Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk

This witty novel can be seen as a reworking of Tobias Smollett’s Roderick Random, albeit one in which the Scottish protagonist is able to navigate England with greater skill and adaptability. Galt offers a robust vision of Scottish masculinity, implying that it is the solution for a multitude of English problems, ranging from the familial to the judicial and the political. As a three—volume novel, Sir Andrew Wylie provides an example of how Galt was able to bridge the difference between the...