Aberdeen, Burns at, ii. 134. Aberfeldy, the falls at, ii. 122. Adair, Dr James M., accompanies Burns to Harvieston, ii. 145, 315. Addington, Mr Henry [Lord Sidmouth], verses by, on Burns, ii. 133; iv. 153. Afton, river, celebrated by Burns, iii. 245. Aiken, Andrew, poem addressed to, i. 244.
Miss Grace, i. 105; ii. 110; iv. 190. Mr Robert, writer in Ayr, i. 135, 160; account of, 225, 227; letter to, 234; 290; letter to, 317; ii. 201, 256; iv. 225, 235.
Ainslie, Rachel, ii. 79, 92.
Robert, a young friend of Burns, ii. 71; accompanies Burns on a tour, 78; letters to, 100, 105, 113, 167; anec- dote told by, 168; letters to, 234, 259, 264, 270, 271, 309; iii. 48, 84; visits Burns at Ellisland, 151; letters to, 211, 306.
Ainslie's map of Scotland, iii. 167. Airds Hill, adventure of Burns at, iv. 18. Albany, Bonny Lass of, a Jacobite effu- sion, ii. 138.
Alexander, Wilhelmina, of Ballochmyle, i. 280; letter to, 328.
Alison, Rev. Archibald, iii. 168.
Allan, David, painter, iii. 287; iv. 161, 164.
Alloway Kirk, iii. 151, 155, 159.
Alnwick, Burns at, ii. 93.
American war, ballad on, ii. 49.
Ballochmyle, adventure of Burns at, i. 280.
Balmerino's dirk, iv. 67. Banff, Burns at, ii. 133.
Banks of Helicon, an old tune, iv. 39. Bannockburn, Burns on the field of, ii. 116.
Baptism, anecdote of a, in Burns's house, iii. 278.
Barclay, Mr, a Berean minister, iii. 111. Begbie, Ellison, i. 52; letters to, 55. Begg, Mrs (Isabella Burns), sister of the poet, i. 41, 65, 75, 81, 82. Belles of Mauchline, i. 99.
Benson, Miss (Mrs Basil Montagu), letter to, iii. 288; anecdote reported by, iv. 56.
Beugo, Mr, engraver of Burns's portrait, ii. 42; letter to, 280.
Biggar, Misses, Kirkoswald, i. 35. Birtwhistle, Alexander, Esq., iii. 88;
Blacklock, Dr Thomas, the blind poet, i. 303, 329; ii. 34; letter to, 296; epistle from, iii. 76; epistle to, 77; verse epistle from, 145.
Blackstock, Miss Jane, song upon, iii. 281.
Blair, Burns visits the Duke of Athole at, ii. 123.
Blair, Rev. Hugh, i. 330; ii. 61, 68; letter
to, 75; letter by him to Burns, 76.
Anderson, Dr James, editor of the Bee, Blair, Sir J. H., elegy on, ii. 107.
iii. 145; letter to, 146.
'Anna,' a song upon, iii. 299. Argyle, Duke of, anecdote of, iv. 291. Association theory of beauty, iii. 169. Athole, Duke of, entertains Burns, ii. 123. Auld, Rev. Mr, minister of Mauchline, i. 134, 270; iii. 57.
Ayr, Burns resides at, in boyhood, i. 20. Ayton, Sir Robert, a song by, iii. 238.
Bacon, of Brownhill Inn, iv. 49. Baillie, Lady Grizel-a ballad of hers quoted, iv. 81.
Baillie, Miss Lesley, song upon, iii. 228, 231, 254.
Baird, Rev. George, letter to, iii. 174. Balfour, Mr James, a noted singer of Scottish songs, iv. 41.
Ballads, ancient, Burns's admiration of, i. 102.
Ballantyne, John, Esq., of Ayr, i. 234, 305; letters to, ii. 20, 28, 38, 44; anec- dote of, iii. 56.
Blane, John, gaudsman to Burns, i. 146. Bloomfield, Robert, the poet, iii. 276. Bonnie Doon, a song, ii. 33.
Books bought by Burns from Mr Peter Hill, iii. 167.
Books read by Burns in early life, i. 13, 339.
Bowmaker, Rev. Dr, of Dunse, ii. 79, 92. Boyd, Rev. William, of Fenwick, i. 222. Breadalbane, Earl of, satirised by Burns,
Brice, Mr David, letters to, i. 253, 271. Brow, Burns at, for sea-bathing, iv. 201. Brown, Dr John, author of Brownonian System, ii. 111.
Brown, Mr Samuel, letter to, ii. 258.
-, Richard, an early friend of Burns, i. 39, 59; ii. 186, 226, 229; letters to, 231, 239, 248; iii. 44, 85. Brownhill Inn, Burns at, iv. 49. Bruar Water, Falls of, visited by Burns, ii. 124; verses on, 126.
Bruce, Michael, the poet, iii. 174.
Bruce, Mrs, of Clackmannan, ii. 154.
-,Robert, his sword, Burns knighted by, ii. 153. Address to his Men at Bannockburn,' iv. 31.
'Bruce's Address '-Scots wha hae, &c. Circumstances of its composition, iv. 32.
Brydges, Sir Egerton, ideal visit of, to Burns, iii. 143.
Buchan, Earl of, ii. 16, 36; letter to, 36; invitation from and letter to, iii. 193; letter to, iv. 55.
Buchanites, Burns's account of the, i. 95. Burn, Mr Robert, architect, iii. 221. Burnes, Mr James, of Montrose, letters of the poet to, i 83, 95, 297; visited by the poet, ii. 136; letter to, iii. 22; iv. 205; sends help to Burns, 207; his generous offers to Mrs R. Burns, 222. Burnes, Mr James, of Montrose (second of the name), íi. 136; iv. 206. Burnet, Eliza, daughter of Lord Mon- boddo, ii. 21, 22, 24; iii. 167. Burns, Agnes, mother of the poet, i. 26, 27. 331, 338: iv. 233.
Burns. Agnes and Annabella, sisters of the poet. i. 41, 331.
Burns, Elizabeth, a daughter of the poet, iii. 260; iv. 175. 185.
Burns, Elizabeth, two children of Burns, iv. 307.
Burns, Francis Wallace, the poet's second son, born, iii. 60; iv. 229. Burns, Gilbert, brother of the poet, i. 12, 25, 84, 109, 331, 337: letter to, ii. 136, 217; Robert Burns lends money to, 251; writes to R. Burns, 305; letter to, iii. 101; remarks by, on political time- servers, 277; letter to, iv. 204; letter from, iv. 221; conduct at his brother's death, 222; letter of to Mr George Thomson, 226; his edition of the poet's works, 231-3.
Burns, James Glencairn, the poet's youngest surviving son, iv. 230. Burns, Miss, iii 117; iv. 241.
-, Mr Robert, the poet's eldest son, iii. 289; iv. 70, 130, 132, 229. Burns, Mrs Robert, the poet's wife (see also Jean'), iii. 72, 140, 152, 260; iv. 125, 132, 174, 205, 208, 209, 222, 229, 230. Burns. Robert, the poet, his ancestry,
i. 333; parentage and early days, 10; his first love, 12, 29; books read by him in boyhood, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 38, 339, 343; early companions, 11, 12; anec- dote of his birth, 16; at Kirkoswald school, 31; at Irvine, 39, 58; early love affairs, 40, musical accomplishments of, 66; sober habits in early life, 85; as a farmer and man of business. 85; (also iii. 139, 141, 146); severe illness and penitential reflections, 86; as a free- mason, 94, 278; acquaintance with Jean Armour, 97; first determination of his mind to literature, 99: religious
feelings and habits, 159 (also ii. 55, 190, 219; iii. 49, 63, 93); collects money for his poems at Maybole, 290; visits St Margaret's Hill, 300; contemplates emigration to the West Indies, 231, 233, 247, 271, 283, 290, 305, 315, 327; troubles connected with his passion for Jean Armour, 231, 237, 283; publishes his poems, 284; first criticism on his poems, 327; metres of Burns, 345; sale of Kilmarnock edition of the poems, 349; comes to Edinburgh, ii. 13; re- ception by the Edinburgh literati, 21; personal appearance and conversation in Edinburgh, 25; at Smellie's printing- office, 40; portrait of, by Nasmyth, 42; raises a monument to Robert Fergus- son, 45; as a lion of the season, 57; description of, at Dr Blacklock's, 60; meeting of Sir Walter Scott and Burns, 64; second edition of his poems pub- lished, 70; tour in the south of Scot- land, 78-90; trip to West Highlands, 99; Highland tour, 113-136; trip to Harvieston, 145; feeling for fine scenery, 155; acquaintance with Mrs M'Lehose (Clarinda), 175; appointed to a situa- tion in the Excise, 227; takes a farm in Dumfriesshire, 242; confirms his union with Jean Armour, 258; com- mences residence at Ellisland, 263; becomes exciseman of his district, iii. 60; manner of performing his duty, 82; breaks his arm, 179; gives up his farm, and removes to Dumfries, 206; his acrimony and its source, 187, 260; his manner of life in Dum- fries, 266; his political manifestations, 270; escapes of political feeling, 299; reprimanded by the Excise Board, 274; sufferings from bad times, iv. 13; excursion with Mr Syme through Galloway, 14; exasperations, 19; his favourite walks, 25, 70; anecdote of, connected with a library, 44; im- promptus, 49; gives an imprudent toast, 57; offends and quarrels with Mrs Riddel, 58; democratic effusions, 86; a poetical goddess, 97; his insouciant character, 120; his style of housekeep- ing at Dumfries, 124; his daily life in Dumfries, 130; adventure at Eccle- fechan, 138; neglect of, by the mi- nistry, 153; his moral habits, 174; his health fatally injured, 183; his death, 209; funeral, 210; remarks on his character and talents, 217; his debts, 221; exertions in behalf of his family, 223; his works edited by Dr Currie, 228; monument to, 233; versicles of, 235; reputation in his latter years, 299; subscriptions for Burns's family, 304; bibliography of Burns, 312.
Burns, William, brother of the poet, iii. 24; letters to. ibid., 33, 85, 119; letter to, 120; death of, 146,
Burns, William Nicol, the poet's second son, born, iii. 180; iv. 163, 230. Burns, William, father of the poet, i. 10, 15, 17, 18, 23; fore-ees his son's genius, 29; letter of the poet to, 60; last ill- ness, 80; Mrs Begg's recollections of, 81; death, 82; epitaph on, by the poet, 83; his religious sentiments, 122. Bushby Maitland., Esq., iv. 145.
Mr John, entertains Burns, iv. 64; quarrel with, ibid, 141, 144; his Lamentation, 147, 196; epitaph on, 246 Business, Burns as a man of, i. 85; iii. 139, 141, 146.
Cadell and Davies, Messrs, of London, publish the poet's works, iv. 227; en- gage Mr Gilbert Burns on an improved edition, 231.
Caledonian Hunt, gentlemen of, sub- scribe for Burns's poems, ii. 71; dedi- cation to, 70.
Cameron, Omeron, story of, ii. 153. Campbell, Ilay, lord advocate, ii. 54. Mary (Highland Mary), account of, i. 247; parting of Burns with, 248; question regarding the date of Burns's attachment to, 248-251, 312- 315; death of, 313; anniversary of her death in 1789, iii. 72; poem on, 73; final investigation of the date, 74; song upon (Highland Mary'), 254. Candlish, Mr James, letters to, ii. 55, 225; allusion to, iii. 30. Canongate Kilwinning Lodge of Free- masons, ii. 17.
Cardonnel, Mr, antiquary, envelope addressed to, iii. 81.
Carfrae, Rev. Mr P., letter from, iii. 26; letter to, 28.
Carlines, the Five,' an election ballad, iii. 89.
Carlin, the melancholy, iv. 79.
Carlisle, Burns at, ii. 93.
Carlyle, Thomas, iv. 137, 218. Carrick coast, i. 31, 32.
Carronades, four, bought by Burns, and sent to France, iii. 224. Carron Works, Burns passes, ii. 115; visited by Burns, 145. Cathcart, Miss, ii. 129.
Chalmers, Miss Margaret, ii. 117; letters to, 144, 164; songs upon, 165; letter to, 166; her character, 167; letters to, 170, 179, 182, 199, 227, 242, 253, 283. Chalmers, Mr William, writer in Ayr, i. 293, 329; ii. 24.
Chloris (Jean Lorimer), songs on, iii. 235; iv. 93, 101; verses to, 104; her story, 103; songs upon, 110, 112. Clarke, Mr James, teacher, iii. 185; letters to, 218, 222; besought for a return of lent money, iv. 189; letter from, 189; letter to, 200; 221.
Clarke, Mr, musician, ii. 161, 217; letter to, iii. 227; 232; iv. 21; jocular allusions
to, 22; letter to, asking his interference in a quarrel, 57, 168.
Clark, William, a servant of Burns, iii. 141.
Cleghorn, Mr Robert, letter to, ii. 250. Clunie, Rev. Mr, a song sung by, iv. 92. Cochrane, Grizel, anecdote of, ii. 117. Cockburn, Lord, iv. 227.
Coldstream bridge. Burns at, ii. 80. Collins's Ode to Evening, imitated by Burns, iii. 194.
Combe, Mr George, his phrenological view of Burns's character, iv. 308. Commonplace book of Burns, 1783, i. 75, 92, 96, 101, 159. Commonplace-book, 1787, ii. 67. -, 1788, ii. 265. Communion, circumstances attending administration of, in Scotland, i. 261. Constable, Lady Winifred Maxwell, iii. 87; letter to, 94; 183; letter to, 184; song upon, 241.
'Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair,' a song representing Burns's own character, iv. 118, 120. Copland, Mrs, of Dumfries, iv. 190. 'Cotter's Saturday Night,' account of that poem, i. 143; the poem, i. 160; ii. 80, 134; picture of by David Allan, iv. 164. Covenant, Solemn League and, epigram, iv. 242.
Cowper, the poet, Burns's opinion of,
Cox, Mr Robert, paper by, on Burns's head, iv. 311.
Craig, Mrs, visited by Burns when at Brow, iv. 208.
Craigieburn Wood, iii. 234.
Craik, Miss, of Arbigland, iii. 289; iv. 19. Cranium of Burns, iv. 307.
Crawford, Robert, the pastoral poet, iv. 35, 283-4.
Crawford, Thomas, of Cartsburn, ii. 248. Creech, Mr William, publisher, ii. 16; letter to, ii. 85; tedious settlement of accounts with, 174, 199, 200; sum paid by to Burns, 247; satirical sketch of, iii. 15; a new settling of accounts, 24 at last amicable and fair,' 32; letter to, 45; Burns takes revenge upon, 184.
Cririe, Rev. Dr, ii. 291.
Crochallan Fencibles, ii, 41. Crombie, Alexander, iii. 166.
Cromek, Robert, his 'Reliques of Burns' quoted, ii. 62, 273.
'Cromlet's Lilt,' anecdote of, iv. 285. Cruikshank, Miss Jenny, Beauteous rose-bud,' ii. 158.
Cruikshank, Mr William, letter to, ii. 149; Burns lodges with, 157; letters to, 233, 304; noticed, iii. 39; epigram
upon, iv. 241. Cunningham, Allan - his 'Life and Works of Burns' referred to, i. 64
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