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and 4 of Lady Charlotte Bury’s A diary illustrative of the life and times
of George the Fourth, 1838; Harriet Pigott’s 3-vol Records of real life in
the palace and the cottage, 1839 (which is introduced by a sketch of Galt’s
character and works by Lady Charlotte Bury, see copy in Thomas Fisher Lib,
Univ of Toronto). The 1824 Oliver and Boyd edn of the works of Henry
Mackenzie is introduced by Galt’s Critical dissertation on Mackenzie’s
tales. Galt wrote prefaces to Pigott and Bury, and a preface to Blackwood’s
1822 edn of A. Graydon’s Memoirs of a life, chiefly passed in
Pennsylvania . . ., 1811. Galt’s Triumphal glee . . . sung after drinking
the health of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent . . . broadsheet, 1815
(copy in Aberdeen Univ Lib), is one of several commendatory verses and songs,
some with music, pbd by Galt.
Attributed works
Galt published over 90 vols, used more than 20 publishers, and more than 20
pseudonyms (or initials) to indicate or conceal his authorship. Every serious
student of Galt’s work has added to his bibliography, and no bibliography of
Galt is likely to be definitive. Galt’s own later eds of his works are often a
useful source of information (see Lawrie Todd, 3rd edn). Because he was so
playful about claiming, hiding, or sharing his authorship, works are sometimes
ascribed to Galt that should not be ( for example Pen Owen, 1851 New
York edn, and The life of George the Third, 1820), and other authors have
garnered praise for work that is, or may be, by Galt (see Whistler,
Bibliographies, above). Galt viewed his literary activities as secondary, and
foresaw that his colonising activities would provide a subject for literature.
Part of D. D. C. Chambers’s group of poems Van Egmond: studies for a lost
portrait (Northward Jnl 54 1990) is a recent example of literature about
Galt as nation-builder.
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Mr Galt’s novels. Literary Gazette June 1822.
Note on Galt. Blackwood’s Mag June 1822.
Secondary Scottish novels. Edinburgh Rev Oct 1822.
Moir, D. M. Essay on Galt. Edinburgh Literary Gazette May 1829.
Review of Autobiography. Johnstone’s Edinburgh Mag (with a
general assessment of Galt’s work) Oct 1833.
Genius of Galt. Monthly Mag Jan 1834.
Hazlitt, W.‘Advertisement’ to 3rd edn of Life of Wolsey. 1846.
Maginn, W. In A gallery of illustrious literary characters, 1873.
Gilray, T. John Galt. Encyclopaedia Britannica 1879.
John Galt. In Dublin Univ Mag 84 1879.
Millar, J. H. The novels of John Galt. Blackwood’s Mag June 1896.
Douglas, G. John Galt. In The Blackwood group, Edinburgh and
London 1897.
Oliphant, M. William Blackwood and his sons. 1897.
Millar, J. H. A literary history of Scotland. 1903.
Gordon, R. K. John Galt. Toronto 1920.
Biographies
Moir, D. M. Biographical memoir of John Galt. Edinburgh 1841.
Aberdein, J. W. John Galt. Oxford 1936.
Gordon, I. A. John Galt: the life of a writer. Edinburgh 1972.
Scott, P. H. John Galt. Edinburgh 1985. [nw]
John Gamble 1770–1831
Sketches of history, politics and manners, taken in Dublin and the
North of Ireland in the autumn of 1810. 1811, 1826.
A view of society and manners in the North of Ireland, in the
summer and autumn of 1812. 1813.
Sarsfield, or wanderings of youth: an Irish tale. 3 vols 1814.
Howard. 2 vols 1815.
Northern Irish tales. 2 vols 1818.
Views of society and manners in the North of Ireland, in a series of
letters written in the year 1818. 1819.
Charlton, or scenes in the North of Ireland: a tale. 3 vols 1823, 1827
(as Charlton: or scenes in Ireland).
For a listing of reviews and notices of Gamble’s works, see Ward (1972, 1977).
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Thomas Gaspey 1788–1871
The mystery, or forty years ago: a novel. 3 vols 1820 (anon), New York
1820; tr Fr 4 vols 1821.
Calthorpe, or fallen fortunes: a novel. 3 vols 1821, 2 vols Philadelphia
1821; tr Fr 1821, Ger 1823.
Takings, or the life of a collegian: a poem. Illustr R. Dagley 1821.
The Lollards: a tale founded on the persecutions which marked the
early part of the fifteenth century. 3 vols 1822, 1 vol 1843 (rev),
[1859]; tr Ger 1822.
Other times: or the monks of Leadenhall. 3 vols 1823, 1 vol [1858]; tr
Ger 1827.
The witch-finder, or the wisdom of our ancestors: a romance. 3 vols
1824, 1 vol [1858].
History of George Godfrey, written by himself. 3 vols 1828 (anon).
The self-condemned: a romance, by the author of The Lollards. 3
vols 1836, 1 vol New York 1836, London 1838.
‘Many coloured life’: or tales of woe and touches of mirth, by the
author of The Lollards etc. 1842.
The life and times of the good Lord Cobham. 2 vols 1843, 1844.
The pictorial history of France and of the French people. 2 vols 1843,
1 vol 1850. With G. M. Bussey.
The dream of human life, by the author of The Lollards. 2 vols
[1849–52].
The history of Smithfield. 1852.
The political life of Wellington. [1853] (vol 3 of The life and times of
the . . . Duke of Wellington, ed W. F. Williams).
The history of England from the reign of George the Third. 4 vols
1852–4 (vols 5–8 of The history of England, ed D. Hume), London
and New York 1855–9 (as The history of England under the reign
of George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria [to 1852];
continued to 1859 by H. Tyrrell).
Attributed and spurious works
Richmond: or scenes in the life of a Bow Street officer, drawn up from
his private memoranda. 3 vols 1827 (anon), 2 vols 1827, with introd
by E. F. Bleiler 1 vol New York 1976. Also attributed to T. S. Surr.
Glory: a tale of morals drawn from history. Illustr J. Absolon. 1844.
Attributed to George Gaspey. In A. Block, The English novel
1740–1850, 1961 (rev).
The following works are attributed by a variety of sources to Thomas Gaspey,
but according to the DNB these are by his son, Thomas W. Gaspey. This latter
wrote books about the Rhine and Heidelberg, as well as numerous philological
works. Thomas W. Gaspey also died in 1871 which perhaps explains some of
the confusion that surrounds both father and son. Perhaps a clue to the
authorship of these disputed texts can be found in the fact that whereas
Thomas W. Gaspey was a PhD from Heidelberg, his father was a journalist
and novelist.
Laurence Stark: a family picture. Translated [from J. J. Engel] by
Gaspey. Heidelberg 1843.
Family devotions, for every morning and evening throughout the
year: translated from Sturm und Tiede by T. W. Gaspey and H.
Schirges, by Thomas Gaspey. [1848?]
Heidelberg and its castle: a souvenir, dedicated to its English visitors.
Darmstadt [185–?].
Tallis’s illustrated scripture history for the improvement of youth:
by the editor of Sturm’s family devotions. 2 vols [1850?], London
and New York 1851, 1 vol London [1852].
Gaspey’s British conversations: social, commercial, historical, literary,
etc. Heidelberg 1861.
Englisches konversations-grammatik zum schul- und privatunterricht.
Heidelberg 1876, 1883, 1893, 1901, 1911, 1920, 1923, 1928,
1932, 1938, 1942. [am]