The "
New General Catalogue of Old Books and Authors" lists
David McKillop HODGE (M: fl 1875-1905)
but nothing for George Matheson. It might not even be the right HODGE (although the dates he was writing are plausible).
If you can't find a date of death, and publication was within (say) 80 years of 1947, I think it's safest to give it a pass.