The Italic letters indicate the publication in which the several compositions respectively appeared; see note prefixed to the Contents of Volume I. Pieces which have not appeared in any previous edition of the poet's works are marked n. The letter o refers to the authorised edition of the Letters to Clarinda, Edinburgh, 1843.
22D JAN.-VIRTUES DIFFICULT TO SOME, COMPARED WITH OTHERS-GOOD WRITING REQUIRES CARE AND PAINS,
Extempore to Captain Riddel, on returning a Newspaper,
Letter to Mr Peter Hill, Bookseller-A PRESENT OF A CHEESE--WHIMSICAL PROPOSAL,
Letter to Dr Moore, 23D MARCH-INTRODUCES REV. MR NIELSON, AND GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS Ode on Mrs Oswald,
Letter to Mr William Burns, 25TH MARCH,
A PARISH LIBRARY-Letter to Mr P. Hill, 2D APRIL-FRUGALITY,
Letter to Mrs Dunlop, 4TH APRIL, ENCLOSING Sketch of Charles James Fox,
Letter to Mrs M'Murdo, 2D MAY-COURTEOUS Gratitude,
Letter to Mr Cunningham, 4TH MAY, ENCLOSING Verses on a Wounded Hare,
BURNS'S ANTIPATHY TO FIELD-SPORTS-HIS DOGS, .
Letter to Mr Richard Brown, 21ST MAY-GOOD WISHES, Letter to Mr James Hamilton, 26TH MAY-SYMPATHY WITH HIS MISFORTUNES, h BURNS GIVES NEW POEMS TO CREECH-Letter to Creech, 30TH MAY, Address to the Toothache,
AN ELECTION CONTEST.-SONG-The Laddies by the Banks o' Nith,
Letter to Robert Graham, Esq., 9TH DEC.-THE EXCISE BUSINESS AND VERSE-MAKING,
Letter to Mr P. Hill, 2D MARCH-ORDERS FOR BOOKS-DEPLORES THAT SELFISHNESS IS UNAVOIDABLE,
BURNS'S CHARACTER REVEALED IN HIS LETTERS,
Letter to Mrs Dunlop, 10TH APRIL SCOTLAND OVERLOOKED IN PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS-ETHICAL VIEWS-MACKENZIE'S Writings,
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF THE POSTHUMOUS CHILD (M. Henri),
Letter to Mr William Dunbar, 17TH JAN. 1791-GOOD WISHES,
Letter to Mr Peter Hill, 17TH JAN.-SENDS MONEY TO ACCOUNT-POVERTY -WEALTH EXCUSES OFFENCE,
PECUNIARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF BURNS AT THIS TIME- -HE ACTS AS AN
ACCOMMODATOR OR CREDITOR,
THE BOOKS ORDERED BY BURNS FROM HILL,
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