Burns Chimiele 11-23.84 29567 FOREWORD. This—the thirty-fifth-issue of the official year-book of the Burns Federation marks the beginning of a New Series. The first number of the work was issued in January 1892, following the adoption of a proposal-" that the Federation publish a yearly Chronicle"-submitted by the late Mr. Colin Rae-Brown, Vice-President, and seconded by the late Ex-Provost Peter Sturrock, President, at a meeting of the Executive Council of the Federation held at Kilmarnock on 4th September 1891. A volume of the Chronicle has been published in each year since that date. The annual was edited by the late Dr. D. M'Naught for thirty-three years, from 1893 till 1925; and the Executive Committee of the Federation have resolved that the thirtyfour volumes which have been published shall form the First Series of the Burns Chronicle and, at the same time, a memorial of Dr. M'Naught's long and successful editorship. ROBERT BRUCE, GLASGOW : 4th January 1926. President. LIST OF CONTENTS. II.————————— An appreciation, by James A. Morris, A.R.S.A. III.—The movement for preservation of the Scottish (a) Introductory, by William Power, M.A. (6) Speeches by the President of the Federation; with discussion at Conference in Edin- (c) Letter from the Right Hon. J. Parker VIII. "Right Rev'rend Osnaburg," by James Thomson, B.D. XIII.—Miss Burns, grand-daughter of the Poet; with appre- XIV. Mr. James Jeffrey Hunter, of Glasgow 126 - - (c) "The Scottish Tongue"; by Professor Robert S. Rait, C.B.E., LL.D., Historiographer-Royal for (d) Mr. William Robb's "A Book of Twentieth-century Scots Verse"; by Thomas Henderson, B.Sc., (e) Mr. Alex. Murison's "Rosehearty Rhymes, and (a) List of Hon. Presidents, Hon. Vice-Presidents, Office-bearers, and District Representatives VII. Lady Bruce placing a wreath on the Burns Monu- |