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HAVE gathered these Addresses, Lectures, and Poems on Scottish subjects together in a little volume, to meet the wishes of friends who requested it; and I have complied the more willingly, as they convey in brief compass, to those who welcome them, my love for Burns, Scott, and Scotland.

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ROBERT BURNS: HIS GENIUS AND POETRY,

THE AULD BRIG'S WELCOME,

(Ayr, July 8, 1891.)

THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF ROBERT BURNS,

(Ayr, January 25, 1891.)

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AT LINLITHGOW, RIDING THE MARCHES,

(June 14, 1892.)

ROBERT BURNS, POET - LAUREATE LODGE

CANONGATE KILWINNING,

(January 31, 1893.)

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Robert Burns

His Genius and Poetry