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 760 HOGG with an ascending scale of lies. The contro- versy affected Hogarth's health and spirits, and probably hastened his death. It is a striking fact that the six pictures of "Marriage a la Mode" were sold in 1744 for 19 6., though 50 years afterward they brought 1,381. Modern critics have declared that, with the single exception of color, these works are supe- rior to most of the recent productions of Eng- lish painters. His life has been written by Allan Cunningham, and by G. A. Sala (London, 1867). Of the various editions of his works, the best is that published by the Boydells (at- las fol., London, 1790), the original plates of which, retouched by Heath and others, have been issued in several subsequent editions. Another edition in atlas folio, containing Ho- garth's works reengraved by Thomas Cook, was published in London in 1802, but is far in- ferior to that of the Boydells. The best 4to edition is that edited by Nichols and Steevens (3 vols., London, 1808-'17), with letterpress illustrations. An edition has been issued in 12mo, in which the plates are reduced in exact facsimile (London, 1874). Several reproduc- tions of the engravings of Hogarth have ap- peared in Germany, among which are : Ho- gariKs sdmmtliche Kunstwerke in 74 Bldttern (Leipsic, 1841); Hogarth'' s Werke in verlcleiner- ten aber vollstandigen Copien, 75 Tafeln (Got- tingen, 1850-'53); and HogariKs Zeichnungen, mit ErUarung (Gera, 1856-'8). The "Analy- sis of Beauty," in which he is said to have been assisted by Dr. Benjamin Hoadley and Dr. Morell, was reprinted in 1810 ; it has been translated into German, French, and Italian. HOGG, James, better known as the Ettrick Shepherd, a Scottish author, born in the parish of Ettrick, on the river of that name, in Sel- kirkshire, Jan. 25, 1772 (according to his own statement, although the parish register records his baptism under date of Dec. 9, 1770), died at Altrive, Nov. 21, 1835. He was descended from a family of shepherds, and his youth and early manhood were devoted to the same occu- pation. He probably never received a year's schooling, but when he was 24 years old he began to compose verses, and his earliest ef- forts were seriously impeded by his imperfect penmanship. He soon became known to the shepherds and farmers of the neighborhood as " Jamie the poeter," and in 1800 a patriotic song of his entitled "Donald MacDonald" ob- tained great popularity, although the name of the author was not known. From Whitsun- day, 1790, to Whitsunday, 1799, he was in the employ of James Laidlaw of Blackhouse, in Yarrow, who gave him free access to his li- brary ; and by the age of 30 Hogg had repaired the defects of his early education by a tolerably full course of reading. In 1801, while on a visit to Edinburgh to sell sheep, he was even tempted to publish a small collection of his songs, under the title of "Scottish Pastorals, Poems, and Songs." Shortly after Sir Walter Scott, while exploring the border counties for HOHENLINDEN materials for his "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border," met with Hogg, who furnished him with a number of old ballads; and it was at Scott's instigation that in 1803, to repair his losses in an attempt to start a sheep farm in the Hebrides, he published a second collec- tion of poems entitled " The Mountain Bard." With the proceeds he again attempted farm- ing, was again unsuccessful, and in February, 1810, went to Edinburgh to follow the career of an author. For a year he barely supported himself by editing a weekly paper called " The Spy," and in 1813 published "The Queen's Wake," which at once obtained a great popu- larity. The duke of Buccleuch presented him with the rent-free life occupancy of the farm of Altrive Lake in the braes of Yarrow, but he rented a much larger farm adjoining, and in a few years was reduced to bankruptcy. He was all this time a frequent contributor to "Blackwood's Magazine," and the broadly drawn character of the "Ettrick Shepherd," which figures so prominently in the Nodes Ambrosianm, made his name familiar. In 1831 he went to London to superintend the publica- tion of some of his works, and received extra- ordinary attentions. He died of dropsy, after a short illness. Among his principal works, in addition to those mentioned, are the poems of "Madoc of the Moor," "The Pilgrims of the Sun," "Queen Hynde," "Jacobite Belies," &c. ; in prose, "The Brownie of Bodsbeck," "Winter Evening Tales," "The Three Perils of Woman," " The Three Perils of Man," " The Altrive Tales," &c. His "Anecdotes of Sir Walter Scott " Was first published in New York (1834). His collected works, first issued in 11 vols., were published in 1869 in 2 vols. 8vo. A monument has been erected in his memory near St. Mary's Loch. His widow survives (1874), receiving from the literary fund a pen- sion of 100. HOGSHEAD, an old English measure of ca- pacity, which, not being mentioned in the act 5 George IV. relative to weights and measures, cannot now be considered as having any legal existence. The hogshead of wine was two wine barrels, or 63 old wine gallons, equal to 52 imperial gallons. The London hogshead of ale was 1-J ale barrel, or 48 ale gallons, equivalent to 48 - 81814 imperial gallons. The London hogshead of beer was 1 beer barrel, or 54 beer gallons, equal to 54*92040 imperial gallons. The ale and beer hogshead for the rest of England was 1 barrel, or 51 gallons, or 51 '86927 imperial gallons. All excise measure- ments are made in gallons, and the term hogs- head now signifies only a large cask. HOGUE, La. See CAPE LA HAGUE. HOHENLINDEN, a village of Upper Bavaria, 20 m. E. of Munich, memorable for a battle fought Dec. 3, 1800, which resulted in a vic- tory of the French general Moreau over the archduke John of Austria. After the truce of Parsdorf (Nov. 13) Moroau's army was sta- tioned between the rivers Isar and Inn, and