PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MACKENZIE AND DENT, ST. NICHOLAS' CHURCH-YARD.

4 To the same.On her Rejection of his Suit

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

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

an Account of his present Studies and Temper of Mind,

Jan. 15, 1783

Page.

3-5

7

9

11

7 Extracts from Manuscripts.-Observations on various Subjects 14

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

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

cestor, Sir William Wallace

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

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34

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

38

18 To 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

21 To the Earl of Glencairn, 1787.-Grateful Acknowledgment

of Kindness

44

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

23 Extract, concerning the Monument erected for Ferguson by

our Poet

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

on leaving Edinburgh

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

No.

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

29 Extract, to Mrs. Dunlop. Reply to Criticisms

30 Extracts from the Author's MS. Book, recording whatever

seemed to him worthy of Observation

31 To the Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair, May 3, 1787.-Written on

leaving Edinburgh-Thanks for his Kindness

Page.

56

57

58

32 From Dr. Blair, May 4.—In Reply to the preceding

33 From Dr. Moore.-Criticism and good Advice

34 From Mr. John Hutchinson, June 14.-Account of the Re-

ception of our Bard's Poems in Jamaica

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

38 To Mr. Gilbert Burns, Sep. 17.-Accountof his Tour through

the Highlands

72

37 To Mr. Walker.-Inclosing the humble Petition of Bruar
Water to the Duke of Athole

80

39 From Mr. W. In Reply to No. 37

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

Answer to No. 6.

41 From Mrs. -

42 To

Nov. 30. Inclosing Erse Songs, with

Dalrymple, Esq.-Congratulation on bis becoming

a Poet-Praise of Lord Glencairn

43 To Mrs. Dunlop. Written on Recovery from Sickness

44 To the saine, Feb. 12.-Defence of himself -

45 To a Lady, who had heard that he had ridiculed her

46 To Mr. Cleghorn. Mentioning his having composed the

first Stanza of the Chevalier's Lament

47 To Mrs. Dunlop. Giving an Account of his Prospects

48 To Professor Dugald Steward, May 3, 1788. Thanks for his

Friendship -

49 To Mrs. Dunlop, May 4. Remarks on Dryden's Virgil, and

Pope's Odyssey

50 To the same, May 27. General Reflections

51 To the same, at Mrs. Dunlop's, Haddington, June 13. Ac-

count of his Marriage -

52 To Mr. P. Hill.

With a Present of Cheese

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53 To Mrs. Dunlop. With Lines on a Hermitage

54 To the same. Farther Account of his Marriage

55 To the same, Aug. 16. Reflections on Human Life

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102

104

56 To R. Graham, of Fintry, Esq. A Petition for a Situation

in the Excise

107

57 To Mr. P. Hill, Oct. 1. Criticism on a Poem, intitled · An

Address to Lochlomond'

108

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

112