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See also: LOGAN, See also:JOHN (1748-1788) , Scottish poet, was See also:born at Soutra, Midlothian, in 1748. His See also:father, See also:George Logan, was a See also:farmer and a member of the Burgher See also:sect of the See also:Secession See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. John Logan was sent to See also:Musselburgh See also:grammar school, and in 1762 to the university of See also:Edinburgh. In 1768-'769 he was See also:tutor to
John, afterwards See also:Sir John, See also:Sinclair, at Ulbster, See also:Caithness, and in 1770, having See also:left the Secession church, he was licensed as a preacher by the See also:presbytery of See also:Haddington. In 1771 he was presented to the See also:charge of See also:South See also:Leith, but was not ordained till two years later. On the See also:death of See also:Michael See also:Bruce (q.v.) he obtained that poet's See also:MSS. with a view to publication. In 1770 he published Poems on Several Occasions, by Michael Bruce with a See also:preface, in which, after eulogizing Bruce, who had been a See also:fellow student of his, he remarked that " to make up a See also:miscellany some poems wrote by different authors are inserted, all of them originals, and none of them destitute of merit. The reader of See also:taste will easily distinguish them from those of Mr Bruce, without their being particularized by any See also:mark." Logan was an active member of the See also:committee of the See also:General See also:Assembly of the Church of See also:Scotland which worked from 1775 to 1781 at revising the " See also:Translations and Paraphrases " for public See also:worship, in which many of his See also:hymns are printed. In 1779-1781 he delivered a course of lectures on the See also:philosophy of See also:history at St See also:Mary's See also:Chapel, Edinburgh. An See also:analysis of these lectures, Elements of the Philosophy of History (1781), bears striking resemblance to A View of See also:Ancient History (1787), printed as the See also:work of Dr W. See also:Rutherford, but thought by Logan's See also:friends to be his. In 1781 he published his own Poems, including the " See also:Ode to the See also:Cuckoo " and some other poems which had appeared in his See also:volume of Michael Bruce's poems, and also his own contributions to the Paraphrases. His other publications were An See also: Essay on the See also:Manners and Governments of See also:Asia (1782), Runnamede, a tragedy (1783), and A See also:Review of the See also:Principal Charges against See also:Warren See also:Hastings (1788). His connexion with the See also:theatre gave offence to his See also:congregation at South Leith; he was intemperate in his habits, and there was some See also:local See also:scandal attached to his name. He resigned his charge in 1786, retaining See also:part of his See also:stipend, and proceeded to See also:London, where he became a writer for the See also:English Review. He died on the 28th of See also:December 1788. Two See also:posthumous volumes of sermons appeared in 1790 and 1791. They were very popular, and were reprinted in 181o. His Poetical See also:Works were printed in Dr See also:Robert See also:- ANDERSON
- ANDERSON, ADAM (1692—1765)
- ANDERSON, ALEXANDER (c. 1582-1620?)
- ANDERSON, ELIZABETH GARRETT (1836— )
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1662—1728)
- ANDERSON, JAMES (1739-1808)
- ANDERSON, JOHN (1726-1796)
- ANDERSON, MARY (1859– )
- ANDERSON, RICHARD HENRY (1821–1879)
- ANDERSON, ROBERT (1750–1830)
- ANDERSON, SIR EDMUND (1530-1605)
Anderson's See also:British Poets (vol. xi., 1795), with a See also:life of the author. They were reprinted in similar collections, and separately in 1805.
Logan was accused of having appropriated in his Poems (1781) verses written by Michael Bruce. The statements of John See also:Birrell and See also:David See also:Pearson on behalf of Bruce were included in Dr Anderson's Life of Logan. The charge of See also:plagiarism has been revived from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time, notably by Dr W. Mackelvie (1837) and Mr See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Mackenzie (1905). The whole controversy has been marked by strong partisanship. The See also: chief points against Logan are the suppression of the See also:major portion of Bruce's MSS. and some proved cases of plagiarism in his sermons and hymns. Even in the beautiful " Braes of See also:Yarrow " one of the verses is borrowed See also:direct from an old border ballad. The traditional See also:evidence in favour of Bruce's authorship of the " Ode to the Cuckoo" can hardly be set aside, but Dr See also:Robertson of Dalmeny, who was Logan's See also:literary executor, stated that he had gone over the MSS. procured at Kinnesswood with Logan.
Logan's authorship of the poems in dispute is defended by David See also:Laing, Ode to the Cuckoo with remarks on its authorship, in a See also:letter to J. C. See also:Shairp, LL.D. (1873) ; by John Small in the British and See also:Foreign Evangelical Review (See also:July, 1877, See also:April and See also:October, 1879); and by R. Small in two papers (ibid., 1878). See also BauCE, MICHAEL.
End of Article: LOGAN, JOHN (1748-1788)
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