Page

No

LXXXVIII. To Sir JOHN SINCLAIR. Account of

a book society among the farmers in

Nithsdale,.

LXXXIX. TO CHARLES SHARPE, Esq. of Hod-

dam. Under a fictitious signature,

inclosing a ballad, 1790 or 1791,

XC. To Mr. G. BURNS. 11th Jan. 1790.

With a prologue, spoken on the Dum-

279

fries theatre,

283

1790. Inquiries after our Bard, 291

XCIII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 13th Feb.

XCIV. To Mr. HILL. 2d March. Orders

for books,
XCV. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 10th April. Re-
marks on the Lounger, and on the
writings of Mr. Mackenzie,

XCVI. From Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 25th May.

Account of the death of Miss Burnet
of Monboddo,

293

298

301

306

XCVII. To Dr. MOORE. 14th July, 1790.

Thanks for a present of Zeluco, 308

XCVIII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 8th Aug. Writ-

ten under wounded pride,

311

XCIX. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 8th Aug.

Aspirations after independence, . 318

No.

C. From Dr. BLACKLOCK. 1st Sept. 1790.

Poetical letter of friendship,

CI. Extract from Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 14th

Oct. Suggesting subjects for our poet's

CII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. Nov. 1790. Congra-
tulations on the birth of her grandson,

CIII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 23d Jan. 1791.

With an elegy on Miss Burnet of Mon-

boddo,

Page

315

317

319

CIV. To Mr. HILL. 17th Jan. Indignant
apostrophe to Poverty,

CV. From A. F. TYTLER, Esq. 12th March.

Criticism on Tam o' Shanter

322

325

CVI. To A. F. Tytler, Esq. In reply to the

above,

CVII. To Mrs DUNLOP. 7th Feb. 1791.

closing his elegy on Miss Burnet,

CVIII. To Lady W. M. CONSTABLE. Acknow-

ledging a present of a snuff-box,

CIX. To Mrs. GRAHAM of Fintry. Inclosing

"Queen Mary's Lament,"

CX. From the Rev. G. BAIRD. 8th of Feb.
1781. Requesting assistance in publishing
the poems of Michael Bruce,

CXI. To the Rev. G. BAIRD. In reply to the

above,

CXII. To Dr. MOORE. 28th of Feb. 1791. In-

closing Tam o' Shanter, &c. .

CXIII. From Dr. MOORE. 29th March. With re-

marks on Tam o' Shanter, &c. .

No.

Page

CXIV. To the Rev. A. ALISON. 14th Feb. Ac-

knowledging his present of the "Essays

on the Principles of Taste," with remarks

on the book,

CXV. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 12th March.
With a Jacobite song, &c.

CXVI. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 11th April. Com-
parison between female attractions in high
and humble life,

CXVII. To Mr.

indolence,

353

355

358

CXVIII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 11th June. Re-

questing his interest for an oppressed

CXIX. From the Earl of BUCHAN. 17th June,

1791. Inviting over our Bard to the

Coronation of the Bust of Thomson on

Ednam Hill, .

CXX. To the Earl of BUCHAN. In reply,

CXXI. From the Earl of BUCHAN. 16th Sept.

1791. Proposing a subject for our

poet's muse,.

CXXII. To Lady E. CUNNINGHAM. Inclosing

"The Lament for James Earl of Glen-

cairn,"

CXXIII. To Mr. AINSLIE. State of his mind

after inebriation, .

CXXIV. From Sir JOHN WHITEFOORD.

. 365

367

369

371

Oct. Thanks for "The Lament on

James, Earl of Glencairn,"

CXXV. From A. F. TYTLER, Esq. 27th Nov.

1791. Criticism on the Whistle and

the Lament,

No.

CXXVI. To Miss DAVIES. Apology for neg-

lecting her commands—moral reflec-

tions,

CXXVII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 17th Dec. Inclos-

ing "The Song of Death,"

Page

. 381

384

CXXVIII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 5th Jan. 1792.

Acknowledging the present of a cup, 387

CXXIX. To Mr.WILLIAM SMELLIE. 22d Jan.

Introducing Mrs. Riddel, .

CXXX. To Mr. W. NICOL. 20th Feb. Ironi-

CXXXI. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 3d March,

1792. Commissions his arms to be cut

on a seal-moral reflections,

389

392

395

CXXXII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 22d August. Ac-

count of his meeting with Miss L-

B-

and inclosing a song on her, 398

CXXXIII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 10th Sept.

Wild apostrophe to a Spirit! .

CXXXIV. To Mrs. DUNLOP, 24th Sept.

count of his family, .

Ac-

CXXXVI. To Mrs. DUNLOP, 6th Dec. 1792.

With a poem, entitled, "The Rights

of Woman,.

409

412

CXXXVII. To Miss B***** of York, 21st March

1793. Letter of friendship,

414

CXXXVIII. To Miss C****. August, 1793. Cha-
racter and temperament of a poet,
CXXXIX. To JOHN M'MURDO, Esq. Dec. 1793.

CXL. To Mrs. R*****. Advising her what

play to bespeak at the Dumfries

Theatre,

419

421

424

No.

CXLI. To a Lady, in favour of a Player's

Page

CXLVIII. TO JOHN SYME, Esq. Reflections on
the happiness of Mr. O————,

CXLIX. To Miss

438

440

Requesting the

442

return of MSS lent to a deceased

friend,.

CL. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 25th Feb. 1794.

Melancholy reflections-cheering pros-

pects of a happier world,

CLI. To Mrs. R*****. Supposed to be writ-

ten from "The dead to the living,"

CLII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 15th Dec. 1795.

Reflections on the situation of his family

if he should die-praise of the poem en-

titled "The Task,"

CLIII. To the Same, in London. 20th Dec.

1795, .

CLIV. To Mrs. R*****. 20th Jan. 1796.

Thanks for the Travels of Anachar-

sis, .

CLV. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 31st Jan. 1796.

Account of the Death of his Daughter,

and of his own ill health,

452

458

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463