them I send a contribution to your Burns Collection two vols. of MS. notes of Lectures on Moral Philosophy delivered in the University of Glasgow and written (the notes) by John Wilson, Schoolmaster of Tarbolton-' Dr Hornbook.' I knew the old gentleman as a boy could an old man, and have taken tea in his house. He was then Sess. Clk. of the Gorbals-this is a veritable curiosity." The penmanship in these books is excellent, most clear and legible from beginning to end, and the volumes are in good condition. Regarding the word "hornbook," the nickname with which Burns dubbed the dominie, it may be of interest to quote Dr Johnson's brief definition, viz. :-" The first book of children, covered with horn to keep it unsoiled." A later and more detailed description is-" a first book for children, which formerly consisted of a single leaf set in a frame, with a thin plate of transparent horn in front to preserve it." An elaborate work, entitled "History of the Horn-Book," in two quarto volumes, by Andrew W. Tuer, F.S.A., was published in London by The Leadenhall Press, Ltd., 50 Leadenhall Street, E.C., in 1896. It is profusely illustrated with a fine series of pictures of hornbooks of all sorts and sizes. AYR AULD BRIG. LIST OF SUBSCRIPTIONS BY BURNS CLUBS, SCOTTISH SOCIEties, AND BURNS FEDERATION. Leith Burns Club (President and Secretary) The Tam o' Shanter Burns Club (President and Secretary) Linlithgow Burns Club (President and Secretary).. Maybole Burns Club (President and Secretary) Selkirk Alpine Club (President and Secretary) Alloway Concert, per Duncan Gray... Fettercairn Burns Club (President and Secretary)... ... Jolly Beggars, Mauchline (collected in Poosie Nansie's) J. C. Chapman Craig and P. Sulley (proceeds of concert at The Residents on the Premier Diamond Mine, Transvaal Cape Town Caledonian Society ... Leadville Caledonian Club, Leadville, Colorado, U.S.A. ... I 10 O Edinburgh Pen and Pencil Club, per W. M. Macfarlane... Burns Federation ... St. Andrew's Society, of Whitby and Pickering, Ontario Kilbirnie Rosebery Burns Club ... 158 11 2 Inches Mountain Daisy Burns Club... Collected at the Burns Gathering at Auchterarder, per James S. A few Subscribers at Burns Celebration in the Conservative Club, Caledonian Burns Club, Glasgow ... : : 4 12 9 8 10 3 14 6 2 O 6 I 16 0 4 3 10 66 Killie Boys "resident in Montreal, per Kilmarnock Standard... Liverpool Burns Club... £2 I I ΙΟ 2 6 Campsie Burns Club Sydney Burns Anniversary Club Hamilton Junior Burns Club... Scottish Thistle Club of Honolulu Collected at annual Burns Club Dinner in Melrose, per Ralph A few Caledonians in Leicester, per John Gibson, I De Montfort ... Collected by A. M. Stewart, The Scottish American, No. 33 Sum collected at the Elgin Burns Club Supper, per Bank of Scot land, West End, Edinburgh Oban Burns Club ... Montreal Burns Club ... Burns Benefit Club, Springfield, Massa. : 2 O 37 7 12 O IO 9 14 6 5 10 O IO O O 653 ... 3 I |