Excerpt from Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 6 of 8: With His Life The Editor is under little alarm lest this change should be unacceptable to his countrymen: to ex tend their acquaintance with so rare a genius as burns, and open up fresh sources of enjoyment and happiness, cannot but be agreeable to all he feels like one who confers a benefit under the appearance of requesting a favour. 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. 6 Of what is new and distinguishing in the present edition, our readers, who earnestly compare it with earlier ones, must judge for themselves; but regarding our large additions to the author's text, both in poetry and prose, we may here state that, while Cunningham in 1834 boasted of his volumes containing nearly one hundred and fifty pieces of verse beyond those in Currie's octavos, we 1nclude one hundred and thirty more than Cunningham's number. In the prose department we give five hundred and thirty four of the bard's letters, while the full number in Cunning ham's edition is three hundred and twenty-seven, and many of these are considerably abridged. 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.

"The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns includes fourteen color and fifty-eight black-and-white illustrations as well as an introduction by G. Ross Roy on the history of the collection. In text and images, the catalogue documents a monumental research collection that serves as an open invitation for further investigations into the life, works, and legacy of Scotland's bard."--BOOK JACKET.