Michael Scott - Tom Cringle's Log and The Cruise of the Midge Michael Scott, of Cowlairs, left for Jamaica at age 17 and engaged in mercantile affairs until his return to Scotland in 1822, aged 33. He engaged in business and began to write the works by which he's known. #ScottishLiterature

George Douglas Brown ... as Kennedy King Brown's first published book, a bit of jingoistic 'tushery', to borrow RLS's phrase. He used the pseudonym under which he wrote articles from Sandow's Magazine. The red copy was acquired in the early days of the internet for $18. #GeorgeDouglasBrown