. Hogg's relationships with Blackwood, the magazine, and the major contributors were central to both his literary and personal life...read more

Although portrayed as the 'boozing buffoon' of 'Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine', Hogg was a key contributor of songs, poems, and reviews of 19th century periodicals. This volume includes several items published in 'Blackwood's', and ranges from the 'Chaldee Manuscript' to the items such as a Scottish commemoration of the coronation of George IV.