Excerpt from Life and Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 4 of 4 Burns to Mr Thomson, Sept. Ca' the 'owes to the Knowes, e 92 Burns to hfr Thomson, Sept. She says she loes me best of a'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 4 of 4 Although the final volume of the New Edition of Dr Robert Chambers's Life and Works of Robert Burns is larger than any of its predecessors, the strictly biographical portion is compara tively small. But as the period embraced in it has been the subject of considerable controversy - especially as to the origin and dates of several of Burns's poems and as to the determining causes of his death - investigations begun by Dr Robert Chambers after the publication of the first edition have been completed, the result being a partial re - grouping of poems and songs, and a considerable recasting of narrative. Some argumentative matter bearing on the reputation and habits of Burns during the latest years of his life, which was formerly given as an appendix, is accordingly incorporated either with the text of the biography or with the closing Essay, in which an attempt is made to appraise the character of the man and the work of the poet. As in the first edition, Versicles, Songs Improved, Fragments, and Doubtful Poems are given apart from the body of the work. N o effort has been spared to make the Indexes at once exhaustive and convenient for purposes of reference. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 4 of 4: With His Life The genius of Hill has added largely to the beauty and value of the work: poetic subjects have been poetically treated, and a visible grace and elegance communicated to scenes dear to all lovers of the Muse. Few seasons pass without removing some of the personal friends and familiars of Burns. Dr. Maxwell died lately at Edinburgh in ripe old age - he generously attended the Poet, free of all, expense, during his last illness, and aided liberally in promoting the happiness of the widow and her helpless children. To him the Poet bequeathed the pistols (now the property of the Editor) which; he carried in his expeditions against the smugglers on the Solway, and of which he thus wrote to Blair of Birmingham, who made them; I have tried them, and will say for them what I would not say of the bulk of mankind, - they are an honor to their maker. I take leave of the subject in rhymes which though homely are sincere. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 1 of 4 Such have been the views and principles under which the present work was prepared. It will be for the public to decide if such a task ought to have been undertaken, and if, its undertaking being justifiable, its execution has been befitting the subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 4 of 6: With His Life IT is intimated by Currie that Burns contributed songs liberally to Johnson's Musical Museum but, in the communications to which his name was not in general aflixed, he was less careful than in the lyrics written for the greater work of Thomson. Several of them he never intended to acknowledge, and others were found somewhat altered afterwards among his manuscripts. Cromek speaks more plainly Burns 'contributed, gratuitously, ' not less than one hundred and eighty-four original, altered, and collected songs. The Editor has seen one hundred and eighty transcribed by his own hand for the Museum. Both might have added that the pre faces to the second, third, and fourth volumes were written by the Poet, and that to his industry we owe many of the truly original airs with which the publi cation abounds. Of the one hundred and sixty lyrics which this volume contains, not more than seventy will be found in Currie's octavos; and it may be safely re-as serted that the reader will probably think. Many of these songs among the finest productions of the Poet's. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 3 of 4 Letter to Mr Murdoch, 16th July. Recommends his brother William, o A e Letter to Mrs Dunlap, 8th Aug. Has been ofl'ended by a friend, 3 Letter to Mr Cunningham, 8th Aug. Much busied. Inde pendence, e Occupations ofburns; his household at Ellisland, Petty business matters - James Halliday, Visit oe Ramsay of Ochtertyre.to Burns, Visit of Egerton Brydges to Ellislsnd, A hopeful time with Burns. Ironical Letter oinicol, Dr Anderson's Bee. Correspondence of Blacklock and Burns h Death of Mr William Burns, Burns in an Excise prosecution. A business paper by him, a Letter to Collector Hitched. The same Excise case, Letter to Craujbrd Tait, Esq. 15th Oct. Visitoebobertametoell'island. Akirndance, Tam o 'shanter, Letter to Francis Gross, Esq. Legends of Allow Kirk, The real personagss of Tam o' Shanm, Domeitic amictions of Mrs Dunlap, Letter to Mrs Dunlap. Birth of her grandchild. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 1 of 4: With an Account of His Life, Criticism on His Writings, &C, &C XLII. Mr B. To Mr T. Remarks on songs in Mr T s list-his own method affirming a song Thou hast left me ever, Janiie Where are the joys Ihae met in the morning Auld lang syne. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.