first Gleig explains he is putting his name to the book to help the young author achieve recognition she deserves. In the second, the author has died, obviously soon after the first book has been published and Gleig has put his name to the posthumous work, which otherwise would not have been published. Of the author Harriette Campbell, we know very little as Gleig refuses to tell. He promised a work on her life but this was never forthcoming. The author also had another novel 'Cardinal Virtues', posthumously printed by J.W. Parker in 1841, but Gleig had no connection with this work. The Only Daughter; a domestic story. 1839. London: : Henry Colburn. 3 volumes. ix+308pp, ii+296pp, ii+271pp.In the introduction, Gleig explains why he is putting his name to a book which is not written by himself. Self-Devotion, or The history of Katherine Randolph.'' 1842 Henry Colburn: London. 3 volumes. viii+284pp, iv+285pp, ii+293pp. Gleig explains briefly in a preface why he is producing another of Miss Campbell's books under his own name. References Attribution This article is half about his father George, and half about George Robert. External links 1796 births 1888 deaths King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of the War of 1812 British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People from Stirling Scottish soldiers 19th-century Scottish writers Members of the Canterbury Association 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian priests