Transatlantic Tales and Essays

Angela Esterhammer, FRSC, is Professor of English at the University of Toronto. Her publications include Print and Performance in the 1820s: Improvisation, Speculation, Identity (2020), Romanticism and Improvisation, 1750-1850 (2008), The Romantic Performative: Language and Action in British and German Romanticism (2000), and numerous articles on British and European Romantic poetry, fiction, and print culture. She is General Editor of the Edinburgh Edition of the Works of John Galt and previously edited Galt’s Three Short Novels: Glenfell; Andrew of Padua, the Improvisatore; The Omen for the series.

Thanks to Angela Esterhammer’s inspired research and deft scholarship, this volume of Galt’s Transatlantic writings assembles works that have been scattered among periodicals and manuscripts or obscured by pseudonymous publication. Her comprehensive introduction and informative notes lead the way to a fresh assessment of Galt’s position in international affairs.

• Preface to The Works of John GaltAcknowledgements Chronology of John Galt Introduction Historical and Biographical ContextsLiterary Contexts and Publication VenueAmerican Traditions, Canadian Sketches, and Indigenous EncountersSocietal Contexts: British and AmericansThe Whole West Indian QuestionCirculation, Reception, and Valediction1. A Statistical Account of Upper Canada2. America3. Bandana on Emigration [1824]4. Bandana on Colonial Undertakings5. Bandana on Emigration [1826]6. Colonial Discontent7. Thoughts on the Times8. Letters from New York9. The Hurons – A Canadian Tale10. The Colonial Question11. The Spectre Ship of Salem12. The Bell of St. Regis13. Canadian Affairs14. American Traditions [Cherockee]15. The New Atlantis: An American Legend16. Guelph in Upper Canada17. Letters on West Indian Slavery18. Means of Lessening the West Indian Distress19. The Early Missionaries; or, The Discovery of the Falls of Niagara20. The First Settlers on the Ohio: An American Story21. The British North American Provinces22. American Traditions [The Indian and the Hunter]23. On the Domestic Manners of the British24.The Canada Corn Trade25. Scotch and Yankees. A Caricature26. The British and Americans27. The Whole West Indian Question28. Outline of a Plan29. Colonization30. Mr Galt’s Plan of Settling the Boundary Question with the Americans.31. The Metropolitan Emigrant32. Letters Concerning Projects of Improvement for Upper Canada33. American Diplomacy34. The Banished Covenanters35. The Unknown Explorer of Upper CanadaA Note on the TextsEmendations End-of-line Hyphens Explanatory Notes