Winter Evening Tales is a collection by James Hogg of four novellas, a number of short stories (some of them semi-fictional) and sketches, and three poems, published in two volumes in 1820.
In 1813 Hogg approached Archibald Constable to propose a collection of Scottish rural prose tales, including a number of those which had appeared in his periodical The Spy two years earlier.
[1] Constable turned the offer down, and it was not until 1817 that Hogg revived the project, informing William Blackwood that he had Cottage Winter Nights ready for the press.
I. John Gray o' Middleholm (short story) Volume Two The Bridal of Polmood (novella) King Gregory (ballad) The Shepherd's Calendar (five sketches) Country Dreams and Apparitions No.
Tibby Johnston's Wraith (short story) The reviewers generally accorded Winter Evening Tales a favourable reception.