THE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, AND A CRITICISM ON HIS WRITINGS. To which are prefixed, Some observations on the character and condition of THE SCOTTISH PEASANTRY. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. BALTIMORE, PUBLISHED BY F. LUCAS, JUN. AND G. Palmer, printer, VOL. IV. RELIQUES OF ROBERT BURNS; CONSISTING CHIEFLY OF ORIGINAL LETTERS, POEMS, AND CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SCOTTISH SONGS. Collected and Published by R. H. CROMEK. Ordain'd to fire th' adoring Sons of Earth CONTENTS 1. To Mr. John Richmond, Edinburgh. Mossgiel, Feb. 17, 1786. Giving an account of some of his compo- 2. To Mr. M'Wie, writer, Ayr. Moss- giel, 17th April, 1786, with four copies of his poems-Anxiety of a 3. To Mons James Smith, Mauchline. Monday morning, Mossgiel, 1786. Voyage to the West Indies detay- 4. To Mr. David Brice. Mossgiel, June 12, 1786. Approaching departure poet in print, and then to turn a 5. To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Mauchline. Edinburgh, Dec. 7, 1786. Rising fame-His birth-day to be inserted in the almanacks-Patronage-Lord Glencairn-The Caledonian Hunt, 6. To Dr. M'Kenzie, Mauchline. Wed- the extempore verses on dining |