Robertson, James Logie (pseudonym “Hugh Haliburton”) (M)

Surname: Robertson
Forename(s): James Logie
b. 18 September 1846. d. 13 June 1922. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Poet, miscellaneous author, teacher, and literary scholar. Pseudonyms: “Hugh Haliburton,” “Victortai.” Alternative signature: “J. Logie Robertson.” Major figure in Scottish vernacular literary and cultural resurgence. Married Janet Simpson on 16 August 1881. English master at Edinburgh Ladies’ College (1876-1914). Regular contributor to The Scotsman, Scots Observer. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 33
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Lost Treasure 1878 Good Words Poet 2753
II.—Reflected Heaven 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9276
IX.—The Fugitives 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9282
VIII.—Serenade 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9281
V.—The Violet’s Grave 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9280
III.—Summer in Winter 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9277
VII.—Summer Eve 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9279
VI.—Felix, Felix Ter Quaterque! 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9278
IV.—Love Test 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9275
I.—A Dedication 1880-12 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9274
A Back-Lying Farm. I 1881-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9050
A Back-Lying Farm. II 1881-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9052
On Granton Pier 1881-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9054
Tenantless 1881-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9053
“Paa Heja:” Life on the Heights 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9082
The Climb from Vallë 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9081
The Mountain Laureate 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9084
Up the Skager Rack 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9078
A Terror of the Twilight 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9080
The Scenery—Go and See It! 1881-06 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9079
Sunset on the Lomonds 1881-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9016
Holidays 1881-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9015
Winter: An Elegy 1882-01 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 9005
Floatsam! (1492) 1883 Good Words Poet 3985
“The Red, Green, and the Yellow” 1883 Good Words Poet 3978
Trying the Yacht. A Poem in Sonnets 1883-08 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine Poet 8946
Our Country Quarters 1885 Good Words Poet 4369
A Shepherd’s Consolation 1887 Good Words Poet 5443
The White Winter 1887-06 Macmillan’s Magazine Poet 14824
Up, Bonnie Bird! 1888-03 Atalanta Poet 1765
The Evangel of Venus 1889-07 Atalanta Poet 1937
Study of A Pool 1893-03 Atalanta Poet 2258
Amphibrachs 1899-02-04 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12552