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;

iv. 143.

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.

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,

i. 255.

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

329

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.

Mrs, i. 36; iii. 315.

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,

iv. 180.

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