John Galt

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John Galt (lithograph, 1824)
John Galt, portrayed by Charles Gray 1835 (National Galleries Scotland)
Galt family grave in Old Greenock Cemetery; John Galt is named below left.
John Galt Memorial Fountain, Greenock Esplanade

John Galt (born May 2, 1779 in Irvine , † April 11, 1839 in Greenock ) was a Scottish writer . In several books and articles he used the pseudonyms Rev. T. Clark , Robin Goodfellow , Thomas Duffle and Capt. Samuel Prior .

Life

Galt's father was a naval captain . The family moved to Greenock in 1789 , where he received his schooling and later wrote his first essays for local magazines. In 1804 Galt went to London , where he studied law from 1809 (after trying unsuccessfully as a businessman). He traveled a lot and was u. a. with Lord Byron friend, whom he first in Gibraltar had met.

He lived in Canada from 1824 to 1829 , where he founded the Canada Company . However, after a dispute with Governor Peregrine Maitland , he was imprisoned and moved back to Greenock, Scotland in 1833, where he died in 1839.

Since returning from Canada, Galt has made a living almost exclusively from book publications, which explains the astonishing quantity of his publications. During his final years in Scotland, Galt suffered from the effects of several strokes, which left him physically paralyzed and very limited. Galt was married to Elizabeth Tilloch, daughter of the Scottish journalist Alexander Tilloch (1759-1825), since 1814; the marriage produced three sons.

He is, along with Walter Scott , one of the most important Scottish novelists of the first half of the 19th century.

Works

A relatively complete overview is given in Tim Sauer: A Descriptive Bibliography of the Works of John Galt , 1998 (Reformatted for PDF 2017)

Historical and biographical

  • 1812: Cursory Reflections on Political and Commercial Topics, as Connected with the Regent's Accession to the Royal Authority. CJ Barrington
  • 1812: The Life and Administration of Cardinal Wolsey . London: T. Cadell & W. Davies ( Google )
    • Third, expanded edition 1846 (posthumously): Life of Cardinal Wolsey. Third Edition, with Additional Illustrations from Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, and Other Sources . London: David Bouge ( Google )
  • 1816: The Life and Studies of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, Prior to his Arrival in England; Compiled from Materials Furnished by Himself . London: Nichols, Son and Bentley ( Google )
    • New edition 1820: The Life, Studies and Works of Benjamin West
    • American edition 1831. The Progress of Genius, or Authentic Memoirs of the Early Life of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy, London. Compiled from Materials Furnished by Himself . Abridged for the Use of Young Persons, by a Lady. Boston: Leonard C. Bowles ( Hathitrust ) / Second edition 1832
  • 1819 [as Robin Goodfellow]: The History of Gog and Magog, the Champions of London; Containing an Account of the Origins of many Things relative to the City. A valley . London: J. Souter ( Google )
  • 1820 (anonymous): George the Third, His Court, and Family . 2 volumes. London: Henry Colburn (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
    • Second edition 1824 (anonymous): George the Third, His Court, and Family. A New Edition . 2 volumes. London: Henry Colburn (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1830: The Life of Lord Byron. London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley ( Google )
    • Second edition 1830: London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley ( Google )
    • Fourth edition 1830. London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley ( Google ) Reprinted 1832 .
  • 1831: The Lives of the Players . 2 volumes. London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
    • American edition in 2 volumes. Boston: Frederic S. Hill (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1832: The Member: An Autobiography . London: James Fraser ( Hathitrust )
  • 1832: The Radical. To Autobiography . London: James Fraser ( Google )
  • 1833: The Autobiography of John Galt . 2 volumes. London: Cochrane and M c Crone (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1834: The Literary Life, and Miscellanies, of John Galt . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III ) [Autobiographical Writings]

Travel reports and anthologies

  • 1812: Voyages and Travels in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811; Containing Statistical, Commercial, and Miscellaneous Observations on Gibraltar, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Serigo, and Turkey . London: T. Cadell and W. Davies ( Google )
    • Second Edition 1813 ( Google )
  • 1813: Letters from the Levant; Containing Views of the State of Society, Manners, Opinions, and Commerce, in Greece, and Several of the Principal Islands of the Archipelago. Inscribed to the Prince Koslovsky . London: T. Cadell and W. Davies ( Google )
  • 1820 [as Rev. T. Clark]: A Tour of Asia. Comprising the Most Popular Modern Voyages and Travels; with Introductory Remarks on the Character and Manners of Various Asiatic Nations. Adapted for Schools and Young People . London: J. Souter 1820
    • Second edition [as Rev. T. Clark]: A Tour of Asia. Abridged from the Most Popular Modern Voyages and Travels; with Introductory Remarks on the Character and Manners of Various Asiatic Nations. Adapted for Schools and Young People. Second edition . London: J. Souter undated ( Google )
  • 1820 [as Rev. T. Clark]: A Tour of Europe. Compiled from the Best Works of Modern Travelers; Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. London: J. Souter
  • 1820 [as Rev. T. Clark]: The Wandering Jew: or The Travels and Observations of Hareach the Prolonged. Comprehending a view of the most distinguished events in the History of Mankind since the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. With a Description of the Manners, Customs, and Remarkable Monuments, of the Most Celebrated Nations. Interspersed with Anecdotes of Celebrated Men of Different Periods. Compiled from a MS. supposed to have been written by that Mysterious Character . London: John Souter ( Google )
    • Third edition: The Travels and Observations of Hareach, the Wandering Jew. Comprehending a view of the most distinguished events in the History of Mankind since the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus (...) Third Edition, revised and improved, with many valuable additions . London: J. Souter o. J.
  • 1820 [as Samuel Prior]: All the Voyages Round the World, From the First by Magellan in 1520, to that of Krusenstern in 1807. With Seventy-Two Engravings, Chiefly from the Original Works, and a Chart of the World. Now First Collected, by Captain Samuel Prior. London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co. ( Hathitrust )
    • New edition 1821 [as Samuel Prior]: All the Voyages Round the World, From the First by Magellan in 1520, to that of Freycinet in 1820. With Seventy-Two Engravings, Chiefly from the Original Works, and a Chart of the World. Now First Collected, by Captain Samuel Prior.a New Edition . London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co. ( archive )
    • German edition in two volumes 1822: All journeys around the world, from Magellan to our times. After the English of Mr. Samuel Prior . Jena: Bran'sche Buchhandlung (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
    • American edition 1844. New York William H. Colyer ( Google ≈ archive )
  • 1823 [as Samuel Prior]: The Universal Traveler, Containing the Popular Features and Contents of the Best Modern Travels, in the Four Quarters of the World . London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co. ( Hathitrust )

Novels and short stories

  • 1815: The Majolo. A valley . 2 volumes. London: Henry Colburn
  • 1820: The Earthquake. A valley . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • American edition in 2 volumes. New York: WB Gilley (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1820: Glenfell; or, Macdonalds and Campbells , an Edinburgh Tale of the Nineteenth Century . London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co.
  • 1821: Annals of the Parish; or, The Chronicle of Dalmailing
    • American edition 1821: Annals of the Parish; or, The Chronicle of Dalmailing, during the Ministry of Rev. Micah Balwhidder, Written by Himself. Arranged and Edited by the Author of the Ayrshire Legatees . Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons ( Hathitrust )
    • Second edition 1822: Annals of the Parish; or The Chronicle of Dalmailing; During the Ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder. Written by Himself . Second edition . Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell ( Google )
  • 1821: The Ayrshire Legatees; or, The Pringle Family . Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell ( Google ) [first published in Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine ]
    • New edition 1868 with a short biography of the author: The Annals of the Parish and the Ayrshire Legatees. New Edition. With Memoir of the Author . Edinburgh - London: William Blackwood and Sons ( Google )
  • 1822: Sir Andrew Wylie, of That Ilk . Edinburgh: William Blackwood (Hathitrust: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • Second edition in 3 volumes 1822. Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III)
    • New edition 1841 (posthumously), in one volume. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons ( Google )
  • 1822: The Steam-Boat . Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell ( Hathitrust ) ( archive )
    • American edition 1823. New York: J. and J. Harper ( Google )
    • German edition 1826: The steamship. Translated from English by CvS Quedlinburg - Leipzig: Gottfr. Basse ( Hathitrust )
  • 1823: The Entail: or The Lairds of Grippy . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • American edition in two volumes 1823. New York: James & John Harper (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
    • New edition in one volume 1850: The Entail. A New Edition . Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons ( Google )
    • New edition in two volumes 1895: The Entail or The Lairds of Grippy. With Introduction by SR Crockett. Illustrations by John Wallace . 2 volumes. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons (Hathitrust: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1823: The Gathering of the West; or, We're Come to See the King
    • New edition 1939: The Gathering of the West. Edited with an Introductory Essay and a Glossary by Bradford Allen Booth . Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press ( Hathitrust )
  • 1823: Ringan Gilhaize; or, The Covenanters . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1824 (anonymous): Rothelan; A Romance of the English Histories . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd / London: Geo. B. Whittaker (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • German edition 1826: Rothelan. A historical novel from the fourteenth century. Translated from English by CvS 3 volumes. Quedlinburg - Leipzig: Gottfr. Basse (Hathitrust: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1823: The Spaewife; A Tale of the Scottish Chronicles. 3 volumes. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd / London: G. & WB Whittaker (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • American edition 1824. Philadelphia: HC Carey & I. Lea, A. Small etc. (Google: Volume I - Volume II )
  • 1825 (anonymous): The Omen . Edinburgh: William Blackwood ( Google )
  • 1826: The Last of the Lairds: or, The Life and Opinions of Malachi Mailings, Esq. of Auldbiggins . Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell ( Google )
  • 1830: Lawrie Todd; or, The Settlers in the Woods . 3 volumes. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1830: Southennan . 3 volumes. Edinburgh: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1832: Bogle Corbet; or, The Emigrants . 3 volumes. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1832: Stanley Buxton; or, The Schoolfellows . 3 volumes. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
    • American edition in two volumes 1833. Philadelphia: EL Carey & A. Hart (Google: Volume I - Volume II)
  • 1832 (anonymous): The Provost . Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell ( Google )
    • New edition (now under Galt's name) 1842: The Provost, and Other Tales. A New Edition . Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons ( Google )
  • 1833: Eben Erskine; or, The Traveler . 3 volumes. London: Richard Bentley (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1833: The Stolen Child. A Tale of the Town, Founded on a Certain Interesting Fact. London: Smith, Elder & Co. ( Google )
  • 1833: Stories of the Study . 3 volumes. London: Cochrane and M c Crone (Google: Volume I - Volume II - Volume III )
  • 1834: A Contribution to the Greenock Calamity Fund . Greenock: private printing

Poetry and drama

  • 1804: The Battle of Largs: A Gothic Poem, With Several Miscellaneous Pieces . London: S. Highley [the poem deals with the Battle of Largs ]
  • 1812: The Tragedies of Maddelen, Agamemnon, Lady Macbeth, Antonia & Clytemnestra . London: Cadell and Davies ( Google )
  • 1814: The Masquerade, A Comedy. In Five Acts . London ( hathitrust )
  • 1818: The Appeal: A Tragedy, in Three Acts . Edinburgh: Archibald Constable
  • 1833: Poems . London: Cochrane and M'Crone ( Google )
    • Modern new edition: Poems of John Galt. Ed. George Henry Needler. London: Burns & MacEachern 1954
  • 1835 (anonymous): Efforts. By an invalid . London: James Fraser ( Google )
  • 1839: The Demon of Destiny; and Other Poems . Greenock: W. Johnston and Son ( Google )

Textbooks and Editing (as "Rev. T. Clark")

  • 1823: Modern Geography & History, Containing an Account of the Present State of the Kingdoms of the World (...) . For the Use of Schools . London: J. Souter ( Google )
  • 1823: The English Mother's Catechism for Her Children: Containing Those Things Most Necessary to be Known at an Early Age. Illustrated by 100 Engravings. Intended to Follow the English Primer . London: J. Souter ( Google )

various

  • 1824: The Bachelor's Wife; A Selection of Curious and Interesting Extracts, with Cursory Observations . Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd / London: G. & WB Whittaker ( Google )
  • 1833: Ouranoulogos; or The Celestial Volume. Illustrated by John Martin . London: T. Cadell ( Google )

literature

  • (Anon.) "Obituary John Galt, Esq.". In: The Gentleman's Magazine , July 1839, pp. 92-94.
  • Jennie Watson Aberdein: John Galt . Oxford University Press 1936.
  • Özlem Çaykent: The History of John Galt: Past and Present in the Wake of the Enlightenment . PhD Diss. Bilkent University, Ankara 2003 ( pdf ).
  • Keith M. Costain, "Theoretical History and the Novel: The Scottish Fiction of John Galt". In: ELH. Volume 43 (1976), pp. 342-365 ( pdf ).
  • Ian Alistair Gordon: John Galt. The life of a writer . University of Toronto Press 1972.
  • Robert Kay Gordon: John Galt . Toronto 1920 ( archive ).
  • Frank Hallam Lyell: A Study of the Novels of John Galt . Princeton, University Press 1942.
  • Elizabeth Waterston: John Galt. Reappraisals . University of Guelph Press, Guelph 1985.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Galt's Life of Byron was also reprinted in many later editions of Byron's works, e.g. B. in the edition Paris 1837.
personal data
SURNAME Galt, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Irvine , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1839
Place of death Greenock , Scotland