Four Tales: James Hogg - Softcover

Collects four of James Hogg's stories of the supernatural, including The Brownie of the Black Haggs which tells of the eerie relationship between the violent-tempered Lady Wheelhope and her strange servant, and The Cameronian Preacher's Tale, all about murder and spiritual apparition.

James Hogg was born near Ettrick. As a young man Hogg worked as a shepherd in Selkirkshire and Dumfriesshire, becoming interested in literature in his early twenties, when he attempted writing songs and poems, some of which were published in "The Scots Magazine." He moved to Edinburgh in 1810 to pursue a career as a full-time man of letters, after having published poetry and non-fiction while maintaining his day-job as a shepherd. However, in 1813 he returned to Selkirkshire, where he lived and worked in the Duke of Buccleuch's Altrive Farm in Yarrow. He continued to publish regularly while maintaining a contentious relationship with the Edinburgh literati, including his friend and some-time mentor, Walter Scott.