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1940 PRlllTBD BY WILLI.tit BODGB .ll'ID COMP.ll'IY, LTD. GUSSOW .1.llD Ul!IBURGH LIST OF CONTENTS PAGB !.-Editorial : " Damn that ass's !heel I " 1 11.-Entertainme;nts Tax : circular 3 III.-Letters of, and concerning, Robert Burns 4 IV .-Samuel Rogers and Burns 9 V.-" Stay, my charmer, can you leave me1" 10 Vl.-Burns & the Della Cruscans; by C. Angus, M.A. 12 VIL-John Home on Burns 16 VIII.-Correspondence o_f John Syme and Alexander Cu;nningham, 1789-1811 : Part VI - - 17 IX.-Alleged commonplace books of Burns, by J. C. E. 24 X.-Two quotations for the times 28 XL-The last of Burns's heroines: Jessy Lewars and her story; by Elizabeth Ewing, M.A. - 29 XIl.-Thomas White, a friend of Burns; by R. J. Arnott, M.A. 37 XIII.-'Dhe Gle;nriddell Burns manuscripts, a romantic history; by J. C. E. 43 XIV.-Burns and the other poets, with cJhart; by W. D. Fisher 64 XV.-Joseph Ritson on Burns - 68 XVI.-An " unknown edition " of Burns's Poems : a Yankee " mare's-nest " 69 XVIl.-The Scottish National Dictionary : letter - 61 Notes, queries, and answers - 63 Burns in the auction-room, 1938-1939 - 66 Bibliography 66 vi LIST OF CONTENTS PAGE Notices of ;new books 67 Obituary 72 Auld Brig of Ayr: report on condition 75 Burns Club notes - 76

THE BURNS FEDERATION: (a) List of Hon. Preaide;nts, Hon. Vice-Presidents, Executive Committee (Office-bearers and District Representatives), Sub-Committees, and Auditors 90 (b) Constitution and Rules 93 (c) List o~ Districts 97 (d) List of Past-Preside;nts 105 (e) List of places at which the Annual Conference has been held - - 105 (j) Annual reports : (1) Hon. Secretary's report 107 (2) Burns chronicle 111 (3) School Competitions - 112 ( 4) Balance Sheet - 114 (g) Numerical list of Clubs on the Roll - 116 (h) Alphabetical list of Clubs on the Roll 143 (i) Notices 146 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE !.-Facsimile of page of The British Album, with verse by Burns and note by John Syme 12

II.-Jessy Lewars 29

UL-Facsimile of handbill advertising a travelling menagerie which visited Dumfries in 1796, with (on the reverse) two impromptu verses. written by Burns to J essy Lew.ars 32

IV.-Thomas White 37 V.-Facsimile of inscription by Burns on a copy of the 1793 edition of his Poems which he presented to Thomas White 39

VI.-Chart: Burns and the other poets, by W. D. Fisher 54 EDITORIAL NOTE The Burns Federation does not accept any responsi­ bility for statements made or opinions expressed in the Burns chrofl,icle. The writers are responsible for articles signed by them; the Editor is responsible for articles initialed or signed by him, as well as for those unsigned. Letters and offers of original articles should be addressed to the Editor. Articles offered should be in typescript, with double spacing and on one side of the paper. The history of the Glenriddell Burns Manuscripts which is printed in this issue appeared originally in the Glasgow Herald (1920) ; it has now been revised and brought up to date. The article on Jessy Lewars was printed in the January 1939 number of the Scottish Field, and appears here by arrangement with that paper. J.C. EWING

8 ROYAL TERRACE, GLASGOW, C.3. EDITORIAL

" DAMN THAT Ass's HEEL! " " It's a poor business bludgeoning men who bore the brunt of life a long century ago, and whose sole concern with the world now is to delight it." So wrote the late Augustine Birrell, and rarely has there been a terser or more just condemnation of the churlish pursuit of reviling the renowned dead to whose works all posterity is indebted. Burnsians, whose chosen poet has suffered more than most from posthumous mud-slinging, have reason to be grateful to this distinguished Anglo-Scot for his apt words. They have, moreover, had in recent years the satisfaction of seeing such mud-slinging decrease to a notable extent. Modern scholarship and research have routed the once-popular idea of a feckless, inebriated genius, and have dealt a death-blow to many unsavoury traditions. The ordinary admirer of Burns has demon­ strated his healthy interest in a glorious heritage of song and personality rather than in muck-raking, which was always irrelevant and usually a downright falsifica­ tion of facts. It is not too much to say that Burns to-day stands in a truer as well as a more admirable light than ever before. No recent writer of any repute has been tempted to R. L. Stevenson's pitfall of looking at the " feet of clay " and ignoring the " head of gold." There is, however, still need for vigilance. Perversions of the truth, misguided attempts to find a good " story," care­ lessness and sensation-mongering are always with us, especially when the subject is of world-wide interest. " Cold-blooded mediocrity " is ever trying to belittle what it cannot emulate. A 2 EDITORIAL

The latest outbreak of this sort of detraction hails from the United States of America, home of many valued friends and careful students of the Burns cult. A Mr. James Bennett Nolan, who styles himself "lawyer and historical writer," is responsible for the lapse. He came to Scotland recently in search of material for a book which he was compiling and which has since been pub­ lished. Among the places he visited was the Carron Works at Falkirk, and in recording the visit he indulges in this gratuitous reference to Burns : - " Some time afterwards (in 1787) there appeared at Carron one Sunday morning a wandering poet named Robert Burns, none the better for his potations at a neighboring public house, who sought admission under an assumed name. The scandalized watchman refused him entrance both because of his condition and because of the breach of the Sabbath, whereat the indignant bard went back to his tavern to compose a rhyming protest." This refers, of course, to the eight lines beginning "We cam na here to view your warks." It would appear that Mr. Nolan has seen, and in the confidence of ignorance has accepted as authoritative, a pretentious volume called The story of the Forth pub­ lished in 1913. The author of this book alleges, with no authority whatever, that Burns on his visit to Carron " was not honest enough to give his proper name " and, upon this tenuous foundation, goes on to moralise on the theme, lamenting that the poet did not " show a little more sense and good feeling by attending the kirk instead of spending the afternoon in a public-house." Mr. Nolan embroiders this story-which is disproved by Burns' s own published " Journal "-so as to distort it still further. His " wandering " is as meaningless as it is gratuitous-and incidentally he originally wrote " vagabond." His whole tale is offensive, not only because it is false, but because it belongs to a kind of EDITORIAL 3 falsity which serious Burns students and honest admirers of the poet have given much time and energy to wiping out of existence. For this reason it cannot be too emphatically condemned, and out of Burns's own mouth comes the most apt rejoinder :- " With .1Esop's lion ... sore I feel, . . . But damn that ass's heel! "

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TO THOMAS ORR, PARK, KIRKOSWALD Dear Thomas, I am to blame for not returning you an answer sooner to your kind letter. But such has been the backwar.dness of our harvest, and so seldom are we at Ayr that I have scarcely had one opporttY of sending a line to you.-1 was extremely delighted _with your letter. I love to see a man who has a mind superior to the world & the world's men-a man who, conscious of his own integrity, & at peace with himself, despises the censures & opinions of the unthinking rabble of mankind. The dis­ tinction of a poor man & a rich man is something 'indeed, but it is nothing to the difference between either a wise man & a fool, or a man of honor & a knave. What is't to me, a Passenger God wot, Whether my Vessel be first rate, or not; The Ship itself may make a better figure, But I who sail am neither less nor bigger. POPE BURNS LETTERS 5 I have nothing farther to say to you but go on & prosper & if you miss happiness by enjoyment you will :find it by contented resignation.- Write me soon to let me know how you are to be dis­ posed of during the winter & believe me to be ever your sincere :friend, RoB: BURNS Lochlee, Nov: 1 ith } 1782

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TO MR. [aims] SIBBALD, BOOKSELLER Sir, so little am I acquainted with the MODES & MANNERS of the more publick and polished walks of life, that I often feel myself much embarrassed how to express the :feelings of my heart, particularly Gratitude.- ----" Rude am I in speech, " And little blest with the set, polish' d phrase; " For since these arms of mine had seven years' pith, " Till now, some nine moons wasted, they have us' d " Their dearest effort in the rural :field ; "And therefore, little can I grace my cause " In speaking for myself-- " The warmth with which you have befriended an obscure man and young Author, in your three last Maga­ zines-I can only say, Sir, I feel the weight of the obli­ gation, and wish I could express my sense of it.-In the mean time, accept of this conscious acknowledgement from, Sir, your oblidged, humble servt. RoB: BURNS Lawn Market Friday morn : } 6 BURNS LETTERS III

TO CAPT~ RICHARD BROWN, of the Ship Home, PortGlasgow Ellisland, 4th Nov. 1789 I have been so hurried, my ever dear Friend, that tho' I got both your letters I have not been able to command an hour to answer them as I wished; and even now, you are to look upon this merely as confessing debt and craving days.-Few things could have given me so much pleasure as the news that you were once more safe & sound on Terra Firma, & happy in that place where happiness is alone to be found-in the :fire­ side circle.-May the BENEVOLENT DIRECTOR OF ALL THINGS peculiarly bless you in all those endearing con­ nections consequent on the tender and venerable names -Husband & Father!-- I have indeed been lucky, extremely lucky, in getting an additional income of 50 £ a year, while at the same time the appointment will not cost me above 10 or 12 £ pr. Ann. of expences more than I must inevitably have been [? out : ms. damaged here J. The worst of it is, the excise Division which I have got is so extensive, no less than ten parishes to ride over, & besides abounds with so much business, that I can scarce steal a spare moment.-However, Labour endears Rest, and both are absolutely necesary for the proper enjoyment of Human Existence.- I cannot meet you any where; no less than an order from the Board of Excise at Edin~ is necessary before I can have so much time as meet you in Ayr-shire.-But do you come and see me ! We must have a Social Day & perhaps lengthen it out with half" the night, befort> you go again to Sea.-- You are the earliest Friend I now have on earth, my brother excepted, & is not that an endearing circum- BURNS LETTERS 7 stance? When You & I first met, we were at a green period of human life when the twig would easily take a bent-but would as easily return to its former state. You & I not only took a mutual bent; but by the melancholy tho' strong influence of being both Qf the family of the Unfortunate, we were intertwined with one another in our growth towards advanced Age; and blasted be the sacreligious hand that shall attempt to undo the UNION l You & I must have one bumper to my favorite toast-May the Companions of our Youth be the Friends of our Old Age !-Come and see me, one year; I shall see you a [ tJ P. Glasgow the next ; & if we can contrive to have a gossiping between our two bedfellows, 'twill be so much additional pleasure. M.•.• Burns joins me in kindest Compliments to you & M•.• Brown.-- Adieu ! I am ever, My dear Sir, yours RoB'!1 BURNS IV

TO THOMAS MOAN (? SLOAN] Can you come out tomorrow & spend your New year day with us? I intend writing Capt. Riddel soon, & would be glad you would furnish me with the specimen we spoke of. A Dieu je vous commende. ROB?! BURNS Ellisland, Friday morn : v

HENRY MACKENZIE TO R. H. CROMEK, LONDON Tax-Office, Edinburgh, 13 February 1809 Sir, I should have much sooner acknowledged the receipt of the Book you were so good to send me (your" Reliques of Burns ") if a pretty long In.disposition, and afterwards 8 BURNS LETTERS

an uncommon pressure of business, had not prevented my reading the volume. I have now perused it with some Attention, and easily trace in it the genuine character of Burns, whom I knew well in his better days, before an unfortunate Situation and unfavorable Society had ruined his health, and abated, tho' not extinguished, the vigor of his Genius. I am glad to find in your publication little, I may indeed say nothing, of that looseness or Irreverence of thought or Expression with which it is not improbable some of the Remains you collected might be tarnished. Burns, I have reason to believe, had to the last, religion and moral Principle inherent in his Mind, tho' he often lent his Company, and sometimes his Muse, to gratify profligate Companions whose Mirth he shared and whose Applause he courted. If you suppressed such effusions, you have much merit in their suppression. I find, however, in this volume a few Pieces offensive to Individuals, which I rather wish had been omitted; the more so as their offensiveness is not compensated by much wit or fancy, for in general they are as dull as they are scurrilous. Burns wrote Lampoons as often, I believe, to shew what he thought Independence as to gratify Resentment. He had Independence always in his mouth-more than in his mind (the Indepen.dence of a good Man consists in a Love of virtue and a Con­ tempt for vice wherever they are found, not in a Love of Licentiousness and a Contempt for Order), and made up by Satire on some persons for the Flattery, the indis­ criminate flattery, he bestowed on others. I write with Candor as I hope I judge with Impar­ tiality, sensible as I am both of the Excellencies and defects of that extraordinary Man, which your Book, as well as the former volumes of his Works, evinces. I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, H. MACKENZIE BURNS LETTERS 9

NOTES

I. This letter is no. 11 in the Clarendon Press edition of Burns's Letters, with note" MS. not traced." It is printed here from the original, now in the Museum of Souter Johnnie's House at Kirkoswald. II. Printed (No. 71) in the Clarendon Press edition of Burns's Letters, from the original in Alloway Cottage Museum. Reprinted here with the quotation from " Othello " corrected, as pointed out by Mr. Davidson Cook. III. Printed (No. 369) in the Clarendon Press edition of Burns's Letters, with note "MS. not traced." Printed here from the original, now in Alloway Cottage Museum. IV. Printed (No. 429) in the Clarendon Press edition of Burns's Letters. Reprinted here, with the senseless French of the C.P. edition corrected, from the sale-catalogue of the library of the late Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry (New York, 11934, part I, page 34). V. Printed here from a copy of the original made many years ago. The present location of the original is unknown to the Burns Federation.

SAMUEL ROGERS AND BURNS

The quotation which follows is from Recollections of the table-talk of Samuel Rogers ... , [edited by Alex­ ander Dyce.] (London, 1856, p. 46.) " I never saw Burns : I was within thirty miles of Dumfries when he was living there; and yet I did not go to visit him; which I have regretted ever since.-! think his ' Cottar's Saturday-Night ' the finest pastoral in any language. " How incapable of estimating Burns's genius were the worthy folks of Edinburgh I Henry Mackenzie (who ought to have known better) advised him to take for his model in song-writing-Mrs. John Hunter I " It was Professor James Gregory-not Henry Mackenzie-who advised Burns to take Mrs. Hunter as a model. See also P. W. Clayden's Early life of Samuel Rogers. (London, 1887, pp. 104-110.) "STAY, MY CHARMER, CAN YOU LEAVE ME?"

BURNS'S SONG COMPLETED " I translated a verse of an ltaliatn song for him [Pietro Urbani], or rather made an English verse to suit his rhythm, and added two verses which had been already published in Johnson's Museum."--Extract from letter of Burns to Alexander Cunningham, written in the summer of 1794. The " two verses " referred to in this letter form-or, rather, formed-the song "Stay, my charmer, can you leave me? " They appeared in the second volume (pub­ lished in 1788) of the Scots musical muse.um, and are included in many editions of Burns's writings. But they are not to be found, as one would expect from the poet's statement to Cunningham, in any of the six " books " of Scots songs edited by Urbani and published either by himself or by the firm of Urbani & Liston, music printers and publishers at Edinburgh from 1796 to 1807. As for the one " English verse" made specially for the Italian musician, it has never been identified-was not known to be extant in either script or print. It now appears, however, that all three verses were published by Urbani & Liston in a double sheet of music (priced ls. 6d.), one of many issued by the firm. The sheet is entitled Pita Patty or Tiche Tache, a Favourite Rondo Composed by P. Urbani. The words by the cele­ brated Mr. R. Bum's [sic]. It is undated, but was issued either in 1796 (the year in which the firm was established) or in 1797 (when the title of the rondo was included in their Catalogue of Scots music). A copy of the sheet is in the possession of Mr. Davidson "STAY, MY CHARMER" 11 Cook, who communicated the words of the complete song for inclusion in A treasury of unfamiliar lyrics, selected and edited by Mr. Norman Ault. (London: Gollancz, 1938.) The text of the song is printed below. J. C. E.

PITA PATTY OR TICHE TACHE PIT-A-PATTY

FEEL, oh, £eel my bosom beating As the busy moments fleeting, Pit-a-patty still repeating, Like the little mallet's blow, Like the little mallet's blow. Stay, my charmer, can you leave me? Cruel, cruel, to deceive me! Well you know how much you grieve me, Cruel charmer, can you go? Cruel charmer, can you go? By my love so ill requited, By your faith so fondly plighted, By the pangs of lovers slighted, Do not, do not leave me so ! Do not, do not leave me so! BURNS AND THE DELLA CRUSCANS

UNPUBLISHED MARGIN ALIA

Writing :from Ellisland in the .summer of 1789, Burns informed Miss Helen Maria Williams, poetess and novelist, that " I have a way whenever I read a book, I mean a book in our own trade, madam, a poetic one, and when it is my own property, that I take a pencil and mark at the ends of verses, or note on margins and odd paper, little criticisms of approbation or disapproba­ tion as I peruse along." In letters to other correspond­ ents also the poet refers to this habit, and numerous volumes are in existence to prove not only that he freely annotated books which. belonged to himself, but that he treated in the same manner those which were the property of others. One such, a work of very considerable interest, was purchased in an auction-room at London some years ago by the premier Burns Club of Dumfries, and is now exhibited in a local museum. It is entitled The British albwm: containing the poems of Della C'l"UJsoa, Anna Matilda, Arley, Benedict, The Bard, ~c . ..., and consists of two small-octavo volumes of nearly 350 pages, published at London in 1790. This copy belonged to John Syme, and the fact that Burns had it on loan from him is recorded in Syme's hand on the inside o{ the front board : " June 1793-Several notes and a few additional verses made by Robt. Burns, the Scotch Bard." The notes and verses were originally in pencil, hut have been inked over by someone-probably Syme himself. The British album is now almost completely forgotten, but it had a very great vogue in its day, as is attested 18 ODE TO FOLLY. Then stri\•e the cuBtr'ry to irnp:a!1t, And wave your wand a11d we ;hall '.-~rant;

With clcardiscus<;iun plainly show, That all this worldly symmetry, Was hid in water long ago, And sprang like flenus from the sea. While on the inland mot?ntain's height, Sea-shells confirm th' opmion right.

So shall I love you, ever-changing! And what is most a'.

In ev'ry age, in ev'ry clime, Your num'rous Altars have been rear'd, Where oft have bow'd the Sons of Rhyme, And suppliant Kings have oft appear'd. Then still for you my bosom swells, 0 Foll;" with your Cap and Bells! DELLA CR.USCA.

FACSIMILE OF PAGE OF "THE BRITISH ALBUM," WITH VERSE BY BURNS AND NOTE BY JOHN SYME

BURNS AND THE DELLA CRUSCANS 13 by the fact that between 1190 and 1793 it passed through six editions (four of these authorized, two pirated). Burns's notes indicate that he shared the almost universal interest in it. The Albwm was the work of Robert Merry (1755-98), a poetaster who wrote under the nom de plume of" Della Crusca" (after the Academy of that name in Florence, of which he was a member), and a group of imitators who styled themselves collectively the " Della Cruscans." Before it was collected in book form this verse appeared in English newspapers, chiefly in the Oracle or in the W orkl. Merry himself opened the floodgates of the move­ ment in 1181 in the World with a poem " To love," which called forth a passionate lyric from Mr.s. Hannah Cowley, under the pen-name of "Anna Matilda." Thus began a poetical correspondence between the two, and from that point (in William Gifford's words, in his Intro­ duction to The Baviad) " Laura Maria, Carlos, Orlando, Adelaide, and a thousand nameless names caught the infection ; and from one end of the kingdom to the other all was nonsense and Della Crusca." The Della Cruscan verse has no intrinsic literary merit at all. The real names of the poets whose names are " enshrined " in the British album are now forgotten, apart from Merry, Mrs. Cowley, Edward Jerningham (" The Bard "), and Mrs. Mary Robinson (who wrote as "Laura," but is now remembered only as the actress " Perdita "): this in itself is significant. Any value that the poetry retains is purely historical, due to the fact that it was transitional and in some measure formed a bridge between the Augustan age of English poetry and the Romantic Revival. Its language shows all the artificiality of the Augustan poets without their neatness of phrase and precision of expression. It is characterized by a complete lack of sincerity in feeling, and is infused throughout with a pseudo-romanticism. " Della Crusca" 14 BURNS AND THE DELLA CRUSCANS and " Anna Matilda " were not even slightly acquainted during the period when they were carrying on their poetical correspondence in the World, although Merry claimed that the inspiration for it was derived from " a genuine enthusiasm " arising from " poetical sympathy." It seems strange that this poetry should have interested Burns, whose own verse was the " spon­ taneous language " of his heart. For a number of years the Della Cruscans continued to write the same kind of uninspired verse. Then Gifford, stung to fury by the inanities of their writings, launched against the movement the force of his two satires, The Bavioil (1791) and The Mmvioil (1795), and thereby, according to Sir Walter Scott, " squashed at one blow a set of coxcombs who might have humbugged the world long enough." William Hazlitt, in The spfrit of the age, accused Gifford of being unnecessarily harsh in his satires, saying that his attack was "more ferocious than the occasion warranted " and that " a little affectation and quaintness of style did not merit such severity of castigation "; but there is no doubt that a recall to common sense was necessary. During the nineteenth century the stock of the Della Cruscans fell even lower, and W. E. Henley's description of them as" the wretched Della Cruscan shoal " epitomizes the attitude of late nineteenth century critics to their works. Burns's notes and verses in the Dumfries Club's copy of the British allJum have never been reproduced in full, and it is therefore thought worth while to give them here. The notes are of three kinds, (1) marginal bracketings of verses and couplets which apparently caught the poet's fancy, (2) corrections of misprints, (3) brief criticisms in the margins and at the ends of poems. The marginal bracketings appear frequently, in some cases with the initials "RB " added, and are evidence of the care with which the poems were read. BURNS AND THE DELLA CRUSCANS 15

Criticisms are less frequent. Two lines of a poem by "Emma"-" the full-orb'd, jolly Moon Rode dull, and thoughtless to her noon" (v. II, p. 113)-Burns described as " charmante." Against the words " like me " in the same piece (v. II, p. 111) he has written "flat." In " Anna ::Matilda's " lines, " the dews of morn That bless the scented pink and snowy thorn " (v. I, p. 33), he could not forbear from noting an inaccuracy-" The pink & thorn do not blow together­ No image can be beautiful that is not just." Under a postscript expressing the view that " Emma " and -"Anna :Matilda" may be one and the same person, he has written "Emma's poesy is beyond any thing Anna :Matilda has produced. R. B." The verses appearing in th.e volume are four in number:- Vol. I, page-18: at the end of Della Crusca's "Ode to folly " Burns has written Wisdom & science-honor d Powers ! Pardon the truth a sinner tells; I owe my dearest, raptured hours To Folly with her cap & bells. Syme has added" wrote by Robt. Burns who had the loan of this book June 1793."

Vol. I, page 21 : at the beginning of the fifth verse­ " For WAR is :MURDER, tho' the voice of Kings Has styl'd it Justice, styl'd it Glory too! "-of Della Crusca's " Elegy, Written on the Plain of Fontenoy" Burns has written " *See below," and at the foot of the page: *Grant me, indulgent Heaven, that I may live To see the miscreants feel the pains they give: Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, Till SLAVE & DESPOT be but things which were I 16 BURNS AND THE DELLA CRUSCANS

Vol. I, page 28: at the end of Anna M:atilda's " Stanzas to Della Crusca" Burns has written Perish their names, however great or brave, Who in the DESPOT' s cursed errands bleed ! But who :for FREEDOM fills a hero's grave, Fame with_ a Seraph-pen, record the glorious deed ! Syme has added " wrote by R. Burns June 1793."

Vol. II, page 115: at the end o:f Emma's "Henry deceived " Burns has written Love's records, written on a heart like mine, Not Time's last effort can efface a line. R. B. 0. ANGUS

JOHN HOME ON BURNS

The following quotation is from Relics of literature, by Stephen Collet [i.e. Thomas Byerley]. (London, 1823, p. 260.) " Mr. John Home, the celebrated author of Douglas," says an evening paper of 6th November, 1789, " was lately asked his opinion of the poems of Robert Burns. His answer was, ' The encouragement that fellow has met with is a perfect disgrace to the nation.' This anecdote is genuine, and the majority is satisfied the remark is just. His reputa­ tion is vastly faded! " CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN SYME AND ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, 1789-1811 VI The earliest of the nine letters in this portion of the correspondence of Syme and Cunningham is dated 28 September 1797, the latest 26 September 1807 ; thus the nine cover a period of ten years. Unfortunately, this portion is very incomplete : many letters appear to be missing from the collection. A few others which have been preserved do not contain anything of Burns interest. The letters here printed contain much that is fresh : references to William Roscoe (no. 51) and to Mrs. Hodgson of Ince-" a great friend of our Bard's" (no. 52); to Currie's forthcoming edition of Burns's Works; and to N asmyth' s bust-portrait of the poet, then in Cunningham's possession. It has been found impossible to conclude the publica­ tion of the correspondence in this issue of the Burns Chronicle; the remainder of the letters, however, will appear in the next volume of the annual. J. C. E.

LI

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM 28 September 1797 Copy Letter intended to have accompanied the present of the " Life of Lorenzo de Medici "-which Mr. Roscoe meant for Burns: Liverpool, 23d May, 1796 Dear Sir, An author who has attempted to please the public, and whose attempts have been crowned with distinguished success, B 18 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE

may be said to have as many friends as hEf has readers. If so, I know no one in the present times who has so large a circle as yourself, or whose name is so often repeated with pleasure by those of whom he has no knowledge. Of these your sincere, but unobtrusive, admirers, I confess myself one; and it is possible I might yet have remained so had there not occurred to me some faint hope that I might, in part, repay the pleasure which I have so abundantly enjoyed. In this flattering expectation I have accompanied this letter with two volumes of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici, of which I have to intreat your acceptance, and which, altho' they should fail in obtaining the object I confess to have in view, may at least serve as a memorial of the grateful esteem and attach­ ment of their author. In the hope that this attachment may, at some future time, be rendered more interesting, tho' not more sincere, by a personal interview, I beg to subscribe myself, Dear Sir, your constant admirer and faithful friend, (signed) W. ROSCOE Mr. Burns.

Dear Cunningham, By way of offset to my crimes in assailing you with such continual firing, I send you the above copy. I dare say it will please you who are fond of such specimens of simple and beautiful composition. I wrote you a prodigious letter after my return from Liverpool. Some things in it you must answer ... This day several of the Advertisements concerning the publication of the MSS. have been sent me. I must send you a parcel (which I shall do by the Fly), to be disposed of in the way you judge most eligible. Elphinston Balfour will take the load off you, but you will carry one or two in your pocket to be produced upon opportune occasions. The sub­ scribers may put their names on the back of the paper . . . [P.s.]-1 have preferred send this per fly, and with 90 copies advertisement on middling paper, 10 do. on fine paper for particular people . . .

LII

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM Dumfries, 8 November 1797 I have had several letters from you of late, and I do not SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 19 know how many of these are unanswered. You will think me very remiss, for their contents were of importance as well as of interest to me . . . I can say no more to you at present than that I was much gratified with your late favours, [and] that a young gentle­ man, the Bearer of this, who has a letter to you from Dr. Currie brought me the inclosed, which I have hastily read over and noted so far as I could at the time. Will you look into the inclosures, make your remarks, and return them to me by that gentleman 1 He is Mr. Duncan (James, I believe), brother to the husband of Dr. Currie's Sister. He is a young gentleman of considerable literary attainments, Instructs the children of Mrs. Hodgson of Ince, a handsome widow Lady of great fortune residing in Liverpool and a great friend of our Bard's. I am only acquainted with him through Dr. Currie and having seen him at Liverpool and here once or twice, and think him a fine young man. Dr. Maxwell is well, but I very seldom have seen him of late. As to " Lorenzo ", send it when you please. I can't just now lay my hands on Mr. Roscoe's letter-no matter. I rather should consider it ostentatious to paste it on the book boards. I will send your letters to Liverpool the first opportunity, viz., those relating to the Subscription concern. As to the Landscape by young Raeburn, I fear the value of the thing will be too precious as a present to such a Revenue Slave etc. as I. It will be thrown away upon me. I am in hopes of being able to make a trip into Edinburgh in February. I will write you more fully hereafter .

LUI

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM Dumfries, 5 April 1798 . . . A factor loco Tutoris is appointed to Burns family -Mr. William Thomson of Dumfries, a sedate and intelligent young man married to a Niece of McMurdo, will now attend to these affairs and free us from a heavy duty and burden. I shall write no more on the subject

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM Dumfries, 29 May 1798 You would receive the note I wrote you from Moffat on 22nd concerning R. 20 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE I have little or nothing to warrant this interruption of your sterling occupation. I have a liesure hour at present in which generally your name and qualities introduce them­ selves, so I must speak to you. The tumbler with the lamented Bard's inscription is packed up for you, and shall be sent the first careful opportunity. The compliment on it is perfectly appropriate to him who accepts the tumbler, and when he unites a Song of the Bard's to the festivity of the scene, one may truly say " wpo can avoid the d--d snare ". I wish, however, this word " damned " had been a softer and better term. There's no help now for it. . . . Will you also send me M°Creery's letter. I have got it. [This sentence in interlineation.] Is he not a nice fellow of a Printer 1 How '/IOU would grapple him to your heart upon acquaintance I Conceive, if you can, an Irishman to be endowed with the most beautiful simplicity and integrity of character, and to possess a mind cultivated, enthusiastic, and patient of labour. Is not this a paradoxical being 1 Yet such is M°Creery, beloved by Roscoe and Currie. It is impossible not to love him. 8th June.-As no opportunity has hitherto occurred., and as I value your 5d. I have retained this. In the interim I have passed two or three days at Moffat, on Dr. Currie's beautiful Estate of Dumcrief, which I am endeavouring to manage better for him than it has been conducted. l dined along with the Towns folks last Monday and went to the Ball in the Evening-very festive the dinner and violently hopping the dames. Your friend Mr. R. was the principal person there, a very good humoured pleasant fellow he is. By the bye, Mr. Duncan has brought me M°Creery's letter. On reading again his address to Roscoe, with the present of the Bard's pen, I am much struck with it. It is really excellent blank verse, good poetry and handsomely con­ ceived ... 6 July . . . I have finished my travels on the collection of the Revenue duties ...

LV

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM

5 November 1798 I have just now notice that a party of Gents, my acquaint­ ances, are to set out tomorrow for the City of Edinburgh, and as I have a few spare minutes today in the office I will embrace that opportunity of presenting myself in this shape. SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 21

Dr. Mundell of this town will deliver this, and get a sight of youi: splendid Shop. He is my operator etc., and will tell you all about us here. I esteem him as a man of unshakeable integrity-and in the line of his profession, they say, he has more knowledge than all the Chirurgical College here. I am not so wild as to expect any thing like punctilium in epistolary traffic from you-nor is our friendship to be shaken by a suspension of such intercourse. I plainly see that you cannot indulge in correspondence '!l.nd attend your business-neither can I. I will write you by starts and so will you me, when time and mood concur. This morning I had the pleasure of a letter from Dunbar; he tells me you and Mrs. Cunningham are well, and that many personages of the first rank and character crowd your shop ... I have not heard how Burns's works are proceeding, but suppose they are fast in the press at Liverpool and will soon be announced. Mind me respectfully and warmly to Mr. Geo. Thomson. I should write him, but cannot get into mood till all my throng Martinmass affairs are finished . . .

LVI

JOHN BYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM

6 December 1798 . . . I am occasionally corresponding far and wide on Burns's affairs. I will not complain, tho' I feel the task has interrupted, and will interrupt, much material business .. which frequently presses me so much as to beget that aversion I have stated to every thing else. I don't know how you may feel it, but when I am called off from the necessary application to official concerns and sit down to epistolary occupation, or when I am roused fi:om this grateful intercourse and find my­ self obliged to drive the Revenue wheel, the avulsion either way is the most irksome and unhinging sensation I can sustain, and I am quite disarranged, if not deranged, so that I do neither one thing nor t'other. I have got above 100 sub­ scribers here. We must take it as patiently as possible. My conscience etc. often upbraids me for not writing Mr. Thomson. I doubt I have not so much as thanked him for the very distinguished present he made me of a copy of his music. Will you intercede for me and assure him of my esteem etc. 1 Allow me to repeat, again and again, if you will . . . to 22 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE send me a note of the articles, the sum, I ... send you. I know I have the balance between ... Johnson's subscrip­ tion of £4 and what he paid you . . . got from his corre­ sponding bookseller here-Clugston . . . but I am not sux:e of its amount. Is it not £1 : 17 /- ... I beseech you let me know these ... [P.s.J-Currie writes that Caddel and Davies have behaved handsomely in the concerns of Burns; that they have off~red to advance the necessary expences of printing, paper, types, etc., for the progress of the work; and that they wish Creech to be associated with them in the business. Currie says this cannot well be rejected.

J,\'JI

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM

26 August 1805 ... As you say, Gilbert's letter is a stiff presbyterian piece. Plague on the stubborn man-but the style is so studiedly diplomatic and so categorical that I see nothing you can do but give him tit for tat, i.e. keep the portrait, and keep so unrelenting a character at a distance. For my part I am done with him . . .

LVIII

JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM

15 September 1805 I have to say that last friday, as I was sitting at my scrap of dinner hex:e, pop comes in upon me Patrick Laurie of Ernespie, a rich London merchant, a Galloway Laird, and the bosom friend of Alderman &c. Shaw, a great promoter of the funds &c. to the family of Burns-in short a capital man. I took the opportunity, while we were discussing 3 bottles port &c., to tell him the story of the Portrait. I shewed him Gilbert's letter. We discussed the subject entirely. He is decidedly of mind that the Portrait is yours, at least it ought and must remain with you. That 'tis · wickedness and absurdity to disperse it among the family; that 'tis gross presumption &c. in Gilbert to pretend to ravish it, as his letter aims at. All these were and are my sentiments . . . So keep the portrait. Gilbert's phrase of "-fo-ths of the world SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 23 who can be supposed competent judges will decide against you and me " is in this instance reversed with a vengeance upon Gilbert. Mr. Laurie thought Gilbert's letter such a piece as you and I think it . . . [P.s.]-Alas ! I must shed the tear and heave the sigh peculiarly due to my regarded and valuable friend Dr. Currie -a more zealous friend seldom existed. His character will certainly be pourtrayed by masterly hands. I have seen one or two well written paragraphs. Really Dr. Currie was a splendid and noble character. I shall ever lament the loss of such a friend and acquaintance.

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JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM Ryedale, Saturday eve. 26 September 1807 ... Yours of lst inst., with the precious parcel of Cobbets and the last Edinburgh Review, was delivered by Mr. Cromek. I had him here and think him a modest genteel man. His engraving of Dr. Currie is in my mind the most compleat representation I ever saw, and it produced staring astonishment to conceive how it was possible to give on copper so striking an emblem. Cromek was much disappointed I had no morceaux of the lamented Bard, and I dare say he can hardly credit me. B.ut true it is I sent every scrap to Dr. Currie &c. I question if Cromek will get what can be made a publication, but one thing which I never heard tell of he has got, and this thing a jewel of the first caste of Burns, in his broadest and happiest humour, viz. a pretty long story which is denominated " The Fornicator's Club ". It is too broad foi: print, but 'tis quite the matchless Bard in that walk ... On the subject of Burns Portrait-I will pawn my all to confirm you in possession. So shew the way . . . Morrison staid here a few days, but he went into Galloway -I know not where [To be concluded] ALLEGED COMMONPLACE BOOKS OF BURNS NOT THE POET'S COMPOSITION OR HOLOGRAPH

These notes are a revision of two articles contributed to a Scottish newspaper some years ago, and are reproduced here for more convenient reference. Their re-publication is considered desirable in view of the probable re-appearance of the commonplace books in the market and the revival of the theory that they are the handiwork of Burns I Early in the year 1886 the Scottish book world was stirred by the announcement of the impending sale of the extensive and valuable library of John Whitefoord Mackenzie, Writer to Her Majesty's Signet at Edin­ burgh, who had recently died. The library was one of the finest, and probably the largest, ever offered for sale in Scotland. The books were mostly in the best possible condition and many of them were handsomely bound. The collection was catalogued in 9,000 lots, and the total amount realized by its sale was nearly £8,600-a very good figure indeed for a library composed almost exclusively of Scottish books. Burnsiana figured prominently in the sale, and among the sixty lots of these were several manuscripts addressed by the poet to his medical friend Dr. ,John Mackenzie. There were also two small commonplace books, each of which carried a note in the hand of Whitefoord Mackenzie himself telling that it was a " MS. of Robert Burns given me by my father, Dr. Mackenzie of Mauch­ line." We do not know how these two volumes-which are not to be confused with Burns's two well-known folio commonplace books-got into the possession of Dr. Mackenzie; no information on that point appears even on the books themselves. But as one of them claims to be ALLEGED COMMONPLACE BOOKS 25 '' A few Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Designed for the Amusement of a Young Lady," and as the younger Mackenzie has added on the title-page a note that the lady referred to was" Miss Anne Kennedy of Mauchline, sister of Mrs. Gavin Hamilton," it is probable that the books reached the Mauchline surgeon through a member of Gavin Hamilton's family. Great interest was created by the appearance in Chapman and Son's auction-rooms at Edinburgh of these two" Original Manuscript Commonplace Books of Robert Burns "-each of them small oblong duodecimo ill size; one containing 17, the other 16, pieces in poetry and prose; and each with a note to the effect that " it is believed that the Contents of this Book are unpub­ lished." For weeks before the sale took place the question of the authorship of the pieces was freely dis­ cussed, both in literary circles and in the press. No one, however, would say that the calligraphy was not that of Burns or that the pieces were not his composition; and so the volumes were offered for sale on 29th March 1886 as containing 141 pages of original compositions of the poet wholly in his own hand. Before a crowded house and amid intense excitement they were, as anticipated, exchanged for many times their weight in gold-for 310 and 270 guineas respectively. One was purchased for Sir Robert Jardine of Castlemilk, the other for the Earl of Rosebery. Only a few days after the sale it was proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that most, i£ not all, of the pieces contained in the commonplace books were not the com­ position of Burns. On the contrary, they had merely been transferred from the printed pages of the Scots magazine and of the London magazine of dates before Burns's birth in "our monarch's hindmost year but ane." In these circumstances it was but natural that the buyers of the two volumes should wish to return them, and the parties interested ultimately came to an arrange- 26 ALLEGED COMMONPLACE BOOKS ment whereby the books were accepted by the vendors, the Misses Mackenzie. II Twenty-six years after these incidents had taken place, and following upon the deaths of the Misses Mackenzie, the two commonplace books again found their way to the auction-room. But on this occasion, unlike '86, they did not appear as " Original Manuscript Commonplace Books " of Burns, whose contents were " believed to be unpublished." Shorn of their chiefest glory, they were now-according to the printed catalogue, which did not even mention the fiasco of the former sale · -merely "Common-Place Books, containing 141 pages of MS. in the Handwriting of the Poet." The volumes were sold by Alexander Dowell of Edinburgh on 22nd February 1912, each of them for £65. " Is that all? " asked the surprised gentleman in the rostrum when bidding had ceased. 'The purchaser was a bookseller, acting on behalf of a client. By the kindness of Mr. Dowell, the present writer was privileged to examine the volumes a few days before their second sale, and the results of that examination were published in a Scottish newspaper some days later. These results are summarized below. 1.-0ne of the volumes measures less than four inches by five, the other less than four inches by six. Both sizes are unusual with Burns, who almost invariably used paper of folio or quarto size. His undoubtedly authentic commonplace books of 1783-1785 and 1787-1790 are in folio ; the Stair and the Glenriddell collections are in quarto; his correspondence is nearly all written on folio or quarto paper. 2.-Nearly the whole 141 pages of the two volumes have been ruled in pencil as a guide to the copyist, and heavy ink-ruled lines separate certain of the pieces. Both things are absolutely unknown ever to have been done by Burns, except in his excise documents. ALLEGED COMMONPLACE BOOKS 27 3.-Each volume contains a list of contents. One of them, the smaller of the two, does not bear a title; the other is described as " A few Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Designed for the Amusement of a Young Lady, by a hand she well knows who beggs her acceptance." Can anything more unlike Burns's style be imagined than the title of that volume? The contents of the books are chiefly of a religious character, with a few pieces of sentimental poetry added, and according to the title were designed for the " amusement " of a young lady. This, too, accords ill with Burns's character. Finally, the donor "beggs the lady's acceptance." Did Burns ever so spell " beggs "? The answer is in the negative: the word appears frequently in both his poetry and his prose, and is always spelled " begs." 4.-The paper of the two volumes is similar in quality, but gives no clue to the year in which these '' Miscellanies '' were copied. Several pieces in the smaller volume, however, are dated, the earliest date being 1781, the latest March 1784. We are thus able to fix an approximate time when the books were compiled. It is hard to believe that Burns, then in his middle twenties, set himself deliberately to copy from old magazines 141 pages of religious essays and sentimental poetry. 5.-ln the matter of calligraphy it is not to be denied that the form of a few individual letters throughout the volumes bears a striking resemblance to the script of Burns. But with these few letters the likeness ends. Of the characteristic features of Burns!s holograph at this period there is no trace. The decided slope, the peculiar formation of certain small and capital letters and figures, the evidence of the lifting of the quill after the writing of particular letters, above all the " style " that is Burns's, own-all these may be sought for through the pages of the Whitefoord Mackenzie commonplace books. But they will be sought for in vain. The penmanship is 28 ALLEGED COMMONPLACE BOOKS that of one contemporary with Burns at Mauchline and acquainted with Maria Whitefoord and with Peggy Chalmers, but it is not that of the poet. Definitely, these commonplace books are not the holo­

graph, any more than they are the composition 1 of Robert Burns. They are, indeed, not relics of the poet at all. They are not even products of the notorious manuscript factory established at Edinburgh near the close of the nineteenth century, as has recently been sagely suggested by one who is unable to distinguish a genuine document from a faked one, for they were written more than a century before that institution commenced its iniquitous business. J. C. E.

TWO QUOTATIONS FOR THE TIMES

I " May tyrants and Tyranny tine i' the mist And wander their way to the Devil ! " From Burns' s " Here's a health to them that's awa "

II " . . I lang to meet you, An' in my 'house at hame' to greet you. Wi' common lords ye shanna mingle : The benmost neuk beside the ingle, At my right han' assigned your seat 'Tween Herod's hip an' Polycrate, A seat I'm sure ye' re weel deservin't; An' till ye come--your humble servant, BEELZEBUB From Burns' s " .Address of Beelzebub "

JESS\' U~ IVAR S (Painted by John Irvine, A.R.S.A.; Engra ved by John Henry Robinson, R.A .) THE LAST OF BURNS'S HEROINES JESSY LEWARS AND HER STORY There has lately come to light in a pleasant country house near Cambridge an odd and interesting relic of Robert Burns, handed down devotedly from hand to hand from the poet's own dying grasp. This is a crushed and faded handbill advertising a travelling menagerie then visiting Dumfries, where Burns was living, and its chief interest lies in two impromptu verses in the poet's familiar hand, inscribed in red chalk on the back. The verses were addressed to J essy Lewars, and how and why this was so is a tale worth recalling. " I never," confided Burns to his first Commonplace Book in 1783, " had the least thought or inclination of turning Poet till I got once heartily in Love, and then Rhyme and Song were, in a manner, the spontaneous language of my heart." He was referring to his first song, "0 once I lov'd a bonny lass," composed at Mount Oliphant farm in his :fifteenth autumn and inspired by Nelly Kilpatrick. From that time feminine influence of every sort and degree continued to kindle the vital spark of song in him. As a result, Scotland-and the world-is the richer by some of the loveliest songs and poems ever written. And, as a corollary, one of the most oddly assorted groups of women imaginable has been assembled together out of oblivion by virtue of their place in the poet!s life and writings. Of all these women-rich and poor, cultured and simple, beautiful and plain-perhaps the most imme­ diately pleasing and satisfactory is the last, eighteen­ year-old J essy IJewars. Friend, neighbour ·and 30 JESSY LEWARS " ministering angel " of Burns's last days, her devotion to him and his family during his painful and prolonged illness has won her a particularly tender place in the hearts of all admirers of the poet. Yet less is known generally of Jessy Lewars than of the feminine influences of his robuster prime. She has escaped--could, indeed, not fail to do so-the glare of notoriety as well as the glamour of romance surrounding others of Burns's inspirers. And in so doing she has perhaps fallen further into shadow than she should in comparison with, say, " Highland Mary " or " Clarinda." J essy Lewars would not, of course, in herself have earned the immortality which makes her story engage our attention to-day, 180 years after Burns's birth. But he owed a vast deal to her kindness and her ministrations, and was quick to recognise this. In so doing he gave immortality to one of those kindly, compassionate, human stories which are apt to figure larger in life than in literature, and which give a curious poignancy to the close of Burns's brief, turbulent career. During his employment as an officer of excise in Dumfriesshire, from 1789 till his death in 1796, Burns had as colleague a young man called John-Lewars. The latter was the son of John Lewars, a former supervisor of excise in the district, who had died in 1789, leaving, in addition to his son, a married daughter and a younger girl-Jessy, then about eleven years of age. John Lewars the younger and Burns joined the excise in the same year and became close associates and friends. The poet .com­ mended Lewars to James Johnson, publisher of the Scots -musical museum, as " a particular friend of mine," 1 while to George Thomson he described Lewars as " a young fellow of uncommon merit-indeed, by far the -cleverest fellow I have met with in this part of the world."2 On their father's death young Lewars and his sister -went to live in the Millhole Brae (now Burns Street), JESSY LEWARS 31 Dumfries, directly opposite the simple but comfortable house to which Burns came four years later with his wife and their three sons and only daughter. The two Lewars were very friendly with the Burns household, J essy in particular being a great favourite of both Mrs. Burns and the poet. All the records go to make it clear that between the two homes an agreeable neighbourliness prevailed, and when, in later life, J essy gave her recollections of the Burns household she did so with the detail and intimacy that come from daily comings and goings. That she played and sang to the poet when he dropped in for a chat with his colleague is also testified by the story of that loveliest of lyrics, " 0 wert thou in the cauld blast/' written for her and in itself sufficient to give her a claim to affectionate remem­ brance. The story is that one day in the early summer of 1796, when calling on her brother, Burns offered, if she would play him any tune of which she was fond, to write new verses to it. She sat down at her piano and several times played over the air of an old song, "The Wren " or " The Wren's Nest." In a. few minutes, the melody still running in his head, Burns produced " 0 wert thou in the cauld blast." To J essy Lewars he also addressed that other fine song, "Altho' thou maun never be mine." The poet's illness increasing as the summer went on, his young neighbour was established as the presiding genius of a household complicated by the fact that Jean, Burns's wife, was within a few weeks of giving birth to another child-born on the poet's funeral day-and was therefore unable to take full charge of the sick-room. The tribute paid to J essy Lewars on the menagerie handbill is one of several extempore pieces written in Burns's sick-room about this time-tributes not only to his appreciation of her services as she tripped about the house but also, unwittingly, to the remarkable vigour of 32 JESSY LEWARS his genius to the very end. The handbill proclaims that there is Now exhibiting in a large and comodious Caravan in the Market-Place, for a few Days, and positively no longer, from 10 in the morning till 8 in the evening. A Grand Menagerie of Wild Beasts Alive From the Four Quarters of the World. The Curious in General will find, in this Collection, the most charming Variety of the Brute Creation . . . The story of the handbill is that it was brought into the poet's room one day by Mr. Brown, the surgeon who attended him in his last illness. 3 The latter was about to hand it to Jessy, who was also there, when Burns inter­ cepted it, read it, and there and then wrote some lines on the back of the sheet before giving it to her. The verses ran:- Talk not to me of savages From Afric! s burning sun ; No savage e'er can rend my heart, As J essy, thou hast done. But J essy's lovely hand in mine, A mutual faith to plight, Not even to view the Heavenly choir Would be so bleat a sight. In tone they are characteristic of several other impromptu verses and epigrams of this time. Commenting on the romantic note of such poems, Dr. William Wallace says very convincingly: " It is quite characteristic of Burns and a proof of his artistic thoroughness to find him, even in his present melancholy circumstances, imagining himself as the lover of his wife's kind-hearted young friend, as if the position of an inamorata were the most FACS!i\IILE OF HANDBILL ADVERTISING A TRAVELLING i\IENAGERIE WHICH VISITED DUMFRJES IN 1796, WITH (ON THE REVERSE) TWO IMPROMPTU VERSES WIUTTEN BY BURNS TO JESS Y LEWARS

JESSY LEWARS 33 exalted in which his fancy could place any woman he admired or towards whom he felt gratitude. " 4 There is, in fact, a feeling of a literary convention in the form of the poems addressed to J essy Lewars, sincerely as the emotion rings within the convention. J essy kept the handbill to the end of her life, as well as certain other tributes paid to her by the poet. One of these consisted of a crystal goblet upon which Burns had written, with a diamond, a rhymed toast and which he presented to her. Another was an "epitaph " upon her, composed when she was ill, in case it should be needed (an action which jars somewhat on modern sensibilities), and on her recovery he added a quatrain to this effect. In the middle of June, 1796, when his strength was failing and his hopes of recovery were fading, he wrote to James Johnson in Edinburgh: " My wife has a very particular friend of hers, a young lady who sings well, to whom she wishes to present The Scots Musical Museum. If you have a spare copy, will you be so obliging as to send it by the very first Fly? " Johnson did so-did better, indeed, for he sent three copies of the work, one of which the poet presented to Jessy. On the back of the title-page of the first volume he inscribed a dedication couched in the mood of growing personal detachment which creeps over his latter work, yet of appreciation that seems to come really from the heart and to have about it a selfless quality both exquisite and pathetic. Still another gift was a copy of Pindariana (1794), with a beautifully penned prose inscription in French: ".A. Madlle. J. Lewars-Un petit gage de l' Amitie. R. Burns. " 5 There is little more to tell of Burns's own story. On 18th July he returned home from Brow with, as Maria Riddel said, on seeing him a few days before, " the stamp of death imprinted on his features." To secure peace, his four young children were sent to the Lewars's c 34 JESSY LEWARS house, and J essy resumed charge of the invalid. He died on the morning of 21st July, and it was John Lewars who conveyed the news in writing to several of the poet's intimate friends. And J essy? Burns, teasing her even in his illness, had talked about her future and, discussing possible husbands, had predicted that she would marry James Thomson, a writer in Dumfries. She did, on 3rd June 1799. They had five sons and two daughters, and lived in Dumfries the kind of life which, one imagines, has no history because it is in the main happy. Her portrait in the prime of life, painted by John Irvine, A.R.S.A., shows the sagacious, pleasant, sensible face which one would expect. There was a notable reminder of the part J essy Lewars had played in Burns's life when, on 6th August 1844, a festival in honour of the poet's sons was held on the banks of the Doon at Alloway. On that occasion Mr. and Mrs. Thomson were given places of honour next to the poet's relatives, on the chairman's right hand. Mr. Thomson died on 5th May 1849, aged 75, and Mrs. Thomson spent her widowhood in Maxwelltown, dying there on 26th May 1855, in her seventy-seventh year. The couple are buried in St. Michael's Church­ yard, Dumfries, quite close to the Burns Mausoleum, their tombstone being fixed on the wall to the south side of the latter. One other episode occurred, one of the things which continually, unexpectedly, make a pattern out of the incoherence of life. " 0 wert thou in the cauld blast," perhaps the most beautiful of all Burns's songs, was allied to one of the most perfect of all airs. " Many years after," says Dr. Wallace, "when Burns was only a memory, and J essy Lewars was spending her quiet years of widowhood over her book or her knitting in a little parlour in Maxwelltown, the verses attracted the regard of Felix Mendelssohn, who seems to have divined the JESSY LEWARS feeling, beyond common love, which Burns breathed through them, and married them to a new and exquisitely pathetic air." Unfortunately for this picturesque story, Mendelssohn died before James Thomson, but the air is none the less lovely for that. The song-words and melody-indeed bestows on J easy Lewars an immortality which no research into her history can match, yet which tempts the mind to such research. What, one wonders, was there in this young, simple neighbour of the poet's to inspire such unfading beauty and warmth of expression? Sir Walter Raleigh in An essay on Robert Burns6 voices aptly something of the peculiar quality of the song:-" He always," he writes of Burns, " stooped to his women, his brother Gilbert says; he never stooped more tenderly and reverently than in the lovely song, ' 0 wert thou in the cauld blast,' which he wrote, when he was very near death, for Jessie Lewars, the daughter of a brother-exciseman. She tended him in his illness ; he repaid the debt with more than his usual magnificence when, in a strain of the deepest feeling, he pictured himself her protector in the storm, and imagined her his Queen-Consort on the throne of the world." To this day Burns's links with J easy Lewars have been carefully treasured. Her own direct descendants still keep alive the memory of the days when the lives of the eighteen-year-old girl and the dying poet overlapped. The handbill of the Dumfries menagerie of over 140 years ago, along with a beautiful manuscript of " The blue­ eyed lassie," has ever since r~mained in the possession of her family, and to-day is treasured by her great-grand­ daughter, Mrs. Jessy Lewars Dove, of Stapleford, Cam­ bridge. It is by her kindness that the handbill is reproduced here. Mrs. Dove is descended from J essy Lewars's elder daughter, Mary, who married George Montgomery. Their only daughter, also Jessy Lewars, became the wife of William Howat and the mother of JESSY LEW.ARS Mrs. Dove, who is married to Mr. Charles Kingsley Dove, M.A. A daughter of Mrs. Dove, incidentally, also bears the name of J easy Lewars, and has further perpetuated it by naming her own daughter likewise. Yes, it is a pleasant story to recall, this of the " most charming of all Burns's song heroines,'' as Robert Ford called her. It is a story that gains colour from the catastrophe that was its background-the death of Burns at the height of his powers, from a rheumatic complaint induced by early sufferings and aggravated by wrong medical treatment. No doubt, too, the memory-of Jessy Lewars is enriched by that tender, rarified emotion of all " last times " to which another Scot, Sir J. M. Barrie, has given expression, and to which we are all susceptible. But even allowing for these circumstantial aids to interest, there seems, at this distance of time, to be more to Jessy Lewars's story than that. ELIZABETH EWING

NOTES 11. Letter written in May or June, 1796. 2. Letter written in May or June, 1796. 3. Works of Burns, ed. by J. Currie, 8th ed. by Gilbert Burns (1820, 4 vols.): III, 376. 4. Life and works of Burns, ed. by R. Chambers, revised by W. Wallace (1896, 4 vols.): IV, 267-268. See also Robert Chambers's edition of 1851-52: IV, 194-195. 5. Memorial catalogue of the Burns E:chibition, 1896, p. 388. 6. Prefixed to J. G. Lockhart's Life of Burns, ed. by W. Scott Douglas ('1914, 2 vols.): I, pp. liii-liv.

THOMAS WHITE Photo. of painting by Gair, Dumfries THOMAS WHITE, A FRIEND OF BURNS Thomas White, friend of Burns, was born at Hexham (Northumberland) on 12th April 1758. He came to Dumfries in 1782 as mathematical master in the Academy, obtaining his appointment, says John M'Diarmid, " after a comparative trial, in which he foiled every competifor, and secured by the early display of his talents the friendship and esteem of those great ornaments of letters-Dugald Stewart and Professor Robinson." 1 This position he held for 43 years, until his death. " This excellent man and profound mathematician," again to quote M'Diarmid, " well deserved the compli­ ment that was once paid him-namely, that he added originality to talent, and was almost the only man of his day that was qualified to represent Dumfries in the legislature of science. . . . Though fon.d of reading and possessed of various and extensive knowledge, mathe­ matical science was evidently his forte; and I believe I hazard nothing in saying that in the higher department of that severe study he had few equals and no superiors. If proof of this were wanting, it would be found in his valuable contributions to the scientific Journals pub­ lished in London and the correspondence he maintained with some of the most learned men in the country. But at certain intervals he was fon.d of unbending; he possessed a correct taste for music and poetry; and, what is rather remarkable, wooed the muses with considerable success in various patriotic and most loyal effusions. As a man, he has not left an honester behind him .... If he had a fault at all, it consisted in a certain decision of character which never suffered him to conceal his senti­ ments, and particularly on political topics, even where 38 THOMAS WHITE silence could not possibly have implied acquiescence. Among strangers a feeling of this kind may have lent a cast of sternness to his manner, but his friends, who knew his sterling integrity, overlooked a failing which ' leant to virtue's side' and, even where they .differed from him, uniformly acknowledged that his heart was as warm as his head was clear." One of White's regular correspondents for more than twenty years was Dr. Olinthus Gregory, the eminent mathematician, who says of him:-" I had formed a high estimate of his talents and acquirements and, what is still more gratifying, an exalted estimate of his private character and his virtues. His abilities, both as a specu­ lative and as a practical Mathematician, were of no common order ; yet he had not so confined his inquiries to scientific topics as to permit himself to remain ignorant of other useful departments of knowledge, but was, I have always judged, a man of tolerably extensive read­ ing and of correct and elegant taste." In the correspondence with the Royal Literary Fund2 on behalf of Burns's widow, White is described by John Syme as " a man of much respectability " and " an inti­ mate of the late Bard." The closeness of the intimacy may be gauged from the fact that it was Burns's custom to breakfast every Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. White (great-great-grandparents of the present writer). The table at which they used to sit has been lent to Dumfries Burns Club and is exhibited in Burns's House. Accor.d­ ing to the family tradition, when Burns came to break­ fast for the last time, on Mrs. White's asking " How are you this morning, Mr. Burns?" he replied, "Hastening to the grave, madam." It was White's pen that was enlisted to draw up the appeal to the Royal Literary Fund on behalf of Mrs. Burns, which resulted in a grant of £25 being made in 1796 and a further £20 in 1801. Several tributes paid by White to Burns are extant.

FACSIMILE OF INSCRIPTION BY BUR?'S on a copy of the 1793 edition of his " Poems" which he presented to Thomas White

Reproduced by kind fermission of Harvard ColleJ;e Library THOMAS WHITE 39 A letter3 from Syme to Alexander Cunningham, dated "Dumfries, 23 July, 1796," tells Cunningham that " You will see an exceeding well written character [of Burns] in the papers here next Tewesday. Stay, I will give you it as it was sent to me. 'Tis by Mr. White, mathematician, &c., here-' His manly form and pene­ trating eye strikingly indicated extraordinarily mental vigor. For originality of wit, for condensed ridicule, rapidity of conception, and :fluency of nervous phrase­ ology he was unrivall'd. Animated by the fire of Nature, he uttered sentiments which melted the heart to tender­ ness by their pathos or expanded the mind by their sublimity: as a luminary emerging from behind a cloud, he arose at once into notice; and his works and his name can n~ver die while divine poesy shall agitate the chords of the human heart.' " In the Widener Library at Harvard College (Cam­ bridge, Mass.) there is a copy of the 1793 (two-volume) edition of Burns's Poems which was presented by the poet to White. It is inscribed: " Mr. White will accept of this Book as a mark of the most sincere Friendship, from a man who has ever had too much respect for his Friends, & too much contempt for his enemies, to :flatter either the one or the other-The Author." In one of 4 the volumes is inserted a broadsheet of verses " To the Memory of Robert Burns," by Thomas White, dated " Dumfries, 1796." Burns also gifted to White his own copy of Voltaire's La pucelle (Paris, 1755), inscribed on the reverse of the title-page: " To Mr. White, un petit gage d'amitie, Robt. Burns." This book was sold at auction in London in 1928 for the sum of £80. White's most ambitious poetical work was Saint Guerdun' s Well, of which two editions were printed. It was written in 1789. The first edition (octavo) was pub­ lished anonymously in 1795 in a pamphlet priced at one shilling, the second (quarto) in 1797. The latter con- 40 THOMAS WHITE sists of 918 lines of blank verse, some 300 more than in the former. The narrative was suggested by seeing some pieces of cloth hanging on the bushes by an ancient well not far from Dumfries, which still exists. Its set­ ting is " the ancient days of superstitious and Druidical influence " : - " What time dank caverns and the bosky shade, Alike the wolf and boisterous chieftain screened From summer's heats and winter's drifting storms, And the roused vengeance of vindictive foe." In the preface to the second edition the author explains that " except at intervals of necessary relaxation, his professional duties permit not the bewitching intrusion of fancy or of imagination " ; and of the poem he says that " as it is unaided by either literary friendship or the influence of a veteran name, it must either hasten at once to oblivion or steal into notice by the favourable and slow but unerring judgment of the public." Extracts from two appreciations of the first edition are printed in the second. The Analytical review charac­ terized it as " a pathetic tale, told in verse of no ordinary merit," and said the writer " possesses a glowing fancy and a feeling heart, and is not deficient in the appro­ priate language of poetry." The Monthly review spoke of it as "this singular poem, in which are many beautiful strokes, many lines that are truly poetical, and some that are less entitled, with involved and affected phraseology, to praise " ; adding " The author's manner sometimes reminds us of Thomson's 'Winter.' " Thomas White was one of the most prominent citizens of Dumfries. Indeed, on the death (1826) of his col­ league, John Kennedy, writing-master in the Academy, M'Diarmid wrote: "Like the late Mr. White, he was completely identified with the town of Dumfries; and if I may so speak, there are some who will hardly look upon it as the same place, now that almost the last of THOMAS WHITE 41 those landmarks is removed that for nearly half a century graced and distinguished its moral boundaries." 5 A Dumfries newspaper report of 12th May 1812 records that " On Friday last the magistrates of this town gave an elegant dinner in the King's Arms to Thomas White, Esq., mathematician; John Kennedy, Esq., writing-master here; John Hannah, Esq., late of Kingston, Jamaica; John Walker, Esq., of Manchester; and several respectable gentlemen of this place, when the freedom of the burgh was presented to the above named four gentlemen. The provost expressed his regret that the honour had not been conferred sooner on the former two gentlemen. It was only very lately that the circum­ stances came to his knowledge, for he naturally supposed that the magistrates at the time would not have omitted to have done so, from the ample certificates of these gentlemen when appointed to their respective offic1:1s 30 years ago, particularly those of Mr. White from the Edinburgh professors." The same newspaper contains a two-column report of a "Dinner given by the Pupils of Messrs. White & Kennedy " on 5th May 1812 and the presentation to each of the masters of a service of silver-plate and china. The gift to White bore this inscription: " Presented by his scholars, pursuing their fortunes in different parts of the world, in testimony of the high sense they entertain of his private worth & indefatigable exertions in the discharge of his professional duties in the town of Dumfries during the period of thirty years." Of the Royal Dumfries Volunteers White was an officer, and the minute book shows that he devoted him­ self to his duties with assiduity. 6 Like Burns, he was among those who originally offered to form themselves into a Volunteer company. He was present at the meet­ ing, in the Court House on 31st January 1795, of " sundry gentlemen, inhabitants of the town of Dum­ fries," at which it was resolved to form the corps, and 42 THOMAS WHITE was elected a member of the committee. He was a regular attender at its meetings, and when on 21st February 1795 there was held an election of commis­ sioned officers by ballot, he was elected fourth lieutenant. The district which was allocated to·him was " from the Bank Vennel on the west side of the street up to the Townhead." White died on lst June 1825. He was buried in St. Michael's churchyard, not far from the grave of Burns. An imposing tombstone was, as is recorded upon it, " erected by attached friends and pupils to commemo­ rate the esteem in which the deceased was held." It bears the inscription: " Sacred to the memory of Thomas White, a profound and original mathematician, who taught in the Dumfries Academy 40 years and instructed hundreds who revered his memory. In all the relations of private life, as a husband, father and friend Mr. White was most exemplary." On the tombstone are also the names of his widow, Jane McNaught; their tw<> unmarried daughters, Jane and Henrietta; their married daughter, Eliza, and her husband, John Richardson, solicitor; as well as a relative of a later generation. R. J. ARNOTT

NOTES 1. Sketches from nature (Edin., 11830): pp. 305-310. 2. Burns chromcle, 1931,, pp. 68-71. The papers relating to the appeal are now in the custody, on long loan, of Dumfries Burns Club. 3. Burns chromcle, 1936, page 44. 4. The verses are too long for publication here. A photo­ stat reproduction of them is in The Mitchell Library, Glasgow. 5. Sketches from nature, page 311. 6. Robert Burns as a volunteer, by William Will (Glasgow, 1919). The minute book is now in Dumfries Burgh Museum. THE GLENRIDDEL.L BlTRNS MANUSCUIPTS

A ROMANTIC HISTORY In the printed record of the Dumfriesshire period of Burns's life few names occur more frequently than that of Robert Riddell of Glenriddell. Nor does the poet refer with more reRpect and liking to any others of the great number of men and women who, surpassing him in contemporary position and repute, now survive solely in the reflection of his fame. Riddell, neighbour, friend and patron of Burns in the latter's Ellisland and Dumfries days, has won through this association a lasting memorial, for the Glenriddell Manuscripts, gifted to the Scottish nation in 1913 by the late John Gribbel of Philadelphia and now housed in the National Library of Scotland, are known far out­ side the circle of those conversant with the detail of Burns's life. For these reasons the story of Riddell and the history of the Manuscripts called after him are worth recalling at some length and bringing up to date.

ROBERT RIDDELL When Burns moved from Mossgiel to Ellisland in the early summer of 1788 he found Riddell living nearby in the new mansion house of Friars Carse, situated on the Nith six miles above Dumfries and built on the site of the picturesque old residence of the same name which is depicted in GroRe's Antiquities of Scotland. Born in 1755, eldest son of Walter Riddell of New­ house (Roxburghshire) and Anne Riddell, heiress of Glenriddell, Robert Riddell had spent some years in the Army, rising to the rank of Captain and retiring on 44 GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS half-pay in 1783. He was a man interested in literary and antiquarian matters-so keenly interested in arch­ mology indeed as to become a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. To its meetings he made several communications, eight of which are printed in its Archmologia; and to its library he presented a manuscript Tour in Nithsdale, a folio volume which holds inter alia the only known portrait of himself, a fine drawing in water-colours of the Friars Carse to which the poet was welcomed, and a poetical manuscript which bears to have been " wrote at Friars Carse June 2lst 1792 by Robt. Burns." Riddell became in 1791 a corresponding member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, in which city he had found his wife, Eliza­ beth Kennedy. He was in 1792 elected an honorary member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, to whose publications also he contributed; and in 1794 his reputation as " a gentleman of uncommon knowledge as an antiquarian " brought him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Edinburgh. For five successive years (1789-1793) he was a representative to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland-a " high ruling elder " from the Presbytery of Dum­ fries. In politics, according to the tenant of Ellisland, he was "A Whig without a stain, A Whig in principle and grain.?' 1

That Riddell found the newcomer to Ellisland-as the newcomer found Riddell-a man who greatly interested him may be gathered from the records of their friendship which have survived. These comprise their correspondence, certain of Burns's poetical compositions, and the manuscripts and printed books presented by the poet to his patron. During the years 1788-1793 the two men spent mueh time together. Burns had the freedom of the grounds of Friars Carse, and was a welcome and GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPI'S 45 an honoured guest at the Riddells' house. " At their fire-side," he wrote, 2 "I have enjoyed more pleasant evenings than at all the houses of fashionable people in this country put together, and to their kindness and hospitality I am indebted for many of the happiest hours of my life." Elsewhere in his writings the poet has recorded high appreciation of Riddell-highest of all in the touching sonnet he wrote when his patron died : " The man of worth-and ' hath not left his peer ' !­ Is in his ' narrow house ' for ever darkly low." Riddell appears to have been a keen book-collector, and to have had a decided penchant for manuscripts. He bequeathed his library to his wife, who after his death removed to Edinburgh; and John Nichols ib his Literary anecdotes of the eighteenth century records (1812) that the Glenriddell collection of books on antiquities was sold by auction in Scotland in 1795, one Robert Ross being the vendor. The exact place and date of the sale appear to be unknown, but there cannot be much doubt that an advertisement in the Edinburgh evening courant of 5th March, 1795, of the sale by R. Ross of " a curious and valuable collection of books on antiquities collected at a great expense by an eminent antiquary lately deceased " refers to the books that had been brought together at Friars Carse. In acknowledgment of Riddell's many kindnesses Burns presented him with several printed books, among them one of his copies of Adam Smith's Theory of moral sentiments, with an inscription in his hand: "Had I another FRIEND more truly mine, More lov'd, more trusted, this had ne'er been thine." He also wrote in Riddell's interleaved copy of Johnson's Scots musical museum a series of learned notes on the text and the airs of that work. But the most valuable, as it is the most interesting, of his gifts to his patron was 46 GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSORIPTS that of the two volumes which have come to be known as the Glenriddell Burns Manuscripts-the volumes whose sale in England, purchase in America, and restoration to Scotland created a tremendous sensation in Burns and other circles in 1913.

HISTORY OF THE MANUSCRIPTS The Glenriddell Manuscripts of Burns's poetry and prose are comprised in two quarto volumes each measur­ ing about eleven by eight inches. Between them the volumes contain 82 compositions of the poet, and of their 247 pages of manuscript no fewer than 175 are wholly in the holograph of Burns, the remainder being the work of two amanu'1nses. Both volumes are bound in calf, with the backs elaborately gold-tooled, and the volume of poetry has Riddell's coat of arms stamped in gold on the boards. The earliest mention of these Manuscripts is in one of the few letters from Burns to Riddell that are known to have survived:-" If my poems which I have transcribed and mean still to transcribe into your Book were equal to the grateful respect and high esteem I bear for the gentleman to whom I present them, they would be the finest Poems in the language." This letter is undated and gives no clue to the date at which the volume of poetry was begun, but the appearance of the " Ode to the departed Regency-bill, 1789 '! on pages 11-14 is proof that the work of transcription could not have been more than begun in the spring of that year. So also the inclusion of the " Epistle to Robert Graham Esq. of Fintry, 5th October 1791 " at pages 154-157 may be accepted as fixing approximately the date of completion of the transcribing, even though the preface be dated 27th April, 1791. The collection was made at the request of Riddell, who doubtless supplied the volume of blank leaves and had the title-page prepared:-" Poems

I GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS 47 wiitten by Mr. Robt. Burns and Selected by him from his unprinted Collection for Robert Riddell of Glen­ riddell Esqr." It may safely be conjectured that the volume was presented to Riddell towards the end of the year 1791, and we know that it was in his possession at the time of his death on 21st April, 1794, shortly after the incident which led to an estrangement between Burns and the Riddells of Woodley Park and of Friars Carse. " Uneasy for the fate of those manuscripts " after the death of his friend, Burns applied to Miss Kennedy, sister of Riddell's wife, requesting that Mrs. Riddell might "have the goodness to destroy them or return them to me. " 3 The lady chose to return the book to Burns, and he at a subsequent date added the n:ine epigrams and epitaphs which appear on pages 160-162, one of the nine being the four linel:! " Pinned to Mrs. Walter Riddell's carriage." 'l'o have a companion volume of letters was probably an afterthought of either Burns or Riddell. Like the earlier volume, the later was made at the request of Riddell, who no doubt again supplied the volume of blank leaves and had the title-page inscribed:-" Letters by Mr. Burns which he selected for R. Riddell Esqr. of Glenriddell." The earliest mention of this second volume in Burns's printed correspondence appears to be in a letter dated 15th-25th December, 1793, to Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop:-" I have lately collected, for a friend's perusal, all my letters; I mean those which I first sketched in a rough draught, and afterwards wrote out fair. On looking over some old musty papers, which from time to time, I had parcelled by, as trash that were scarce worth preserving and which yet at the same time I did not care to destroy, I discovered many of these rude sketches, and have written, and am writing, them out in a bound M.S.S. for my Friend's Library." (" How I envy that friend for whose library you plan 48 GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS such a decoration! " commented Mrs. Dunlop.)4 Some months later (about May 1794) he informed Peter Hill, bookseller in Edinburgh, that " I have been making a Collection of all the blotted scrolls of any letters I have written, and which I had scrolled, which I intended to have given to poor Glenriddell. Alas! he is gone, and in him a worthy Friend, both of yours and mine." And so the manuscript volume of his letters remained with Burns, to b~ joined by the volume of his poems when returned by Mrs. Riddell.

THE MANUSCRIPTS AT J,IVERPOOL The two volumes of Manuscripts were in the poet's possession at the time of his death on 21st July, 1796, and formed part of the " huge and shapeless mass " of papers that was sent in January 1797 by the Trustees for Burne's family to Dr. James Currie of Liverpool. That gentleman had offered to write the Life of the poet, and on the strength of that offer had been adopted as his biographer and as editor of the volumes of his writings proposed to be published for the benefit of Mrs. Burns and her five sons. "The manuscript book of letters is at Liverpool as an important part of the materials from which the future publication is to be selected," Gilbert Burns informed Mrs. Dunlop on 2nd April, 1797; and certain writing on the two volumes shows them to have passed through Currie's hands. It is undoubted that­ along with the other " remains of poor Burns," as Currie spoke of the poet?s manuscripts-they were retained by him when his editorial labours were completed, and that at his death in 1805 they passed to his son, William Wallace Currie. Proof is to be found in the corre­ spondence relative to the editions of Burns's writings which is printed in certain numbers of the Annual Burns Chronicle. Thus, on 12th February, 1808, R.H. Cromek at Liverpool5 informed the junior partner of Cadell & GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS 49 Davies, publishers, that " the whole Mass of the Papers that form the Liverpool collection has been laid before me. Notwithstanding the labor and Exertions of Dr. Currie, yet it is almost incredible to think of the number of sterling, first rate, productions of the Poet still remaining buried in the Pile." Other letters6 betray a strong reluctance on the part of the younger Currie to surrender the papers, even when requested to do so by Cadell & Davies, to whom they belonged. Therefore, their rightful owners not insisting on return, the " remains " continued in his hands and at his death passed into possession of his widow. The private records-if extant-of a certain auction­ room in London would probably throw considerable light on the lady's treatment of a large portion of the manu­ scripts which thus came to her; the records of a private Club in Liverpool show that on 6th December, 1853, the same lady, assuming that the books were her property, presented to it the two volumes of Manuscripts that had been prepared by Burns for the Laird of Friars Carse sixty years before. In that club-the Athenreum-the volumes lay practically unknown for the next twenty years. Then attention was drawn to them by the late Henry A. Bright, 7 and they subsequently became better known through their contents being utilised by successive editors of Burns's writings. But it may be said with truth that Liverpool took little or no interest in these splendid Manuscripts. Even the official History of the Athenreum (1898) makes no mention of them, though it may be placed to the credit of the city that when in 1903 an offer to purchase them-for £5000 it is said-was made on behalf of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, the efforts of some of her leading citizens, supported by the press, caused the offer to be declined. But the knowledge that they held a valuable pro­ perty had come to the members of the Athenreum, and D 50 GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS it was not unnaturally feared in Burns circles that an attempt would be made by some of their number to exploit that property to the pecuniary advantage of the Club. Yet few dreamed that it would come so soon, or so suddenly, or in the form in which it did. Only nine years had passed since the proposal from America had been declined, when the proprietors of the Athenreum at their annual meeting in January 1913 resolved " that the Com­ mittee be authorised to sell the Burns manuscripts in the possession of the Athenreum, upon such terms and subject to such reserve price as the General Committee shall think proper, and that with the proceeds of the sale, less expenses, a special fund to be called the Currie Memorial Fund be formed, to commemorate the name of the donor of the manuscripts and her family." (How better could "the name of the donor of the manuscripts and her family " have been commemorated than by retaining in the Athenreum the manuscripts which she had presented to it?) The annual meeting of 1913 was "very sparsely attended," and an amendment to refer the matter back to the Committee was defeated by only five votes. So small was the majority in favour of the proposal that the minority assumed nothing further would then be done in the matter. Those who had proposed a sale had, however, learned something from th~ negotiations of 1903, and now worked with such secrecy that many even of their fellow­ proprietors of the Athenreum were unaware that the sale of the Burns Manuscripts was impending until the fact was announced by the Liverpool daily post and mercury in its issue of 22nd July, 1913. The sale had been effected by private treaty through Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, auctioneers in London, the price paid to the Athenreum being-it is understood-£5000. Thus was singularly lost to Liverpool a collection of Manuscripts which had been as singularly preserved GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS 51 within its gates. When presenting the volumes to the Athenreum Mrs. W. W. Currie wrote that she would " feel gratified by their finding a place in the library of an Institution in which Dr. Currie took so great an interest." That letter clearly reveals her intention that the Manuscripts should find a permanent home there, and -waiving the question of Mrs. Currie's right to give away the manuscripts-their acceptance by the Liver­ pool Athenreum constituted a great and a unique public trust, a fact which a majority of the proprietors of the Athenreum in 1913 failed to appreciate.

THEIR RETURN TO SCOTLAND, VIA AMERICA It soon transpired that Messrs. Sotheby had disposed of the manuscripts to Joseph Hornstein, bookseller in Westminster, and that Hornstein's agent had taken them to the United States of America, with the intention of offering them for sale privately. Among those to whom they were offered was William K. Bixby, President of the Burns Club of St. Louis, Mo., and a well-known collector. But Mr. Bixby would have none of them. In his own words, " I had seen in the newspapers a~counts of the sale of these manuscripts by the Liverpool Athenreum and of the storm of condemnation from all Scotland. . . . The dealer said to me that the collection had been consigned to him to get it away from England, and that it was for sale. . . . I told him that for my own use I would as soon purchase the painting of Mona Lisa which had been stolen recently from the Louvre, as I should feel that I had to apologise for having the collec­ tion in my possession." They were subsequently offered to John Gribbel, a prominent business man, philan­ thropist, and collector in Philadelphia. Mr. Gribbel "told him (Hormitein's agent) frankly I would not give a shilling for them for my own posseesion, but there was a purpose for which I would consider them, and on this basis I entered into negotiations which have ended in 52 GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS my purchase of them." This purchase took place on 2lst November, 1913; the price given has not been divulged. The purpose to which Mr. Gribbel referred was soon revealed. Speaking at a St. Andrew's Night Dinner at Philadelphia nine days later, the American purchaser declared his intention of presenting the Manuscripts to Scotland. As his name, though it had gained wide recognition in the U.S.A., was almost unknown in Scot­ land, the announcement of the gift broke dramatically upon a Scotland agitated over the spiriting away of the volumes. The goodwill signified by the presentation, the suggestion it carried of entente cordwle between the two countries, and the practical tribute it was to the poet of humanity, all invested the latest phase in the history of the Glenriddell Manuscripts with a romantic aura. In the " deed of trust" which he executed on lOth September, 1914, Mr. Gribbel set forth formally his intention in buying the books : -" I acquired the said Manuscripts in order that . . . I might present them as a gift to the Scottish Nation, to be deposited and to remain for ever in Scotland." In fulfilment of that intention the two volumes were received from Mr. Gribbel in August 1914. His direc­ tion in regard to them was that, pending the establish­ ment of a Scottish National Library or similar Institution in which they would be permanently preserved, their custody should be given " for the period of five years at a time alternately to the Corporation of Edinburgh and the Corporation of Glasgow, beginning with the former, with a view to the said Manuscripts being exhibited to public view.'! Accordingly the volumes were housed in Edinburgh during the years 1914-1919. At the expiry of the first period of five years they were taken to Glasgow, and remained in The Mitchell Library of that city until 1926. In that year the National Library of GLENRIDDELL BURNS MANUSCRIPTS 53 Scotland was established, and to it the Manuscripts were removed on lst June, 1926, there to remain " for public use to all posterity." Before sending the Manuscripts to Scotland Mr. Gribbel had them reproduced in facsimile by the Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia. One hundred and fifty copies of the reproduction were made, and these were presented by Mr. Gribbel to libraries, Burns clubs, and individuals. J. C. E.

NOTES.

I. "On Glenriddell's fox breaking his chain," 11. 17-18. 2. Note to " The day returns, my bosom burns." 3. Letter to Miss -- (Currie's edition, 1800, II, 443-445). 4. Anwual Burns ckrowicle, XIII (1904), p. 73. 5. Anwual Burns ckrowicle, VIII (1899), p. 42. The letter is now in the National Library of Scotland. 6. A'lllTllUOl Burns ckrowicle, VII (1898). 7. Some account of the Glenriddell MSS. of Burns's poems. (1874.) BURNS AND THE OTHER POETS The accompanying chart of British poets, arranged contemporaneously, embraces the period of 250 years from 1550 to 1800, and includes all the notable " makars '! of poetry from the days of Spenser and Shakespeare to those of Cowper and Burns. It has been designed chiefly to show the extent of Burne's acquaintance with the works of British poets of his own and the preceding generations. Altogether 102 names appear on the chart, and those quoted or referred to by Burns in his poetical or prose writings (printed in red) number 65. These do not, how­ ever, exhibit the full extent of his knowledge of other poets. There are poets of an earlier age and of other lands, as well as rhymers whom we have not considered of eufficient note to place on the chart, in whose works Burns displayed more or less interest. We find there are in all over one hundred poets with whose writings Burns was familiar, from which it is clear that he was well-read above the average of even literary men; and while we are concerned here only with poetry, there is in his writings ample evidence of his varied and extensive study of writers in prose. To take the Bible alone, of which he was a devout student, there are found in his poems and letters upwards of 250 quotations or refer­ ences. Having made most of his purchases of books from one bookseller (Peter Hill of Edinburgh), a catalogue of a large portion of his library is conveniently accessible, and it includes many of the standard poets, dramatists, theologians and philosophical writers available at that time. A glance at the chart will show that amongst the notable British poets Burns fills a lonely niche. The eighteenth-century poets-Pope, Thomson, Young, Gray, BURNS AND THE OTHER POETS 55 Goldsmith, Allan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson-all had died either before Burns was born or while he was still a youth. The early nineteenth-century group had not in his lifetime manifested themselves, and therefore do not appear on the chart, although several of the group had reached manhood before Burns's death in 1796. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and Scott properly belong to the nineteenth century. The only prominent English poet fully contemporary with Burns was Cowper, who was born long before him and outlived him. The works of Cowper and Burns were available to, and were studied and appreciated by, each other, although the two men never had an opportunity of meeting. Burns greatly admired " The Task," while Cowper took pains to grasp the Scots vernacular sufficiently to understand and enjoy Burns. It would be an interesting question to consider who amongst the other poets were the favourites of Burns. To judge by the number of references alone, the order of favour would run something like this :-Thomson, Shakespeare, Pope, Ramsay, Young, Milton, Fergusson, Addison, Shenstone. But Young gains his place by virtue of one admired quotation- " On Reason build Resolve, That column of true majesty in man." Burns has quoted this in no fewer than eight of his letters, and he tells Ainslie that he had " repeated it ten thousand times." But the number of references alone is not quite a true basis. In the above list the names of Cowper and Goldsmith do not appear, and yet their writings received the emphatic statement of Burns's esteem. He called Goldsmith his " favourite poet." Addison holds a distinctive claim in association with Burns, in that the earliest compositions both in prose and in poetry which particularly attracted Burns's youth­ ful admiration were from Addison's pen. The first was the well-known "Vision of Mirza," from the Spectator; 56 BURNS AND THE OTHER POETS

while the other was a line of verse from a hymn which Burns states " was music to my boyish ear " - " For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave." There are in the poems of Burns, as well as in his letters, many references to his brother poets. In " The Vision " he modestly disclaims having the power " To paint with Thomson's landscape glow, Or wake the bosom-melting throe With Shenstone's art; Or pour, with Gray, the moving :flow Warm on the heart.'' We judge rather differently; and most of us could describe how we have experienced the " moving flow warm on the heart" when listening to the songs, or reciting to ourselves impassioned selections from the poems, of Burns, far above the best produced by the poets he thus generously extolled. Cowper has stated that " .Authors of illustrious name, Unless belied by common fame, .Are sadly prone to quarrel; To deem the wit a friend displays .A tax upon their own just praise, .And pluck each other's laurel." Pope, Byron, and other poets have given proof of the justice of this charge. In happy contrast, Burns's references to the works of other poets always incline to the more pleasant spirit of generous appreciation. This is especially noticeable in his contacts with the humble amateur rhymers of his own day and countryside. He does not (as Wordsworth did to Hogg) begrudge them the title of " poet." He addresses David Sillar as " .A brother poet " and John Lapraik as " .An old Scottish bard." He calls William Simpson " my rhyme-compos­ ing brither," and invites his collaboration on equal terms: "Let us lay our heads thegither, In love Burns and the Other Poets

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BURNS AND THE OTHER POETS 57 fraternal.'! The "milkmaid poet," Janet Little, rather uncharitably criticised David Sillar; both of them were decidedly amateurish, but the big-hearted Burns has kindly encouragement for each. Burns's debt to his predecessors in the " rhyming trade " is open and easily discerned, both as regards choice of subject and style of versification, and he frankly acknowledged it. Of the young and ill-fated genius Robert Fergusson, in particular, he expresses his admira­ tion and sympathy in full measure : " 0 thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muse! " Another Scots poet from whom Burns received stimulus and suggestion was Hamilton of Gilbertfield, who had made an indifferent paraphrase of Blind Harry's " Wallace." Burns praised, as being " worthy of Homer," Hamilton's couplet: " A false usurper sinks in every foe, And liberty returns with every blow." The reader will at once recognise the familiar words from Burns's use of them in" Scots wha hae." There is one more of the Scots minor poets who should be mentioned in this direction, namely, Francis Sempill of Beltrees in Renfrewshire. He is credited with being the originator of that now universally-loved phrase, "Auld Lang Syne," which Burns thought " exceed­ ingly expressive." These three magic words and the opening line of the song-" Should auld acquaintance be forgot? "-are all that Burns adopted from Sempill's poem; but out of that suggestion has come the great prean of friendship and brotherhood, the world's universal part­ ing song, "Auld Lang Syne." To worthy Francis Sempill, therefore, let us allow Burns's benison when he said " Light be the turf on the breast of the Heaven­ inspired Poet who composed this glorious Fragment! " It is staking a big claim to place large on our chart the 58 BURNS AND THE OTHER POETS name of Burns amongst so many great and honoured names; but the world has endorsed the claim. There is not amongst them one other whose name is more affec­ tionately or more universally remembered, as may be seen by this annual Chronicle, whose pages record the world's response to the yearly toast, " The Immortal :Memory of Robert Burns! " W. D. FISHER

JOSEPH RITSON ON BURNS From " A historical essay on Scotish song " prefixed to Ritson's Scotish songs. (London, 1794, 2 vols.) The " fragment " referred to is the nine verses beginning " When Guilford good our Pilot stood." (See v. I, pp. lxxiv-lxxv; and v. II, pp. 123-126.) Robert Burns, a natural poet of the first eminence, does not, perhaps, appear to his usual advantage in song : non omnia possumus. The political " fragment," as he calls it, inserted in the second volume of the present collection, has, however, much merit in some of the satirical stanzas, and could it have been concluded with the spirit with which it is commenced, would indisputably have been intitled to great praise; but the character of his favourite minister seems to have operated like the touch of a torpedo; and after vainly attempting something like a panegyric, he seems under the necessity of relinquishing the task. Possibly the bard will one day see occasion to complete his performance as a uniform satire.* Footnote °"" page lxa:v *Mr. Burns, as good a poet as Ramsay, is, it must be regretted, an equally licentious and unfaithful publisher of the performances of others. Many of the original, old, ancient, genuine songs inserted in Johnson's Scots musical museum derive not a little of their merit from passing through the hands of this very ingenious critic, AN " UNKNOWN EDITION " OF BURNS'S POEMS

A YANKEE " MARE'S-NEST "

In its issue of 26th August 1939 The Times Literary Supplement (London) printed a communication from a reader in the United States of America relative to " a hitherto unknown American edition " of Burns. This edition, the writer alleged, was published at Edenton (North Carolina) in 1788, and "may possibly have been ... the first American " edition of the volume. That allegation was based upon a series of advertisements which appeared in the State Gazette of North-Caroline, announcing that there had been " Just Published and to be Sold, by Hodge & Wills, At their Printing Office, near the Church, Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect, by Robert Burns, the celebrated Ayreshire Ploughman, in one neat pocket volume handsomely bound and lettered." This latest mare's-nest was exposed in the following letter from the Hon. Editor of the Burns Chronicle, which appeared in The Times Literary Supplement of 30th September 1939.

On the strength of certain advertisements in the State Gazette of North-Caroline an American contributor to your paper (August 26, 1939) puts forward a claim that an edition " hitherto unknown " of Burns's Poems chiefly in the Scotmsh dialect was published in 17'88 by the firm of Hodge & Wills, of Edenton. He adds that "there seems to be no question that the Edenton edition takes precedence over the New York, if not over the Philadelphia ?'-these two being respectively the second and the first editions of Burns's Poems known to have AN "UNKNOWN EDITION" been published in the United States of America. Far from supporting it, the advertisements quoted by your contributor provide sufficient material to disprove his claim; it is clear that they concern the first edition of the Poems published at Philadelphia, not an edition alleged to have issued from Edenton. (1) The earliest of the numerous editions of Burns's Poems published at Philadelphia was advertised in the Pennsylvania Gazette of July 16, 1788. According to this advertisement-dated July 7, 1788, and repeated in several issues of the newspaper-there had been " Just Published ... In one neat pocket volume ... handsomely bound and lettered . . . Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, By Robert Burns, the celebrated Ayrshire ploughman. The peculiar merit of this work is suffi­ ciently evinced by the very numerous list of subscribers prefixed to the Edinburgh edition (there being not less than sixteen hundred) among whom appear many of the Nobility and Gentry of Scotland .... " (2) Almost word for word, but slightly abridged, this advertisement appeared also in the New York Daily Advertiser of July 9, 1788, and following days. Here it announced the Poems as " This day is published, and to be sold by Robert Hodge, No. 37, Corner of King and Queen-streets. . . . " (3) As appears from your contributor's note, this advertisement-almost word for word with those in the Pennsylvania Gazette and the New York Daily Advertiser -appeared also in the State Gazette of North-Caroline of September 8, 1788, and later dates: the Poems "Just Published and to be Sold, by Hodge & Wills, At their Printing Office, near the Church. . .. " Undoubtedly all these advertisements refer to the edition of the Poems published at Philadelphia in 1788, Robert Hodge and Hodge & Wills being merely th~ publishers' agents-which was then a common practice. No copy of any edition of Burns's writings printed or THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY 61 published by Robert Hodge or by Hodge & Wills is known to be in existence, and no edition of Burns's writings printed or published by either of these firms is noted in any one of the numerous bibliographies of the poet. An article on " The earliest American editions of Burns's Poems" was contributed by Dr. Geo. F. Black (late of New York Public Library) to the second volume (1927) of the second series of the annual Burns Chronicle.

THE SCOTTISH NA TION AL DICTION ARY

To the Hon. Editor, " BURNS CHRONICLE." Sir,-Robert Burns once expressed the wish " That I for poor auld Scotland's sake Some usefu' plan or book could make." In like manner it seems to me that the first promoters of the Scottish Nationictionary, in an eager desire to pro­ duce something worthy of their race, have aimed at producing a work that in quality, if not in extent, would be at least equal to the New English l>ictionary or the English J>ialect J>ictionary. They evidently have aspired in the pages of their dictionary to give, in kaleidoscopic fashion, glimpses into the life and soul of the Scottish folk, and so to prepare an instrument for preserving their national culture and identity. They would like to think that the dictionary will prevent their countrymen from degenerating into mere counterfeits of their Southern neighbours. Six parts of the dictionary have already appeared, and competent critics have borne witness that so far as these parts go the promoters have not fallen short of their high ideal. Here are three short representative quotations from the reviews descriptive of the dictionary:-" A noble work of scholarship "; " A notable contribution to Scottish litera­ ture for all time "; " The dictionary," said the late Sir Robert Rait, Principal of Glasgow University, " is not only a scientific work of reference, it is uncommonly good reading . . . ; it will be a great national possession." 62 THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY

As an American Scot, I have all along been deeply interested in the Scottish Nati011.al Dictionary. In the United States, I know, it is subscribed for by all the first-class universities and by many of the public libraries and Scottish Societies. In the list of subscribers I note also the British Dominions and Colonies and such countries as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Latvia, Germany, Japan, and the Argentine. '.l'he Financial Committee of the Scottish National Dictionary Association calculated that 2000 sub­ scribers of £15 each would be sufficient, with donations, to carry the work to a successful conclusion. Up to date, of the 2000 subscribers only 588 have materialized, and only about 300 of these subscribers are private individuals. All honour to these faithful ones in Israel I But what will the world say of the many who have stood aloof 1 I understand Parliament can find no official source where­ with to subsidize a Scottish national work; yet it managed to give £50,000 for the Codex Sinaiticus-simply for the pride of possession-and when Mr. Arthur J. Balfour was First Lord of the Treasury it allocated a very substantial grant to the English Dialect Dictionary. The little country of Denmark has recently voted £1000 per annum for at least five years to the re-editing of an Old Icelandic Dictionary; yet the Scottish members of Parliament are powerless to help our National Dictionary. The Dictionary of Older Scots, now in process of com­ pilation, has been financed from the United States. Surely it is the duty of Scotland to shoulder the burden of the modern Dicti011.ary. The latter, from its inception, has been grievously hampered by lack of funds. Money is still urgently required to make the financial position such that the print­ ing, which has been re-started, may be continued and the present staff retained. Dr. Grant, the editor, has hitherto had most of the financial burden to bear. He should be freed for purely editorial duties. My suggestion is that 25 Scotsmen should be asked to contribute £100 each. Surely there are 25 Scotsmen to be found in the wide world sufficiently well off and patriotic enough to come forward and place the Dictwnary in a satis­ factory position, and so redeem our national honour. I am prepared to be one of the 25 to contribute £100 in the hope that a hearty response will be the result of this appeal to patriotic Scotsmen and Scotswomen. In order that the money be available immediately, I think cheques should be sent direct to Dr. William Grant, Teachers' Training Centre, St. Andrew Street, Aberdeen. I am, etc., AN AYERIOAN SCOT NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS

THE BURNS COTTAGE AND MONUMENT, ALLOWAY The number of visitors to the Cottage and the Monument at Alloway during the year which ended on 30th September 1939 was 89,370 : a decrease of 29,872 on the number for the preceding year. To the poet's birthplace and the Museum the number who paid for admission was 46,130, compared with 65,422 in the year 1937-38; to the Monument the number was 43,240, compared with 53,820 in the year 1937-38 The number of persons who took advantage of the opening of the Cottage and the Museum on Sunday afternoons during the months of April-September was 8,920: a decrease of 4, 710 on the number for the preceding year.

BURNS' S " POEMS " IN A CIRCULATING LIBRARY IN 1786 John Smith, junior, bookseller in Glasgow, published on 7th September 1786 a " second appendix " to the printed catalogue of Glasgow Circulating Library, of which he was proprietor. Among the additions to the Library listed in that " appendix " was " Burn's [sic] poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect "-probably the first printed public reference to the book published on 3lst July 1786. In the following year this same John Smith was agent in Glasgow for the second edition of the Poems: see Burns's letter of 24th June 1787 to William Creech.

'' EPIGRAM ON A NOTED COXCOMB '' This epigram-beginning " Light lay the earth on Billy's breast "-appears to have been printed for the first time in the third number (page 35) of The wanderer, a periodical published at Glasgow in 1818. It is introduced by a note telling that it " is copied from a manuscript in the hand­ writing of Burns." 64 NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS

BURNs's TOUR OF GALLOWAY IN 1793 Burns Chrowicle, 1937. On page 67 it is said that Burns and Syme dined at Parton Place with William Glendonwyn and his wife. This is incorrect so far as the lady is con­ cerned. The Scots magazine (v. liii, p. 415) records that Mrs. Glendonwyn of Glendonwyn died at Edinburgh on 26th August 1791. Glendonwyn himself died at Parton on 18th June 1809_,_

BURNs's LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS Burns Chrowicle, 1939. Notes on the letters, no. 241 : Jean Marishall. An advertisement in the Edinbwrgh evewing cowrant of 20th December 1787 announced that there is " In the Press, and speedily will be published, by subscription, Price 5s. in boards, A SERIES OF LETTERS, In Two Volumes, by Mrs. Jean Mareshall, Author of Clarinda Cathcart, Alicia Montague, and the Comedy of Sir Harry Gaylove "

" GREAT ••• NONSENSE " (Bwrns) Dr. Halliday Sutherland, proposing " The Immortal Memory" at Tunbridge Wells in January last, said this:- " In regard to Burns, the only excuse for a ' post-mortem ' is to explain what is undoubtedly one of the greatest mysteries of literatur&-why all his great works, on which his immor­ tality rests, were written within the space of six months. After that, his genius seems to splutter out and die long before he died at the early age of 37." What about, say, " Tam o' Shanter "'I

AN ALLEGED RELIC OF BURNS " My window frame and pane of glass on which is inscribed a short verse allegedly by the Scottish poet Robert Burns and removed by me from the Cross Keys Inn at Falkirk, Scotland, of which I was formerly the proprietor " was bequeathed to a relative by the owner, who died at Sydney (Australia) in 1939. A photograph of the pane of glass shows that the writing upon it is certainly not that of Burns. J. C. E. BURNS IN THE AUCTION-ROOM

RECORD OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SALES DURING 1938-39 OF BURNS MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS 1. Autograph letter to John Richmond, Edin­ burgh; l 7~h February 1786; signed; 1 page, folio. (Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York; 12th October 1938; Harry K. Morris's property, lot 98.) - $120 2. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8°; bound in morocco. (American Art Association Anderson Galleries Inc., New York; 19th October 1938; James Wilson Falconer Library, lot 61.) - $2,300 3. Burns's Poems: Edinburgh, 1793, 2 vols., 12°; bound in half calf and boards; with over 90 words of textual correction and addition in Burns's autograph. (A. A. A. Anderson Galleries Inc.; 19th October 1938; Falconer Library, lot 64.) - $100 f. Autograph poem " '!'he Gowan-A Scotch Poem. On turning down a mountain-daisie with the plough, April 1786 " ; accompanied by an Autograph letter to John Kennedy, 20th April 1786; signed; 3 pp., 4 °. (A. A. A. Anderson Galleries Inc.; 19th October 1938; Falconer Library, lot 79.) - $500 5. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8°; bound in contemporary sheep. (Parke­ Bernet Galleries; 26th April 1939; John A. Spoor Library, lot 102.) $3,400 6. The theory of moral sentiments, by Adam Smith (London, 1790, 2 vols., 8°); presenta­ tion copy, with inscription, from Burns to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell. (Parke-Bernet Galleries; 26th April 1939; Spoor Library, lot 105.) ------$510 7. Autograph song "Bonnie Doon," forming part of a letter to John Ballantine; [March 17911] ; 2 pp., 4 °. (Parke-Bernet Galleries; 26th April 1939; Spoor Library, lot 106.) - $2,150 B 66 BURNS IN THE AUCTION-ROOM

8. Bu'!I braw troggin. An Ea;cellent New Song: print of Burns's ballad; 1 page, 12°; with about 20 letters and marks in the poet's autograph. (Parke-Bernet Galleries; 26th April 1939; Spoor Library, lot 107.) - $80 9. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8°; bound in morocco. (Hodgson, London; 7th July 1939; lot 586.) .£300 J. C. E. BIBLIOGRAPHY

AYR. Historic Ayr, the Land of Burns: official guide. 4th edition. Published for Ayr Town Council by John Menzies & Co., Limited, Glasgow, 1939, 12°, 6d. BURNS CLUB OF ST. Lours: minutes, notes and speeches mcmxxxi-mcmxxxviii. Printed in St. Louis for private distribution, 1939, 8°. CooK (DAVIDSON) Unknown Burns broadsides printed by William Chambers in Leith Walk [Edinburgh]. In Weekly Scotsman, lOth June 1939. CORRIE (JoE) The rake o' Mauchline, a play in one act. Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, Ltd., 1938, 12°, 1/- DuYFRIES Guid Nychburris Day-Riding of the marches, Crowning of the Queen, Grand Burns Festival : souvenir programme. Dumfries, 1939, 8°, 6d. FERGUSON (JoHN DELANCEY) Pride and passion: Robert Burns 1759-1796. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939, 8°, 12/6d. HENDERSON (THOMAS) and SMITH (J. C.) editors. A Scots reader, Book III-Advanced. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1939, 12°, 2/- SLoAN (JAMES D.) Tam o' Shanter, with Kyle and Carrick associations. Ayr, 1939, 8°, 6d. E. J. FOOT

For the bibliography of Scottish literature other than that of Burns, see the A'l'/AVIJ,O;l bibliography of English language and literature published by the Modern Humanities Research Association, and The '!/ear's work in English studies published by the Oxford University Press for the English Association. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS The Burns Club of St. Louis: minutes, notes and speeches 1931-1938. Arranged by the Secretary. (Printed in St. Louis for private distribution.) To peruse the printed records of a busy and flourishing Burns Club so far from home as St. Louis, Mo., is a heart­ warming experience. Here, in strong and incontrovertible fact, is living proof of the vitality of Burns as poet of mankind-and of his abiding power to create a very tenacious bond between the old world and the new. The Burns Club of St. Louis, best known to Burnsians at home through the outstanding personality and many bene­ factions of its founder, the late Mr. W. K. Bixby, collector and enthusiast, here publishes a volume covering its trans­ actions from 1931, the year of Mr. Bixby's death, till 1938. Similar volumes have already appeared, dealing with earlier activities. The Club's Secretary, Mr. David L. Grey, is responsible for the arrangement, and he has done his work admirably. The Club's starting point in the replica of the Burns Cottage erected at the St. Louis World's Fair of 1904 is recalled, and its establishment with its own headquarters is outlined. Notable personalities associated with it are recorded, and it is of interest that, although some were Scottish-born exiles, quite a number of keen supporters have been Americans. The close and alert contact maintained with Burns activities at home is for this reason all the more gratifying to Burnsians. To the human interest of records of events in the Club's life, contained in a summary of the minutes and in corre­ spondence, there is added the equally stimulating literary interest of numerous addresses given at meetings and here printed. From the little gathering of enthusiasts 35 years ago there is shown to have sprung a notable contribution to Burns literature, a fact which the evanescence of oratory perhaps denies the prominence it deserves as part of the Burns cult generally. Among the Club's speakers have been Professor Alexander Buchan of Washington University-who also composed and read a vernacular poem to Burns-and Professor Donald Mackenzie of Princeton. Mr. Duncan Cameron, of the Colonization Department of the C.P.R., who first came to 68 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS

St. Louis in 1917 on war service, after being disabled in France, formed a particularly interesting link with Scotland when he attended the Club's dinner as chief speaker in 1937. There is also included in the volume a spirited vernacular defence of Burns composed by Sergeant Joseph Lee in answer to a critical verse of the late Robert Bridges. Originally read to the Burns Club of Dundee in 1914, this was wafted over the Atlantic in 1936 as the result of Mr. Cameron's inquiries. Among the curious sidelights which have been thrown on the Burns cult few can be more odd than the story, given here (page 13), of the Club's acquisition of a copy of the 1787 Edinburgh edition of Burns's Poems which a friend of the donor unearthed in the basement of a little bookshop in St. Petersburg before the World War of 1914-18 and bought for a mere trifle.

A Scots Reader, made by Thomas Henderson and J. C. Smith. Book III-Advanced. (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 2/-) The publication of this volume marks the completion of a very practical and constructive activity of the Burns Federation, that of giving the rising generation of Scots an attractive, simple and systematic means of getting to know the literature of their own vernacular. Planned by the Research Committee of the Burns Federation, the com­ plete Scots Reader is in three parts. '.l'he Junior and Senior Books were issued in 1937 and 1938 respectively, and now Advanced Division pupils are catered for. The new volume has, however, an appeal that goes well beyond the school­ room. As a well-chosen and well-balanced anthology, neat in compass, it is likely to be slipped into many an adult pocket and kept on many a grown-up's bedside-table. Throughout the scheme now completed the same editorship has been enjoyed-that of Mr. Thomas Henderson and Dr. J. C. Smith, both well-qualified for their task-or labour of love. A tradition, however fine, loses its life-blood if it is not carefully handed down. '.!'.he wishful idea that it will obligingly perpetuate itself without conscious effort being made can scarcely be entertained in a world in such turmoil as this, and the most fervid lover of the Scots tongue -and of the spirit voiced in it-realises that an effort must be made if this heritage is not to die and new genera­ tions grow up in increasing ignorance of it. Pointin!!: to the recent revival of interest in Scottish art, NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS 69 literature and language in Scotland itself, the editors of this book summarise the position aptly. Hopeful as such a revival is, they say, in spite of it '' the plant may wither at the root if Scottish children grow up less and less familiar with Scots, hearing it less often at home and using it less freely in the playground. For this the school is in part responsible, and with the school in part the remedy lies. Recognition of Scots in the school will kill the vulgar idea that Scots is just bad English, and reveal it as a tongue of high descent, a literary language, the loss of which would impoverish the culture of all English­ speaking nations. Of course, Scots cannot take the place of English even with Scottish children ; its range is much too narrow; but within that range it can say some things inimitably." The very readable selection of works given shows no dearth of material. There are old ballads, world-famous anonymous songs, well-chosen poems of Burns and Allan Ramsay and Sir Walter Scott, and an interesting selection of later work leading up through R. L. S., Walter Wingate and Neil Munro to such well-known present-day vernacular writers as Charles Murray, Lord Tweedsmuir and Miss Marion Angus. While the Pelection must by virtue of its purpose include much familiar work, it is made with freshness and enterprise. The liberal sprinkling of spirited, dramatic work is sure to enliven the classroom. There are some exquisite lyrics and also a good quota of the lively, humorous " skimble­ skamble stuff " for which the Scots mentality has a particular gift. Well-chosen modern pieces give novelty to the whole-­ and how these moderns make lessons into play we all remember from our schooldays. A lesson-book which starts, as this does, with a poem from " Punch " goes far to disarm youthful indifference. Northern and southern dialects are well varied, and the plan of giving English translations right alongside an occasional puzzling word makes greatly for easy comprehen­ sion. It might, however, have encouraged further literary curiosity if brief biographical notes on the writers, or even their dates, had been given at the end of the book. Inevitably the prose section offers less scope and variety than the verse one. Scottish song is after all our world­ famous heritage. But passages from Scott, Hogg, Galt, and an account of the Moray Floods of 1829 by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder make good reading and achieve the near­ miracle of forming a comprehensible whole in spite of being detached excerpts. 70 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS

Lowsen time, by J. F. T. For private circulation. (Aber­ deen : Central Press.) The pleasant art of occasional verse, rather neglected in the stress of modern times yet never more needed than to-day, finds a welcome exponent in " J. F. T." (Dr. J. F. Tocher), who has here collected his work in this genre and issued it for private circulation in a nicely-printed volume of 40 pages. True to the spirit of this byway of literature, Dr. Tocher writes mainly of intimate affairs : replying to verses inscribed to him on the presentation of a portrait, addressing his " dear Teacher, Master, Colleague, Friend " (Sir J. Arthur Thomson) on the latter's retiral, and greeting a young friend on her thirteenth birthday. Above all, he writes of many Burns gatherings with which he has been associated, and in the second of the two sections of his book puts on record an interesting collection of "Burnsiana "-verses dating from 1895 to the present day, and written in English or in the Scots vernacular. Included are poems on the centenary of Peterhead Burns Club and on other meetings of this, Dr. Tocher's own "home club." He also looks further afield to address other Burns clubs, and to convey greetings to the London Club and its Vernacular Circle. He writes with humour and kindliness, lingering on social occasions with a mellow warmth and voicing time and again a deep simple love of his own land which wakes a ready response in the reader. But he shows, too, a :fighting faith in human effort and achievement, especially as expressed by Scotland, that " second Sparta, hard and lean," and expresses a view of the world in which Burns is to-day more than ever a symbol and a force :- " The warl's a tapsalteerie brew, There's nae sic thing as Union, But Burns's words will yet come true, We'll yet hae Warl' Communion." (p. 39). For that reason in particular his thoughts at " lowsen " time keep us welcome company at a time when " lowsen " is-unfortunately-rather far from our thoughts. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS 71

The vernacUlar in the schools, an address delivered to the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London :by William Will, Past President of the Club and Hon. Secretary of the Vernacular Circle. (Privately printed, 1938.) Song and story of .Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine, an address given on Doric Nicht of the London Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine Association by William Will, Vice-President. (For private circulation. 1939.) '!'.hat the preservation of the Scottish vernacular is a corner-stone of the Burns cult has been realized with ever­ increasing force in recent years. No one has done more to bring about this excellent result than Mr. William Will who, from the forefront of Scottish activities in London, has for nearly twenty years manifested himself to his fellow-Scots as a kind of deus ex machina to this long-neglected aspect of our national heritage. In these brochures, now privately printed, Mr. Will puts on record two of the many important lines of investigation which he has pursued in connection with his work for the Scottish vernacular. Both studies are of great interest, and constitute unique and valuable pieces of individual research, the second and slighter work being in a sense a partial illustration of the thesis of the first. Mr. Will's examination of the vernacular in schools has already borne fruit in the appointment by the Burns Federa­ tion of a committee to deal with this question, as a result of which the publication of three vernacular readers for schools has lately been completed. For this reason there is something of the importance of a landmark in his address. It surveys fully and explicitly the decay of the vernacular for nearly 200 years, goes on to report on a detailed canvass of present-day opinions obtained from education officers and committees, school inspectors and teachers all over Scotland, and finally offers a substantial framework for future activities. In the second booklet Mr. Will puts up to his " ain folk " in London a plea for a " Doric Nicht " of song and poem drawn solely from their own counties, and outlines such a programme by a delightful " browsing " in the doric litera­ ture of the North-East. The result is not only absorbingly interesting; it is also a most useful object-lesson to all the Scottish societies and concert organizers whose sole idea of entertainment is to offer up the same dozen or so hackneyed songs and recitations on every possible occasion. OBITUARY

MR. ROBERT L. CALLAN, Provost of Stonehaven, died on 22nd September 1939. He had been a member of the Execu­ tive Committee of the Burns Federation since 1933, as repre­ sentative of the Northern Scottish Counties. MR. JoHN P. D10KSON died on 20th July 1939. He was for more than forty years a member of Kilmarnock Burns Club, and was also an Hon. Vice-President of the Burns Federation. · MR. JAMES D. SLOAN died on 3rd August 1939. He was a former President of Rosebery Burns Club (Glasgow) and for many years a member of Ayr Club. He was a popular figure in the Burns world, and took a leading part in the promotion of the memorial to Wallace and Burns at Leglen Wood. He had represented Ayrshire on the Executive Com­ mittee of the Burns Federation since 1927. MR. MATHEW SMITH, ex-Provost of Kilmarnock, died on 24th February 1939. He was at one time President of Kilmarnock and Riccarton Burns Clubs. He was elected a Vice-President of the Burns Federation in 1910, and at the time of his death was Senior Hon. Vice-President.

We record also, with regret, the death of MR. JoHN A. BROWN, Hon. Secretary of the Burns Club of London and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Federation. MR. JoHN FAIRBAIRN, Secretary of Balerno Club. MR. JoHN LAPSLEY, President of Grahamston Club. Sm ALFRED JosEPH LAw, M.P., owner of Burne's :first Commonplace Book. MR. GEORGE W. SHIRLEY, Dumfries. OBITUARY 73

APPRECIATIONS The first of these appreciations formed part of the President's (Mr. M. H. McKerrow) proposed address to the delegates at the Annual Conference of the Council of the Burns Federation which had been arranged to be held at Bristol in September 1939, but was postponed aine die. The second was contributed to the Hamilton Advert;Ber by the Rev. T. F. Harkness Graham, B.D., and is reprinted here by permission. Time rolls on its ceaseless course from day to day, and in its course always lurks the shadow of death. To-day we mourn the death of several stalwart friends, who have passed away since we last met. It is almost invidious to speak of one friend more than another, but I cannot refrain from saying that we mourn with the Burns Club of London in the sad loss they have sustained through the death of their Secretary, MR. JOHN A. BROWN, who did excellent work for his Clulr-much more than I can speak of. In MR. JoHN P. DICKSON we have lost a kind and genial friend. He seldom missed a Federation Conference. He was well-known to all of us. It was a treat to join his company, for his pawky manner and animated conversation attracted us. He took great pride in seeing that the proceedings of our Conferences were fully and accurately reported in the K umarnock Standard. It was with bowed heads and sad hearts that many of us met at Kirkoswald Kirkyard on the sunny Saturday after­ noon of 5th August, to pay our last respects to our dear colleague, MR. JAMES D. SLOAN. Mr. Sloan's name will be long associated with the Leglen Wood Memorial. Night and day he thought and wrought for it, and with the names of Wallace and Burns, which appear on the monument, there must be associated that of Sloan. I shall always remember a drive he took me, and I know others whom he took the same drive, in which we followed the Poet's fancy while composing " Tam 0' Shanter." With infinite interest and delight we looked and listened to him. We remember his enthusiasm as he pointed out the various places referred to in the poem, giving detailed information of those sites and the tales associated with them. I then suggested, and doubtless others also suggested, that he should put his information in writing; and I am glad he has done so, though briefly, in the brochure Tam 0' Shanter, with Kyle and Carrick associations. In keeping with his generous nature, Mr. Sloan expressed the desire that the proceeds from the sale of this brochure should go to the fund for the preservation of the Tam 0' Shanter Inn at Ayr. 74 OBITUARY We will all remember James D. Sloan, whose gentle and benevolent nature and ever willing help entitles us to classify him as a man who " fulfilled great Nature's plan." He has gone round the bend at the end of the road leading to the land o' the leal. We left him covered with beautiful flowers, to sleep his long last sleep, surrounded by the fore­ fathers of the village--" each in his narrow cell for ever laid "-of whom he often spoke so tenderly. So there with them, " The best, the least, they each face east, " Waiting the trump of God."

JAMES D. SLOAN Pierre Loti, the French writer of the sea, describes some of the sailors he knew as " genuine mute poets." James Sloan might certainly be described in similar terms. He was a poet, although he never, as far as I know, employed his pen in verse. He was steeped in the traditional lore of the Burns country. If there is one regret more than another we have at his passing, it is that he carries so much of it with him. One was never invited to take a walk, or go on an excursion, with him, but sooner or later one realized that every bush, tree, field and stone had some lore about it which Sloan had made his own. His memory was phenomenal. It retained all he had ever heard. Information poured from him inexhaustively, until it seemed he must drop; but no, his energies were tremendous, and if he felt your interest was genuine he spared no pains to let you know all that could be known. Fortunate in his birthplace at the Maidens, equally fortunate in parents whose memory he revered, he drew from both two streams of inspiration which ran clearly through his life to the end. Captain David Sloan thirled him to the sea, his mother to the environment which created " Tam o' Shanter." He used to remark that had Burns survived the average age of man, his mother might have seen him. To stand with him on Sean 'l'orr, when the wind of summer was strong and the sea with :fleecy clouds immobile above Arran and Ailsa Craig, was to have him open his heart on Burns, and also on another of his heroes-Sir John Ross, who sailed from Ayr in the " Felix " in 1850 to find Franklin in the Arctic. I remember, when visiting North-West Castle with him at Stranraer, how proud he was of the stone igloo in the garden, because the stones had been carried from Ayr (after being landed there by Sir John Ross) by his father and his uncle. It is something OBITUARY 75 to see the preliminary workings of a great mind. 'fogether he and I explored Leglen Wood, where Robert Burns once spent a Sunday's leisure. From that day Sloan never rested till he had another igloo of Ailsite built to enshrine the love and glory of Wallace and Burns. How he loved that spot I How he laboured with his hands to make it beautiful I If the poetry of his spirit lived in the romantic past, no less did it rejoice in flowers. His own private garden was a masterpiece. Knowledgeable in history and archreology, thrilling ever to poetry and music, with a scholar's sense of the text of Burns, he was a remarkable man. To have known him is to feel an unquenchable pride rising above the feebleness of tears. Ayr has lost a citizen the value of whose mind and personality she had never realized. He cared nothing for honours ; he had a soul far above the place-seeking which uses a Burns Club or a Committee of the Federation for his own self-aggrandisement. His know­ ledge and love of literature were above such pettiness. He simply could not contemplate his own advantage, and in all his big undertakings he sacrificed a large portion of himself. To some men we give reverence, to others apprecia­ tion, to him we could give nothing but love. As we left him sleeping in Kirkoswald. Kirkyard, we felt somehow that this could never mean death for him. His dust will mingle with his own folks, but also with Douglas Graham, " Souter Johnnie," and Burns's mother's kinsfolk. If rest ever came to a man when he would have desired it, it comes to him here. T. F. HARKNESS GRAHAM

AULD BRIG OF AYR REPORT ON CONDITION AS AT 30TH JUNE 1939 This Bridge has been kept under observation for the past year. The masonry of piers, abutments and parapets is in good order, with the exception of the projection parts of the gargoyles for conducting water from the carriageway, five of which are broken on the east side and four on the west side, but do not interfere wit!h the discharge of water. The granite sett paving on the Bridge and approaches is also in good condition, and I consider everything most satis­ factory, and no immediate repairs are required. THOMAS O'BEIRNE, BURGH SURVEYOR, CORPORATION OF Arn BURNS CLUB NOTES

15 : BELFAST BURNS ASSOCIATION The session 1938-1939 was an outstanding one in the history of the Association. At the Annual General Meeting it was agreed to set aside the sum of £50 to form the nucleus of a fund, to be known as the " Robert Burns Memorial Fund," for the purpose of endowing a bed in one of the city hospitals. For some considerable time it has been felt that because the President and other office-bearers have not had badges of office a certain amount of prestige has been lost. Efforts have been made to have this defect rectified. Through the generosity of four members the Association has been pre­ sented with a silver-and-enamel badge and collar for the President, a silver badge for each of the four Vice-Presidents, and one each for the Secretary and the Treasurer. 'rhese will be officially presented early in the new session. A gloom was cast upon the festivities on the occasion of the Anniversary Dinner by the sudden death, two days previously, of our much-esteemed Immediate Past-President, Mr. W. M. Alexander. A native of Glasgow, Mr. Alexander had been in Belfast for over thirty years, had served the Association in various capacities, and was President in 1937-38. Another of our Past-Presidents passed away during the session in the person of Mr. Robert Andrew, M.P.S.I. A native of Tarbolton (Ayrshire), Mr. Andrew had been resident in Belfast for many years, and, as might be expected con­ sidering the place of his birth, was deeply interested in all things connected with the Poet. During the time of Mr. Andrew's Presidency (1934-35), and mainly through his generosity in defraying the total cost, the Association were able to carry out the work of restoring the Burns Memorial at Dundalk and the grave of the Poet's sister, Agnes Galt, in the churchyard there. A programme arranged for session 1939-1940 has been suspended, owing to the present international situation.

T. H. ROUGHEAD, Hon. Secy. BURNS CLUB NOTES 77

17 : NOTTINGHAM SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION The membership of the Association has been maintained during the past season, and at the close of the year the total membership was 260. Quita a number of members have passed into the silent land, including Mr. D. A. Crawford, Dr. C. M. Simpson and Mr. W. W. Campbell. Hallowe'en again proved a very enjoyable event for the children who attended, and the thanks of the Association are due to the lady members of the Council for their efforts to make the gathering a success. The 27th annual Dinner was held in the Victoria Station Hotel, and " The Immortal Memory " submitted in an eloquent oration by Dr. P. Kinmont, J.P., President of Newark Caledonian Society. 'l'.he musical items were in the hands of Mr. Angus Michie and Mr. D. G. Galloway, the pipe selections being rendered by Pipe-Major Campbell of the Seaforth Highlanders. An entirely new feature was introduced during the session. On the Sunday nearest to St. Andrew's Day a special service, conducted by the Rev. G. Walker, was held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, when a good number of members attended. It is hoped that this event will be continued during the coming years alternately in the two Presbyterian churches in the City. During the season some members of the Association made a gift to the Lord Mayor of Nottingham of a St. Andrew flag, to be flown on the appropriate day on the Council House. It is some years since such a flag has been shown on the Council House flagstaff, and it was felt that such a matter should be rectified. Two events outstanding in the season were the musical events arranged by Mr. Gilroy Glass (Vice-President) and the Hon. Secretary respectively. The attendances on these occasions were about the best of the season, and the thanks of the Council and members are due to these gentlemen for arranging such enjoyable programmes. During the year an official badge for use by the President during his term of office was procured. The design is from a suggestion put forward by the Hon. Secretary, and the badge was worn for the first time at the Caledcinian Ball, when it was admired greatly by all present. The Association have also instituted a member's badge, and this has been taken up by a good number of members. It is a matter of regret that the Hon. Secretary has decided to resign from the position he has held for many years. He has been a member of Council for practically the whole 78 BURNS CLUB NOTES period since the Association was re-organized, 35 years in all-including 23 years as Hon. Secretary. JOHN CURRIE, Hon. Secy.

49 : BRIDGETON (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB The Bridgeton Burns Club has had another successful year, the programme for 1938-39 having been carried through by the President and office-bearers with that enthusiasm which always leads to success. President Robert B. Thomson excelled himself in seeing that the various functions were well attended and happy l!Ocial programmes ensured. The annual Schools Competitions, Concert and Presenta­ tion of Prizes were the outstanding features of the Club. Seven choirs (of 24 each) entered for the Choir Competi­ tion; for Solo Singing, 115; for Elocution, 119; and for the Class Competitions, 8,641 : making a total of 9,043 entrants out of 23 schools in the district. 305 book prizes and 45 certificates were awarded, as well as 4 silver medals for outstanding merit in Solo Singing and Elocution, as undernoted : Choirs Senior: Silver Shield-Riverside School: Conductor, Robert Nicol, M.A. Junior: Adam C. Hay Cup-Riddrie School: Conductor, Eliz. D. H. Muirhead, M.A. Solo Singing Senior Girls : Book Prize-Ann Forsyth, Whitehill Sec. ,, ,, -Mary Magee, Onslow A.C. ,, ,, -Betty Collina, John Street Sec. Senior Boys: Silver Medal-James M'Kay, Onslow A.C. Book Prize-George Heatley, Riverside A.C. ,, ,, -Peter Orr, Dennistoun ,, ,, --Erne1t Fyfe, Whitehill Sec. Junior Girls: Book Prize-Jessie Fotheringham, Golfhill ,, ,, -Margaret Allison, Parkhead ,, ,, -Ina Paul, John Street Elem. ,, ,, -Jean Slavin, Riddrie Junior Boys: Book Prize-DaTid Meale, Alexandra Parade ,, ,, -.James Barron, Springfield ,, ,, -Joseph Mitchell, John Street Elem. Elocution Senior Girls: Silver Medal-Margaret Black, Whitehill Sec. Book Prize-Ellen Mitchell, John Street Sec. ,, ,, -Sadie M 'Allister, John Street Sec. ,, ,, -Ellen Glassford, Whitehill Sec. ,, ,, -Mattie Dobbs, Riverside A.C. BURNS CLUB NOTES 79

Senior Boys: Silver Medal-Alexander Lawson, John Street Sec. Junior Girls: Silver Medal-Betty Gibson, Springfield Book Prize-Margaret M'Callum, Springfield ,, ,, -Martha Martin, Springfield ,, ,, -Nancy Morrison, Springfield Junior Boys: Book Prize-Jim Kilgour, Parkhea.d Class Competitions 236 Book Prizes have been awarded to the undernoted Schools:- Alexandra. Parade 9 John Street Elem. 10 Quarry Brae 9 Annfield 14 John Street Sec. 31 Riddrie 11 Campbellfield 6 London Road 6 Riverside A.O. 26 Da.lma.rnock, 15 Newlands 15 Springfield 16 Dennistoun 17 Parkhead 10 St. Ja.mes' 10 Golfhill 13 Queen Mary Street 12 Whitehill Sec. 6 Souvenirs were also presented to the Conductors of the successful choirs. The Annual Excursion to Turnberry, the " Tattie and Herrin' '' Supper, the Ladies' Whist Night, and the Anniversary Dinner had the usual large attendances. The office-bearers are much indebted to Hon. Vice-President Sir John M_acDonald and Lady MacDonald for the excellent Musical Evening provided by them at the March Meeting.

OBITUARY We regret to note since the last Annual Meeting the passing of Past-Presidents George W. Laurie, J.P. ; James M. Campbell, J.P. ; and Dr. James Devon. Dr. James Devon, oldest Past-President (1905-06), will always be remembered for the enthusiasm he had for the Club and for his interesting addresses. Ex-President G. W. Laurie (1931-32) was also a great enthusiast; and Mr. J. M. Campbell, J.P., President 1913-14, another most willing worker, strong in the School Competitions and up to the last, like others, taking an interest in the Club's welfare. JoHN G. S. SPROLL, Hon. Secy.

50 : STIRLING BURNS CLUB Stirling Burns Club was honoured at its anniversary gathering by having the toast of the evening, " The Immortal Memory," proposed by R. H. Maconochie, Esq., O.B.E., K.C., Sheriff of Inverness, Elgin and Nairn. The company, which numbered about 150, was a very representative one, and was presided over by the President, Mr. Robert Graham. During the evening an interesting event took place, Mr. J. P. Crawford being made the recipient of a presentation 80 BURNS CLUB NOTES on completing twenty-five years as Treasurer of the Club. The gift, which took the form of a radio set, was handed over by the President, who emphasized the splendid service rendered by Mr. Crawford during that long period. Mr. Crawford, in returning thanks for the handsome presentation, gave some interesting particulars regarding the Club during his connection with it, and stated that the sum donated for various purposes amounted to .£221. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation, having for the last five years served as one of the representatives of the Stirling, Clackmannan, and South Perth Shires District. ALEX. DUN, Hon. Sec'J/.

89: SUNDERLAND BURNS OLUB The work of our Club has been well maintained during the year under the presidency of Mr. William Frater, who has done a great amount of very hard work in the interest of the Club. The meetings have been well attended, enjoyable and instructive. Our thanks are due to those who have provided us with papers and to our musical friends who have entertained us. The anniversary gathering was held on 25th January 1939, when Rev. Hector Ross, M.A., proposed '' The Immortal Memory '' in a most inspiring speech. The Ladies have again had a very successful season with their afternoon Whist Drives, in which Lady-President Mrs. William Frater did much to support the President and thus maintain the interest of the Club. With the outbreak of War the Committee have decided to suspend all meetings. Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 13. President's Address. " 27. Federation delegates' report. Nov. 10. "The European position," by R. J. Raeside. " 29. St. Andrew's Day celebration. Dec. 8. "Onr village and its environs," by W. Waddle. 1939-Jan. 12. "A trip across the pond,'' by J. M'Nicol. " 25. Dinner : "The Immortal Memory" by Rev. Hector Ross, M.A. Feb. 9. "Beethoven," by H. E. Coates. Mar. 9. " A visit to Chicago," by A. M 'Phee. " 25. Musical programme, by J. Phillips. Apl. 20. "Palestine: my visit," by Rev. Hector Ross, M.A. M. NEILSON, Hem. Secy. BURNS CLUB NOTES 81

121: HAMILTON JUNIOR BURNS CLUB The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held in September, President William Wilson in the chair. The Secretary and Treasurer gave the financial statement, which showed the Club to be in a sound position_. As is customary, the President and all other office-bearers were re-elected for a second year, and the Exet•utive were empowered to carry on the business of the Club during hostilities. ~he usual grants were made to the local Jubilee Nurses and to the Mauchline Homes. The President made sympathetic reference to the loss of Mr. Dickson, of the Kilmarnock Standard, and Mr. Sloan-both well-known members of the Federation. JOHN H. CAMERON, Hon. Secy.

153 : SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB, GLASGOW The Scottish Burns Club during session 1938-39 suffered a severe loss through the death of its President, Mr. Andrew Adie. Mr. Adie, although a comparatively young man, had been a prominent member of the Club for many years, and his untimely passing was greatly regretted by his fellow­ members. The Club continues to maintain a large membership, and the attendances throughout the session were excellent. " The Immortal Memory " in 1939 was proposed by ex-President James Brown. Mr. Brown is an excellent orator and a considerable authority on the life and works of the Poet. A great loss was suffered by the Club-and Scotland­ through the death, at the ripe age of eighty-five, of its Honorary Member, Mr. J. M. Hamilton, Scotland's veteran Tenor. No one had done more to sustain the popularity of Burns and other Scottish songs than that Grand Old Man. It is difficult to realise that no more will be heard that surpassingly sweet voice, in its renderings of the glorious Scots Songs so dear to his fellow-members of the Scottish Club. His memory will remain-treasured by all. Another serious loss was that of Dr. James Devon, who was an ex-Prison Commissioner for Scotland and one of the earliest members of the Club. For thirty-two successive years he -bad addressed the Club in most interesting lectures delivered in an inimitable manner. At the first October meeting he had addressed the Club on " Prison reform," and his passing on 25th February 1939 was greatly regretted by the members. F 82 BURNS C~UB NOTES Mr. Joh;n S. Clarke, F.S.A.Scot., addressed the members and their ladies on the second October meeting, his subject being " Little monkeys and great apes." Mr. Clarke is one of Scotland's most excellent lecturers, and his addresses are always of exceptional interest. The November meeting was addressed by Mr. Ian MacPherson o;n '' The lesser known songs of Robert Burns." At the December meeting Mr. Joihn Gemmell addressed the members on '' Vagabonds and singers." For the first January meeting another old member, Mr. W. D. Fisher, had arranged to give a lecture on "Burns on Brotherhood." Owi;ng to illness he was unable to deliver his address, but his place was taken by his son, Mr. George D. Fisher, known in literary circles as " The Hut Man." A most delightful address was received with great interest. The February Ladies' Night was conducted by Mr. W. R. Wilson, one of tJhe original members of the Club. He addressed the members on a " Medley." The Annual General Meeti;ng was as usual held in March, after which " A Nicht wi' oor ain folk " was arranged by Mr. Ninian Macwhannell. The Scottish Club was, for the second ye_ar in succession, successful in winning the McLe;nnan Bowling Trophy. The winning rink consisted of Mr. J. Marshall Ferguson (Skip), Mr. James McNeil, Mr. William Steven and Mr. James H. Roy. Mr. Ninian Macwhannell had prepared the followi;ng excellent syllabus for 1939-40.

Syllabus 1939-1940 1939-0ct. 2. "John Galt," by T. W. Hamilton, F.S.I. 23. "Robert Burns, the man and his works," by " James Brown. Nov. 27. " The letters of Burns," by John Mc Vie. Dec. 18. "Adam Lindsay Gordon, The ' Burns ' of Australia,'' by Arthur Murray. 1940-Jan; 15. "Life among the fields," by G. D. Fisher. 22. "The Immortal Memory" by Rev. T. F. " Harkness Graham. Feb. 26. "The Scotland of Robert Burns," by John S. Clarke, F.S.A.Scot. Mar. 25. Annual General Meeting ; "A nioht wi' oor ain folk," by Ninian Macwhannell. Owing to tJhe outbreak of the second Great War the Club decided, while continuing its activities in other directions, to BURNS CLUB NOTES 83 suspend until further notice its monthly meeti;ngs. Apart from the lighting and travelling restrictions, the Executive were of opinion that it was undesirable to ask members to leave their homes and families in the evenings-in case of Air Raids. J. KEVAN McDowALL, Secretary

199 : NEWBAT'TLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB We have again to report a very successful session under the President.ship of Mr. J as. Brown. Our first lecture was given by Mr. Macwhannell, and he was greeted by a large and enthusiastic audience who enjoyed " Oor mither tongue " very much indeed. All the other lectures were of a very interesting character, and were attended by large numbers of members and friends. A company of 150 attended the Anniversary Dinner, at which Mrs. D. Haldane submitted " The Immortal Memory " and gave a very appealing address. 170 Old-age Pensioners received the usual gift of 5 /- at Christmas, and 120 attended the drive in June to Lanark. Our Dramatic Society, besides appearing in the Drama Festival, staged four one-act plays; the proceeds went to the Old Folks' Fund, which again showed a balance on the year's working. The School Children's Competition was again in the form of an essay, and the papers submitted by the winners were of a very high standard. Mr. F. J. Belford and Mr. C. McPhail were adjudicators. We tender them our best thanks, also Mr. C. Walinck and his staff for their services.

Syllabus 1939-1940 1939-0ct. 7. Annual Business Meeting. Nov. ll. Paper by George Humphrey. Dec. -9. Paper by A. Anderson, J.P. 23. Ladies' Night. 1940-Jan." 6. Paper by Wm. Pearson. 20. Anniversary Dinner. Feb." 3. Paper by J as. Russel. Mar. 3. Paper by Joe Corrie. Apl. 7. Paper by Geo. Mackay. ROBT. LAUDER, Hon. Secy. 84 BURNS CLUB NOTES

244: DALMUIR BURNS CLUB We began our winter session in October 1938 under the guidance of Mr. Wm. Boyle, President. Our first lecturer was Mr. J. Stewart, M.A., of Clydebank High School, who chose as his subject " Shakespeare or Bacon." Our President was the guest at the meeting in December, when he gave us his promised address on " Old Glasgow " which had been postponed from the previous year. This was a most popular and pleasing address. Past-President Mr. J. W. B. Duncan was our next speaker (in February), and his thesis was " Before Burns," lecturing on those poets in whose footsteps Burns was destined to follow, Allan Ramsay, Gilbertfield and Robert Fergusson. Our Hallowe'en was again a time of mirth and jollity to the bairns. In addition to the usual games, dances and ploys, we had a conjurer to give the necessary mystic touch to this great night. We departed from our established supper and dance on St. Andrew's Night, and instead staged a cinema-lecture, the L.M.S. generously providing the films and the speaker. Our Annual Dinner was graced by that well-known Burns lecturer, Rev. J. Sherwood Gunson, who proposed "The Immortal Memory." The other toasts being capably handled, our Dinner passed with its usual eclat. All these meetings were enhanced by vocal and instrumental entertainment of a high order. But what of the future 7 This sudden darkness of war has overwhelmed us in uneasiness and uncertainty. Owing to evacuation we had to abandon, with much regret, our Hallowe'en treat to our young ones. St. Andrew's Night remains undecided, but it looks as if the " black-out " may also lead to its abandonment. And the Annual Dinner will depend mainly on the circumstances then prevailing and how the rationing may affect such entertainments. JOHN R. s. LOCKHART, Secretar'!I

295: THE BURNS HOUSE CLUB, LIMITED (GLASGOW) The rooms at 27 lndia Street are for the purpose of pro­ viding a house for the Burns Clubs of Glasgow. The Clubs find the accommodation most convenient for tJheir ordinary and committee meetings, and 27 India Street is tJhe head­ quarters of the Glasgow and District Burns Association. The Club is open every week-day, and there is a select library of Scottish literature. The principal newspapers and BURNS CLUB NOTES 85 magazines are provided. Lectures, concerts and whist dri:ves are arranged by the Directors, and these functions prove very popular. A Billiard Tournament for the Morison Cup, pre­ sented by Mr. Thos. Morison, a Past-Presidept, provides keen interest amongst the members. J. McCLYMONT WYLIE, Secretary

324: STOCKTON BURNS CLUB We have to report another successful year. Though small in number we are still maintaining the standard under the Presidency of Mr. W. J. Sands. Our seventeenth a;nniversary was !held in the Masonic Hall on 25th January. '' The Immortal Memory" was proposed by Mr. Donald M'Phedran. The annual meeting was held on 8th March. " Hallowe'en" to the youngsters was the usual success, under the supervision of Mrs. McMullan. Received and paid a fraternal visit to Mayfield Club. Lectures during the year by Allen Dalziel, A. I. Davern, M. A. Percy, A. Haslem, and Mrs. B. Roberts. 'l'he Ladies' Night was also a success, conducted by Mrs. Hamilton. An impromptu evening among the members : three mi;nutes' talk on how best to run a successful Club. A social evening was tendered Miss Helga James on the eve of her marriage. w. HAMILTON' Secretary

331 : BUFFALO ROBERT BURNS SOCIETY The Robert Burns Society of Buffalo were instituted in 1913 and celebrated their 25tJh anniversary in 1938 with a banquet, entertainme;nt and dance. President John N. Rooney, in behalf of the Society, presented Bro. David Anderson and Bro. Thomas C. Henderson with Life Member­ ishi ps in the Society for being Charter Members and for their good work in the Society for the past 25 years. Bro. David Anderson read the minutes of the first regular meeting in 1913, and Past-President Thomas C. Henderson gave a brief history of the Society. Past-President Thomas H. Irvine presented a picture of the first President of the Society, our late Bro. Robert Wilson, from the Wilson Family to the Society. The Society treated all its members and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the cost of the dinners, and about 130 attended. A good di;nner, excellent entertainment, and 86 BRUNS CLUB NOTES dancing into the wee small hours rounded out a most enjoy­ able evening. JoHN C. HENDERSON, Secretary

380: FALKIRK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1939-1940 1939-Sep. 28. Annual Business Meeting. Oct. 26. Address by Councillor John Stewart, B.Sc. Nov. 23. "Burns's sweethearts," by John Erskine. Dec. 21. "Scotland's prospects," by Festus Moffat. 1940-Jan. 25. Annual Dinner : "The Immortal Memory" by Rev. H. 0. Wallace. Feb. 22. Address by Dan O'May. Mar. 29. Closing social meeting. DAvrn S. McGILCHRIST, Hon. Secy.

381: GREATER NEW YORK MASONIC BURNS CLUB On 12th April 1939 tJhe elected officers of the Club gathered at the home of the founder and first President of our Club, to celebrate his 8lst birthday. Our worthy President presented Bro. McMurdo witJh a gift donated from the Club funds. Bro. McMurdo replied to Bro. Chisholm after the presentation as only he himself can do. On 20th June Bro. McMurdo was one of the guest speakers at the Burns Memorial Day Parade in Central Park, N.Y. Our Club, under the able leadership of our young and capable President, Bro. Ian Chisholm, has had one of the most successful years since its inception. JOHN WATSON, Secretary

391: WATERBURY BURNS CLUB We honored our President, Mr. John Sydney Pearson, by electing him to the chair for the thi_rd sucessive year, at our annual meeting, 14th January 1939. A banquet is scheduled for February 1940, to celebrate the 55th anni­ versary of the Club. Our usual summer activities have been curtailed somewhat this year ; however, we have a family picnic scheduled for 9th September, so that the Club's record for holding an annual picnic may not be broken. I regret BURNS CLUB NOTES 87 to record the passing in April of Mr. William McLean, one of our oldest members. He was a very faithful and highly esteemed member of the Club, a true Scot in every way, with a great love for Scottish songs and music. ROBERT CURRIE, Secretar'!I

497: ST. ANDREW BURNS CLUB (WELLINGTON) INCORPORATED S'!lllabus 1939-1940 1939-Jul. 17. "Robert Burns and Lord Byron," by Wm. Begg. Aug. 21. "Gangril sangs o' Scotland," by Robert Hogg. Sep. 18. "Lady Nairne and her songs," by Alex. Sinclair. Oct. 16. "The Black Watch and New Zealand Scottish," by Major Ross. Nov. 20. "Democracy in Scottish culture from Knox to Burns," by 0. N. Gillespie. Dec. 18. Musical Evening. 1940-Jan. 25. Anniversary: "The Immortal Memory" by J. R. Baird. Feb. 19. "Events in Scottish history," by E. P. Hay. Mar. 18. Ladies' Night; "R. L. Stevenson in Samoa," by Mrs. B. L. Ross. Apl. 15. "Burns's highest dream," by W. B. Mcllveney, M.V.O. May 20. "Some aspects of Scots law," by H. H. Cornish, K.C. Jun. 17. Annual General Meeting. (Miss) B. CLARK, Secretar'!I

511: PERTH (WEST AUSTRALIA) BURNS CLUB S'!lllabus 1939-1940 1939-Jun. 20. "Robert Burns," by Dr. T. C. Boyd, M.A. Jul. 18. "Travels through Scotland," by Mrs. A. Robertson. Aug. 15. Lantern lecture, by Rt. Rev. G. Tulloch. Sep. 19. " The highland bagpipe," by Dr. C. W. Courtney. Oct. 17. "Robert Tannahill," by W. Frew. Nov. 21. "More Scottish characteristics," by John 0. Love. Dec. 19. Christmas Party. 1940-Jan. 21>. Burns Birthday Meeting. Apl. Annual Business Meeting. (Mrs.) JESSIE REID, Hon. Sec'!/· 88 BURNS CLUB NOTES

520: UDDINGSTON LOCHLIE LADIES' BURNS CLUB Session 1938-39 provided variety and interest for the members. In order that all would be " au fait" with the Defence Requirements of the District, an address was arranged and delivered by Supt. Renfrew of Lanarkshire Police. In lighter vein was the social arranged by a Mock Committee; and of educational interest, the lecture and demonstration by a member of the Scottish Milk Marketing Board. The Supper to celebrate the Festival of Saint Andrew, at which the oration was delivered by Mr. Thos. Beet, Glasgow, proved a social success; and of interest to ardent Burnsians the talk, illustrated by lantern, on " Lincluden " by Dr. G. Crawford. 'l'he function of greatest interest was the " Miniature Wedding" performed by children and youthful relatives of members to a very large audience in the Community Centre, and later for the entertainment of the " Old Cronies " of the village. Popular events were the visit to MacFarlane Paton's Jam & Sweetmaking Work at Baillieston and the social meeting with the Baillieston Ladies' Burns Club. Throughout the session the younger members found interest in the practice of Scottish Country Dancing, and received instruction in Indian Club swinging and physical culture. The Annual Outing to Peebles and meeting with the Ladies of Tweeddale Ladies' Club was most enjoyable. (Mrs.) IsoBEL DowNIB, Secretary

546: THE OAK BURNS CLUB The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on 9th September 1939, Mr. David Brown, Vice-President, in the chair. The Secretary and Treasurer submitted the annual report and financial statement, which showed the Club to be in a sound position. The usual donations were voted to the Mauchline Homes, Scottish Literature Development Fund, and the local Jubilee Nurses. Mr. John Kane, who was elected President, thanked the members for the honour conferred on him. Meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month. The year 1938-39 was most successful, due to the office-bearers and the loyal support of the members. Hallowe'en Supper was well attended by old and young, the entertainment provided being suitable for both. The Club paid a visit to the Blackburn Cronies' Club in November. Our Club had a return visit in February. Meetings like these showed the goodwill that exists among Scotsmen where BURNS CLUB NOTES 89 Burns was concerned. Our room was well filled for the anniversary of our National Bard. '1'.he Drive to Windermere Lakes in June was a great success. In August we entertained the members' wives and a few friends to a Drive to Dumfries, which will be long remembered. We are looking forward to another successful session. ROBERT RITCHIE, Hon. Secy.

STIRLING, CLACKMANNAN AND SOUTH PERTH SHIRES DISTRICT The Clubs in this District of the Federation were, early in the year, mourning the passing of Mr. John Lapsley, of the Grahamston Club, Falkirk. Mr. Lapsley was President of the Grahamston Club for twenty years, and was an enthusi­ astic admirer of the National Bard and had a thorough knowledge of his writings. He was ever ready to help in furthering the interests of the Clubs and of the Federation, and was a welcome guest at the social gatherings of the Clubs in Falkirk district, and pre-eminent as a reciter of Burns's poems. At the Annual Meeting of the District it was decided to erect a memorial tablet on his last resting-place in Falkirk Cemetery. With the view of bringing the Clubs in this wide area of the Federation into closer and friendly contact, it was decided at the last meeting to institute a bowling competition, to take place annually, and to procure a trophy to be presented to the winner. The arrangements were left in the hands of Mr. W. Wark, President, and Mr. Andrew McGilchrist, Secretary of the Bannockburn Empire Club; and largely through their enthusiasm a handsome cup was procured. Twelve Clubs took part in a rink game played on the green of Grangemouth Dyes Recreation Club on the last Saturday of August, and after keen play the cup was won by Falkirk Cross Keys Club. The social side of the gathering proved most enjoyable. ALEX. DUN, Hon. Secy. MOTTO-" A MAN'S A MAN FOR A1 THAT"

THE BURNS FEDERATION INSTITUTED I 88 5

Hon. Presidents. Sir ALEXANDER GIBB, G.B.E., C.B., LL.D.(Edin.), F.R.S., Queen Anne's Lodge, Westminster, London, S.W.1. WILLIAM WILL, 97 Chiltern Court, London, N.W.1. RoBlllRT GRAHAM of Fintry, 10 Finsbury Circus, London, E.C.2. Brevet-Colonel T. C. DUNLOP, A.D.C., T.D., D.L., Sauchrie, Maybole, Ayrshire. Sir ROBERT BRUCE, D.L., LL.D., Brisbane House, 9 Rowan Road, Glasgow, S.l. Sir JosEPH DoBBlE, S.S.C., 42 Melville Street, Edinburgh, 3. THOMAS AMos, M.A, 19 Glebe Road, Kilmarnock. Sir THOMAS OLIVER, D.L., M.D., 7 Ellison Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DUNCAN MACINNES, Chief Accountant, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. ALEXANDER G. McKNIGHT, 321 Providence Building, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A. WILLIAM GRANT, M.A., LL.D., Training Centre, St. Andrew Street, Aberdeen. NINIAN MACWHANNELL, F.R.l.B.A., 233 West Regent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Professor HANS HECHT, PH.D., Lessingstrasse 18, Berlin, N.W.87.

Hon. ViCd-Preaident1. Sir ROBERT WILSON, D.L., LL.D., Da.lsalloch, 18 Aytoun Road, .Pollokshields, Glasgow, S. l. J. C. EWING, 8 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. JAMES THOMSON, F.S.A.Scot., The Cedars, 21 Fortis Green, East Finchley, London, N.2. L. G. SLOAN, J.P., Pen Corner, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. J. TAYLOR GIBB, F.S.A.Scot., Mauchline. ANDREW M'CALLUM, Gowanbrae, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, S.3. JAMES McMuRDo, 8571 144th Street, Jamaica., N.Y., U.S.A. JOHN D. Ross, LL.D., 9345 210th Street, Bellaire, N.Y., U.S.A. JoHN N. HALL, Eastwood, Irvine. JAMES A. MORRIS, R.S.A., Wellington Chambers, Ayr. RICHARD DOUGLAS, 1 Wall Street, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. DANIEL RoBBRTSON, J.P., 7 Rosehall Terrace, Falkirk. THE BURNS FEDERATION 91

EXECUTIVE COMMI'l'TEE. Preaident-M. H. McKERROW, F.S.A.Scot., 43 Buccleuch Street, Dumfries. Paat-President-NINIAN MACWHANNELL, F.R.I.B.A., 233 West Regent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Vice-Presidents-Sir THOMAS OLIVER, D.L., M.D., 7 Ellison Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Capt. CHARLES CARMICHAEL, 54 Chatsworth Street, Derby. Hon. Secretary-JOHN McVIE, 13 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, 7. Hon. Treasurer-Major DAVID YuILLE, T.D., Woodcroft, Symington, Kilmarnock. Hon. Solicitor- Hon. Editor, "Burna Chronicle''--J. C. EWING, 8 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competitions-FRED. J. BELFORD, M.A., F.E.I.S., 3 Park Grove, Liberton, Edinburgh, 9. District Representatives. I. Ayrshire-JAMES MACINTYRE, 17 New Road, Mauchline. THOMAS BOYD, Doonleigh, Carrick Road, Ayr. II. Edinburgh-W. KING GILLIES, M.A., B.A.(OxoN.}, LL.D., 12 Suffolk Road, Edinburgh. III. Glasgow-WM.· C. CocKBURN, Holmwood, Uddingston. Col. G. P. LINTON, 1 Thorn Drive, Burnside, by Glasgow. IV. Dumbarton and Argyll Shires-WM. BOYLE, 22 Osborne Street, Clydebank. V. Fifeshire-Capt. DAVID STOBIE, M.B.E., Urak, Crossford, Fife. T. C. ANDERSON, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife. VI. Lanarkshire-Mrs. M. THOMSON, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang. JOHN R. FOTHERINGHAM, Orwell, Bent Road, Hamilton. T. B. GOUDIE, Ewanrigg, Burnbank, Hamilton. JOHN HAPPLE, 4 Graham Avenue, Eddlewood, Hamilton. VII. Mid and East Lothians and Borders-GEORGE HUMPHREY, The Saughs, N ewtongrange, Midlothian. ALEXANDER PRINGLE, 14 Wellington Street, Hawick. VIII. Weit Lothian-- IX. Renfrew1hire-Ex-Provost J. M. ADAM, J.P., Cove Point House, Cove Road, Gourock. ARTHUR MURRAY, Beverley, 66 South Street, Greenock. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

X. Stirling and Claclcmannan Shires-DANIEL RoBERTSON, J.P., 7 Rosehall Terrace, Falkirk. JAMES P. CRAWFORD, 68 Port Street, Stirling. XI. Perthshire and Angus-WILLIAlll THOMPSON, 6 Whyte's Buildings, Montrose Street, Brechin. XII. Northern Scottish Countie1-Miss ANNIE BARCLAY, c/o Town and Counties La.dies' Club, 7 Bonaccord Street, Aberdeen. XIII. Southern Scottish Counties-JOHN WARDLAW, .A.shgrove, Annan Road, Dumfries. XIV. London and South-Eastern England-JOHN M. SW.AN, 17 Roxborough Park, Harrow, Middlesex. XV. North-Eastern England-G. PRINGLE, 3 Rochdale Street, Wallsend-on-Tyne. XVI. North- Weatern England-DANIEL WRIGHT, Quatre Bras, St. Andrews Road, Bebington, Cheshire. XVII. JlidlandB of England-JORN CURRIE, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham. W. G. McGREGOR, 7 Glen Road. Sheffield, 7. XVIII. South- We1tern England- XIX. Walea-HECTOR MCKELVIE, 3 Glanmor Road, Uplands, Swansea. XX. Ireland-ALEX.ANDER EMSLIE, M.A., 37 Knutsford Drive, Cliftonville, Belfast. XXI. South Africa-DONALD F. MACNAIR, 103 Fotheringay Road, Glasgow, S.1. XXII. Australia-T. .A.TROLL RoBERTSoN, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.Scot., 9 Foster Lane, London, E.C.2. XXIII. New Zealand-WILLIA.Ill BLACK, Cardean, Eastfield Road, Dumfries. XXIV. Canada-JOHN G. S. SPROLL, 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1. XXV. India-ARTHUR McKERROW, Polmood, Biggar. XXVI. U.S.A.-ARTHUR A. CRAIG, c/o H. C. Reid, 60 Spring Street, Atlanta, S. W., Georgia, U.S.A. GEORGE S. M.AcGREGOR, 314 Edwin Street, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A. XXVII. Near East-HUGH M. MACINTYRE, Elmsley, 7 Racecourse Road, Ayr. XXVIII. China-THOlllAS FINDLAY, Learig, Mauchline. SUB-COMlllITTEES. Finance: Messrs. Cockburn (Convener), Adam, Goudie, Murray, and Robertson. Jlemoriala: Messrs. H. M. Macintyre ( l'onvener), Black, Boyd, Goudie, and Murray. AUDITORS. JAlllEB MACINTYRE, 17 New Road, Mauchline. Bailie WILLI.AM A. GOLD, Wallacethorn, Riccarton, Kilmarnock. THE BURNS FEDERATION 93

CONSTITUTION AND RULES.

Name. 1. The Association shall be called "The Burns Federation," with headquarters at Kilmarnock.

Object&. 2. The objects of the Federation shall be (a) To strengthen and consolidate, by universal affiliation, the bond of fellowship amongst the members of Burns Clubs and kindred Societies. (b) To purchase and preserve manuscripts and other relics associated with Robert Burns. (Gifts of relics shall be reported by the Hon. Secretary at the next meeting of the Executive Committee following thereon.) (c) To mark with suitable inscriptions, repair, or renew buildings, tombstones, etc., interesting from their association with Robert Burns. (d) To encourage institutions and movements in honour of Robert Burns. (e) To encourage and arrange School Children's Com­ petitions in order to stimulate the teaching and study of Scottish history, literature, art and music. ( f) To encourage the development of Scottish literature, art and music.

Membership. 3. (a) The Federation shall consist of affiliated Clubs and Societies. Burns Clubs and kindred Societies may be admitted to the Federation by the Executive Committee, on application in writing to the Hon. Secretary, enclosing a copy of their Constitu­ tion and List of Office-bearers. Such applications shall be con­ sidered by the Executive Committee at its next meeting. (b) Ladies or gentlemen who have rendered conspicuous service to the Burns Movement may be elected by the Council to the position of Honorary President or Honorary Vice-President, on the recommendation of the Executive Committee.

Council. 4. The Council shall consist of the Hon. Presidents, the Hon. Vice-President&, the Executive Committee, the Auditors, and three members elected by each Club. 94 THE BURNS FEDERATION

Conference of the Council. 5. (a) The Annual Conference of the Council shall be held, at such place as may be arranged, on the second Saturday of September, when the Annual Reports shall be submitted and Office-bearers for the ensuing year elected. (b) Clubs outwith the United Kingdom may be represented by proxy at the Conference. (c) Nominations for Offices shall be made by the Executive Committee or by Clubs. (d) Nominations of Office-bearers, Intimations of election of District representative members, and Notices of motion shall be lodged in writing with the Hon. Secretary not later than the second Saturday of June. (e) The Agenda of the Conference and the Annual Reports shall be issued to Clubs by the Hon. Secretary not less than one month before the Conference. (f) No alteration shall be made in the "Constitution and Rules" except at the Conference of the Council, and then only by a two-thlrds' majority of those voting.

Executive Committee. 6. (a) The Executive Committee shall consist of (1) President, Immediate Past-President, two Vice-Pre­ sidents, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Solicitor, Hon. Editor of the Burns Chronicle, Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competi­ tions; and (2) Representative members elected by Districts, as shown in the subjoined Schedule. (b) The Office-bearers and the Auditors shall retire annually, and shall be eligible for re-election. (c) District representative members shall be elected annually by all Districts on the basis of one member for the first five Clubs, and one member for every additional ten Clubs, in each District ; but for Edinburgh, London, Wales, Ireland, and Overseas Districts, one Club in each shall qualify for admission as a District. No District shall have more than one member unless the number of it~ Clubs exceeds fourteen. If a District fail to elect a representative member, the Executive Com­ mittee shall have power to fill the vacancy.

Meetings of the Executive Committee. 7. (a) The Executive Committee shall conduct the business of CONSTITUTION AND RULES 95 the Federation, and 1hall meet on the third Saturdays of October, December, March and June, and when called by the Hon. Secretary. The place of each meeting shall be fixed at the previous meeting. (b) The Hon. Secretary shall give at least one week's notice of meetings, along with the Agenda. (c) Notices of motion and other business to appear in the Agenda should reach the Hon. Secretary at least a fortnight before the meeting. (d) Special meetings may be held on a written request to the Hon. Secretary signed by not fewer than ten members of the Committee and stating the business to be considered. (e) Ten shall form a quorum at meetings. (f) The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Hon. Secretary, and the Hon. Treasurer shall be ex offeciia members of all Standing Sub-Committees.

Sub1cription1. 8. (a) Each Club, on admission to the Federation, shall pay a registration fee of two guineas, on receipt of which the Diploma of the Federation shall be issued. This registration fee includes the subscription for the first year of membership. Thereafter each Club shall pay au annual subscription of one guinea. Clubs failing to pay this subscription for two consecutive years may be struck off the roll of the Federation. Clubs in arrear with their subscriptions shall not be entitled to be represented at the annual Conference of the Council. (b) Each Club shall be expected to subscribe for at least five copies of the annual Bwrna Chronicle, at a maximum price of Two shillings per copy. (c) Members of affiliated Clubs shall be entitled to receive a Pocket Diploma on payment of One shilling.

Finance. 9. (a) The Sub-Committee on Finance shall consist of five members of the Executive Committee, three to form a quorum. (b) No accounts shall be paid without the authority of the Finance Committee, which shall submit the Minutes of its meetings to the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee. (c) 'l'he Bank Account shall be kept in the name of the Federation, and shall be operated by the Hon. Treasurer for the time being. Deposit Receipts shall be taken out in the name of the Federation, to be drawn on the endorsement of the President, the Hon. Secretary, and the Hon. Treasurer, or any two of them. 96 THE BURNS FEDERATION Honorary Secretary. 10. The Hon. Secretary (with, if decided to be necessary, the assistance of a Minute Clerk) shall keep the Minute Book of the Federation, in which shall be recorded the proceedings of all meetings. He shall also conduct the correspondence of the Federation, convene all meetings, and issue Diplomas. He shall prepare the Executive Committee's Report on the year's transactions, for submission to the Conference of the Council. Honorary Treaaurer. ll. The Hon. Treasurer shall have charge of all monies paid to the Federation, and shall pay all accounts authorised by the Finance Committee. He shall prepare a 11tatement of his accounts for the year to 3lst July. "Burns Chronicle." 12. (a) The Burns Chronicle shall be an official publication of the Federation, and shall be published annually, not later than lst January. It shall contain a Directory of the Clubs on the roll of the Federation, reports of the transactions of the Federation and of affiliated Clubs during the previous year, and such literary matter and illustrations as may be decided by the Hon. Editor. (b) The Hon. Editor shall be responsible for the publication of the Burns Chronicle, and shall submit annually a report on the sale of the latest issue. Estimates for the printing of the Burna Chronicle and other publications of the Federation shall be approved by the Finance Committee. (c) The published price of the Burna Chronicle shall be fixed by the Executive Committee. School Children,'s Competitiona. 13. The Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competitions shall give alll!listance to affiliated Clubs in the organisation of their Com­ petitions, and shall endeavour to co-ordinate the efforts of the various Clubs. He shall 1mbmit annually a report on the Com­ petitions organi1ed by the Clubs. Benefit&. 14. (a) Affiliated Clubs shall be supplied gratis with copies of newspapers containing reports of meetings, demonstrations, eto., organised, conducted, or attended by the Federation. (b) Members of affiliated Clubs shall be entitled to be supplied, through the Secretaries of their respective Clubs, with copies of all works published by the Federation, at a discount of 33! per cent. LIST OF DISTRICTS (Su Article No. 6c of "Constitution.'')

I. Ayrshire. II. Edinburgh. III. Glasgow. IV. Dumbarton and .Argyll Shires. v. Fifeshire. VI. Lanarkshire. VIL Lothians (Mid and East) and Borders. VIII. Lothian (West). IX. Renfrewshire. x. Stirling, Clackmannan, and South Perth Shires. XL North Perthshire and Angus. XII. Northern Scottish Counties. XIII. Southern Scottish Counties. XIV. London and South-Eastern England. Essex, Hertford, Middlesex, Berks, Buckingham, Oxford, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent xv. North-Eastern England. Northumberland, Durham; Yorkr.hire (except Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster) XVI. North-Western England. Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire, Cheshire XVII. Midlands of England. Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, South Yorkshire, Leicester, Rutland Stafford, Shropshire, Worcester, Warwick, North­ ampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bedford, Norfolk, Suffolk XVIII. South-Western England. Hereford, Gloucester, Wilts, Somerset, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Monmouth XIX. Wales. xx. Ireland. XXI. South Africa. XXII. Australia. XXIII. New Zealand. XXIV. Canada. xxv. India. XXVI. United States of America. XXVII. Near East. XXVIII. China. G 98 THE BURNS FEDERATION I. Ayrshire-20 Clubs: 2 Members.

0 Kilmarnock. 310 Mauchline. 35 Dairy. 349 Kilmarnock Howff. 45 Cumnock. 365 Catrine. 56 Muirkirk Lapraik. 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery. 173 Irvine. 435 Ayr Tam o' Shanter. 192 Ayrshire B.C.Assoc. 456 Troon Masonic. 252 Alloway. 500 New Cunmock. 274 Troon. 564 Ochiltree Wiusome Willie. 275 Ayr. 568 Darvel. 288 Beith Caledonia. 573 Croft Springside. Secretary: John M. Irving, Block 10, Nursery Avenue, Kilmarnock.

II. Edinburgh-12 Clubs : 1 Member. 22 Edinburgh. 314 Edinburgh Scottish. 79 Corstorphine. 341 Leith. 124 Ninety. 378 Edinburgh B.C.Assoc. 212 Portobello. 398 Colinton. 293 New Craighall. 410 Royal Mile. 307 Edin burgh Ayrshire Assoc. 489 Clarinda. Secretary: Fred. J. Belford, M.A., 3 Park Grove, Liberton, Edinburgh, 9.

III. Glasgow-22 Clubs: 2 Members. 3 Tam o' Shanter. 91 Shettleston. 7 Thistle. 135 Partick Western. 9 Royalty. 139 National. 33 Haggis. 153 Scottish. 34 Carrick. 169 Glasgow B.C.Assoc. 36 Rosebery. 181 Primrose. 49 Bridgeton. 213 Kingston. 53 Govan Fairfield. 263 Masonic. 68 Sandyford. 282 Glasgow Bowling Assoc. 74 National Burns Memorial 295 Burns House. Cottage Homes. 477 Bellahouston. 484 Sheddens Ladies. Secretar11: Andrew Stenhouse, LL. B., 18 3 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. LIST OF DISTRICTS 99 IV. DumbaPton and Argyll ShiPes-9 Clubs: 1 Member. 2 Alexandria. 196 Mid-Argyll. 10 Dumbarton. 225 Helensburgh. 75 Kirn. 244 Dalmuir. 92 Kilbowie. 421 Arrochar and Tarbet. 550 Dunoon Mary Campbell. Secretar11: Wm. C. Cockburn, Holmwood, U ddingston.

V. Fifeshlre-19 Clubs: 2 Members. 62 Cupar. 402 High Valleyfield Highland 85 Dunfermline. Mary Ladies. 184 Blairadam. ~52 Auchterderran Bonnie Jean. 250 Cowdenbeath Tam o' 457 Kinglassie Ladies. Shanter. 459 Cowdenbeath West End 262 Fife B.C.Assoc. Jolly Beggars. 283 Sinclairtown. 478 Kelty and Blairadam Bonnie 326 Bingry Ladies. Doon Ladies. 330 Glencraig "Bonnie Jean." 486 Jean Armour, Steelend, 345 Denbeath. 496 Auld Hoose, Burntisland. 350 Markinch. 508 Auchterderran. 554 Bruce, Falkland. Secretar11: T. C. Anderson, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife. 100 THE BURNS FEDERATION VI. Lanarkshire-38 Clubs: 4 llembel"I. 20 Airdrie. 466 Dykehead Afton Water 100 Hamilton Mossgiel. Ladies. 121 Hamilton Junior. 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 133 N ewarthill. Ladies. 152 Hamilton. 468 High Blantyre. 157 Baillieston. 494 Motherwell United Services. 207 Cambuslang Wingate. 505 Wishaw Masonic. 237 Uddingston Masonic. 506 Dykehead Jean Armour. 266 Newton J oily Beggars. 509 Motherwell Masonic. 290 Blantyre and District. 520 Uddingston Lochlie 348 Newton Bonnie Jean. Ladies. 356 Burnbank Masonic. 522 Glenlee. 372 Baillieston Jean Armour. 526 Dykehead Tam o' Shanter. 387 Mary Campbell (Cambus- 527 Peacock Cross. lang). 529 William Mitchell. 388 Kyle (Shotts) Ladies. 533 Fauldhouse. 390 Meikle Earnock Jolly 537 Harthill. Beggars. 542 N ewarthill White Heather. 392 Whiffiet. 546 Oak, Hamilton. 424 CambuslangTamo'Shanter. 547 Coalburn Jolly Beggars. 428 Chryston. 549 Bothwell Bonie Lesley 441 Temple, Shotts. Ladies. Secretary: Mrs. M. Thomson, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang.

VII. Mid and East Lothians and Borders-16 Clubs: 2 Membel's. 96 Jedburgh. 384 Pumpherston Bonnie Doon. 108 East Calder. 400 Haddington .. 198 Gorebridge Jolly Beggars. 414 Dalkeith Fountain. 199 Newbattle and District. 427 Gorebridge Glencairn. 239 Hawick. 442 Penicuik. 319 Fisherrow Masonic. 475 Tweeddale Ladies. 338 Dalkeith and District. 516 The Airts, Prestonpans. 346 Oakbank Mossgiel. 552 Fawside, Tranent. Secretary: James J uner, 25 The Avenue, Arniston, Gorebridge. LIST OF DISTRICTS 101

VIII. West Lothian-5 Clubs: 1 Member. 125 Blackburn on Almond. 429 Bathgate. 160 Whitburn. 432 Winchburgh. 471 Rose of Grange (Bo'ness). Secretary: P. Glen, 41 Torphichen Street, Bathgate.

IX. Renfl'ewshil'e-16 Clubs : 2 Members. 21 Greenock. 430 Gourock. 48 Paisley. 431 Inverkip. 59 Gourock Jolly Beggars. 472 Renfrewshire B.C.A. 161 Paisley Charleston. 512 Renfrew Andrew Park. 190 Port-Glasgow. 524 Cronies, Paisley. 209 Greenock St. John's. 538 Greenock & Dist1ict 254 Greenock Victoria. P.P. Assoc. 383 Greenock Heather. 540 Johnstone Masonic. 567 Paisley Newtown.

Secret,ary: Arthur C. E. Lewis, Vallorbe, Rodney Road, Gourock.

x. Stirling, Clackmannan, and South Perth Shil'es- 17 Clubs: 2 Members. 4 Callander. 399 St. Ringans. 37 Dollar. 409 Stenhousemuir and District 50 Stirling. 426 Sauchie. 126 Falkirk. 469 Denny Cross. 218 Bannockburn. 503 Dunblane. 292 Grahamston. 510 Scottish Dyes. 352 Grangemouth. 541 Doune. 380 Falkirk Cross Keys. 543 Abbey Craig. 558 Cambusbarron. Secretary : Alex. Dun, 25 Port Street, Stirling.

XI. North Perthshil'e and Angus-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 14 Dundee. 76 Brechin. 26 Perth. 82 Arbroath. H Forfar. 242 Montrose. 327 Perth St. Mark's. Secrewry: George Cumming, J.P., Lindsay Lane, .Brechin. 102 THE BURNS FEDERATION

XII. NoPthel'n Scottish Counties-7 Clubs: 1 MembeP. 40 Aberdeen. 367 Dornoch. 149 Elgin. 403 Fraserburgh. 336 Peterhead. 458 Stonehaven. 470 St. Giles (Elgin). Secretary : Alex. Mutch, 2 Burns Gardens, Aberdeen.

XIII. Southel'n Scottish Countles-13 Clubs: 1 llembel'. 112 Dumfries Howff. 437 Dumfries Ladies. 217 Eskdale. 479 Queen of the South Ladies. 226 Dumfries. 502 Lincluden. 309 Annan. 530 Southern Scottish Counties 323 Kirkcudbright. B.C.A. 393 Annan Ladies. 536 Whithorn. 401 "Brig-En'," Maxwelltown. 562 Castle Douglas. Secretary : William Black, Cardean, Eastfield Road, Dumfries.

XIV. London and South-Eastel'n England-5 Clubs: 1 Membel'. 1 Burns Club of London. 569 Than et and District Cal. Soc. 481 London Ayrshire Society. 570 Scottish Clans Assoc. of 492 Harrow Cal. Soc. London. Secretary: John M. Swan, 17 Rox borough Park, Harrow, Middlesex.

XV. Nol'th-Eastern England-11 Clubs: 1 Membel'. 89 Sunderland. 531 Tees-side Cal. Soc. 156 Newcastle. 534 Bedlington. 1158 Darlington. 544 Ashington. 165 Wallsend-on-Tyne. 548 Leeds Cal. Soc. 379 Hartlepools. 551 Scarborough Cal. Soc. 555 Harrogate St. Andrew's Soc. Secretary: Matthew Neilson, 14 Percy Terrace, Sunderland.

XVI. NoPth-Western England-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 71 Carlisle. 366 Liverpool. 236 Whitehaven. 417 Burnley and District. 363 Barrow, St. Andrew's 436 Walney Jolly Beggars Society. Ladies. 572 Chester Cal. Assoc. Secretary: Miss Florence M. M'Leod, Rowanhill, 34 Childwall Mount Road, Liverpool, 16. LIST OF DISTRICTS 103 XVII. Midlands of England-16 Clubs: 2 Members. 17 Nottingham. 445 Buxton Ca.ledonian Soc. l>l> Derby. 454 Rotherham. 167 Birmingham 461 Leicester Caledonian Soc. 296 Walsall. 528 Loughborough Scottish Soc. 329 Newark and District. 553 Wolverhampton Cal. Soc. 405 Sheffield Caledonian Soc. 556 Doncaster Cal. Soc. 418 Skegness. 559 Coventry Cal. Soc. 438 Chesterfield Caledonian Soc. 563 Norfolk Cal. Soc. Secretary: John Currie, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham.

XVIII. South-Western England-5 Clubs: 1 Member. 120 Bristol. 480 Falmouth. 446 Herefordshire. 535 Plymouth & District Cal, 462 Cheltenham Scottish Soc. Soc. Secretary: F. W. Whitehead, Albion Chambers, Bristol.

XIX. Wales-1 Club: 1 Member. 444 Swansea and West Wales.

XX. ll'eland-3 Clubs: 1 Member. 15 Belfast. 183 Londonderry. 406 Dublin St. Andrew's Soo, Secretary: T. H. Roughead, Athelstane, 98 Galwally Park, Belfast.

XXI. South Afl'ica-1 Club: 1 Membel'. 373 Red Hill, Natal.

XXII. Australia-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 324 Stockton. 523 Highland Society of N.S. W. 511 Perth. 532 Cessnock. 521 Waratah-Mayfield. 545 Parramatta. 566 Scottish Soc. and Burns Club of Australia.

XXIII. New Zealand-2 Clubs: 1 Member. 4:49 Wellington. 497 St. Andrew (Wellington). UK THE BURNS FEDERATION XXIV. Canada-11 Clubs: 1 .Member. 25 Winnipeg St. Andrew's Soc. 443 Burns Club of Victoria (B.C.) 197 Winnipeg. 476 Border Cities (Ont.) 303 Victoria (B.C.): St. 501 Galt (Ont.) Andrew's Soc. 513 Fredericton St. Andrew's 305 New Waterford. Soc. 325 VanoouverFellowship(B.C.) 561 London (Ontario). 571 Edmonton.

XXV. India-2 Clubs: 1 .Membel". 35l> Calcutta. 560 Cawnpore Cal. Soc.

XXVI. U.S.A.-28 Clubs: 2 .Membel"s. 171 Chattanooga. 412 Gary. 208 Colorado Springs. 413 San Francisco St. Andrew's 220 St. Louis. Soc. 238 Atlanta. 453 Philadelphia Ladies' 271 Trenton. Auxiliary. 284 Philadelphia. 464 Yakima Valley. 320 Troy. 493 Akron. 331 Buffalo. 498 Flint. 354 Royal Order of Scottish 507 Orange County. Clans. 518 Ye Auld Cronies, Ohio. 375 Holyoke. 525 Flint Jolly Beggars. 381 Greater New York Masonic. 557 Atlanta La.dies. 391 Waterbury. 565 Robert Burns Circle of New York. Secretary;: James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker Avenue, Troy, N.Y., U.S.A.

XXVII. Neu East-2 Clubs: 1 .Membel". 495 Baghdad Cal. Soc. 515 Abadan Cal. Soc.

XXVIII. China-1 Club: t .Member. 514 Shanghai. THE BURNS FEDERATION 106

LIST OF PAST-PRESIDENTS. 1885-1899 : Provost Peter Sturrock, Kilmarnock. 1899-1906 : Provost David Mackay, Kilmarnock. 1906-1907 : David Murray, M.A., B.Sc., Kilmarnock. 1908-1909 : William Wallace, LL.D., Glasgow. 1909-1910 : Captain David Sneddon, V.D., Kilmarnock. 1910-1923 : Duncan M'Naught, LL.D., Kilmaurs. 1923-1927 : Sir Robert Bruce, D.L., LL.D., Glasgow. 1927-1930 : Sir Joseph Dobbie, S.S.C., Edinburgh. 1930-1933 : Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E., C.B., London. 1933-1937 : Ninian Macwhannell, F.R.I.B.A., Glasgow.

List of places at which the Annual Conference of the Council has been held.

1885-93 Kilmarnock. 1913 Galashiels. 1894 Glasgow. 1915-19 Glasgow. 1895 Dundee. 1920 London. 1896 Kilmarnock. 1921 Dunfermline. 1897 Greenock. 1922 Birmingham. 1898 Mauchline. 1923 Ayr. 1899 Dumfries. 1924 Dumfries. 1900 Kilmarnock. 1925 Edinburgh. 1901 Glasgow. 1926 Perth. 1902 Greenock. 1927 Derby. 1903 Edinburgh. 1928 Aberdeen. 1904 Stirling. 1929 Troon. 1905 Hamilton. 1930 Greenock. l 90fi Kilmarnock. 1931 Hawick. 1907 Sunderland. 1932 Stirling. 1908 St. Andrews. 1933 London. 1909 Dunfermline. 1934 Glasgow. 1910 Lanark. 1935 Ayr and Kilmarnock. 1911 Glasgow. 1936 Elgin. 1912 Carlisle. 1937 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1938 Dumfries. The Council did not meet in 1914 and in 1939. ANNUAL REPORTS

PREPARED FOR SUBMISSION TO THE

CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL

ARRANGED TO BE HELD AT

BRISTOL ON 9TH SEPTEMBER 1939

BUT POSTPONED SINE DIE (by resolution of the Executive Committee) HON. SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT

For the eighth time in the history of the Burns Federation, our annual Conference is being held south of the Border. As the guests o_f the Bristol Caledonian Society we visit the South Western District of England for the first time. The programme arranged by their Reception Committee is a very interesting one, and should attract a large number of delegates. It is with regret that we record the loss of several pro­ minent Burnsians during the past year, including Ex-Provost Mathew Smith, J.P., Kilmarnock and Mr. J. P. Dickson, J.P., Editor of the Kilmarnock Standard, both Hon. Vice­ Presidents; Mr. John A. Brown, C.E., F.R.S.A., Hon. Secre­ tary of the Burns Club of London and a former member of the Executive Committee; Mr. John Lapsley, President of Grahamston Burns Club since its formation; Mr. John Fair­ bairn, Secretary for over 50 years of Balerno Burns Club; and Mr. James D. Sloan, Past-President of Ayr Burns Club, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Burns Federation.

MEMBERSHIP In 1933 when we last visited the south of England, the membership consisted of 286 Clubs. During these six years the Federation has made steady progress, and there are now 309 Burns Clubs and Scottish Societies on the Roll. It is particularly gratifying to note that during the same period 21 Caledonian Societies and Scottish Societies have federated. Since the last Conference the following 17 Clubs and Societies have been enrolled :- Bruce Burns Club, Falkland, Fife. Harrogate St. Andrew's Society. Caledonian Society of Doncaster. Ladies' Burns Club of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. Cambusbarron Burns Club. Coventry and District Caledonian Society. Caledonian Society of Cawnpore, India. London (Ontario) Burns Club, Canada. Castle Douglas Burns Club. Norfolk Caledonian Society. 108 ANNUAL REPORTS Winsome Willie Burns Club, Ochiltree. Robert Burns Circle of New York, U.S.A. Scottish Society and Burns Club of Australia. Newtown Burns Club, Paisley. Darvel Burns Club. Thanet and District Caledonian Society. Scottish Clans Association of London, Ltd. There was also one re-1tffiliation :­ Whitburn Burns Club. The Federation Pocket Diplomas (issued at ls. each), are still in demand, particularly for members of Clubs going abroad. During the year 102 were issued.

BURNS MAUSOLEUM As reported at last Conference a National Appeal was issued in January last year for £1750 to wipe off the debt incurred by the Dumfries Burns Club in connection with the restoration of the statuary in the Burns Mausoleum. Up to date .£1372 have been received, and it is hoped that Clubs and Societies which have not yet subscribed to the fund, will do so as soon as possible and enable the debt to be cleared off entirely before the end of this year.

T ARBOLTON BACHELORS' CLUB The work of restoration has already commenced on the Tarbolton Bachelors' Club, which was acquired for the Nation by the National Trust for Scotland on account of its interest­ ing associations with Burns. The sum of £500 required for restoration has been fully subscribed, and the building is being restored as nearly as possible to its original condition. A Fabric Fund has now been opened to provide for the future maintenance of the building.

TAM o' SHANTER INN An interesting illustrated Booklet, entitled Tam o' Shanter, with K'!lle and Carrick .Associations, has been pre­ pared by Mr. J. D. Sloan, Ayr, giving the whole story of the famous poem. The entire proceeds from the sale of this Booklet are being devoted to the Ayr Burns Club's Fund for the restoration of the Tam o' Shanter Inn, and copi01; may be obtained from the Secretary, Ayr Burns Club, price seven­ pence each, post free. ANNUAL REPORTS 109

COLLRCTIONS AT BURNS CELEBRATIONS Many federated Clubs have always taken a collection at their annual dinners in aid of some memorial or institution established to commemorate Burns, and last January the Federation suggested that this should be done at all Burns anniversary celebrations. We asked that each celebrant should not be content merely to drink a toast and pay lip service to the memory of Burns, but should contribute a little to help to keep the memory of the poet green in good works for the other 364 days of the year. There was a gratify­ ing response to the Federation's lead, and it is hoped tJhat the taking of a collection for Burns charities will become a feature of all Burns anniversary celebrations in the future.

"BURNS CHRONICLE" The fourteenth volume of the Second Series oi the Bwrns Chronicle was issued in January last. It maintained the high standard of its predecessors in the Second Series and was well reoeived by the press. We have every reason to be grateful to the hon. Editor for his valuable work. Mr. Ewing has the forthcoming Chronicle well forward, and it promises to be the most interesting volume of the series. "THE CALE/10NIAN NEWS" We congratulate the Sheffield Caledonian Society on its enterprise in publishing a Magazine, The Caledonian News. It should supply a want, and we wish the venture every success. BURNS'S PERSONALITY Those who are familiar with Professor De Lancey Ferguson's Edition of 'l.'he Letters of Burns, published in 1931, will welcome his latest volume--Pride and Passiorv-­ Robert Burns, 1759-1796-(12s. 6d.-Oxford University Press). It is not a biography. It is a sequence of six essays each complementary to the rest on " the relationships of everyday life in which Burns most clearly revealed his personality." The style is clear and vigorous and the whole spirit of the narrative is an eagerness for truth and for the proper appreciation of Burns and his work.

A SCOTS READER For years the Burns Federation has encouraged the study of Scottish literature in schools, and in this enterprise it has been ably helped by the energetic co-operation of its many 110 ANNUAL REPORTS supporters in the teaching profession. The lack of suitable reading material for use in schools has always been felt to be an obstacle to real progress. There is no dearth of excellent anthologies, but a search through them involves a 1088 of time for the teachers. To remedy this the Federation has had A Scots Reader prepared in suitably graded books for junior, senior, and advanced pupils. The whole series has just been published and we acknowledge our indebtedness to the publishers, Messrs. Oliver & Boyd, and to the editors, Dr. J. C. Smith, and Mr. Thomas Henderson, for their loyal co-operation and valuable assistance. The Federation now appeals to the teachers and educa­ tional administrators of Scotland to complete the work, which the editors and the publishers have so ably performed, by making it possible for all pupils in every Scottish school to become acquainted through these books with the literature of their own country.

SC01'TISH CLASSICS As the works of many Scottish authors have long been difficult or expensive to obtain, the Saltire Society proposes to issue, in conjunction with Messrs. Oliver & Boyd, a series of cheap but authoritative texts of selections from Scottish poets and writers from the 16th century onwards. The choice and editorship will be directed by a committee of eminent scholars and literary men; while the name of tJhe publishers is a sufficient guarantee that the format and pro­ duction of the volumes will be as attractive as modern design, printing, and binding can make them. The first four volumes to be published will be The Gude and Godly Ballatis; K'TU)3;'s History of the Reformation; Allan Ramsay; and James Hogg, and in order to ensure publication 500 copies of each book must be subscribed beforehand at a total cost for the four volumes of 10s. (or lls. including postage). The books may be ordered through any bookseller -0r direct from Messrs. Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court, Edin­ burgh. If the scheme receives sufficient support further volumes will be issued, including present-day writers in Scots. We offer our congratulations and best wishes to the Saltire Society in its efforts to popularize the Scottish Classics, and we heartily commend these volumes to all Burnsians. JOHN McVrn, Hon. Secretary. " BURNS CHRONICLE "

For the fourth year in succession there fa,lls to 'be recorded an increase in the sale of this publication. Federated Clubs purchased for their members 1959 copies of -the 1939 issue of the Chronicle, the fourteenth volume of the second series; individuals and the trade bought 81 copies. The total (2040 copies) is 84 over that of the volume for 1938, and is the largest number ever sold of any one volume of the annual. A gratifying increase in the orders from Clubs abroad may be noted : special mention is made of Flint (Michigan) Club, which subscribed for 62 copies (as against 18 in the preced­ ing year), and of Border Cities (Windsor, Ontario) Club, which purchased 50 copies (as against 5 in 1938). The thanks of the Federation are again expressed to those Associations which continue their encouraging support of the Chronicle, especially to Bridgeton, Dumfries, Sandyford, Calcutta, Atlanta (Georgia), and London Clubs, as well as the two mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The undermentioned Clubs purchased the number of copies opposite their names, and other 66 Clubs subscribed for more than 5 copies each. Bridgeton (Glasgow) Club - 120 copies Dumfries Club 120 " Sandyford (Glasgow) Club - 100 " Calcutta Club 100 " Flint (Michigan) Club 62 Atlanta (Georgia) Club 61 " Burns Club of London 50 " Border Cities (Windsor, Ont.) Club 50 " Greenock Club 40 " The Ninety Club, Edinburgh 40 " Scottish Club, Glasgow 30 " Edinburgh Ayrshire Association - 30 " Ayr Club 25 " Belfast Association 24 " Stirling Club 22 Newbattle and District Club 22 " Kilbirnie Rosebery Club 20 " Kilmarnock Club 18 " Rosebery Club, Glasgow 18 " St. Andrew Club, Wellington, N.Z. 18 " Bristol Caledonian Society - 17 Newarthill Club - 16 " St. Giles Club, Elgin - 16 " Fredericton Soc. of St. Andrew - 16 " J.C. EWING, Hon. Editor. SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

In submitting the annual report on School Competitions it will be seen from the annexed list that the interest in these competitions !haa in no way diminished during the past year. The clubs who hold them continue to show much enthusiasm and from reports received from secretaries the competitors themselves appear to enjoy the competitions. Credit must be given to those who encourage and assist in this work for their efforts to foster a love of Scottish literature among the rising generation, and there is no doubt from tJhe figures given below that these efforts are being crowned with success. It is encouraging to note that several clubs have extended their competitions to cover more than a mere acquaintance with the works of our national poet, and have asked the older pupils to write essays on Twentieth Century Scottish poets and modern Scottish literature generally. This is a, step in the right direction. Frequent requests have been made during the year as to how to run a school competition, and as a result of the sug­ gestions sent to secretaries the names of several new clubs appear in this year's list. The thanks of the Burns Federation are extended to all who have assisted in promoting and carrying through these annual competitions. FRED. J. BELFORD, Hon. Secretary of School Competitiona ANNUAL REPORTS 113

SCHOOLS, OOMPETITORS1 AND PRIZES, 1939 Book Certi- School• Comp•titore Prizes Meda.ls flcates Aberdeen ...... 4 321 16 3 24 Airts 1 100 11 2 24 Alexandria.································· ...... 6 77 22 4 22 Alloway ...... l 60 15 Annan ...... l 100 46 12 Arbroath ...... ···················· 6 31 4 Arrocha.r and Tarbet...... 1 60 7 Auchterderra.n...... 3 596 43 11 905 26 ~l~~i;;;~ ·~~d: ni~iri~t M:~~i~· 3 150 16 2 cups 2 Border Cities, Windsor, Ontario 9 500 10 1 12 Bothwell Ladies' ...... 2 19 8 8 Brechin ...... 5 60 12 12 Bridgeton...... 30 9,490 318 11 48 Burntisla.nd...... 1 511 36 14 Callander ...... 1 86 8 10 Dumbarton ...... 4 800 12 12 Dumfries ...... 14 478 93 35 Dunfermline United ...... 14 600 14 Edinburgh and District B.C.A. 72 8,063 181 105 Forfar...... 12 137 18 3cups20 Gourock Jolly Beggars...... 1 48 6 3 Hamilton ...... 10 350 50 Ha.wick ...... 5 200 22 Irvine ...... 3 180 30 Kilbirnie ...... 5 80 6 8 6 Kilmarnock ...... 7 989 16 24 Kirkcudbright ...... 3 120 24 Kirn ...... 1 60 3 London Ayrshire ...... 10 1,000 15 Markinch ...... l 24 4 Ma.uchline ...... 1 90 18 N ewa.rthill ...... 1 35 35 18 Newbattle and District ...... 1 350 12 3 cups 4 New Cra.ighall ...... 2 374 16 Perth...... •. 8 24 2 Portobello ...... 2 560 25 Primrose ...... 1 100 24 4 Renfrewshire B.C.A...... 14 700 22 "3 24 Rosebery ...... 2 400 10 Sauchie.,...... 2 125 12 Sinclairtown...... 1 120 12 Stirling ...... 9 750 36 St. Ringans...... 1 36 12 6 Stonehaven ...... 4 41 9 Troon ...... 1 325 13 Whithorn and District ········· 1 21 3 Tota.le ...... 298 30,246 1,353 52 440

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The Secretary of a Club is also its " Burns Chronicle " official, unless another name and address be given

0-KILMARNOCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1808: federated 1885: 60 members; President, Robert .Armour, F.S.I.; Secretary and Treasurer, Major D. Yuille, T.D., Woodcroft, Symington, Kil­ marnock.

1-THE BURNS CLUB OF LONDON : instituted 1868 ; federated 1885 ; 300 members; President, Right Hon. Lord .Alness, P.C., K.C., LL.D.; Secretary, John M. Swan, 17 Roxborough Park, Harrow, Middlesex; Treasurer, Donald Munro, 35 Elgar .Avenue, Sur­ biton, Surrey; Burns Chronicle official, John B. Rintoul, 136 Wakehurst Road, Clapham Common, London, S.W.11.

2-ALEXANDRIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1884; federated 1885; 48 members; President, John Gilmour; Secretaiy, John Bartonb126 Middleton Street, .Alexandria; Treasurer, William Dow, un­ nolly, Dalmonach Road, Bonhill; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

3-TAM o' BRANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1858 : federated 1885 : 125 members; President, Daniel Bain, M.C., M ..A.; Secretary and Treasurer, .Alexander Izat, 33 Virginia Street, Glasgow, 0.1.

4-cALLANDER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1877 ; federated 1885 ; 56 members; President, J. G. Simpson; Secretary, .Alex. D. Cumming, F.E.I.S., Schoolhouse, Callander, Perthshire; Trea­ surer, James Macdonald, Council Office, Cross Street, Callander.

7-THISTLE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1882; federated 1885; 45 mem­ bers; President, James Dunn; Secretary, John Vallance, 56 Queensborough Gardens, Glasgow, W.2; Treasurer, James Maitland, 6 Howard Street, Glasgow, C.1; Burns Chronicle official, James Maitland, Jnr., 6 Howard Street.

9-ROYALTY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1882; federated 1886; 85 members; President, William Y. McCreadie; Secretary and Treasurer, P. J . .Agnew, 5 Wellington Street, Glasgow; Burna Chronicle official, John MacRae, 197 Meadowpark Street, Glasgow. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 117

10-DUMBARTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1857; federated 1886; 87 members; President, Robert Rodger, M ..A., B.Sc. ; Secretary and Treasurer, John Lithgow, Park Lea, Stirling Road, Dum­ barton.

14--DUNDEE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1860; federated 1886; 30 mem­ bers; President, John D. Bogan; Secretary, H. R. Paton, 37 Union Street, Dundee; Treasurer, .Alex. McLaggan, Kirk Entry, Dundee. -~ 15--BELFAST BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1886 i'1~derated 1886; 272 members; President, .A. McSaveny; Secretary, T. H. Roughead, .Athelstane, 98 Galwally Park, Belfast; Treasurer, John Scott, 87 Malone .A venue, Belfast.

17-NOTTINGHAM SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION : instituted 1871, re-ronstituted 1902; federated 1886, re-affiliated 1903; 260 members; President, Arthur WatRon: Secretary, R. D. Wood, 56 DunstAr Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham; .Assistant-Secretary, J. Braid Fernie, 3 Clinton Terrace, The Park, Nottingham; Treasurer, Mrs. M. I. Crowley, 12 Leahurst Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham; Burns Chronicle official, J. Currie, 20 .Arboretum Street, Nottingham.

20-AIRDRIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885; federated 1886; 160 mem­ bers; President, John Cook Wynnes; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Campbell MacGregor, 10 Bank Street, .Airdrie.

21-GREENOCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1801; federated 1886; 158 members; President, .Archibald King, M.A. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Robert Smith, 43 Finnart Street, Greenock.

22---EDINBURGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1848; federated 1886; 140 members; President, J. Mullo Weir, S.S.C., F.S. .A.Scot.; Secre­ tary, R. W. Stewart Gray, W.S., 3a North Saint David Street, Edmburgh, 2; Treasurer, Miss A. M. Johnson, C.A., 12 Granby Road, Edinburgh.

25--WINNIPEG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY : federated 1886; President, Hon. Justice H . .A. Robson; Secretary, John D. McKelvie, 325 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Treasurer, George Skinner, 325 Main Street, Winnipegj_ Burns Ckronicle official, John Turnbull, 325 Main Street, Winnipeg.

2&-PERTH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1873; federated 1886; 47 members; President, .Alex. McGregor; Secretary, .A. M. Lamond, Clyde&­ dale Bank Buildings, Perth; Treasurer, J. B. Hugelshofer, 149 Glasgow Road, Perth, Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

33-GLASGOW HAGGIS CLUB : instituted 1872; federated 1886; 90 mem­ bers; President, Duncan Morgan; Secretary and Treasurer, 0. Lennox Dunley, M.C., C.A., 31 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.1.

34--cARRICK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1859 ; federated 1887; 32 members; President, .Arthur E. Collins; Secretary and Treasnrer, William .Allan, 5 N etherview Road, N etherlee, Glasgow. 118 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

35-DALRY (AYB.smru:) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1825; federated 1887; 65 members; President, William Donald; Joint Secretaries, James D. Gordon, Solicitor, Dalry, and William Wilson, M.A.; Trea­ surer, James D. Gordon; Burns ChTonicle official, William Wilson, Northfield, Dalry.

36-ROSEBERY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885; federated 1887; 150 members; President, Andrew Dunn; Secretary, A. W. Alexander, 45 Jura Street, Glasgow, S.W.2; Treasurer,, Wm. McMinn, 11 Millbrae Crescent, Glasgow, S.2; Burna CMonicle official, Treasurer.

37-DOLLAR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1887; 41 members; President, J. G. Shirreffs; Secretary,_ Peter Mitchell, 22 Cairnpark Street, Dollar; Treasurer, John Muckersie, Station Road, Dollar.

40-ABERDEEN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1889; 97 members; President, George Mutch; Secretary, Frank Robertson, 15 Wallfield Place, Aberdeen; Treasurer, Miss Anne M. Stewart, 32 Schoolhill, Aberdeen; Burns ChTonicle official, Treasurer.

44--FORFAR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1891; federated 1891; 154 members; President, James N. Strachan; Secretary and Trea­ surer, N. W. Awburn, 33 Lour Road, Forfar.

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48-PAISLEY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1805; federated 1891; 31 mem­ bers; President, Henry: S. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. McGlashan, W.S., 10 St. James Street, Paisley.

49-BRIDGETON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1870 ; federated 1891 ; 1400 members; President, Robert B. Thomson; Secret¥Y, John G. S. Sproll, 3 Royal Exchange Squar~ Glasgow, C.l; Treasurer, David S. Brown, 569 London Road, ulasgow, S.E.

50-STIRLING BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1892; 130 members ; President, Robert Graham ; Secretary, Alexander Dun, 25 Port Street, Stirling; Treasurer, James P. Crawford, 68 Port Street, Stirling; Burns ChTonicle official, Treasurer.

53--GOVAN l!'Aml!'IELD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1892; 50 members; President, Jack Neil; Secretary, Thomas Fullarton, c/o Davidson, 946 Govan Road, Glasgow, S.W.1; Treasurer, Wm. Bates, 59 Burghead Avenue, Glasgow.

55-DERBY SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION AND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1890; federated 1893; 250 members; President, Dr. J. L. Anderson; Secretaries, W. M. Wylie and R. B. Meikle, 12 Kedleston Road, Allestree, near Derby; Treasurer, R. McAuley, 165 Kedleston Road, Derby. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 119

56-MUIRKIRK LAPRAIK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893 ; federated 1893; 20 members; Preside!_!~ William Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, George Willock, 12 .Main Street, Muirkirk.

59-GOUROCK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893; federated 1893; 100 members; President, James H. AnderBOn; Secretary, Lachlan A. Osborne, 5 McCallum Crescent, Gourock; Treasurer, Wm. R. Drummond, 63 Shore Street, Gourock; Bur118 Chronicle official, Treasurer.

62-cuPAR BURNS CLUB: instituted 1893; federated 1893; 85 members; President, Sheriff Dudley Stuart; Secretary, William Wilson, Westlands, Cupar, Fife; Treasurer, D. S. Fraser, National Bank, Cupar, Fife.

68-SANDYFORD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893; federated 1894 j 474 members; President, Robert Hendry, F.S.I.; Secretary and Treasurer, S. W. Love, The British Linen Bank, Knightswood Branch, 1986 Gt. Western Road, Glasgow, W.3; Burns Chronicle official, James Simpson, Milford Lodge, Sandyhills, Glasgow, E.2.

71--0ARLISLE BURNS CLUB: federated 1895; President, H. P. Baynham; Secretary, J. J. Bell, 52 Scotland Road Carlisle; Treasurer, T. G. Cowan, 23 Chatsworth Square, Carlisle.

74--NATIOJ.'fAL BURNS MEMORIAL AND COTTAGE HOMES, MAUCHLINB : federated 1895; President, Lieut.-Col. A. D. Macinnes Shaw, D.S.O., J.P., D.L.; Secreta17 and Treasurer, Thomas Muir Wilson, 65 Renfield Street, Glasgow; Bums Chronicle official, R. T. Stewart, Stair, Ayrshire.

75-KIRN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1896; President, Capt. Stevenson; Secretary and Treasurer, Frank Tyson, Wood­ burn Cottage, Kirn, Argyll.

76-BRECHIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1894; federated 1896; 75 members; President, James S. Kinghorn; Secretary and Trea­ surer, George Cumming, J.P., Lindsay Lane, Brechin.

79-coRSTORPHINE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1896; 80 members; Chairman, A. 0. Melrose; Secretary and Treasurer, George Smith, 158 St. John's Road, Corstorphine, Edinburgh; Assistant-Secretary, George A. Shiel.

82-ARBROATH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1888; federated 1896 j 80 mem­ bers; President, Neil Robertson; Secretary, John Joss, 36 Victoria Street, Arbroath; Treasurer, Neil Robertson, North of Scotland Bank, Arbroath; Bur118 Chronicle official, Treasurer. "

85-DUNFERMLINE UNITED BURN.s CLUB : instituted 1812 j federated 1896; 74 members; Secretary, D. Thomson Kennedy, Douglas Street, Dunfermline; Treasurer, Wm. Walker, Commercial Bank, Dunfermline; Burna Chronicle official, Treasurer. 120 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

89--sUNDEB.LAND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; 70 members; President, J. McLagan; Secretary, 1\.£. Neilson, 14 Percy Terrace, Sunderland; Treasurer, A. W. Semple, 105 Dunelm, S. Durham Road, Sunderland.

91-SHETTLESTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; President, Dr. Ja.mes Dunlop; Secretary, William Hunter, 110 Carntynehall Road, Glasgow, E.2; Treasurer, Peter Downs, 629 Sandyhills Road, Glasgow.

92-KILBOWIE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; 75 members; President, George Abbott; Secretary, Joseph Ballantyne, 321 Kilbowie Road, Clydebank; Treasurer, Alexander Davidson, 28 Bannerman Street, Clydebank.

96-JEDBURGH BURN~ CLUB : instituted 1869; federated 1897; 50 members; President, Councillor Andrew Moncur; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew 0. Clarkson, 11 The Bountrees, Jedburgh.

100-HAMILTON MOSSGIEL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1898; 30 members; President, Thomas J. Barnard; Secretary, Robert Moffat, Leemoor, 348 Hamilton Road, Motherwell; Trea­ surer, William R. Brown, Peacock Cross Post Office, Hamilton.

l~EAST CALDER AND DISTRICT JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1899; 64 members; President, J. M. Wardlaw; Secretary, A. Henderson, 37 Lanitt<>n Road, East Calder; Trea­ surer, James Glasgow, sen., East ""End, East Calder.

112-DUMFRIES BURNS HOWFF CLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1899; 90 members; President, John G. Mackenzie; Secretary, Neil Little, 4 Cumberland Street, Dumfries; Treasurer, T. H. McConnell, 95 Brooms Road, Dumfries.

120-BRISTOL CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1820; federated 1900 ; 284 members; President, J. E. Barbour; Secretary and Treasurer, F. W. Whitehead, Albion Chambers, Bristol. 121--HAMILTON JUNIOR BURNS CLUB: instituted 1886; federated 1901; 30 members; President, William Wilson; Secretary and Trea­ surer, J. H. Cameron, 21 Morris Street, Hamilton. 124-THE NINETY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1890; federated 1902; 200 members; President, F. C. Budge; Secretarx, R. D. Grant McLaren, 2 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, 9; Treasurer, W. J. King Gillies, 96 Spottiswoode Street, Edmburgh, 9; BumB ChTonicle official, Treasurer.

125-BLACKBURN-ON-ALMOND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1902; 30 members; President, James W. Sangster; Secretary, ,. George Millar, 1 Mossball Place, Blackburn, by Bathgate, West Lothian: Treasurer, Robert Sava.e:e, Almond Inn, Blackburn, by Bathgate.

126-FALKIRK BURNS CLUB : inRtituted 1866: federated 1902: 200 mem­ bers; President, Dr. W. J. Logie; Secretary and Treasurer, R. H. Menzies, Princes Street, Falkirk. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 121

133-NEWARTHILL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1904; 35 members; President, Robert Parker; Secretary, John Henshaw, 194 High Street, Newarthill, by Motherwell; Treasurer, Alexander Maxwell, 171 High Street, N ewarthill.

135-PARTICK WESTERN BURN.$ CLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1904; 100 members; President, John Hunter; Secretary and Treasurer, W. J. Menzies, 721 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, W.l.

139-NATIONAL BURNS CLUB, LTD. : instituted 1904; federated 1904; 110 members; President, Thomas W. Drysdale ; Secretary and Treasurer, George F. Howarth, 68 Bath Street, Glasgow, C.2.

149-ELGIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905; federat.ed 1905; President, John Wittet; Secretary and Treasurer, William Wittet, Elgin.

152-THE HAMILTON BURNS CLUB : institut.ed 1877: fedArat.ed 1906: 150 members; President, Henry A. Rankin, F.S.I.; Secretary, Lieu~.­ Col. Alex. Cullen, T.D., F.R.I.B.A., 92 Cadznw StreAt, Hamil­ ton; Treasurer, Col. W. Martin Kay, C.M.G., Bank of Scotland Chambers, Hamilton.

153-scoTTISH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1904; federated 1906; 350 members; President, Robert C. Laing; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Kevan McDowall, F.S.A.Scot., 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2.

156-NEwCASTLE AND TYNESIDE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1864; federated 1906; 150 members; President, Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G.; Secre­ tary, W. A. Balfour, 1 Waterford Crescent, Whitley Bay; Treasurer, F. Ferry, Lloyds Bank, Westgate Road, Newcastle­ upon-Tyne, 4.

157-BAILLIESTON CALEDONIAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1901; federated 1906; President, John Scobbie; Secretary, Andrew Swan, 6 Maxwell Street, Baillieston; Treasurer, Donald McFarlane, 35 Main Street, Baillieston; BuTnB OhTonicle official, Treasurer.

158-DARLINGTON BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1906: federated 1906; 130 members; President. David Stevenson; Secretary, Alexander Furness, 3 The Ri!!e, Woodvale Road, Darlington; Financial Secretary, Wm. R. Vickerton, 25 High Row, Darlington.

160-wHITBURN BURNS CLUB: Secretary, William Ramsay, 21 Manse Avenue, Whitbum, West Lothian.

161-cHARLESTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905; federated 1906; 50 members; President, William Carruth; Secretary and Treasurer, Archibald Thomson, 14 Espedair Street, Paisley; Bums OhTonicle official, Andrew Shannon, 108 N eilston Road.

165-WALLSEND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1907; 50 members: President, James Sanderson: Secretary, G Pringle, 3 Rochdale Street, Wallsend; Treasurer, G. Gibbs, 21 Briarwood Crescent, Walkerville, Newcastle. 12'2 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

167-BIB.MINGHAM AND MIDLAND SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1888; federated 1907: 491 membArs: President, G. M. Findlay: Secre­ tary, F. J. Young, 84 ColmorA Row, Birmingham, 3: Trea­ surer, Robert McKenzie, 50 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birming­ ham: Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

169-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURN.S ASSOCIATION : instituted 1907 ; federated 1908; President, Alexander H. Fairley; Secretary, Andrew Stenhouse, LL.B., 183 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2; Treasurer, A. Neil Campbell, F.C.C.S., 10 Lothian Gardens, Glasgow, N.W.; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

171-CHATTANOOGA BURNS .SOCIETY : instituted 1907 ; federated 1908; Preeident, Col. Milton B. Ochs; Secretary and Treasurer, R. B. Cooke, 605 James Building, Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.

173-IRVINE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1826; federated 1908; 290 mem­ bers; President, James Porter, M.A.; Secretary, Robert Stewart, M.A., 2 Park Terrace, Kilwinning Road, Irvine; Treasurer, R. F. Longmuir, C.B.E., Roseville, Irvine; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

181-PRD.mOSE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1901; federated 1909; 91 members; President, George Thomson; Secretary and Treasurer, George Calderwood, 151 Tantallon Road, Glasgow, S.1.

183-LONDONDERRY BURNS CLUB AND CALEDONIAN SOCilllTY : instituted 1907; federated 1909; 36 members; President, George Sidebot.tom; Secretary, William A. Dickie, 32 Great James Street, London­ derry, N. Ireland; Treasurer, John Murray, Glencairn Aber­ foyle Crescent, Londonderry; Burns Chronicle official, Geo. P. Findlay, 37 Marlborough Street, Londonderry.

184-BLAIRADAM SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1907; federated 1909; 20 members; President, Robert Rutherford ; Secretary, Thomas C. Anderson, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife; Trea­ surer, Robert Cargill, Station Cottages, Kelty.

190-PORT-GLASGOW BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1910; 42 members; President, Peter MacCallum; Secretar)' and Treasurer, Cornelius Young, Benclutha, Clune Brae, Port-Glasgow.

192-AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF FEDERATED BURNS CLUBS : instituted 1908; federated 1910: 24 members: President, James Dunlop; Secre­ tary and Treasurer, John M. Irving, Block 10, Nursery Avenue, Kilmarnock.

196-MID-ARGYLL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1909; federated 1910; President, Dr. J. A. C. Guy; Secretary and Treasurer, .Ja.mes M. Munro, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., Ardrishaig.

197-WINNIPEG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905: federated 1911; 60 members; President, Robert Lennox; Secretary, Robert A. Sloan, 150 Garfield Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ; Treasurer, P. Burnside, 266 Simcoe Street, Winnipeg. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 123

198--GOREBRIDGE TWENTY-FIVE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1906; federated 1911; 25 members; President, James Juners; Secretary, Thomas Rutherford, 'i!:l The Crescent, Gowkshill, N ewtongrange ; Treasurer, James Arthur, 2 Dundas Terrace Arniston, Gorebridge; Burns Chronicle official, John Juners, lS The Avenue, Arniston, Gorebridge. 199-NEWBATTLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1911; 120 members; President, James Brown; Secretary, Robert Lauder 19 Lothian Terrace, N ewtongrange, Midlothian; Trea. surer, George Temple, 1 Park Road, Newtongrange, Midlothian. 207-CAMBUSLANG WINGATE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1912; 26 members; President, George Anderson; Secretary, John Thomson, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang ; Treasurer, Robert Dalrymple, 4 Church Street, Cambuslang; Burm Chronicle official, Treasurer.

~OLORADO SPRINGS AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN socmTY : instituted 1897; federated 1912; 12 members; President, John Ferguson; Secretary, John B. Wemyss, 1720 N. El Paso Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Chas. S. Hamilton, c/o Enterprise Tent and Awning Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A. 209-GREENOCK ST. JOHN'S BURNS CLUB : instituted 1909; federated 1912; 75 members; President, David T. Morrison; Secretary, John Campbell, 33 Lyle Street, Greenock; Treasurer, Thomas Moodie, 13 Holmscroft Street, Greenock. 212-PORTOBELLO BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1913; 74 members; President, R. M. Cavaye; Secretary, J. M. Bell, 38 Durham S

226-DUMFRIES BURN.$ CLUB : instituted 1820; federated 1913; 145 members; President, Ex-Provost David O'Brien, J.P.; Joint Secretaries and Treasurers, John A. Gibson, Church Crescent, Dumfries, and Georg;e l\foKerrow, Dunard, Maxwelltown, Dum­ fries; Burns Chronicle official, George McKerrow.

236-WHITEHAVEN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1914; federated 1914; 60 members; President, Frank Kerr; Secretary and Treasurer, . Duncan Jamieson, 20 Lowther Street, Whitehaven.

237-UDDINGSTON MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1914; 30 members; President, Alexander ~.<\dams; Sec1·etary and Treasurer, David N. Miller, 41 Glen Road, Springboig, Shettles­ ton.

238-BURNS CLUB OF ATLANTA (GEORGIA) : instituted 1896; federated 1914; 75 members; President, Walter B. Stewart; Secretary, Robert E. Latta, 1217 Medical Arts Building, 384 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Eugene F. King, 10 Pryor Street Building, Atlanta.

239-HAWICK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1878; federated 1914; 350 mem­ bers; President, Alexander Charters; Secretary, Adam Darling, 14 Cheviot Road, Hawick; Treasurer, Alexander Pringle, 14 Wellington Street, Hawick.

242-MONTROSE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1915; 100 members; Presidenti..James Christison ; Secretary and Treasurer, Duncan Fraser, 66 .1:1igh Street, Montrose.

244-DALMUIR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1916; 80 mem­ bers; President, Wm. Boyle; Secretary and Treasurer, John R. S. Lockhart, 41 E. Thomson Street, Clydebank.

250-coWDENBEATH TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB: instituted 1917; federated 1917; 20 members; President, John Duff; Secretary, William Easton, 2 Prospect Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife ; Trea­ surer, George Moffat, 162 Faulford Road, Cowdenbeath, Fife.

252-ALLOWAY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1918; 81 members; President, William Reid, F.I.A.A.; Secretary and Treasurer, W. B. Campbell, Alloway Schoolhouse, Ayr.

254-GREENOCK VICTORIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1915; federated 1918; 60 members; President, Alexander Burns; Secretary, Alexander McKirdy, 56 Belville Street, Greenock; Treasurer, David Clark, 12 Octavia Cottages, Greenock.

262-FIFESHIRE BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1919; federated 1919; President, Mrs. James Reid; Secretary, Thomas C. Anderson, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, Wm. Easton, Prospect Place, Kirkford, Cowdenbeath, Fife.

263-GLASGOW MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1919; 150 members; President, W. M. Findlay; Secretary and Trea­ surer, Carleton H. Smyth, 29 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, N.W. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 126

266---NEWTON JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1920; 10 members; President, Wm. Mcintosh; Secretary, A. Lightbody, 60 Pitt Street, Newton, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Thos. Hynd, 30 Dunlop Street, Newton, Cambuslang.

271-TRENTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1920; 24 mem­ bers; President, Andrew Carmichael; Secretary, Robert Cunningham, 718 Hoffman Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Treasurer, David Waugh, 222 Parkway Avenue, Tren­ ton; BurnJJ Ohronicle official, President.

274-TRooN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1920; 125 mem­ bers; President, William J. Smillie; Secretary, Robert Wallace, Drumlanrig, Dallas Place, Troon; Treasurer, John Bell, British Linen Bank, Ayr Street, Troon.

275-AYR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1920; 250 members; President, Carl Smith; Secretary, D. J. Willison, Gearholm, Doonfoot, Ayr; Treasurer, John Neill, 70 St. Leonards Road, Ayr.

282-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' BOWLING ASSOCIATION : instituted 1899: federated 1920: President, John Dunlop: Secre­ tary and Treasurer, David Mackin, 3 Millikin Place, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire.

283-SINCLAIRTOWN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1920; 56 members; President, G. G. Balfour; Secretary, John D. Bease, 1 Dvsart Road, Kirkcaldy; Treasurer, G. Nicol, 198b St. Clair Street, Kirkcaldy.

284-PHILADELPHIA NORTHEASTERN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1896; federated 1921; 65 members; President, Ja.mes Haugh; Secretary, Harry Mulholland, 6146 Gillespie Street, Philadelphia; Financial Secretary, Alex. MacDonald, 4203 E. Barnett Street, Phila­ delphia; Treasurer, Robert Smith; Burns Ohronicle official, Financial Secretary.

288-BEITH CALEDONIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1911 ; federated 1921; 26 members; President, S. McCutcheon ; Secretary and Treasurer, Allan Gilmour, Muir Park, Beith.

290-BLANTYRE AND DISTRICT MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1921 ; 50 members; President, David C. Pender; Secre­ tary, Joseph S. Dillon, 126 Station Road, Blantyre; Treasurer, Alexander Stephen, 18 Cemetery Road, High Blantyre.

292-GRAHAMSTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1921; 4() members; Secretary, William Silcock, 240 Grahams Road, Falkirk; Treasurer, John Mcinnes, 23 Carronside Street, Falkirk.

293-NEWCRAIGHALL DISTRICT POOSEY NANCY BURNS CLUB: instituted 1921 ; federated 1921; 36 members; President, Andrew King; Secretary, Thos. Sneddon, 16 Avenue Square, Newcraighall, Musselburgh; Treasurer, Robt. B. Brown, 15 Park Terrace, New­ craighall, Musselburgh; Burna Ohronicle official, Treasurer. 126 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

295-THE BURNS HOUSE CLUB, LIMITED : instituted 1920; federated 1921; 115 members; President, George Thomson; Secretary and Trea­ surer, J. McClymont Wylie, C . .A., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1.

296-wALSALL BURN.s CLUB: instituted 1900; federated 1922; 61 mem­ bers; President, Dr. R. U. Gillan; Secretary, Dr. D. M. Macmillan, Great Barr Park Colony, Birmingham, 22; Trea­ surer, .Alderman W. D. Forsyth, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Walsall.

303--VICTORIA ST. ANDREW'S AND CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1872; federated 1922; 106 members; President, James Berwick; Secre­ tary, Miss Georgina Mackay, 1360 McNair Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Treasurer, Mrs. Dirom, 830 Princess A venue, Victoria, British Columbia.

305--NEW WATERFORD BURNS CLUB, CANADA: federated 1922, re­ aftiliated 1938; Secretary, W. R. Cameron, 417-lOth Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

307-EDINBURGH AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION : instituted 1914; federated 1922; 232 members; President, Henry Barton; Secretary, J. S . .A. Buchanan, B.L., 10 York Place, Edinburgh; Treasurer, .A. W. Buchanan, 8 Hillhouse Road, Blackhall, Edinburgh; Burna Chronicle official, John McVie, 13 Hillside Crescent, Edin­ burgh, 7.

309---ANNAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1923; 120 mem­ bers; President, Councillor Wm. J. McKay; Secretary, Oswald R. Dykes, 4 Station Road, .Annan; Treasurer, Richard Minto, Eversley, .Annan.

310-MAUCHLINE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1923; 80 members; President, Stephen Cosh; Secretary, James Dunlop, Oakbank, Mauchline, .Ayrshire; Treasurer, Wm. Whitelaw, 55 Loudoun Street, Mauchline.

314-SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB (EDINBURGH) : -instituted 1920; federated 1923; 110 members; President, F. J. Belford, M ..A.; Secretary, J. M. Houston, 75 Warrender Park Road, Edinburgh, 9: Trea­ surer, John F. Rattray, 29 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh.

319-FISHERROW MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 20 members; President, John Robb; Secretary and Trea­ surer, John Heron, 33 Wellington Street, Portobello.

320-TRoY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1924; 175 members; President, John T. Campbell; Secretary, James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker .Avenue, Troy, New York, U.S . .A.; Treasurer, James Bowman, Pittsburgh Building, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.; Burns Chronicle official, William Miller, 19 Sheridan .Avenue, Troy, N.Y.

323-KIB.KCUDBRIGHT BURNS CLUB : federated 1924; 70 members; President, J. Gilmour Baird; Secretary and Treasurer, Norman C. Macmillan, 32 St. Cuthbert Street, Kirkcudbright. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH 80CIETIES 127

324-STOCKTON {N.S. w.) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923 j federated 1924 j 40 members; President, William J. Sa.nds; Secreta17J William Hamilton, 102 Dunbar Street, Stockton, New South Wales, Aus­ tralia; Treasurer, Mrs. M. Ja.mes, 51 Fullerton Street, Stockton.

325-VANCOUVEB. BURNS FELLOWSHIP : instituted 1924; federated 1924; President, John Crawford; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Jean Carrick, 497-lOth Avenue East, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

326-BINGRY JOLLY BEGGARS LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 50 members; President, Mrs. J. Wood; Secre­ tary, Mrs. M. Purdie, Ballengry Place, Lochore, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. M. Dow, 170 Waverley Cottages, Lochore, Fife.

327-PEB.TB ST. MARK'S BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 40 members; President, Rev. P.R. Landreth; Secretary, William Smith, 4 Ha.warden Terrace, Jeanfield, Perth; Treasurer, David McRae, 33 Glover Street, Craigie, Perth.

329- NEWARK AND DISTRICT CAUDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1923; federated 1924; 86 members; President, Councillor Dr. P. Kinmont, J.P.; Secretary, J. R. Henderson, 14 Winchilsea Avenue, Newark; Treasurer, A. J. S. Shewan, 7 Milner Street, Newark.

330--GLENCB.AIG BONNill JEAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925; 20 members; President, Mrs. John McCormack; Secretary, Mrs. John Lynas, Burns Cottages, Crosshill, Glencraig, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Justice, 7 Benarty Avenue, Crosshill, Glen­ craig; Burn3 Chronicle official, Mrs. John Carson, 110 North Glencraig, Glencraig.

331-BUFFALO ROBERT BURNS SOCillTY : instituted 1913; federated 1925; 68 members; President, Thomas Caddle; Secretary, John C. Henderson, 30 Dunlop A venue, Buffalo, New York ; Treasurer, Alexander McGarva, 56 Montrose Avenue, Buffalo, New York. 336-PETERBllAD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1826 ; federated 1925 ; 130 members; President, Professor David Campbell; Secretary, John A. S. Glennie, 21 Broad Street, Peterhead; Treasurer, Nat. Barclay, Springfield, Peterhead. • 338-DALKllITB AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925; 50 members; President, D. McLean; Secretary, W. L. Anderson, 83 Woodburn Drive, Dalkeith; Treasurer, J. Forrest, Victoria Bar, High Street, Dalkeith. 341-LEITB BURNS CLUB: instituted 1826; federated 1925; 30 members; President, James H. Tait; Secretary, J. S. Mackie, 6 Hope Street, Leith; Treasurer, James M. Cleugh, 6 Hope Street, Leith; Burm Chronicle official, R. J. Peat, M.A., 3 Elliot Place, Edinburgh, 11. 345-DENBEATB AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925, re-affiliated 1938; 34 members; President, Robert Hudson; Secretary, James Bennet, 17 Brown Crescent, Methilhill, Leven, Fife; Treasurer, David Paton, 46 High Street, Buckhaven. 128 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

346-oAKBANK MOSSGIEL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923 ; federated 1925; 200 members; President, Robert M. Jamieson; Secretary, James Ovens, 20 Oakbank, Midcalder, Midlothian; Treasurer, Thomas McLuckie, Oakbank, Midcalder.

348-NEWTON JEAN ARMOUR BURN.S CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 19 members; President, Mrs. P. Davie; Secretary, l\lrs. C. Gilmour, 23 Clyde Street, Newton, Hallside ; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Farrell, 11 Leighton Place, Newton, Hallside.

349---Tm: HOWFF BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 50 members; President, William Fulton ; Secretary and Treasurer, John McManus, 427 Thomson Street, Kilmarnock.

350-MARKINCH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1899; federated 1925; 160 members; President, Dr. A. S. Gordon; Secretary and Treasurer, James S. Clouston, 1 Alexandra Crescent, Markinch.

352-GRANGEMOUTH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1922; federated 1926; 90 members; President, William Aitken; Secretary and Treasurer, R. C. Thomson, 203 Bo'ness 'Road, Grangemouth.

354-ROYAL CLAN, ORDER OF SCOTTISH CLANS : instituted 1878; federated 1926; President, Duncan Maclnnes; Secretary, Thomas R. P. Gibb, 150 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; T1easurer, William Reid, P.O. Box 785, City Hall Station, New York, N.Y.

355-cALCUTTA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 96 mem­ bers; President, G. S. G. Vernon: Secretary, F. Law, c/o Bird and Co., Chartered Bank Buildings, Calcutta; Treasurer, A. Low, c / o Bird and Co., Chartered Bank Buildings, Calcutta.

356-BURNBANK AND DISTRICT MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; BO members; President, Alexander Hunter; Secretary, Joseph Stannage, 20 High Blantyre Road, Burnbank, Hamilton; Treasurer, Mrs. R. Prentice, Westlea, 1 Reid Street, Burnbank. ,

363--BARROW ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY : instituted 1878; federated 1926; • 130 memhers: !'resident, J. Callander: Secretary, W. J. Liddle, F.R.C.S.Ed~ Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness; Treasurer, R. M. Robertson, .uunedin, 21 Grantley Road, Barrow-in-Furness.

365-cATRINE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1926; 32 mem­ bers; President, James Meikle; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Wallace Paterson, Ayrbank Cottage, Catrina.

366-LIVERPOOL ROBERT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1926; 200 members; President, R. M. B. MacKenna, M.A., M.D.; Secretary, Hamish Rae, 30 Rodney Street, Liverpool; Treasurer, D. Crosbie Wright, A.L.A.A., Quatre Bras, St. Andrew's Road, Babington, Cheshire.

367-DORNOCH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1912; federated 1927, re­ affiliated 1938; Treasurer, R. A. Murray, High Street, Dornoch. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 129

372-BAILLIESTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1927; 60 members; President, Mrs. A. Scott; Secretary, Mrs. R. Allison, 31 South Scott Street, Baillieston; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Ramage, 25 George Street, Baillieston.

373-rum HILL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1921; federated 1927; 66 mem­ bers: Secretary and Treasurer, Harry Elliott, 50 Clyde Road, Red Hill, Natal, South Africa.

375--HOLYOKE CALEDONIAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926 j federated 1927; 54 members; President, Charles Lovie; Secretary, Andrew Dougherty, 10 Glen Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; Treasurer, James Nicol, 19 Liberty Street, Easthampton, Massa­ chusetts; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

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378-EDINBURGH DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' ASSOCIATION : instituted 1925 j federated 1927; 12 clubs; President, John McVie; Secretary, Fred. J. Belford, M.A., 3 Park Grove, Liberton, Edinburgh, 9; Treasurer, Alexander Horne, F.E.l.S., 49 Brunstane Road, Portobello, Midlothian.

379-Tm: HARTLEPOOL$ BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926 j federated 1927, re-affiliated 1936; 60 members; President, Dr. Jean Hedley; Secretary, Robert P. Hay, 69 Belmont Gardens, West Hartle­ pool; Treasurer, James Lackie, 37 Percy Street, West Hartlepool.

380-FALKmK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1927 j 47 members; President, Alexander Balloch; Secretary, David S. McGilchrist, 15 Kennard Street, Falkirk; Treasurer, John Rae, Main Street, Bainsford, Falkirk.

381--GRJllATER NEW YORK MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927 j federated 1927; 150 members; President, Ian R. W. Chisholm; Secretary, John Watson, 1960 50th Street, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Fenwick W. Ritchie, 752 St. John's Place, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.

383--GREENOCK R.N.T.F. HEATHER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1912 j federated 1927; 84 members; President, Samuel Y. Cadden; Secretary, Arthur C. E. Lewis, Vallorbe, Rodney Road, Gourock; Treasurer, Fred. Hunter, 42 Grenville Road, Gourock.

384-PUMPHERSTON BONNIE DOON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated ] 927; 85 members; President, Ja.mes Dunlop; Secre­ tary, Wm. Gowans, 91 East Road, Pumpherston, Midcalder; Treasurer, Thos. Stenhouse, New Rows, Pumpherston, Mid­ calder.

387-MARY CAMPBELL BURNS CLUB (CAMBUSLANG) : instituted 1927 j federated 1927 ; 50 members ; President, Mrs. McMenemy ; Secre­ tary, Mrs. A. Tait, 58 Park Street, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Mrs. G. Russell, 17 Church Street, Cambuslang. I 130 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

388-KYLE LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927; federated 1927; 60 members; President, Mrs. A. Neilson; Secretary, Mrs. James Anderson, 200 Sprin$hill Road, Shotts; Treasurer, Mrs. William Paris, Springhill Buildings, Shotts.

390-MEIKLE EARNOCK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924 ; federated 1928; 48 members; President, Finlay Campbell; Secre­ tary, Jacob Hodge, 31 Limekilnburn Road, Quarter; Treasurer, James Robb, 29 Austin Street, Cadzow; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer.

391-WATERBURY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885 j federated 1928 j 64 members; President, John Sydney Pearson; Secretary, Robert Currie, 238 Hamilton Avenue, Wat.erbury, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Treasurer, James Littlejohn, 171 Greenwood Avenue, .Waterbury.

392-WHIFFLET BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920 j federated 1928 j 34 mem­ bers; President.z. D. M. W. Ralston; Secretary, Wm. S. Strachan, 9 North Bute i:street, Coatbridge; Treasurer, John A. W. Kirk, 6 Bank Street, Coatbridge.

393-ANNAN LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928 j federated 1928 j 150 members; President, Mrs. Irving; Secretary, Mrs. E. I. Latimer, 9 Addison Place, Annan ; Treasurer, Miss Richardson, Lady Street, Annan.

398-cOLINTON BURNS CLUB : institute~ 1907 j federated 1928 j 50 members; President, J. McPhail Cant; Secretary, Edward Anderson, 14 Craiglockhart Crescent, Edinburgh, 11; Treasurer, Wm. Swanson, Grassvalley, Woodhall Road, Colinton.

399-sT. RINGANS BURNS cLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1928; 65 members; President, James Napier ; Secretary, George Newstead, 22 Polmaise Avenue, St. Ninians; Treasurer, William Cook, 47 Borestone Crescent, St. Ninians.

400--HADDINGTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1928; 84 members; President, John Cummins; Secretary and Treasurer, David C. Young, Dunpender, Haddmgton.

401-BB.IG-EN' BUB.NB CLUB : instituted 1876; federated 1928; 40 mem­ bers; President, Thomas Fole:y; Secretary, Peter Meechan, 85 Loreburn Street, Dumfries ; Treasurer, Archibald Bell, Caul Back View, Maxwelltown, Dumfries.

402-HIGHLAND MAB.Y LADIES' BUB.NB CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1928; 36 members; President, Mrs. James Reid; Secretary, Mrs. A. Guthrie, 29 Woodhead Street, Highvallevfield, Newmills, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. James Nicol, 2 Valleyfield Avenue, High­ valleyfield.

403-FB.ASEB.BURGH BURNS CLUB : federated 1928; Secretary, A. s. Kelman, Saltoun Chambers, Fraserburgh.

405--cALBDONIAN SOCIBTY OF SHEFFIELD : instituted 1822 ; federated 1929; 700 members; President, Dr. James Mackinnon, D.S.O.; Secretary, W. Gregor McGregor, 7 Glen Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, 7; Treasurer, Albert Forsyth, 91 Pinslone Street, Sheffield, 1 •. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 131

406-DUBLIN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREW : federated 1929; Secretary, George Munro, 16 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin.

409-sTENHOUSEMUm AND DISTRICT PLOUGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 110 members; President, John C. Reid; Secretary and Treasurer, John McMahon, 122 King Street, Sten­ housemuir, Larbert.

410--ROYAL MILE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1929; 50 members; President, Matthew C. Thomson; Secretary and Trea­ surer, Alex. Scott, 32 Pa.rsonsgreen Terrace, Edinburgh.

412-GARY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 43 members; President, Capt. Alexander MacKenzie; Secretary, John M. Kelley, 266 Ellsworth Street, Gary, Indiana., U.S.A.; Treasurer, James C. Paterson, 4158 Connecticut Street, Gary.

413-ST. ANDREW SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO : instituted 1863; federated 1929; 200 members; President, John Craig; Secretary, Thomas C. Hunter, 414 Mason Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Wm. R. Carswell, 2076 Oakland Avenue, Pudmont Road, San Francisco.

414-DALKEITH FOUNTAIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; President, William M. Linton; Secretary, William M. Linton, Relief Cottage, Dalkeith, Midlothian; Treasurer, Charles Dickson, 9 Elm.field Park, Dalkeith.

417-BURNLEY AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1924; federated 1929; 92 members; President, Dr. A. McWhinney; Secretary, Miss Ena. WriKht, 191 Todmorden Road, Burnley, Lanes.; Treasurer, Mr. William Young, 4 La.dbrooke Grove, Summit, Burnley.

418---,sKEGNESS SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 68 members; President, Major F. Conway Gordon; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Macdonald, Moray Hotel, North Para.de, Skegnes.s, Lincolnshire.

421-ARROCHAR AND TARBET BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 40 members; President, Rev. W. F. Wills, M.A. ; Secre­ tar;ir, William Marshall, Schoolhouse, Tarbet; Treasurer, Rev. R. D. E. Stevenson, The Manse, Tarbet.

424-cA:MBUSLANG TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 14 members; President, Robert Sanders; Secre­ tary, George McLellan, 33 Park Street, Cambuslang; Treasurer, William McLean, Ca.doc Street, Kirkhill, Cambuslang.

426--SAUCHIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 98 mem­ bers; President, James Wallace, J.P.; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew Snaddon, 38 Fairfield, Sauchie, Alloa.

427-GOREBRIDGE GLENCAmN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 80 members; President, James Duncan; Secretary, John Kennedy, Aldmarroch, Gorebridge, Midlothian; Treasurer Walter Duncan, Newton Loan Toll, Gorebridge. 132 BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

428-cHRYSTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924 ; federated 1929 ; 36 mem­ bers; President, David Jackson; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew Duncan, Millbrae Road, Chryston.

429-BATHGATE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929 ; 60 members ; President, Alex. Flemin~ ; Secretary and Treasurer, Robt. W. Scott, 35 Glenmavis Drive, Bathgate.

430-GOUROCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1929; 103 members ; President, George Webster ; Secretary, F. T. Tarbet, 11 Bath Street, Gourock; Treasurer, W. A. Thomson, Union Bank of Scotland, Gourock.

431-INVERKIP BURNS CLUB : instituted 1907; federated 1929; 20 members; President, George Wylie; Secretary, George R. Wyllie, Clydeview, Inverkip; Treasurer, John R. McFarlane, Sea View, lnverkip.

432-WINCHBURGH LEA RIG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930: federated 1930; 100 members; President, John Scott; Secretary, John Black, Hazeldean, Fauchledean, Winchburgh, West Lothian; Treasurer, John M. Wilson, 69 Abercorn Place, Winchburgh.

435-AYR TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1906; federated 1930; President, Alex. F. Dunbar; Secretary and Treasurer, Henry Baxter, 11 Rozelle Cottages, Maybole Road, Ayr.

436-WALNEY JOLLY BEGGARS LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 60 members; President, Mrs. Henderson; Secre­ tary, Mrs. Thomson, 3 Aberdare Street, Barrow-in-Furness; Trea­ surer, Mrs. Kelly, 36 Catacun Street, Walney, Barrow.

437-DUMFRIES LADIES' BURNS CLUB NO. 1 : instituted 1930; federated 1930 ; 80 members ; President, Mrs. Margt. Bell ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Jean G. Wilson, Deanston Cottage, 8 Church Street, Dumfries.

438-cB:ESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION : instituted 1910; federated 1930; 335 members; President, Dr. John R. Graham; Secretary, Mrs. Mina Nicholson, 3 Goldwell House, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield; Treasurer, Mrs. F. W. Broom, 12 Whitecotes Lane, Chesterfield.

441-TEMPLE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 36 mem­ bers; President, Alex. Neilson; Secretary, Mrs. A. Tennant, 33 Easter Road, Dykehead, Shotts; Treasurer, Thos. Hamilton, 48 Station Road, Shotts.

442-PENICUIK AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1930; 100 members; President, William M. Watt; Secretary and Treasurer, Richard M. Young, Eskvale Cottages, Penicuik.

443-VICTORIA BURN.s CLUB : instituted 1922; federated 1931; 438 mem­ bers; President, James A. Dewar; Secretary, E. M. Whyte, 345 Vancouver Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Treasurer, James Crossen, 2628 Graham Street, Victoria, B.C. BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 133

444-SWANSEA AND WEST WALES CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : federated 1931; 250 members; President, Hon. Laurence· P. Methuen; Secretar1, Alex. Kinloch Miller, 49a Bryn Road, Swansea; Treasurer, K. J. Stewart, 10 Woodlands Terrace, Swansea.

445-BUXTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927 ; federated 1931; 71 members; President, Gilbert Johnston, M.A. ; Secretary and Treasurer, J. H. Gilfillan, Lyndrum, Park Road, Buxton.

446-HEB.EJ'ORDSHIRE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910 ; federated 1931 ; 81 members; President, Dr. J. R. Bulman; Secretary and Trea­ surer, J. S. Willox, 15 Breinton Road, Hereford.

449-WELLINGTON {N.Z.) BURNS CLUB: institnted 1931; federated 1931; 120 members; President, R. H. Nimmo; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss L. Harper, 121 Aro Street, Wellington, New Zealand.

452-AUCHTERDERRAN BONNIE .JEAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1931; 50 members; President, Mrs. R. Murrie; Secre­ tary, Mrs. Agnes Johnstone, 31 14th Street, Cardenden, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. R. Kellock, Gamie Place, Cardenden.

453--NORTH·EASTERN BURNS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA, LADIES' AUXILIARY : instituted 1927; federated 1931; 86 members; President, Mrs. Ann Smith; Secretary, Mrs. Catherine Ewing, 3321 N. Lee Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Dunn, 3512 Rand Street. -

454-:a.OTHEB.Hill AND DISTRICT SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION : instituted 1924; federated 1931; 160 membe1'8; President, Dr. W. Crerar; Secre­ tary, Robert Reid, Tankersley House, Broom Lane, Rotherham; Treasurer, J. C. MacKenzie, Harmby, Boswell Street, Rother­ ham.

456-T:a.OON MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1932; 100 members; President, Malcolm Black; Secretary, George Barr, 24 Gillies Street, Troon; Treasurer, David McClure, 24 Gillies Street, Troon.

457-KINGLASSIE LADIES' HIGHLAND MAB.Y NO. 2 BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 25 members; President, Mrs. Laidlaw; Secretary, Mrs. A. Wann, 22 Mina Crescent, Kinglassie, Fife. shire; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Ritchie, 19 Second Street, Kinglassie, Fifeshire.

458--STONEHAVEN (FATHERLAND) BURNS CLUB: federated 1932; 100 mem­ bers; President, Harcourt L. Christie, M.A. ; Secretary and Treasurer, A. Hardie, 2 Fetteresso Terrace, Stonehaven.

459-cOWDENBEATH WEST END JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1932; 44 members; President, Wm. Duncan; Secretary, Peter Falconer, 47 Primmer Place, Cowdenbeath, Fife; Treasurer, R. Walker, 6 Glenburn Place, Cowdenbeath; Bums Oh1

461-LEICESTER CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1877; federated 1932; 240 members; Chairman, J. Low; Secretary, D. A. Cumming, 188 Braunstone Lane, Leicester; Treasurer, J. Kay, 29 Braun­ stone Avenue, Leicester.

462-cHEI.TENHil[ SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1930; federated 1932; 180 members; President, Dr. David Clow; Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Webster, Handley Cross, Cheltenham; Treasurer, A. Milne, Fairlands, Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham.

464-YAKIMA VALLEY BURNS CLUB : federated 1932; President, Wm. Tweedie; Secretary, Archie Wilson, 1211 Cherry Avenue, Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Thos. Jackson.

466-DYXEHEAD AFTON WATER LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 46 members; President, Mrs. J. Scullion; Secre­ tary, Mrs. H. Kerr, 251 Hawthorn Place, Dykehead, Shotts; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Ste'W1'rt, 171 Shotts Kirk Road, Dykehead, Shotts.

467-GILBERTFIELD HIGHLAND MARY LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 50 members; President, Mrs. E. Russell, J.P.; Secretary, Mrs. Hardie, 7 Dechmont Place, Lightburn, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Mrs. Napier.

468-HIGH BLANTYRE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 31 members; President, James McKeen; Secretary, John Morrison 69 Bairds Rows, Blantyre; Treasurer, William McKay, 8.L1 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre.

.469---DENNY CROSS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 38 members; President, David Ferguson; Secretary, Thomas Bl"l'son, Holehouse Farm, Denny; Treasurer, William Bryson, Wallace Crescent, Denny.

470-ST. GILES BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1932; 120 members; President, W. Scott; Secretary and Treasurer, Bailie Robert Farquhar, Ingleside, West Road, Elgin.

471-ROSE OF GRANGE BURNS CLUB : federated 1932; Secretary and Treasurer, John Lapsley, 7 Dugald Stewart Avenue, Bo'ness.

472--RENFREWSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF BURNS CLUBS : instituted 1929; federated 1932 ; President, Andrew Harvey ; Secretary and Trea­ surer, Arthur C. E. Lewis, Vallorbe, Rodney Road, Gourock.

475-TWEEDDALE LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1933; 50 members; President, Mrs. C. C. Turnbull; Secretary, Mrs. E. Smith, 21 St. Andrews Road, Peebles; Treasurer, Mrs. G. Davidson, Bridgegate.

476-BORDER CITIES BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1933; 85 members; President, Harry Abrahams; Secretary and Treasurer, T. A. Mills, 1252 Pelissier Street, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOOIETIES 135

477-BELLAHOUSTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1933; 100 members; President, Robert S. Frame; Secretary, Jack M'Courty, 139 Paisley Road West Glasgow, S.W.l; Treasurer, Miss J. Glegg, 1 Carillon Road, Glasgow, S.W.1; Burns Chronicle official, Mrs. McComish, Ashgrove, Edmiston Drive, Glasgow, S.W.1.

478-BONNIE DOON LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1933; federated 1933 ; 60 members; President, Mrs. T. Pryde; Secretary, Mrs. T. Penman, 30 Dewar Place, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. I. Morris, Grievesland Terrace, Kelty.

479-QUEEN OF THE SOUTH LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1933; Presiden1 Mrs. J. W. Taylor; Secretary, Mrs. H. Coulson, 52 Friars vennel, Dumfriee; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Clark, 68 Friars V ennel, Dumfries.

480-GLENcAIRN BURNS CLUB OF CORNWALL : instituted 1923; federated 1933; 100 members; President The Ri~ht Hon. The Lord Sempill ; Secretary, J. A. Donaid, Glencairn, Falmouth; Trea­ surer, S. Prisk, Midland Bank, Falmouth.

481-LONDON AYRSHIRE SOCIETY : instituted 1897; federated 1933; President, David Robertson; Secretary, Alexander Belch, 21 Grosvenor Place, London, S.W.1.

484-SHEDDENS LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1933; 15 members; President, Mrs. Jack; Secretary, Mrs. Donaldson, 8 McEwa.n Street, Glasgow, E.1; Treasurer, Mrs. Paul.

486-JEAN ARMOUR BURNS CLUB : federated 1934; President, Mrs. Duffin; Secretary, Mrs. J. Duffy, Sunnybraes Terrace, Steelend, Saline, by Dunfermline; Treasurer, Mrs. Pallan.

489---CLARINDA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1933; federated 1934; 30 mem­ bers; President, George Slater; Secretary and Treasurer, Walter S. MacLeod, c/o Freer, 16 Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh.

492-HARROW AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1928 ; federated 1934; 400 members; President, Charles Fairweather; Secretary, George Brown, Westerton, 67 Woodlands, North Harrow; Treasurer, R. G. C. Barbour, 11 Northumberland Road, Harrow; Burna Chronicle official, W. H. Harries, 19 Cunningham Park, Harrow.

493-AKRON BURNS CRONIES : instituted 1934; federated 1934; 30 mem­ bers; President, John Houston; Secretary, Mrs. Ja.mes Meiklejohn, 131 25th Street N.W., Barberton, Ohio, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. Wm. Dick, 3 Stone Court, Wadesworth.

494--MOTHERWELL UNITED SERVICES BURNS CLUB : federated 1934; 60 members; President, Robert K. Hamilton; Secretary, Geoffrey Plumb, 41 Waverley Terrace, Motherwell; Treasurer, John Ormiston, Glencairn Street, Motherwell. 136 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

495-BAGHDAD CALEDONIAN socmTY : instituted 1922 ; federated 1934 ; 70 members; President, G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes, C.M.G.; Secre­ tary, K. R. Munro, c/o Andrew Weir and Co., Rewaq Street, Baghdad, Iraq; Treasurer, T. S. D. Brown, c/o The Eastern Bank, Baghdad.

496---Tm: AULD HOOSE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1934; President, Ex-Provost Kinninmonth; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Chalmers, Cemetery Lodge, Burntisland.

497-ST. ANDREW BURNS CLUB (WELLINGTON, N.Z.) : instituted 1934; federated 1934; 160 members; President, J. R. Baird; Secretary, Miss B. Clark, 282 La.mbton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand; Treasurer, J. B. Thomson, c/o A. M. P. Wellington.

498-FLINT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1934; 61 members; President, James Robertson; Secre~ry, Joseph M. Graham, 910 Cottage Grove, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A.; Treasurer, George Guiney, 325 W. Hamilton Avenue, Flint, Michigan.

500-NEW CUMNOCK BURNS CLUB ; instituted 1924; federated 1934; 60 members; President, A. W. Mackay, B.Sc.; Secretary and Trea­ surer, Dr. William Edgar, Oakdene, New Cumnock, Ayrshire.

501-GALT BURNS CLUB: federated 1935; President, A. E. Martin; Secretary, H. E. Rosenberg, 70 Birch Street, Galt, Ontario, Canada; Treasurer, F. Hutchison, 13 Barrie Lane, Galt.

502-LINCLUDEN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1933; federated 1935; 25 mem­ bers; President, James D. M. Millan; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. J. McMillan, 87 St. Michael Street, Dumfries.

503-DUNBLANE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1935; 30 mem­ bers; President, John Stewart; Secretary and Treasurer, W. D. Menzies, Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd., Dunblane.

505-WISHAW MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1935; 100 members; President, Godfrey Hill; Secretary, Alexander Reid, 95 Netherton Road, Wishaw; Treasurer, Robert Scott, Waverley Drive, Wishaw.

506-JEAN ARMOUR LADms' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1934; federated 1935; 34 members; President, Mrs. Haddow; Secretary, Mrs. J. · Moore, 87 Shottskirk Road, Dykehead; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Patterson, Shottskirk Road, Dykehead.

507-BURNS SOCIETY OF ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA} : instituted 1935; federated 1935; 60 members; President, Robert L. Brown; Secretary, Alex. Brownridge, 1414 N. Main Street, Santa Ana, California; Treasurer, S. Jas. Tuffree, Placentia.

508-AUCHTERDERRAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905 ; federated 1935 ; 35 members; President, John Dick; Secretary, John Mitchell, 22 Balgonie Terrace, Cardenden, Fife; Treasurer, Stuart Boyd, Jamphlars Cottage, Cardenden. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 137

509-MOTHERWELL MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1911 ; federated 1935; 200 members; President, John Liddell; Secretary, John Bryce, 104 Orbiston Street, Motherwell; Treasurer, John Pearson, Ivanhoe, Wilson Street, Motherwell.

510--SCOTTISH DYES RECREATION CLUB : federated 1935; President, Dr. W. G. Hiscock; Secretary, J. A. Robertson, Scottish Dyes Limited, Grangemouth; Treasurer, R. R. Taylor, Scottish Dyes Limited, Grangemouth.

511-PERTH (WEST AUSTRALIA) BURNS cr..UB : instituted 1935; federated 1935; 80 members; President, H. Douglas-Archer; Secretary, Mrs. Jessie Reid, 166 Seventh Avenue, Maylands, Perth, Western Australia; Treasurer, Mrs. M. Thomson, 317 Vincent Street, Leederville, Perth.

512-RENFRBW " ANDREW PARK " BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1935; Secretary, W. E. Neil, 20 Paisley Road, Ren­ frew. 513-FREDERICTON SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREW : instituted 1845; federated 1935; Secretary, John H. Malcom, Bank of Nova Scotia, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. 514-SHANGHAI BURNS CLUB : federated 1936; Secretary, William Lyle, 51 Canton Road, Shanghai, China. 515--cALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF ABADAN : instituted 1924; federated 1936; 160 members; President, A. D. Foster; Secretary and Treasurer, William Jamieson, c/o Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Abadan, Iran. 516--THE AIRTS BURN.a CLUB : instituted 1933; federated 1936; 25 mem­ bers; President, John McLurg; Secretary, William Anderson, 129 Summerlee Street, Prestonpans; Treasurer, Thomas Davidson, 16 Schaw Road, Prestonpans. 518-Ylll AULD CRONIES MASONIC BURNS CLUB (CLEVELAND, OHIO) : instituted 1935; federated 1936; 15 members; President. Andrew D. Steven; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Hair, 1318 East 187th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 520--UDDINGSTON LOCHLIE LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1936; 56 members; President, Miss J. M. Gourley; Secretary, Mrs. Isobel Downie, 89 Woodlands Crescent, Bothwell; Treasurer, Mrs. C. Mcintosh, 19 Woodlands Crescent, Bothwell. 521-WARATAH-MAYFIELD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1936; 130 members; President, Neil Cameron; Secretary, James Macoustra, 18 Texas Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; Assistant Secretary, Stanley Harris; Trea­ surer, John Johnstone. 522-GLENLEE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1933; federated 1936; 25 mem­ bers; President, James Allan; Secretary, David Dunsmuir, 10 Crawford Street, Burnbank, Hamilton; Treasurer, George Orr, 10 King Street, Burnbank, Hamilton; Burns Chronicle official, James Allan, 58 Sempie Street, Burnbank, Hamilton. 138 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

523-mGHLAND SOCIETY OF NlllW SOUTH WALES : instituted 1877; fede­ rated 1936; 1399 members; President, Captain James R. Patrick; Secretary, Georg~ Morice, Scottish House, 19 Bridge Street, Sydney, Australia; Treasurer, Jas. G. MacKee, C.A., 44 Margaret Street, Sydney.

524-THE CRONIES BUll.NS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1936; 30 members; President, James McDonald; Secretary and Treasurer, A. H. J)'. Marshall, 8 Moss Street, Paisley.

525-FLINT JOLLY BEGGARS BUll.NS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1937 ; 32 members; PreBident, Richard H~nds ; Secretary and Treasurer, John R. Hurry, R.R. 1 Clio, Michigan, U.S.A.

526-DYKEHEAD Till o' SH.ANTBB. BUll.NS CLUB : instituted 1935 ; federated 1937; 22 members; President, George Robertson; Secretary, John McLean, 122 -Shottskirk Road, Dykehead, Shotts; Treasurer, Robert Barrie, Crown Bar, Dykehead; Burns Chronicle official, Joe He~drie, Nithsdale Street, Dykehead.

527-PlllACOCK CROSS BUll.NS. CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; 30 members; President, Joseph Lindsay; Secretary, John Young, 1 Wellhall Road, Hamilton; Treasurer, William Clark, 168 Almada Street, Hamilton.

528-LOUGHBOROUGH SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION : instituted 1930; federated 1937; President, George Macbriar; Secretary, A. D. Telfer, 87 Middleton Place, Loughborough; Treasurer, D. M. Lawson, C.A., 147 Ashby Road, Loughborough.

529-Tm: Wil.LIAM MITCHELL BUll.NS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; President, David Martin; Secretary and Treasurer, James Bryce Mitchell, 509 Main Street, Bellshill, Lanarkshire.

530-SOUTHERN SCOTTISH COUNTIES BUll.NS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1937; federated 1937; President, M. H. McKerrow; Secretar:y and Treasurer, William Black, Cardean, Eastfield Road, Dumfries.

531--TEES-SIDlll CALlllDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1899; federated 1937; 120 members; President, A. H. Merrie; Secretary, A. M. M. Stephen, 80 Station Road, Billingham, Co. Durham; Treasurer, N. E. Wallace, 3 Grantham Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees; Burns Ohronicle official, W. G. Wishart, Grangeholme, Imperial Avenue, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees.

532-cESSNOCK BUll.NS CLUB, N.S. w. : instituted 1935; federated 1937; 185 members; President, William Dow; Secretary, Walter W. Robertson, 63 Melbourne Street, Aberdare, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia; Treasurer, Robert Hodge.

533-FAULDHOUSE CALlllDONIAN BUll.NS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; 50 members; President, Douglas Stirrit; Secretary, John Malcolm, 99 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse; Treasurer, George Malcolm, 21 Scott Place, Fauldhouse. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 139

534--BEDLINGTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 19.37; 84 members; President, Jas. W. Pooley; Secretary, George N. Willan, 20 Glebe Road, Bedlington, Northumberland; Trea­ surer, William Craigs, Sub-Postmaster, Post Office, Barrington, Bedlington Station; Burns Chronicle official, Christopher Bergen, 1 Jubilee Terrace, Bedlington Station.

535-PLYMOUTH AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN socmTY : instituted 1927; federated 1937; 70 members; President, R. McDonald; Secretary, John Common, Cluden, Torland Road, Hartley, Plyinouth; Trea­ surer, John Hutcheson, 37 Lynwood Avenue, Marsh Mills, Plymouth.

536-WHITHORN AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; 50 members; President, Rev. Harry Law, M ..A.; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Latimer, The Clydesdale Bank Ltd., Whithorn. 537-HARTHILL AND DISTRICT YOUNG CRONmS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1937; 38 members; President, Thomas Cunningham, J.P.; Secretary, William Forsyth, C

545-~AR~AMATTA AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB {NEW sou:H WALES) : mst1tuted 1934; federated 1938; 53 members; President, Colin Cameron; Secretary, John Mills, 15 Gore Street, Parrarnatta, New South Wales, .Australia; Treasurer, James Russell, 10 Isabella Street, North Parramatta. 140 BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH soomTIES

546-THE OAK BURNS CLUB (HAMILTON) : instituted 1937; federated 1938; 40 members; President, John Kane; Secretary, Robert Ritchie, 43 Bent Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, James Ritchie, 45 Bent Road, Hamilton.

547-COALBURN JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1938; 33 members; President, James Simpson; Secretary, James Logan, 2 Tinto View Terrace, Coalburn; Treasurer, William Morrison, Croft Terrace, Coalburn.

548-LEEDS CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1894; federated 1938; 650 members; President, Col . .A. D. Sharp, C.B., C.M.G., T.D., F.R.C.S. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Harry Colvin, 30 Ratcliffe Mount, Far Headingley, Leeds, 6.

549-BOTHWELL BONIE LESLEY LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1938; President, Mrs. W. Scott; Secretary, Mrs. .A. L. Wilson, 17 Woodlands Terrace, Bothwell; Treasurer, Mrs. W. :Mcintosh, 31 Bellshill Road, U ddingston.

550-DUNOON KARY CAMPBELL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1938; federated 1938; 25 members; President, .Arthur Blincow; Secretary, James .Agnew, Glencairn, John Street, Dunoon; Treasurer, .Alex. Blair, Barbadoes Villa, Belmont Lane, Dunoon; Burm Ohronicle official, Treasurer.

551-SCARBOROUGH CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1934; federated 1938; 115 members; President, W. S. Murdoch Ewing; Secretary, William Littlefair, Warrender, Newlands Park Grove, Scar­ borough; Treasurer, J. Wilson Matthews, F.S.M.C., 84 St. Thomas Street, Scarborough.

552-FAWSIDE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1938; federated 1938; 45 mem­ bers; President, P. Muirhead; Secretary, R. Hamilton, 80 North­ field, Tranent; Treasurer, .A. Davanna, Northfield, Tranent; .Assistant Treasurer, J. McDonald, c/o Cross Keys Inn.

553-WOLVERHAMPTON AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY: instituted 1938; federated 1938; 272 members; President, J. L. Swanson; Secretary and Treasurer, W. R. Robertson, 61 Birches Barn .Avenue, Wolverhampton.

554-BRUCE BURNS CLUB (FALKLAND) : instituted 1938; federated 1938; 50 members; President, Bailie D. Riley; Secretary, Charles Ross, Royal Terrace, Falkland, Fife; Treasurer, Charles F. Hawkins, Bruce .Arms Hotel, Falkland.

555-HARROGATE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY : instituted 1921; federated 1938; 90 members; President, Rev. Peter McCall; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. S. M. Edward, 10 Woodlands Drive, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

556-cALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF DONCASTER : federated 1938; President, Dr. J.M. Hair; Secretary, W. King, 48 Manor Drive, Doncaster; Treasurer, W. Hall, 15 Manor Drive. BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 141

557-LADIES BURNS CLUB OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA : instituted 1937; federated 1938; 22 members; President, Mrs. Wightman F. Melton; Secretary, Mrs. Carl Pitman, 890 Westmont Road, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. John B. Guerry, The Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta.

558-cAMBUSBARRON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1936; federated 1938; 30 members; President, John Niven; Secretary, William Miller, 20 Dowan Place, Cambusbarron, Stirling; Treasurer, Joseph Black, 25 North End, Cambusbarron.

559-covENTRY AND DIS'.l'RICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : federated 1939 ; 450 members; President, Dr. Stuart Smith; Secretary, Robert S. Miller, 41 Park Road, Coventry; Treasurer, William Hill, 9 Queens Road, Coventry.

~ALEDONIAN SOCIETY, CAWNPORE : instituted 1936; federated 1939; 89 members ; President, J. M. Lownie ; Secretary and Treasurer, Ian 0. Hamilton, C.A., Sutherland House, Cawnpore, U.P. India.

561-LONDON (ONTARIO) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1938; federated 1939; 20 members ; President, William Bell; Secretary and Treasurer, James Smith, 85 Horton. Street, London, Ontario, Canada. 562-cASTLE-DOUGLAS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1939; 45 members; President, John M. Welsh; Secretary and Treasurer, Henry A. P. Haugh, Williamsfield, Castle-Douglas.

563-NORFOLK CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : federated 1939; President, J. Dudley Stuart; Secretary, D. A. Grant, 36 Eaton Road, Norwich ; Treasurer, W. M. Robson, Dunedin, Hillside A venue, Thorpe St. Andrew.

564-WINSOME WILLIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1939; federated 1939; 20 members; President, Robert Fleming; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. C. Douglas, Main Street, Ochiltree; Burn3 Chronicle official, A. E. McMillan, Main Street, Ochiltree.

565-ROBERT BURNS CIRCLE OF NEW YORK : instituted 1934; federated 1939; 140 members; President, Robert MacGowan, M.A., D.D.; Secretary, Miss Jessie Strachan, 20-42 32nd Street, Astoria, Long Island, N.Y.; Treasurer, Mrs. J. D. Hughes, 1825 Riverside Drive, New York.

566-SCOTTISH SOCIETY AND BURNS CLUB OF AUSTRALIA : instituted 1939; federated 1939; 80 members; President, Professor J. Macdonald Holmes, B.Sc., Ph.D.; Secretary, Gordon M. Mackley, 28 Martin Place, Sydney, Australia; Treasurer, Laurence Macaulay, A.C.I.S.(Eng.), 109 Elizabeth Street, Sydney; Burns Chronicle official, D. W. Brown, 56 Belmont Road, Mosman, Sydney.

567-NEWTOWN BURNS CLUB, PAISLEY : instituted 1938; federated 1939; 32 members; President, J. Noble; Secretary, Wm. Struthers,.10 New Street, Paisley; Treasurer, A. Napier, 164 George Street, Paisley. 142 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES

568-DARVBL BURN.s CLUB : federated 1939; President, W. Auld; Secre­ tary and Treasurer, D. Hamilton, Greenside Cottage, Darvel. 569--THANET AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1934 ; federated 1939; 142 members; Chairman, J. M. Campbell, J.P.; Secretary, W. J. Cameron, 137a Canterbury Road. Margate, Kent; Treasurer, S. C. Haggis, Midland Bank Ltd., High Street, Broadstairs, Kent. 570-THE SCOTTISH CLANS ASSOCIATION OF LONDON LTD. : instituted 1898 ; federated 1939; President, Wm. Stewart Allan; Secrl!tary, D. Campbell Thomson, Benachie, 35 Medway Gardens, Wembley, Middlesex; Treasurer, G. S. Bonnyman, 27 Munster Road, London, S.W.6. 571-EDMONTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1918; federated 1939; 30 mem­ bers; President, H. W. B. Douglas; Secretary, T. H. Campbell, 10135, lOOa Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Treasurer, Jae. McGregor, 10629, 113th Street, Edmonton. 572-cHESTER CALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION : instituted 1885; federated 1939; 130 members; President, J. C. Kirkpatrick; Secretary, Walter Fergusson, 65 Parkgate Road, Chester; Treasurer, Alan M. Miln, St. Werburgh Chambers, Chester. 573-cRoFT SPRINQ.SIDE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1939; federated 1939; 42 members; President, Frank Irvine ; Secretary and Treasurer, Donald Morgan, Maryland, Springside, Kilmarnock. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS ON THE ROLL, 1940

No. No. 515 Ab&dan C&ledonia.n Soc. 417 Burnley Ca.ledonian Soo. 543 Abbey Craig 295 Rurns House, Ltd. 40 Aberdeen 112 Burns Howff (Dumfries). 20 Airdrie 445 Buxton Caledoni&n Soo. 493 Akron Cronies 355 Calcutta 2 Alexandria. 4 Callander 252 Alloway 558 Cambusbarron 309 Annan 424 Cambu1lang Tam o' Shanter 393 -- La.dies 207 -- Wingate 82 Arbroath 71 Carlisle 421 Arrochar and Tarbet 34 Carrick 54'4 Ashington 562 Castle-Douglas 238 Atlant& 365 Catrine 557 -- Ladies 560 Cawnpore Caledonian Soo. 508 Auchterderran 532 Ce&1nock, N.S. W. 452 -- Bonnie Jean 161 Charleston 496 Auld Hoose 171 Chattanooga 566 Auetrali& Scottish Soo. 462 Cheltenham Scottish Soc. 275 Ayr 572 Chester Caledonian Assoc. 435 -- Tam o' Shanter 438 Chesterfield Caledonian Assoc. 192 Ayr1hire Assoc. 428 Chryston 495 Baghdad C&ledonian Soc. 489 Clarinda 157 Ba.illieston Ca.ledonian 547 Coalburn Jolly Beggars 372 --Jean Armour 398 Colinton 218 Bannookburn Empire 208 Colorado Springe Cal. Soo. 363 Barrow St. Andrew'• Soo. 79 Corstorphine 429 Bathgate Jolly Beggars 559 Coventry and District Cale- 534 Bedlington donian Soc. 288 Beith Caledonia 250 Cowdenbeath Tam o' Shanter 15 Belfast 459 - West End Jolly Beggars 477 Bella.houston 573 Croft Springside 326 Bingry Ladies 524 Cronies (Paisley) 167 Birmingham and Midland 45 Cumnook Scot. Soo. 62 Cupar 125 Blackburn-on-Almond 338 Dalkeith and District 184 Blairadam Shanter 414 -- Fountain 290 Blantyre and District Masonic 244 Dalmuir 478 Bonnie Doon La.dies 35 Dairy 476 Border Cities (Ont.) 158 Darlmgton 549 Bothwell Bonie Lesley L&dies 568 Darvel 76 Brechin 3~ Denbeath and District 49 Bridgeton 469 Denny Cross 401 Brig-En' 55 Derby Scottish Assoc. 120 Bristol Caledonian Soc. 37 Dollar 554 Bruce (Falkland) 556 Doncaster Caledonian Soo. 331 Buffalo 367 Domooh 356 Burnb&nk and District 541 Donne and District ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS

No. No. 406 Dublin Benevolent Soo. 100 Hamilton Mossgiel 10 Dumbarton 546 -The Oak 226 Dumfries 555 Harrogate St. Andrew's Soc. 437 -- La.dies No. 1 492 Harrow 503 Dunblane 537 Harthill and District Young 14 Dundee Cronies 85 Dunfermline United 379 Hartlepool& 550 Dunoon Mary Campbell 239 Hawiok 466 Dykehead Afton Water La.dies 2'15 Helensburgh 506 --Jean Armour 446 Herefordshire 526 --Tam o' Shanter 468 High Blantyre 108 Ea.et Calder Jolly Beggars 402 Highland Mary Ladiea 22 Edinburgh (High valleyfield) 307 -- Aynhire Assoc. 375 Holyoke Ca.ledonian 378 -- District Assoc. 431 Inverkip 571 Edmonton 173 Irvine 149 Elgin 506 Jean Armour (Dykehead) 217 Eskdale 348 -- (Newton) 126 Falkirk 486 - (Steelend) 380 -- Croes Keye 96 Jedburgh 533 Fauldhouse Caledonian 640 Johnstone Masonic 552 Fawside 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery 262 Fifeehire Assoc. 92 Kilbowie Jolly Beggars 319 Fisherrow Masonic 0 Kilmarnock 498 Flint 349 - The Howff 525 --Jolly Beggars 457 Kingl&Bsie Ladies' Highland 44 Forfar Mary No. 2 403 Fraserburgh 213 Kingston 513 Fredericton Soc. of St. Andrew 323 Kirkcudbright 501 Galt (Ont.) 75 Kim 412 Gary 388 Kyle Ladies 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 548 Leeds Caledonian Society Ladies 461 Leicester Caledonian Soc. 169 Glasgow and District Assoc. 341 Leith. 282 -- Bowling Assoc. 502 Linoluden 263 -- Masonic 366 Liverpool 3 --Tam o' Shanter 520 Loohlie Ladies 480 Glenoaim (Cornwall) 1 London 330 Glenoraig Bonnie Jean 481 --Aynhire Soo. 522 Glenlee 570 --Clans Assoc. 49:1 Gorebridge Glenoaim 561 London (Ontario) 198 -Jolly Beggar• 183 Londonderry 430 Gourock 528 Loughborough Soot. Assoc. 59 - Jolly Beggara 350 Markinoh 53 Govan Fairfield 387 Mary Campbell 292 Grahamaton 310 Mauohline 352 Grangemouth 390 Meikle Ea.mock 21 Greenook 196 Mid Argyll 538 --and District Past 242 Montrose Presidents' Assoc. 509 Motherwell Masonic 383 -- R. N. T. F. Heather 494 -- United Services 209 -- St. John's 56 Muirkirk La.praik 254 -- Victoria 139 National 400 Haddington 74 National Burns Memorial 33 Haggis 293 New Craigha.ll Poosie Nancy 152 Hamilton 500 New Cumnook 121 -- Junior 523 N.S.W. Highland Soc. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS 145

No. No. 305 New Waterford 566 Scottish Soc. and Burns Club 381 New York Masonic of Australia 565 -- Robert Burns Circle 514 Shanghai 329 Newark and District 484 Sheddens Ladies Caledonian Soc. 405 Sheffield Caledonia.n Soo. 133 N ewarthill 91 Shettleston 542 -- White Heather 283 Sinolairtown 199 N ewba.ttle and District 418 Skegness Soot. Soc. 156 Newcastle and Tyneside 530 Southern Scottish Counties 348 Newton Jean Armour Assoc. 266 --Jolly Beggars 486 Steelend Jean Armour 567 Newtown (Paisley) 409 Stenbousemuir Plough 124 Ninety (Edinburgh) 50 Stirling 563 Norfolk Cal. Soc. 324 Stockton, N.S. W. 17 Nottingham Scot. Assoc. 458 Stonehaven 346 Oakbank Mossgiel 89 Sunderland 564 Ochiltree Winsome Willie 444 Swansea Cal. Soc. 507 Orange County, Burns Club of 531 Tees-side Cal. Soc. 48 Paisley 441 Temple 545 Parramatta and District 569 Thanet and District Cale­ 135 Pa.rtick Western donian Soc. 527 Peacock Cross 516 The Airts 442 Penicuik and District 7 Thistle 26 Perth 271 Trenton 511 Perth (West Australia) 274 Treon 336 Peterhead 456 -- Masonic 284 Philadelphia North-Eastern 320 Troy 453 ---- Ladies' Auxiliary 475 Tweeddale Ladies 535 Plymouth Cal. Soo. 520 Uddingston Loohlie Ladies 190 Port-Glasgow 237 -- Masonic 212 Portobello 325 Vancouver Fellowship 181 Primrose 443 Victoria (B. C.) 384 Pumpherston Bonnie Doon 303 -- St. Andrew's Soo. 479 Queen of the South Ladies 165 Wallsend 373 Red Hill 436 Walney Jolly Beggars Ladies 512 Renfrew "Andrew Park" 296 Walsall 472 Renfrewshire Assoc. 521 Waratah-Mayfield 565 Robert Burns Circle of New York 391 Waterbury 471 Rose of Grange 449 Wellington (New Zealand) S6 Roaebery 497 -- St. Andrew 454 Rotherham Scottish Asaoo. 392 Whiffiet 354 Roya.I Clan, Order of Scot. Clans 236 Whitehaven 410 Royal Mile 160 Whitburn 9 Royalty 536 Whithorn and Diatriot 470 St. Giles 529 William Mitchell 220 St. Louis, Mo. 432 Winohburgh Lea Rig 327 St. Mark's 197 Winnipeg 399 St. Ringans 25 -- St. Andrew's Soo. f!.3 San Francisco St. Andrew Soc. 564 Winsome Willie 68 Sandyford 505 Wishaw Masonic 426 Sauohie 553 Wolverhampton and District 551 Scarborough Ca.ledonian Soc. Caledonian Soc. 510 Scottish Dyes Recreation Club 464 Yakima Valley 314 Scottish (Edin.) 518 Ye Auld Cronies (Cleveland} 153 Scottish (Glas.) See also" List of Districts,'' pp. 97-104 K NOTICES

Many of the thirty-four volumes of the First Series of the Bwrns chronicle are out-of-print. A few copies of the volumes for 1893-1895, 1897, 1910-1912, 1915-1917, and 1922-25, also of all the volumes of the Second Series, are still available, and may be purchased from the Hon. Treasurer of the Federation-Major David Yuille, T.D., Woodcroft, Symington, Kilmarnock. Terms for advertisements may be·obtained on applica­ tion to the printers.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS Changes of address should be intimated at earliest convenience to the Hon. Secretary of the Federation.

SCHOOL COMPETITIONS Copies of the Burns Federation medal may be obtained direct from Messrs. G. and G. Ponton, Ltd., Pontoprint Works, Hillington, Glasgow, S.W.2. The prices are In bronze . 5 /- each. ,, silver 9 / 6 ,, ,, gold . . . , 45 / - ,, Case to hold medal, 2 /- ,, Engraving name, etc., ld. per letter. Postage is extra. The price of the medal in gold varies with the fluctuation in the price of the metal.

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