Editing the Letters gives as thorough a knowledge of a writer like Hogg as could be hoped for: and Hughes and her colleagues display scrupulous scholarship in an exemplary way, for the reader to consult without losing the thread. The Scotsman The letters that comprise this three-volume set provide a wealth of fresh material for students of Hogg and Scottish ... Read moreliterature specifically, and for researchers of early nineteenth-century literature, culture, and history more generally... ...the third volume of his correspondence offers an especially thorough and 'thick' account of his literary activity.
Holly Faith Nelson Scottish Literary Review So wonderful a treat that one wishes it weren't the final volume in the series. SEL - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 Editing the Letters gives as thorough a knowledge of a writer like Hogg as could be hoped for: and Hughes and her colleagues display scrupulous scholarship in an exemplary way, for the reader to consult without losing the thread. The letters that comprise this three-volume set provide a wealth of fresh material for students of Hogg and Scottish literature specifically, and for researchers of early nineteenth-century literature, culture, and history more generally... ...the third volume of his correspondence offers an especially thorough and 'thick' account of his literary activity. So wonderful a treat that one wishes it weren't the final volume in the series. Show Less