Lay Sermons Author:James Hogg James Hogg (1770-1835) ranks alongside Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson as one of Scotland's leading writers. Yet only a few of his works have been released in modern editions. which was first published in 1834, a year before Hogg's death, is the first reprinting of the original classic. In his last work, Hogg playfully adopts the role o... more »f preacher, casting meditations on life, religion and literature in the form of sermons on such subjects as "Young Women," "Soldiers," "Reason and Intellect," "Marriage," and "Reviewers." Witty and revealing, gives insight into the mind of a 'justified sinner.' With a complete introduction, explanatory notes and editorial comments accmmpanying each text, is a definitive work for one of Scotland's greatest writers.« less