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PROSE WORKS
OF
ROBERT BURNS,
NOW FIRST COLLECTED.
Containing his
LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE,
LITERARY AND CRITICAL;
Extracts from his Journal and Common-Place Book ;
AND
AMATORY EPISTLES,
INCLUDING
LETTERS TO CLARINDA, &c,
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE :
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. MARSHALL,
IN THE OLD FLESH-MARKET.
21 ; 1946
Pagco
...
LETTERS.
No.
1 To a Female Friend, 1780.
2 & 3 To the same
3-6
4 To the same.-On her Rejection of his Suit
8
5 To his Father, when the Author was a Flax-dresser 10
6. To Mr. John Murdoch, the Author's foriner Teacher,
giving an Account of his present Studies and
Temper of Mind, Jan. 15, 1783.
12
7 Extracts from Manuscripts.-Observations on various
Subjects
15
8 To Mr. Aiken. Written under Distress of Mind
25
9 To Mrs. Dunlop. Thanks for her Notice-Praise of
her Ancestor, Sir William Wallace
29
10 To Mrs. Stewart, inclosing a Poem on Miss A- 31
11 Dr. Blacklock to the Rev. G. Laurie.- Encouraging
the Bard to visit Edinburgh, and print a new
Edition of his Poems
33
12 From Sir John Whitefoord
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13 From
Dec. 22, 1786.-Advice to
the Bard, how to conduct himself in Edinburgh 36
14 To Mr. Chalmers.-Praise of Miss Burnet, of Monboddo 37
15 To the Earl of Eglinton.— Thanks for his Patronage 39.
16 To Mrs. Dunlop, Jan. 15, 1787.-Account of his
Situation in Edinburgh
40
17 To Dr. Moore.-- Grateful Acknowledgments of his
Notice of Burns, in Letters to Mrs. Dunlop 43
18 From Dr. Moore.-In Answer to the foregoing, and
inclosing a Sonnet on the Bard, by Miss Williams 44
19 To Dr. Moore, Feb. 15, 1787.-In Reply
47 20 From Dr. Moore, Feb. 28, 1787.Sends the Bard a
Present of his “ View of Society & Manners,” &c.
21 To the Earl of Glencairn, 1787.-Grateful Acknow-
ledgment of Kindness
50
22 To the Earl of Buchan.--Reply to a Letter of Advice 52
23 Extract, concerning the Monument erected for Fer-
guson by our Poet
53
24 To
accompanying the foregoing
55
25 Extract, from Good Advice
56
26 To Mrs. Dunlop, March 22, 1787.-Respecting his
Prospects on leaving Edinburgh
59
27 To the same, April 15, 1787.- On the same Subject 61
28 To Dr. Moore, April 23, 1787.-On the same Şubject 69
29 Extract, to Mrs. Dunlop - Reply to Criticisms ... 64
30 Extracts from the Author's MS. Book, recording
whatever seemed to him worthy of Observation 65
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31 To the Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair, May 3, 1787.-Written
on leaving Edinburgh-Thanks for his Kindness 72
32 From Dr. Blair, May 4.-In Reply to the preceding 73
83 From Dr. Moore.-Criticism and good Advice 76
34 From Mr. John Hutchinson, June 14.-Account of
the Reception of our Bard's Poems in Jamaica 79
35 To Mr Ainslie.-.Description of his Tour in the
Highlands
81
36 To Dr. Moore, Aug. 2, 1787.-Giving a detailed
Account of the Author's Life
37 To Mr. Walker.-Inclosing the humble Petition of
Bruar Water to the Duke of Athole
101
38 To Mr. Gilbert Burns, Sept. 17.-Account of his
Tour through the Highlands
103
39 From Mr. W-
In Reply to No. 37. 105
40 From Mr. John Murdoch, in London, Oct. 28, 1787.
-In Answer to No. 6.
109
41 From Mrs.
Nov. 30.-Inclosing Erse
Songs, with the Music
111
42 To
Dalrymple, Esq.-Congratulation on his
becoming a Poet- Praise of Lord Glencairn 113
43 To Mrs. Dunlop.--Written on Recovery from Sickness 115
44 To the same, Feb. 12.-Defence of himself
116
45 To a Lady.--Who had heard that he had ridiculed her 117
46 To Mr. Cleghorn.-Mentioning his having composed
the first Stanza of the Chevalier's Lament 118
47 To Mrs. Dunlop.—Giving an Account of his Prospects 119
48 To Professor Dugald Stewart,-May 3, 1788.-Tb ks
for his Friendship
121
49 To Mrs. Dunlop, May 4.- Remarks on Dryden's Vir- gil, and Pope's Odyssey
129
50 To the same, May 27.-General Reflections
123
51 To the same, at Mr. Dunlop's, Haddington, June 13.
-Account of his Marriage
125
52 To Mr. P. Hill. With a Present of Cheese
127
53 To Mrs. Dunlop.-With Lines on a Hermitage ... 130
54 To the same.-Farther Account of his Marriage 133
55 To the same, Aug. 16.—Reflections on Human Life 135
56 To R. Graham, of Fintry, Esq.-A Petition for a
Situation in the Excise
139
57 To Mr. P: Hill, Oct. 1.-Criticism on a Poem, in-
titled, “ An Address to Lochlomond"
140
58 To Mrs. Dunlop, at Moreham Maines, Nov. 13. 144
Nov. 8.—Defence of the Family of the
Stuarts—Baseness of insulting fallen Greatness 146
60 To Mrs. Dunlop, Dec. 17.–With the Soldier's Song
" Go fetch to me a Pint o' Wine"
150
61 To a young Lady, who had heard he had been making
a Ballad on her, inclosing that Ballad
152
62 To Sir John Whitefoord. Thanks for Friendship-
Reflections on the Poetical Character
154
59 To
Poge.
179
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63 From Gilbert Burns, Jan 1, 1789.- Reflections sug-
gested by the Day
157
64 To Mrs. Dunlop.-Reflections on New Year's Day 158
65 To Dr. Moore. --Account of his Situation and Prospects 160
66 To Bishop Geddes, Feb. 3.-The same Subject 164
67 To Mrs. Dunlop, March 4.-Reflections after a visit
to Edinburgh ...
166
68 To the Rev. P. Carfrae.—Advice respecting the Pub-
lication of Mr. Milne's Poems
169
69 To Dr. Moore, March 23.-Inclosing a Poem 171
70 To Mr. Hill, April 2.-Apostrophe to Frugality 173
71 To Mrs. Dunlop, April 4.-With Lines to the Right
Hon. C. J. Fox
176
72 To Mr. Cunningham, May 4.-With the first Draught
of the Poem on a wounded Hare
177
73 To Mr. M'Auley, of Dumbarton, June 4.-Account
of his Situation
75 To Mrs. Dunlop, June 21.-Reflections on Religion 181
76 From Dr. Moore, June 10.-Good Advice
183
77 From Mr.
Some Account of Ferguson 185
78 To Mr.
In Answer ...
187
79 To Mrs. Dunlop, Sept. 6.-Praise of Zeluco
189
80 To R. Graham, Esq.-Inclosing some Electioneering
Ballads, &c.
191
81 To Mrs. Dunlop. Serious and interesting Reflections 194
82 To Sir John Sinclair.-Account of a Book Society
among
the Farmers of Nithsdale
198
82 To Mr. Gilbert Burns, Jan. 11, 1790.-With a Pro-
logue spoken on the Dumfries Theatre
201
83 To Mrs. Dunlop, Jan. 25.-Some Account of Fal-
conar, Author of the Shipwreck
202
84 From Mr. Cunningham.-Enquiries after our Bard 205
85 To Mr. Cunningham, Feb. 13.-In Reply to the above 206
86 To Mr. Hill, March 2,-Orders for Books
210
87 To Mrs. Dunlop, April 10.-Remarks on the Loun.
ger, and on Mr. Mackenzie's Writings
213
88 To Dr. Moore. Thanks for a Present of Zeluco 217
89 To Mrs. Dunlop, Aug. 8.-Written under a Feeling
of wounded Pride
219
90 To Mr. Cunningham, Aug. 8.- Aspirations after
Independence
220
91 To Mrs. Dunlop, Nov.-Congratulations on the Birth
221
92 To Mr Cunningham, Jan 23, 1791.--
With an Elegy
on Miss Burnet, of Monboddo
223
93 To Mr. Peter Hill, Jan. 17.-Indignant Apostrophe
to Poverty
224
94 To A. F. Tytler, Esq.-Criticism on "Tam o'Shanter" 226
95 To Mrs. Dunlop, Feb. 7.-Inclosing his Elegy on
Miss Burnet
298