Confessions and Criticism

According to Wikipedia: "James Hogg (1770 - 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English... n 1801, Hogg visited Edinburgh for the first time. His first collection, The Mountain Bard, was published in 1807 but he struggled to make an impact on the literary scene. Another venture, a magazine, The Spy failed after a year. But his epic story-poem, The Queen's Wake (the setting being the return to Scotland of Mary, Queen of Scots (1561) after her exile ...