See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• GALT
• JOHN GALT (1779-1839)
• GALT, SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH (1817-1893)

GALT (1779-1839)  , Scottish novelist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• IRVINE

Irvine, See also:

• AYRSHIRE

Ayrshire, on the 2nd of May 1779 . He received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at Irvine and See also:

• GREENOCK

Greenock, and read largely from one of the public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries while serving as a clerk in a See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . In 1804 he went to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he published anonymously a poem on the See also:

• BATTLE

Battle of See also:

• LARGS

Largs .. After unsuccessful attempts to succeed in business See also:

• GALT
• GALT, JOHN (1779-1839)
• GALT, SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH (1817-1893)

Galt entered at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn, but was never called to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . He obtained a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission from a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• FIRM

firm to go abroad to find out whether the See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin and See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan decrees could be evaded . He met See also:

• BYRON, GEORGE GORDON BYRON, 6TH BARON (1788-1824)
• BYRON, HENRY JAMES (1834-1884)
• BYRON, HON
• BYRON, JOHN BYRON

Byron and See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• HOBHOUSE, ARTHUR HOEHOUSE

Hobhouse at See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, travelled with Byron to See also:

• MALTA
• MALTA (or MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER

Malta, and met him again at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens . He was afterwards employed by the See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant Kirkman See also:

• FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay on similar business at Gibraltar, and in 1814 visited See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . His early See also:

• WORKS

works are the See also:

• LIFE

Life and See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration of See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey, Voyages and Travels, Letters from the See also:

• LEVANT

Levant, the Life of See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West, See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Pictures and The Wandering See also:

• JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew; and he induced See also:

• COLBURN, HENRY (d. 1855)
• COLBURN, ZERAH (1804-1840)

Colburn to publish a periodical containing dramatic pieces rejected by London managers . These were afterwards edited by Galt as the New British See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, which included some plays of his own . He first showed his real See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power as a writer of fiction in The Ayrshire Legatees, which appeared in See also:

• BLACKWOOD, WILLIAM (1776-1834)

Blackwood's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine in 1820 . This was followed in.1821 by his masterpiece—The See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals of tke See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

Parish; and, at See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short intervals, Sir See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• WYLIE, ALEXANDER (1815-1887)
• WYLIE, ROBERT (1839—1877)

Wylie, The See also:

• ENTAIL (from Fr. tailler, to cut; the old derivation from tales haeredes is now abandoned)

Entail, The See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

Boat and The See also:

• PROVOST (through O. Fr. prevost, mod. prevot, Lat. praepositus, set over, from praeponere, to place in front)

Provost were published . These humorous studies of Scottish See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character are all in his happiest manner .

His next works were Ringan Gilhaize (1823), a See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the See also:

• COVENANTERS

Covenanters; The Spaewife (1823), which relates to the times of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I. of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland; Rothelan (1824), a novel founded on the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III.; The See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

Omen (1825), which was favourably criticized by Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott; and The Last of the Lairds, another picture of Scottish life . In 1826 he went to See also:

• AMERICA

America as secretary to the See also:

• CANADA

Canada See also:

• LAND

Land See also:

• COMPANY

Company . He carried out extensive schemes of colonization, and opened up a road through what was then See also:

• FOREST

forest See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between Lakes See also:

• HURON
• HURON (a French term, from huge', bristled, early used as an expression of contempt, signifying "lout ")

Huron and See also:

• ERIE

Erie . In 1827 he founded See also:

• GUELPH

Guelph in upper Canada, passing on his way the township of Galt on the See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• RIVER

river, named after him by the Hon . See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• DIXON
• DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
• DIXON, HENRY HALL (1822-1870)
• DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
• DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

Dixon . But all this See also:

• WORK

work proved financially unprofitable to Galt . In 1829 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England commercially a ruined See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and devoted himself with See also:

• GREAT

great. ardour to See also:

• LITERARY

literary pursuits, of which the first See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit was Lawrie Todd—one of his best novels . Then came Southennan, a See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

tale of Scottish life in the times of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary . In 183o he was appointed editor of the See also:

• COURIER (from the O. Fr. courier, modern courrier, from Lat. currere, to run)
• COURIER, PAUL LOUIS (1773`1825)

Courier newspaper—a See also:

• POST

post he soon relinquished . His untiring See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry was seen in the publication, in rapid See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession, of a Life of Byron, Lives of the Players, Bogle See also:

• CORBET, RICHARD (1582—1635)

Corbet, See also:

• STANLEY (FAMILY)
• STANLEY, ARTHUR PENRHYN (18x5–1881)
• STANLEY, EDWARD (1779-1849)
• STANLEY, SIR HENRY MORTON (184o-1904)
• STANLEY, SIR WILLIAM (1548-163o)
• STANLEY, THOMAS (1625-1678)

Stanley See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• BUXTON, SIR THOMAS POWELL (1786-1845)

Buxton, The Member, The See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical, Eben See also:

• ERSKINE, EBENEZER (1680-1754)
• ERSKINE, HENRY (1746-1817)
• ERSKINE, JOHN
• ERSKINE, JOHN (1721-1803)
• ERSKINE, RALPH (1685-1752)
• ERSKINE, THOMAS
• ERSKINE, THOMAS ERSKINE, 1ST BARON (1750-1823)

Erskine, The Stolen See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

Child, his Autobiography, and a collection of tales entitled Stories of the Study . In 1834 appeared his Literary Life and Miscellanies, dedicated by permission to William IV., who sent the author a See also:

• PRESENT

present of £zoo . As soon as this work was published Galt retired to Greenock, where he continued his literary labours till his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 11th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1839 .

Galt, like almost all voluminous writers, was exceedingly unequal . His masterpieces are The Ayrshire Legatees, The Annals of the Parish, Sir Andrew Wylie, The Entail, The Provost and Lawrie Todd . The Ayrshire Legatees gives, in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a number of exceedingly diverting letters, the adventures of the Rev . Dr See also:

• PRINGLE, SIR JOHN (1707–1782)

Pringle and his See also:

• FAMILY

family in London . The letters are made the excuse for endless See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-parties and meetings of See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

kirk-session in the rural parish of Garnock . The Annals of the Parish are told by the Rev . See also:

• MICAH
• MICAH (r )

Micah Balwhidder, Galt'sfinestcharacter . This work (which, be it remembered, existed in MS. before Waverley was published) is a splendid picture of the old-fashioned Scottish pastor and the life of a country parish; and, in See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour, genuine pathos and truth to nature it is unsurpassed even by Scott . It is a See also:

• FINE

fine specimen of the homely See also:

• GRACES, THE, (Gr. X&panes, Lat. Gratiae)

graces of the Scottishdialect, and preserves much vigorous Doric phraseology fast passing out of use even in country districts . In this novel Mr Galt used, for the first See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, the See also:

• TERM

term " Utilitarian," which afterwards became so intimately associated with the doctrines of John See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

Mill and See also:

• BENTHAM, GEORGE (1800-1884)
• BENTHAM, JEREMY (1748-1832)

Bentham (see Annals of the Parish, See also:

• CHAP

chap. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv., and a See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note by Mill in See also:

• UTILITARIANISM (Lat. utilis, useful)

Utilitarianism, chap. ii.) . In Sir Andrew Wylie the See also:

• HERO (Gr. open)
• HERO, THE YOUNGER

hero entered London as a poor lad, but achieved remarkable success by his shrewd business qualities . The character is somewhat exaggerated, but excessively amusing .

The Entail was read thrice by Byron and Scott, and is the best of Galt's longer novels . Leddy Grippy is a wonderful creation, and was considered by Byron equal to any See also:

• FEMALE

female character in literature since See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare's time . The Provost, in which Provost Pawkie tells his own story, portrays inimitably the jobbery, bickerings and self-seeking of municipal dignitaries in a See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint Scottish See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh . In Lawrie Todd Galt, by giving us the See also:

• SCOT, MICHAEL (? 1175-1232)

Scot in America, accomplished a feat which Sir Walter never attempted . This novel exhibits more variety of See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and a greater love of nature than his other books . The life of a settler is depicted with unerring See also:

• PENCIL (Lat. penicillus, brush, literally little tail)

pencil, and with an See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm and imaginative power much more poetical than any of the author's professed poems . The best of Galt's novels were reprinted in Blackwood's See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

Standard Novels, to See also:

• VOLUME

volume i. of which his friend Dr See also:

• MOIR, DAVID MACBETH (1798—1851)

Moir prefixed a memoir .