In 1834 he moved to Edinburgh following the publishing of his two-volume "Autobiography" in 1833. Galt here met the travel writer Harriet Pigott. Pigott persuaded Galt to edit her "Records of Real Life in the Palace and the Cottage". She received some criticism for this as it was suspected that she was just taking advantage of Galt. However, her unfinished biography of him which is in the Bodleian Library implies that it was more of mutual respect than her critics allowed. "Records of Real Life in the Palace and the Cottage" had an introduction by Galt, and this three-volume work was published in 1839.