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THE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS ytrryfoit&rJtf&ls&i st ■ _^_w_-^w. e?M November nhill hLawa loud, wi' angry sugh, The slorfmng -winterday is near a close, The miry leasts retreating frae me jleugh, The oTaci'iimgtrains o' craws to their repose. The toil-wDrn. Cottar frae his labor goes THE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS VOLUME FIFTH PR O S E EDINBURGH: WILLIAM PATERSON MDCCCLXXIX. CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIFTH. (An asterisk is prefixed to those productions that, either wholly or in part, are here first embraced in a professedly full edition of the Author's works.) A.D. 1787. PAGE The Clarinda Correspondence — Introductory . . 1 Burns to Mrs M'Lehose (1) — Dec. 6. Madam, I had set no small store, ....... 3 Burns to Mrs M'Lehose (2) — Dec. 8. / can say with truth, Madam, ....... 4 Mrs M'Lehose to Burns (1) — Dec. 8.
Enured as I have been, 5 Burns to Mrs M'Lehose (3) — Dec. 12. / stretch a point indeed, 6 Mrs M'Lehose to Burns (2) — Dec. 16. Miss Nimmo and I, . 7 Burns to Mrs M'Lehose (4) — Dec. 20. Your last, my dear Madam, ....... 8 *Clarinda to Burns (3) — Dec. 24. When first you saw Clarinda's charms, ....... 10 Sylvander to Clarinda (5) — Dec. 28. / beg your pardon, my dear Clarinda, . . . . . .10 Clarinda to Sylvander (5) — Dec. 28. I go to the country early, 13 1788. Clarinda to Sylvander (5) — Jan. 1. Many happy returns, . 15 Clarinda to Sylvander (6) — Jan. 3. / got your lines, . . 19 Sylvander to Clarinda (5) — Jan. 5. My dear Clarinda, your last verses, ....... 20 Sylvander to Clarinda (7) — Jan. 3. You are right, my dear, . 20 Sylvander to Clarinda (8) — Jan. 5. Some days, some nights, . 24 Clarinda to Sylvander (7) — Jan. 7.
I cannot delay thanking you, 25 Sylvander to Clarinda (9) — Jan. 8. 1 am delighted, charming C, 28 Clarinda to Sylvander (8) — Jan. 9. This moment your letter, . 30 Sylvander to Clarinda (10) — Jan. 10. / am certain 1 saw you, 32 v. b CONTENTS. VI PAGE Clarinda to Sylvander (9) —Jan. 10. / could not see you, . 34 Sylvander to Clarinda (11)— Jan 12. Your thoughts on Religion, 36 Sylvander to Clarinda (12)— Jan. 12. You talk of weeping, C, 37 Clarinda to Sylvander (10)— Jan. 13. I will not deny it, S., . 38 Sylvander to Clarinda (13)— Jan. 14. Why have I not heard, 41 Sylvander to Clarinda (14)— Jan. 15. That you have faults, . 43 *Clarinda to Sylvander (11)— Jan. 16. Your mothers wish was, 44 Sylvander to Clarinda (15)— Jan. 19. There is no tune, my C, 46 Clarinda to Sylvander (12)— Jan. 19. 1 amwishing, Sylvander, 49 Sylvander to Clarinda (16)— Jan. 20.
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PAGE Letter (1) to George Lockhart, Merchant— July 18, . . 141 ♦Letter (1) to Alexander Cunningham, Writer — July 27, . 141 Letter (15) to Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop, Aug. 2, . . 143 Burns's marriage confirmed by Daddie Auld — Aug. 5, . 146 Letter (1) to Robert MTndoe, Mercht., Glasgow— Aug. 5, . 147 Letter (16) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop— Aug. 16, . . 147 ♦Letter (10) to Robert Ainslie, Writer, Edinburgh — Aug. 23, . 150 Letter (2) to John Beugo, Engraver, Edinburgh — Sep. 9, . 151 Letter (2) to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintry— Sep. 10, . 153 Letter (1) to Mrs Robert Burns, Mauchline — Sep. 12, . . 156 Letter (11) to Miss Margaret Chalmers — Sep. 16, (last of the series,) ....... 157 Some account of Peggy Chalmers, .... 161 Letter (1) to Mr Morison, Wright, Mauchline — Sep. 22, . 161 Letter (3) to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintry— Sep. 23 . 162 Letter (17) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop- Sep. 27, . . 164 Letter (4) to Peter Hill, Bookseller — Oct. 1, (a poem criticised,) 165 Centenary of the Revolution of 1688 — Nov. 5, . . 168 Letter (2) to the Editor of " The Star," London— Nov. 8, . 169 ♦Letter (18) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop— Nov. 13, . . 172 Letter (3) to James Johnson, Engraver — Nov. 15, . . 174 Letter (1) to Dr Blacklock, Edinburgh — Nov. 15, . . 175 Letter (1) to John M'Murdo, Esq., of Drumlanrig— Nov. 26, 176 Mrs Burns joins her husband at EUisland — Dec. . . 177 Letter (19) to Mr Dunlop, of Dunlop — Dec. 17, (Auld Langsyne,) 178 Letter (3) to Wm. Cruikshank, Edinburgh — Dec., . . 180 Letter (1) to John Tennant, Auchenbey — Dec. 22, . . 181 1789. ♦Letter (20) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop— Jan. 1, . . 184 Gilbert Burns to Robert Burns (1) — Jan. 1, . . . 186 Letter (5) to Dr John Moore, London — Jan. 4, . .187 Letter (11) to Robert Ainslie, Edinburgh— Jan. 6, . . 190 Letter (2) to John M'Murdo, Esq. of Drumlanrig— Jan. 9, 191 Letter (2) to Prof. Dugald Stewart— Jan. 20, . . 193 Letter (2) to the Hon. Henry Erskine— Jan. 22, . . 194 ♦Letter (4) to James Johnson, Music Engraver — Jan. 23, . 196 Letter (1) to Mr David Blair, Birmingham— Jan 23, . 196 Burns's Pocket Pistols— their history, . .
CONTENTS. IX PAGE ♦Letter (2) to Alexander Cunningham, Esq. — Jan. 24, . 198 Letter (1) to Robert Riddell, Esq., of Glenriddell— Feb., . 200 Letter (1) to the Right Rev. Dr John Geddes— Feb. 3, . 201 Bishop Geddes, some account of him, .... 202 Letter (1) to the Right Hon. William Pitt— Feb., . . 205 Letter (9) to James Burness, Montrose — Feb. 9, . . 209 Letter (1) William Burns to Robert Burns— Feb. 15, . 212 Letter (1) to William Burns, Longtown — March 2, . . 213 Letter (21) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop— March 4, . . 214 Letter (1) to the Rev. Peter Carfrae — March, . . 216 Letter (41) to Mrs M'Lehose — March 9. Madam, the letter you wrote me to Heron's, . . . . .218 Letter (2) to William Burns, Longtown — March 10, . . 220 Letter (6) to Dr John Moore, London — March 23, . . 221 Letter (3) to William Burns, Longtown — March 25, . . 222 ♦Letter (5) to Peter Hill, Bookseller— April 2, . . 223 Letter (4) to William Burns, Longtown — April 15, . . 226 ♦Letter (5) to James Johnston, Music Engraver — April 24, . 227 Letter (1) to Mrs M'Murdo, Drumlanrig — May 2, . . 227 Letter (22) to Mrs Dunlop of Dunlop— May 4, . . 229 Letter (3) to Alex.
Cunningham, Esq., Edinburgh — May 4, . 230 Letter (5) to William Burns, Newcastle-on-Tyne — May 5, . 231 Letter (4) to Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry — May 13, . 232 Letter (6) to Richard Brown, Port-Glasgow — May 21, . 234 Letter (1) to James Hamilton, Grocer, Glasgow — May 26, . 235 Letter (5) to Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline — June, . 236 Letter (1) to John M'Auley, Town Clerk, Dumbarton — June 4, 237 Letter (12) to Robert Ainslie, Writer, Edinburgh— June 8, . 238 Letter (23) to Mrs Dunlop, of Dunlop— June 21, . . 240 Letter (1) to Miss Helen M. Williams, London — July, . 242 Helen Maria Williams, some account of her, . . . 247 Letter (5) to Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry— July 31, . 247 *Letter (1) to David Sillar, Merchant, Irvine — Aug. 5, . 251 The Irvine Burns' Club, some account of it, . . 251 Letter (5) to Robert Aiken, Esq., Ayr— Aug. . . 252 Letter (2) to John Logan, Esq. of Knockshinnoch- -Aug. 7, . 253 Dr M'Gill and the " Kirk's Alarm " — some account of, . 254 Sonnet to Mr Graham of Fintry — Aug. 10, . . . 255 Letter (2) to Mr Peter Stuart, London— Aug., . .
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