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

20 1946

4 To the same.-On her Rejection of his Suit

5 To his Father, when the Author was a Flax-dresser 10

6. To Mr. John Murdoch, the Author's former Teacher,

giving an Account of his present Studies and

Temper of Mind, Jan. 15, 1783.

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7 Extracts from Manuscripts.-Observations on various

Subjects

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8 To Mr. Aiken.-Written under Distress of Mind

9 To Mrs. Dunlop.-Thanks for her Notice-Praise of

her Ancestor, Sir William Wallace

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10 To Mrs. Stewart, inclosing a Poem on Miss A-

11 Dr. Blacklock to the Rev. G. Laurie.-Encouraging

the Bard to visit Edinburgh, and print a new

Edition of his Poems ...

12 From Sir John Whitefoord

13 From

Dec. 22, 1786.-Advice to
the Bard, how to conduct himself in Edinburgh

14 To Mr. Chalmers.-Praise of Miss Burnet, of Monboddo

15 To the Earl of Eglinton.-Thanks for his Patronage

16 To Mrs. Dunlop, Jan. 15, 1787.-Account of his

Situation in Edinburgh

17 To Dr. Moore.-Grateful Acknowledgments of his

Notice of Burns, in Letters to Mrs. Dunlop

18 From Dr. Moore.-In Answer to the foregoing, and

inclosing a Sonnet on the Bard, by Miss Williams

19 To Dr. Moore, Feb. 15, 1787.-In Reply

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

22 To the Earl of Buchan.-Reply to a Letter of Advice

23 Extract, concerning the Monument erected for Fer-

guson by our Poet

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25 Extract, from

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accompanying the foregoing

Good Advice ...

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26 To Mrs. Dunlop, March 22, 1787.-Respecting his
Prospects on leaving Edinburgh

27 To the same, April 15, 1787.-On the same Subject 61

28 To Dr. Moore, April 23, 1787.-On the same Subject 62

29 Extract, to Mrs. Dunlop.-Reply to Criticisms

20 Extracts from the Author's MS. Book, recording

whatever seemed to him worthy of Observation

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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

33 From Dr. Moore.-Criticism and good Advice

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

36 To Dr. Moore, Aug. 2, 1787.-Giving a detailed

Account of the Author's Life

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37 To Mr. Walker.-Inclosing the humble Petition of

Bruar Water to the Duke of Athole

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38 To Mr. Gilbert Burns, Sept. 17.-Account of his

Tour through the Highlands

39 From Mr. W.

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40 From Mr. John Murdoch, in London, Oct. 28, 1787.

-In Answer to No. 6.

41 From Mrs.

Nov. 30.-Inclosing Erse

Songs, with the Music

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

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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.-Thanks
for his Friendship

49 To Mrs. Dunlop, May 4.-Remarks on Dryden's Vir-
gil, and Pope's Odyssey

50 To the same, May 27.-General Reflections

51 To the same, at Mr. Dunlop's, Haddington, June 13.

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52 To Mr. P. Hill.-With a Present of Cheese

53 To Mrs. Dunlop.-With Lines on a Hermitage

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

57 To Mr. P. Hill, Oct. 1.-Criticism on a Poem, in-

titled, "An Address to Lochlomond"

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58 To Mrs. Dunlop, at Moreham Maines, Nov. 13. 144

59 To

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"

61 To a young Lady, who had heard he had been making

a Ballad on her, inclosing that Ballad

62 To Sir John Whitefoord.-Thanks for Friendship-

Reflections on the Poetical Character

No.

CONTENTS.

63 From Gilbert Burns, Jan 1, 1789.-Reflections sug-

gested by the Day

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64 To Mrs. Dunlop.-Reflections on New Year's Day

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

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68 To the Rev. P. Carfrae.-Advice respecting the Pub-

lication of Mr. Milne's Poems

69 To Dr. Moore, March 23.-Inclosing a Poem

70 To Mr. Hill, April 2.-Apostrophe to Frugality

71 To Mrs. Dunlop, April 4.-With Lines to the Right

Hon. C. J. Fox

72 To Mr. Cunningham, May 4.-With the first Draught

of the Poem on a wounded Hare

73 To Mr. M'Auley, of Dumbarton, June 4.-Account

of his Situation

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75 To Mrs. Dunlop, June 21.-Reflections on Religion 181

76 From Dr. Moore, June 10.-Good Advice

79 To Mrs. Dunlop, Sept. 6.-Praise of Zeluco
80 To R. Graham, Esq.-Inclosing some Electioneering

Ballads, &c.

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81 To Mrs. Dunlop.-Serious and interesting Reflections 194

82 To Sir John Sinclair.-Account of a Book Society
among the Farmers of Nithsdale

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82 To Mr. Gilbert Burns, Jan. 11, 1790.-With a Pro-
logue spoken on the Dumfries Theatre

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83 To Mrs. Dunlop, Jan. 25.-Some Account of Fal-
conar, Author of the Shipwreck

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

87 To Mrs. Dunlop, April 10.-Remarks on the Loun-

ger, and on Mr. Mackenzie's Writings

88 To Dr. Moore.-Thanks for a Present of Zeluco
89 To Mrs. Dunlop, Aug. 8.-Written under a Feeling
of wounded Pride

90 To Mr. Cunningham, Aug. 8.-Aspirations after

91 To Mrs. Dunlop, Nov.-Congratulations on the Birth

of her Grandson

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92 To Mr Cunningham, Jan 23, 1791.-With an Elegy
on Miss Burnet, of Monboddo

93 To Mr. Peter Hill, Jan. 17.-Indignant Apostrophe

to Poverty

94 To A. F. Tytler, Esq.-Criticism on "Tam o' Shanter" 226

95 To Mrs. Dunlop, Feb. 7.-Inclosing his Elegy on