Concentrating on his writing for the next several years, Galt lived at times in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and elsewhere, writing fiction and a number of school texts under the pseudonym Reverend T. Clark. Around 1821 he moved his family from Greenock to Eskgrove near Musselburgh. In addition to moving his residence frequently during this period, Galt also switched publishers several times, moving from "Blackwood's Magazine" to Oliver and Boyd and then back again. In 1821 "Annals of the parish" was published as were two instalments of "The steam boat" and he started work on the novel "Sir André Wylie". "Annals of the parish" established Galt's reputation overnight. "Sir Andrew Wylie" was published in 1822