Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Shepherd's Calendar and Other Tales from Scottish Highlands"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. James Hogg wrote some of his best stories in The Shepherd's Calendar, in which he defines the content and the manners of the traditional storytelling of Ettrick Forest, the mountainous region in Scotland where he grew up. They reveal Hogg's experiences as a young shepherd as it draws a picture of the pleasures and the dangers of the lives in Scottish Highlands. Some of these stories deal with the supernatural and explore psychological depths with a noteworthy intensity and insight. Large parts of these tales are written in a Scots dialect from the region of Ettrick Forest. The Shepherd's Calendar:Rob DoddsMr Adamson of LaverhopeThe Prodigal SonThe School of MisfortuneGeorge Dobson's Expedition to HellThe Souters of SelkirkThe Laird of CasswayTibby Hyslop's DreamMary BurnetThe Brownie of the Black HaggsThe Laird of WineholmWindow Wat's CourtshipA Strange SecretThe Marvellous DoctorThe Witches of TraquairSheepPrayersOdd CharactersNancy ChisholmSnow-StormsThe Shepherd's DogThe Expedition to HellThe Mysterious BrideThe Wool-GathererThe Hunt of EildonJames Hogg (1770-1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading. He was a friend of many of the great writers of his day, including Sir Walter Scott, of whom he later wrote an unauthorized biography.