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James Hogg Collection
This collection of books and manuscripts was gifted to the University
of Otago Library by the Gilkison family, who are related to James
Hogg (1770-1835), the Ettrick poet. The collection is divided up
into three: manuscripts, works
by Hogg, and works by others.
Although small in number, the manuscripts provide a small window
in which to peer through at Hogg and his world. The letters from
John G. Lockhart, Thomas Pringle, Anna Maria Hall, and Sir Walter
Scott make interesting reading. As expected in such collections,
there are later manuscripts that offer further details on Hogg and
the family links. Apart from the remains of the Chaldee manuscript,
which is registered as a de Beer manuscript, they were all owned
by the Gilkison family.
Collection overview (155K in PDF format)
Manuscripts
| 1. |
Ms. letters to or about
James Hogg. between 1820 and 1833. 8 sheets in an envelope. |
| a. |
Includes list of James
Hogg's children with birth dates, written by James Hogg,
with names and dates of death added in another hand. |
| b. |
Letter to James Hogg
from Sir Walter Scott, n.d. |
| c. |
Letter to Sir Walter
Scott from Sir Robert Peel, n.d. |
| d. |
Transcription of the
letters to and from Sir Walter Scott by Margaret Garden, daughter
of James Hogg. |
| e. |
A letter to James Hogg
from Peter Muir, Archers Hall, Edinburgh, 1 August 1831; 15
December 1832. |
| f. |
A letter to James Hogg
from Peter Muir, Archers Hall, Edinburgh, 15 December 1832. |
| g. |
List of items in large
drawer in bureau. |
| h. |
Typescript copy of a
letter to James Hogg from Sir Walter Scott, 30 April, 1820. |
| 2. |
Remains of the original
Chaldee Mss.
[181-?]
3 leaves and 2 scraps of paper in black paper folder.
Ms. handwritten.
Title from folder.
‘The October 1817 number of Blackwood's magazine contained
the famous satire on Edinburgh notables which took the form
of a pretended "Chaldee ms."' - Oxford companion
to English literature. BMC supplement v. 3. ascribes the satire
to James Hogg, J.G. Lockhart and John Wilson.
DeBeer:Ms MS.16 |
| 3. |
Letter from Thomas Pringle
to James Hogg, 15 Nov. 1828.
In: Thomas Pringle, his life, times and poems.
Ed. William Hay.
Cape Town: J. C. Juta, 1912. |
| 4. |
Mss letter from James
Hogg to John McDonald, 13 June 1832.
In: The spy : a periodical paper, of literary amusement and
Instruction.
Published weekly in 1810 and 1811
Edinburgh: Printed for the Proprietors and sold by Archibald
Constable & Co., 1811.
415 p.
Includes no. 1-52, Sept. 1, 1810-Aug. 24, 1811. (All that was
published). |
| 5. |
Mss letter from J. G.
Lockhart to James Hogg, 21 June 1832.
In J. G. Lockhart, The history of Matthew Wald.
Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1824. |
| 6. |
Mss letter from Mrs S.C
[Anna Maria] Hall to James Hogg, 2 April 1830. in The Juvenile
forget me not; a Christmas and New Year's gift or birthday
present.
For the year 1831
London: F. Westley and A.H. Davis. |
| 7. |
Mss letter from Alexander
MacDonald to Dr William Addison, 24 March 1953 on accepting
the gift of Hogg's chair for the Royal Burgh of Selkirk.
Another mss letter from Dr William Addison to Mr Gilkison, 1
May 1953 on the decision to gift Hogg's chair to Selkirk.
In: The works of the Ettrick Shepherd : with a memoir of the
author. New ed.
London: Blackie, 1866. |
| 8. |
Mss letter from S (?)
Blackwood to an unknown buyer of large paper edition of The
queen's wake, [1819].
In: The queen's wake : a legendary poem. Fifth edition.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood ... and John Murray ... ; 1819. |
Works by Hogg
The works by Hogg are probably the least interesting. While some
are first and second editions, with some bibliographical value,
others are later compilations, reprints and modern limited edition
printings. The 19th century productions are typical of their era.
The one dazzling exception is The Spy, a rare volume, made
more special by the accompanying manuscript letter.
Works of James Hogg (12K in PDF format)
Works by others
The last category offers much more interest. While there are books
which are directly from the Gilkison family, there are others that
actually belonged to Hogg. Internal evidence reveals 14 presentation
copies from a wide range of individuals and 10 inscribed by him.
One - The Adventurer - contains Hogg's own
personal response: ‘I esteem this work very highly, James Hogg.'
Noticeable, there is the Bible (which Hogg was well-versed
in), works by his near contemporaries Sir Walter Scott and John
Galt, and Lawrence Sterne. Three books contain the inscription ‘Mrs
Hogg.'
Works by others (28K in PDF format)
Last revised:
19 March, 2008
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