The complete works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) . der 326 Auntie Jeanies Bed 32^ The Jolly Gauger , 329 Youth (doubtful) 332 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAINTED BY ENGRAVED BY Interior of Burns Cot-tage (the room in which Burns was born )W. B. Scott . . J. R. Rice . . 213 Lochlea J. Ramage . . E- P. Brandard . 218 Funeral of Burns . .WE. Lockhart . Wm. Forrest . 272 Mrs. Begg . Chas. Burt ... 295 Burnss Mausoleum . J. Ramage . . S. Bradshaw . 312 Mrs. Burns . . S. McKenzie . . G. J. Stodart . 335 WOOD CUTS. Birth-place of Burns 213 The Bay of Ayr from Mount Oliphant 217 Main Street, Mauchlin
The complete works of Robert Burns (self-interpreting) . der 326 Auntie Jeanies Bed 32^ The Jolly Gauger , 329 Youth (doubtful) 332 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAINTED BY ENGRAVED BY Interior of Burns Cot-tage (the room in which Burns was born )W. B. Scott . . J. R. Rice . . 213 Lochlea J. Ramage . . E- P. Brandard . 218 Funeral of Burns . .WE. Lockhart . Wm. Forrest . 272 Mrs. Begg . Chas. Burt ... 295 Burnss Mausoleum . J. Ramage . . S. Bradshaw . 312 Mrs. Burns . . S. McKenzie . . G. J. Stodart . 335 WOOD CUTS. Birth-place of Burns 213 The Bay of Ayr from Mount Oliphant 217 Main Street, Mauchline , 222 Monument over Highland Marys Grave, Greenock Church-yard 226 Edinburgh 229 Ellisland 244 The House in which Burns died 256 The Muse of Poetry finding Burns at the Plough 285 Chair in which the future poet was nursed 390 Fac-simile of Letter to Mr. Peter Hill 265 (in the possession of Mr. Robert B. Adam, Buffalo, N. Y.) Fac-simile of Family Register in the Poets Bible 289 (in the possession of Anne Burns, Cheltenham.). BIRTHPLACE OP BURNS. THE LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS. [The story of the poets life has been very fully interwovenwith the chronological arrangement of his works in this andthe preceding volumes ; but as the student may wish to studyit in a connected form, we have much pleasure in being ableto present it in such a graphic and concise narrative as seldomoccurs with the memoirs of any man. It was written by Alexander Smith,* who, next to Burns, isthe best poet Ayrshire has produced. This memoir elicitedfrom Mr. Wm. Scott Douglas, the most devoted, painstakingand ablest editor that Burns has had, the following highpraise: Alexander Smiths Memoir of Bums is the finest piece * Alexander Smith was born at Kilmarnock, 1830, and died 1867 (same age asBurns). His chief works were: Essays, A Life Drama, City Poems, Dreamthorpe, and Last Leaves He received a common-school education,and obtained employment in Glasgow as apprentice to a pattern designer—anoccupation which hi
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