Query: Books from 1816 or gothic novels from Scotland
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Italian Journey
Old Mortality
The Mangy Parrot
The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis
The Late War between the United States and Great Britain
On Vision and Colours
The Black Dwarf (novel)
Headlong Hall
Glenarvon
The Narrative of Robert Adams
Adolphe
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Le Règne Animal
The Antiquary
Evidence from documents: Italian Journey: '''Italian Journey''''' (in the German original: ) is Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's report on his travels to Italy from 1786 to 1788 that was published in 1816 & 1817. The book is based on Goethe's diaries and is smoothed in style, lacks the spontaneity of his diary report and is augmented with the addition of afterthoughts and reminiscences.
Old Mortality: Old Mortality on the Scott Monument, Edinburgh, sculpted by Andrew Currie


'''''Old Mortality''''' is one of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott. Set in south west Scotland, it forms, along with ''The Black Dwarf'', the 1st series of his ''Tales of My Landlord'' (1816).
The Mangy Parrot: ''El Periquillo''' was written in 1816, though due to government censorship the last of four volumes was not published until 1831
The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis: '''''Ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis''''' ('''''The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis''''') is an epistolary novel written by Ugo Foscolo between 1798 and 1802 and first published later that year. A second edition, with major changes, was published by Foscolo in Zurich (1816) and a third one in London (1817).
The Late War between the United States and Great Britain: '''''The Late War between the United States and Great Britain''''' is an educational text written by Gilbert J. Hunt and published in New York in 1816. ''The Late War'' is an account of the War of 1812 written in the style of the King James Bible.
On Vision and Colours: ''''On Vision and Colors''''' (originally translated as '''''On Vision and Colours'''''; ) is a treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer that was published in May 1816 when the author was 28 years old.
The Black Dwarf (novel): One of the Waverley Novels by Walter Scott, '''''The Black Dwarf''''' was part of his ''Tales of My Landlord'', 1st series (1816). It is set in 1708, in the Scottish Borders, against the background of the first uprising to be attempted by the Jacobites after the Act of Union.
Headlong Hall: '''''Headlong Hall''''' is a novella by Thomas Love Peacock, his first long work of fiction, written in 1815 and published in 1816.
Glenarvon: '''''Glenarvon''''' was Lady Caroline Lamb's first novel. It created a sensation when published on 9 May 1816.
The Narrative of Robert Adams: itle page from ''The Narrative of Robert Adams.'' 1816, original edition
Adolphe: '''''Adolphe''''' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: gothic novels: The novel has been classified among many genres, including gothic novel, psychological mystery, metafiction, satire and the study of totalitarian thought; it can also be thought of as an early example of modern crime fiction in which the story is told, for the most part, from the point of view of its criminal anti-hero.
Scotland: '''''The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner: Written by Himself: With a detail of curious traditionary facts and other evidence by the editor''''' is a novel by the Scottish author James Hogg, published anonymously in 1824.
Le Règne Animal: The work appeared in four octavo volumes in December 1816 (although it has "1817" on the title pages); a second edition in five volumes was brought out in 1829–1830 and a third, written by twelve "disciples" of Cuvier, in 1836–1849.
The Antiquary: '''''The Antiquary''''' (1816), the third of the Waverley novels by Walter Scott, centres on the character of an antiquary: an amateur historian, archaeologist and collector of items of dubious antiquity.