Since January 2021, I have read 64 Scottish novels published between 1808 and 1836, a majority in two or three volumes.
All are first editions, many purchased at some cost to my pocket, apart from the two underlined.
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading most of them, with only one or two slipping below a
level of competence and interest. They are listed below, by author, date and publisher.
There are 22 by Sir Walter Scott (the various 'Tales' consist of more than one novel); 13 by John Galt; 3 each by Mary Brunton, Susan Ferrier, Grace Kennedy, J.G. Lockhart and John Wilson; 2 by Eliza Logan, Michael Scott and Amelia Gillespie Smyth; and 1 each by David Carey, G.R. Gleig, Elizabeth Hamilton, Thomas Hamilton, 'Christopher Keelivine', Thomas Dick Lauder, David Macbeth Moir, and Robert Trotter.
John Galt
1821 Annals of the Parish (William Blackwood) : 1821 The Ayrshire Legatees (William Blackwood) 1822 Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk (William Blackwood) 3 vols. : 1822 The Provost (William Blackwood) : 1822 The Gathering in the West (William Blackwood) : 1822 The Entail or The Lairds of Grippy (William Blackwood) : Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters (Oliver & Boyd) 3 vols. : 1823 The Spaewife (Oliver & Boyd) 3 vols. : 1824 Rothelan (Oliver & Boyd) 3 vols. : 1826 The Last of the Lairds (William Blackwood) : 1832 The Member (James Fraser) : 1832 The Radical (James Fraser).
Mary Brunton
1811 Self-Control (Colburn & Bentley, 1832 edition) : 1814 Discipline (Manners & Miller) 3 vols. : 1819 Emmeline and some other pieces (Archibald Constable)
Susan Ferrier
1818 Marriage: A Novel (William Blackwood) 3 vols. : 1824 The Inheritance (William Blackwood) 3 vols. : 1831 Destiny: or, the Chief's Daughter (Robert Cadell) 3 vols.
Grace Kennedy
1823 Father Clement (William Oliphant) : 1825 Dunallan (William Oliphant) 3 vols. : 1825 Philip Colville (William Oliphant).
J.G. Lockhart
1822 Mr Adam Blair Minister of the Gospel (Cadell) : 1823 Reginald Dalton (William Blackwood) 3 vols. : 1824 The History of Matthew Wald (William Blackwood).
John Wilson
1822 Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life (William Blackwood, 1823 3rd edition) : 1823 The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay (William Blackwood) : 1825 The Foresters (William Blackwood).
Eliza Logan
1823 St Johnstoun or John, Earl of Gowrie (Maclachlan and Stewart) 3 vols. : 1829 Restalrig; or The Forfeiture (Maclachlan and Stewart) 2 vols.
Michael Scott
1833 Tom Cringle's Log (William Blackwood) 2 vols. : 1836 The Cruise of the Midge (William Blackwood) 2 vols.
Amelia Gillespie Smyth
1828 Tales of the Moors or Rainy Days in Ross-shire (William Blackwood) : 1832 Probation and Other Talks (Adam Black).
David Carey 1821 A Legend of Argyle (G & W B Whittaker) 3 vols.
G.R. Gleig 1830 The Country Curate (Colburn and Bentley) 2 vols.
Elizabeth Hamilton 1808 The Cottagers of Glenburnie (Manners & Miller)
Thomas Hamilton 1827 The Youth and Manhood of Cyril Thornton (William Blackwood) 3 vols.
'Christopher Keelivine' 1824 Tales and Sketches of the West of Scotland (Robinson and Atkinson)
Thomas Dick Lauder Lochandhu: A Tale of the 18th century (Archibald Constable) 3 vols.
David Macbeth Moir The Life of Mansie Wauch (Cadell & Blackwood)
Robert Trotter 1825 Derwentwater (John Anderson, Jun.)
I have Blogged on each of the above, so don't need to comment further - apart to say that Walter Scott at his best is very hard to beat.
I have subsequently bought a few more contemporary novels, but don't intend to read them until late next year. They are listed below, in chronological order.
1810 Jane Porter - The Scottish Chiefs (George Virtue, 1840 revised edition) 2 vols.
1812 Hector Macneill - The Scottish Adventurers (1st USA edition)
1814 Walter Scott - Waverley (Archibald Constable, 1814 3rd edition) 3 vols.
1818 James Hogg - The Brownie of Bodsbeck (Dick & Fitzgerald c.1862 USA edition)
1819 Alexander Balfour - Campbell; or, The Scottish Probationer (Oliver & Boyd) 3 vols.
1821 J.G. Lockhart - Valerius (William Blackwood) 3 vols.
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