Brief Papers concerning the Poet's Renowned Correspondent, COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BY JOHN D. ROSS, LL.D., Author of "Scottish Poets in America," "Random Sketches on Scottish Subjects," "It is no idle dream That we have heard a voice from Heaven: 'Behold this heart hath lovèd much, And much to it shall be forgiven.'" -AGNES MAULE MACHER. UNIV OF Edinburgh: JOHN GRANT, 31 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE. 1897. "NOUGHT can ever be unwelcome to Scottish readers which comes so near to the heart of ROBERT BURNS as to treat of one whose grace and beauty and intellectual superiority evoked his unqualified admiration-one who loved him with her whole heart and soul, and was the heroine of at least two of the most vivid and tenderly passionate lyrics that came from his pen." -ROBERT FORD. MIA OL AIMBOTLIAD Dedicated to THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE EDINBURGH BURNS CLUB BY A SCOT ABROAD WHO IS PROUD OF HIS BEING A NATIVE OF THEIR ILLUSTRIOUS CITY. 260817 JOHN D. ROSS. |