(4) Dated from "Ellisland, 31st July, 1789 "; 4pp., quarto. 66 (5) Dated from "Ellisland, 9th December, 1789 "; 4pp., quarto. (6) Dated from Ellisland, 10th June, 1790 "; 7pp., quarto. The second" Epistle " Graham, in 21 verses, beginning my stay in worldly strife." to "Fintry, (7) Dated from "Dumfries, Globe Inn, 4th September, 1790"; 4pp., quarto. Enclosing 66 (8) Elegy on the death of the late Captain Matthew Henderson, Edinburgh": 16 sixwith the " Epitaph," 7 four-line line verses; verses; 6pp., quarto. (9) Postscript [to some poetical pieces sent to Graham]; undated, but written probably from Ellisland about 5th October, 1791; 1 page, folio. (10) Dated from "Dumfries, 31st December [1792]; 3pp., quarto. (11) Dated from "Dumfries, 5th January, 1793 " (12) Undated, but written probably from Dumfries about January, 1794; 4pp., quarto. Letter from Burns to Mrs. Robert Graham. (13) Dated from "Ellisland, 10th June, 1790"; 2pp., quarto. Enclosing (14) "Queen Mary's Lament ": 7 eight-line verses; 3pp., quarto. POEMS. (15) "Ode-Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald of Auchincruive "; 2pp., folio. 66 (16) On Captain Grose's present peregrinations through Scotland collecting the antiquities of that kingdom" 10 six-line verses, beginning "Hear, Land of Cakes and brither Scots"; 2pp., folio. (17) "The Five Carlins-A Ballad-Tune, Chevy Chase": 23 four-line verses, beginning "There was five Carlins in the South "; 4pp., folio. "The Whistle-A ballad ": 18 (18) "The (19) four-line verses, beginning "I sing of a Whistle, a whistle of worth," with "Prose history of the Whistle"; 4pp., quarto. "Tam o' Shanter-A Tale "; 11pp., quarto. (20) "Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn": 10 eight-line verses, beginning "The wind blew hollow frae the hills "; 4pp., quarto. (21) "The Rights of Woman-Spoken by Miss Fontenelle on her benefit night," with inscription from the poet "To Mrs Graham of Fintry "; 2pp., quarto. Page 3 of the sheet contains Extempore on some commemorations of Thomson": 5 four-line verses beginning" Dost thou not rise, indignant Shade "; 1 page, quarto. 66 66 (22) A Select Collection of Original Scotish Airs For the Voice: First Set, 1793, folio-Presentation copy from Robert Burns “To Miss Graham of Fintray," with holograph inscription beginning Here, where the Scotish Muse immortal lives": 3 four-line verses, dated from" Dumfries, 31st January, 1794.” The volume contains some alternative readings in the hand of the poet. (23) Holograph letter from Alexander Findlater to "William Corbet, General Supervisor of Excise, Stirling "-recommending Burns for promotion; dated from "Dumfries, 20th December, 1790 "; 2pp., folio. (24) "Tam o'Shanter": an imitation of Burns's poem in Dutch, in the holograph of F. W. Reitz; 4pp., octavo. HANDING OVER OF THE MANUSCRIPTS. The manuscripts were handed over to the Trustees of the Burns Monument and Cottage on Saturday, 16th April, 1927, in Ayr Station Hotel, at a luncheon to which Sir James Bell had invited a company to meet Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham. Those present were-Sir James Bell, Bart.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham; Captain Hunter Blair, R.N., vice-Lieutenant of Ayrshire; Mr. J. Harling Turner, Convener of Ayrshire; SheriffPrincipal W. Lyon Mackenzie; Mr. James Brown, M.P. for South Ayrshire; Provost James Gould, Ayr; Lieut.Colonel T. C. Dunlop of Sauchrie, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer to the Burns Monument Trustees, and Mrs. Dunlop; Sir John M. MacLeod; Sir W. F. StuartMenteth; Colonel J. D. Boswell; Mr. Archibald Walker; Rev. J. M. Hamilton, President of Alloway Burns Club; Rev. W. Phin Gillieson, President of Ayr Burns Club; Major Cockburn, Chief Constable of Ayrshire; Mr. P. A. Thomson, Town Clerk, Ayr. Representing the Burns Federation were Sir Robert Bruce, LL.D., President; Mr. Thomas Amos, Hon. Secretary; Major George A. Innes, Hon. Treasurer; and Mr. J. C. Ewing, Editor of the Burns Chronicle. After luncheon Sir James Bell said that some time ago he was asked by a friend in London what would be the best place in which to put a collection of Burns letters. He consulted his friends, Sir Robert Bruce, President of the Burns Federation, and Mr. Ewing, and both very strongly advised the Burns Cottage Museum as the most suitable place in which to house the manuscripts. Burns had referred to Mr. Graham of Fintry as 66 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife, Mr. Graham, who was with them that day, was the |