1 7 7 1 – 1 8 3 2 ), ▁the ▁leading ▁literary ▁figure ▁of ▁the ▁era ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁ball ad ▁collect or ▁and ▁became ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁poet ▁in ▁Britain ▁and ▁then ▁its ▁most ▁successful ▁novel ist . ▁His ▁works ▁were ▁largely ▁written ▁in ▁English ▁and ▁Sc ots ▁was ▁largely ▁conf ined ▁to ▁dialog ue ▁or ▁interpol ated ▁narr ative , ▁in ▁a ▁model ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁followed ▁by ▁other ▁novel ists ▁such ▁as ▁John ▁G alt ▁( 1 7 7 9 – 1 8 3 9 ) ▁and ▁later ▁Robert ▁Louis ▁Stevens on ▁( 1 8 5 0 – 1 8 9 4 ). ▁James ▁Hog g ▁( 1 7 7 0 – 1 8 3 5 ) ▁worked ▁largely ▁in ▁Sc ots , ▁providing ▁a ▁counter part ▁to ▁Scott ' s ▁work ▁in ▁English . ▁Popular ▁Scottish ▁newsp apers ▁regularly ▁included ▁articles ▁and ▁comment ary ▁in ▁the ▁vern ac ular . ▁ ▁There ▁was ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁transl ations ▁into ▁Sc ots ▁from ▁other ▁German ic ▁languages , ▁such ▁as ▁Dan ish , ▁Swedish ▁and ▁German . ▁These ▁included ▁Robert ▁Jam ies on ' s ▁( c . ▁ 1 7 8 0 – 1 8 4 4 ) ▁Popular ▁Ball ads ▁And ▁Songs ▁From ▁Trad ition , ▁Man us cript s ▁And ▁Sc ar ce ▁Ed itions ▁With ▁Trans l ations ▁Of ▁Similar ▁Pie ces ▁From ▁The ▁An cient ▁Dan ish ▁Language ▁and ▁Illustr ations ▁of ▁Northern ▁Anti qu ities ▁( 1 8 1 4 )