THE
BROWNIE OF BODSBECK;
AND
OTHER TALES.
BY
JAMES HOGG,
AUTHOR OF “THE QUEEN’S WAKE,” &c. &c.
“What, has this thing appeared again to–night?”
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
EDINBURGH;
PRINTED FOR WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, PRINCE’S–STREET:
AND
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE–STREET, LONDON.
1818.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LADY ANNE SCOTT,
OF BUCCLEUCH.
To Her, whose bounty oft hath shed
Joy round the peasant’s lowly bed,
When trouble press’d and friends were few,
And God and Angels only knew—
To Her, who loves the board to cheer,
And hearth of simple Cottager;
Who loves the tale of rural kind,
And wayward visions of his mind,
I dedicate, with high delight,
The themes of many a winter night.