James Hogg (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from James Hogg IF there have been many greater poets than the Ettrick Shepherd, there have probably been few more closely associated with a particular district Of the earth's surface, more racy of the soil from which they sprung. Herein, perhaps, lie Hogg's limitations, for, Of course, he is local rather than universal, the poet of a class rather than Of humanity, of an epoch rather than Of the ages. But, accepting these limitations, herein also lies his strength. For there are few instances Of the poetry Of a particular people and locality being so completely incarnated in one man, and through him passing so directly into literature. Indeed, so essential is the connexion, that a glance at the locality in question, and at its condition a century ago, is indispensable ere we proceed to bring the poet him self upon the stage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.