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- 1 2 Bold, Valentina (2007). James Hogg: A Bard of Nature's Making. Peter Lang. p. 239. ISBN 978-3-03910-897-8.
- ↑ William Tennant in "Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen" by William Chambers