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INSTITUTED 1891 PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
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By THOMAS INNES of Lea.rney, Advocate, Albany Hera.Id, containing 114 pages illustrating Tartans in Colours 12/6 MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION JOHl SMITH & SOl (6las2ow) Ltd. 57-61 ST. VINCENT STREET, GLASGOW, C.2 BURNS CHRONICLE BURNS CHRONICLE AND CLUB DIRECTORY INSTITUTED 1891 PUBLISHED ANNUALLY SECOND SERIES : VOLUME XIV THE BURNS FEDERATION KILMARNOCK 1 939 PRINTED BY WILLIAM HODGE AND COMPANY, LTD. GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH LIST OF CONTENTS PAGB I.-Edit.orial: The Scottish National Di.ctionar'!J - 1 II.-" Holy Willie's prayer" 3 III.-The Scottish National Dictwnary, by William Grant, LL.D. - 4 IV.-Letters of Robert Burns 6 V.-Letter from Burns to Mrs. Maria Riddell 10 VI.-Burns's verses to Miss Ferrier 11 VII.-The Burns Federation at Dumfries, 1938 13 (Business Meeting; Luncheon; Church Service Sermon by Rev. Harold A. Cockburn, B.D., M.Th.) VIII.-Burns's literary correspondents, 1786-1796: Introduction to the list of letters addressed to the poet, with notes; by J. C. Ewing 28 IX.-The reception of Burns in German literature, by Professor Hans Hecht, Ph.D.: Part I 52 X.-Horace to Robert Burns : greeting and poetic benediction 61 XL-The Eglintons' patronage of Burns, 1786-1787; by J. C. Ewing 66 XII.-Burns's lodgings in Edinburgh, by John Mc Vie 72 XIII.-" Burns's writings are Burns" 76 XIV.-Correspondence of John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, 1789-1811 : Part V - 77 XV.-Scottiah poetry of to-day, by Robert Bain, M.A. 86 XVI.-Notes for lady members of Burns Clubs -- 95 (Woman in Burnsiana; Phyllis M'Murdo; Memorial to Clarinda ; "Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast") Notes, queries, and answers 99 Burns in the auction-room, 1937-1938 - 102 Bibliography - 103 vi LIST OF CONTENTS PAGB Notices of new books : Robert Burns'• commonplace book, 1789-1785 - 105 Burns-by himself; edited by Keith Henderson -- 108 Robert Burns niederdeutsch. Eingerichtet von Friedrich Schult - 110 A Scots reader, made by Thomas Henderson and J. C. Smith: Book II-Senior - 111 Oor mither tongue, edited by Ninian Macwhannell - 112 Scotland for ever I and other poems, by John Campbell 114 Neil Munt·o und die nationale Kulturbewegung im modernm Schottland, von Herbert Wernitz - 114 Obituary: Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown, by M. H. McKerrow - 116 Mr. John Malcolm Bulloch, LL.D.; by W. W. 118 Bums Club notes - 120 Tam o' Shanter Inn, Ayr: appeal - 139 THE BURNS FEDERATION : (a) List of Hon. Presidents, Hon. Vice-Presidents, Executive Committee (Office-bearers and District Representatives), Sub-Committees, and Auditors 140 (b) Constitution and Rules - 143 (c) List of Districts - - 14 7 (d) List of Past-Presidents - 155 (e) List of places at which the Annual Conference has been held - 155 (!) Minutes of the Annual Conference, 1938: incorpo- rating the Hon. Secretary's annual report - 156 (g) Annual reports : (1) Burns chronicle - 169 (2) School Competitions - 171 (3) Balance Sheet - 1 '72 (h) Numerical list of Clubs on the Roll - 174 (i) Alphabetical list of Clubs on the Roll - - 212 (k) Notices - 215 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS F.lCINQ P.lGB !.-Robert Burns: an unrecorded" state" of the Walker- Cousins mezzotint of Nasmyth's bust-portrait - 1 II.-Facsimile of letter from Burns to John Richmond 6 III.-Facsimile of portion of unpublished letter from Burns to an unidentified correspondent - 8 IV.-Facsimile of prospectus of the proposed quarto edition of Burns's Work• 85 V.-Memorial to Clarinda: tablet on Bristo School 98 VI.-Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown - 116 VIL-Mr. John Malcolm Bulloch, LL.D. 118 EDITORIAL NOTE The Burns Federation does not accept any responsi bility for statements made or opinions expressed in the Burns chronicle. The writers a.re 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 pa.per. J.C. EWING 8 RoYAL TnRACl!I GLASGOW, C.3. ROBERT BURNS Portrait which appears as frontispiece to "Burns's Commonplace Book" An unrecorded "state," with the date of the poet's death as MDCCXCVII instead of MDCCXCVI Reproduced by permission from the only known copy in Alloway Burns Cottage Museum (See page I08 of this "Burns Chronicle") EDITORIAL THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY When a Scottish Branch of the English Association was formed the suggestion was at once made that an appropriate and distinctive task for the new organization would be a survey of the Scottish dialects, with a view to recording such vernacular words and idioms as were still in current use and not listed, and determining their pronunciation, significance and prevalence. The sugges tion found favour, and by 1907 a Scottish Dialects Com mittee had been set up under the able convenership of Mr. (now Dr.) William Grant, and was at work. The outcome was astonishingly successful. Thousands of vocables not hitherto listed were gathered in, a striking proof of the vitality of the vernacular. In 1911 appeared the Rev. Alexander Warrack's Scots dialect dictionary, an excellent collection of vernacular words and idioms; but it did not attempt to mark pronuncia tion or give etymologies. In April 1913 the Scottish historical review published an article drawing attention to the work of the Dialects Committee and the wealth of other material available for the preparation of a dictionary that should realize the ambition of Dr. John Jamieson, who, however, had not at his command the resources of modern scholarship. " The time seems to be near," said the article, "when it will be possible to undertake the preparation of a Scots Dictionary on scientific lines," and it sketched the requirements of such a work. In 1929 the first step was taken towards the production of a Scottish national dictionary by the formation of the Scottish National Dictionary Association. That was nine years ago, and in that pe;riod there have been published six parts, carry- A 2 EDITORIAL ing the vocabulary as far as the word "bunker." The work ti.s of the highest value, but it is being carried on with the greatest difficulty owing to the lack of financial support. The Carnegie Trust, the Burns Federation, a number of Burns Clubs and some County Councils have helped, but there is an incomprehensible indifference to the claims of an undertaking that aims at achieving something notable " for puir auld Scotland's sake." So far the Government has refused aid; wealthy men who could relieve the Association of its financial worries have declared their indifference to its object; 2000 subscribers would supply all the money required, and only 580 have been obtained. It is clear that, like Inkerman, victory depends on the rank and file. If Scots at home and abroad would take the matter in hand, succeBB would be assured. For this organization is necessary, and fortunately that is already in existence. The affiliated Burns Clubs reach all parts of the British Empire, and have it in their power to give substantial assistance to a great national enterprise. America has ensured the success of Sir Willti.am Craigie's Dictionary of the older Scottish tongue, and when those to whom Burns and the " couthie lallan " are dear realize the position of the Scottish national d;i,ctionmry they will rally to the support of the editor and his :fellow-workers. Dr. Grant's report on the recent progress of the Dictionary-printed on pages 3-4 of this issue-tells that o.f the Clubs affiliated to the Burns Federation 52 are donors and 18 are subscribers, leaving 219 Clubs that have not so far made any contribution. Funds are urgently required; and if each Burns Club would take up the matter in earnest, it would be possible, by means of modest individual contributti.ons, to raise a substantial sum. It may be suggested also that there are many members of Burns Clubs who are in a position to influence EDITORIAL 3 patriotic Scots. And all members of such Clubs may be sure that their poet would have heartily approved this undertaking. "HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER" A manuscript of " Holy Willie's prayer," which appears to have been presented by Burns to the Earl of Glencairn, was offered for sale in the galleries of Messrs. Sotheby & Co., London, on 30th June 1938. The sale catalogue contains a reproduction in facsimile of the first page of the manuscript, with the following preface : - The occasion of this Prayer was a personal pique with which yr A:u.ld, the Clergyman of the place, was pleased to honor yr. Gavin Hamilton, a gentleman of the first worth in the country. The quarrel ran so high that yr. Hamilton was oblidged to appeal to the Presbytry of Ayr for vindication of his character, and employed Mr Robt. Aiken, Writer in Ayr, to appear for him and plead his cause. He did that so effectually as got an unanimous verdict in favor of his Client; and lashed Holy Willie, an old bachelor, and at that time Presbytry Elder for the Parish so severely, that on his return home he went ben to the Spence} and without admitting Meg as usual, he kneeled down before Heaven and burst out as follows. THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY National Dictionary .Association was formed in 1929 The Scottish Sir to ensure the production of the Scottish national dictionary, with Joseph Dobbie, an ex-President of the Burns Federation, as President, Middleton, Local Manager of the North of Scotland and Mr . .A . .A. the Bank at Edinburgh, as Hon. Treasurer. .Articles dealing with of the Dictionary will be found in the Second Series of earlier history 61-66; the Burns chronicle: vol. 3 (1928), pp. 69-77; vol. 5 (1930), pp. pp. 75-78; vol. 9 (1934), pp. 21-22; vol. 10 (1935), tage vol. 7 (1932), vo. 13 163; vol. 11 (1936), _page 149; vol. 12 (1937), pp. 104-106; and The .Association is very grateful for being given (1938), page 76. in once more the hospitality of the columns of the Burns chronide, order to acquaint its readers with the later progress of the Dictionary. In May last the second part of Volume II of the Dictionary was published, and met with the same favour able reception from the reviewers as did the others. It had been delayed for over a year, until the cost of printing Part I could be cleared off. There is in hand typescript enough to finish Volume II and a portion of Volume III, the printing of which is now being held up owing to the debt on Part II. 2000 subscribers are required, and so far 580 have been obtained, leaving 1420 yet to be secured, while not less than £2000 is urgently required to provide for printing and to enable us to retain, and if possible increase, our present staff. Steps are being taken to make the position of th.e Dictionary better known to Scots folk, and from the beginning of this year the work has been much more in the public eye than before. This has been largely due to the efforts of the Right Hon. Thomas Johnston, P.O., M.P., who first appealed to the members of the Educa tional Institute of Scotland for a vigorous support of the Dictionary. He then brought up the subject of a Parliamentary subsidy on the floor of the House of Commons. He pointed out that the English dialect dictionary had received a substantial sum from the Royal Bounty Fund, which enabled it to tide over its THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY 5 difficulties at a critical time in its history. Other Scottish members, including several in the Cabinet, are in favour of Parliamentary aid being given, and we hope we may yet get help from this source. The Educational Institute of Scotland is likely to follow up Mr. Johnston's appeal. The Carnegie Trust is again helping the work by recognizing it as qualifying for a Research Scholarship, and this is a very important relief to our salary expenditure. The Burns Federation has already generously given £105, and it is hoped that its constituent clubs, and their individual members, will also support the work by donations and subscriptions. Of the affiliated clubs, 52 are donors and 18 are subscribers, leaving 219 clubs that have not so far contributed. Might I point out to these that contributions, however modest, will be welcome to our funds; and that. if a donation is sent annually until it amounts to £5, the club will be registered as a Patron and its name recorded in the work, to go down to posterity as having supported this great national effort to preserve for future generations the language which Burns spoke and wrote? No better tribute could be paid to the poet's memory at the coming Anniversary Dinners of the clubs. Much as we require and shall appreciate support from the sources I have indicated, I feel very strongly that the provision of funds for the Dictionary is largely a matter for individual Scotsmen themselves. All Scots, wherever they may be, should feel it a duty and an honour to contribute according to their ability, and thus show that Scottish men and women are not unmindful of their great heritage of language and literature, the preserva tion of which the promoters of the Scottish national dictionary are labouring to ensure. wILLIA:M GRANT} Editor, "Scottish National Dictionary " LETTERS OF ROBERT BURNS The first of the five items printed here appears-in facsimile as well as in type-by the kind permission of the owner of the original, Mr. Harry K. Morris of New York, per favour of Mr. Arthur Swann of the Parke Bernet Galleries Inc. The second is from a collation of the manuscript with the printed text that was made many years ago; the third from a copy of the original in the possession - of Mrs. Munro, Glasgow. The fourth appears, in facsimile and in type, by favour of the Glasgow and District Burns Association; the fifth by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. The Burns Federation here records its thanks for the permission to reproduce these letters m its annual publication. J.C. E. I TO MR. JOHN RICHMOND My Dr. Sir, I have not time at present to upbraid you for your silence and neglect, I shall only say I reed· yours with great pleasure.-! have inclosed you a piece of rhyming ware for your perusal.-! have been very busy with the muses since I saw you, and have composed, among several others, The Ordination, a poem on Mr Mckinlay's being called to Kilmck., Scotch Drink, a poem, the Cotter's saturday night, An address to the Devil, &c. I have likewise compleated my Poem on the dogs, but have not shown it to the world.-My chief Patron now is yr Aitken in Ayr who is pleased to express great approbation of my works.-Be so good as send me Ferguson by Connel and I will remit you the money.-! have no news to acquaint you with about Machlin, they are just going on in the FACS IMILE OF LETTER FROM BURNS TO JOHN R J C H ~ I O N D 17th FEBRUARY 1786 BURNS LETTERS 7 old way.-I have some very important news with respect to myself, not the most agreable, news that I am sure you cannot guess, but I shall give you the particulars another time.-! am extremely happy with Smith; he is all the friend I have NOW in Machlin.-! can scarcely forgive your long neglect of me, and I beg you will let me hear from you regularly by Connel.-!£ you would act your part as a FRIEND, I am sure neither GOOD nor BAD fortune should estrange or alter me.-Excuse haste as I got yours but yesterday and am at present a little throng.-!£ you write me duely I shall afterwards give you letters as long as my arm.- I am; My Dr· Sir Yours ROB! BURNESS Mossgiel, 17th Feb : 1786 II TO ARCHIBALD LAWRIE, NEW:MILNS Dear Sir, I have along with this sent the two Volumes of Ossian, with the remaining Vol. of the Songs. Ossian I am not in such a hurry about; but I wish the Songs, with the Vol. of the Scotch Poets, returned as soon as they can conveniently be dispatched. If they are left at Mr. Wilson, the Bookseller's shop, Kilmarnock, they will easily reach me. My most respectful compliments to Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie; and a poet's warmest wishes for their happiness to the young ladies; particularly the fair Musician, whom I think much better qualified than ever David was, or could be, to charm an evil spirit out of a Saul. Indeed, it needs not the feelings of a Poet to be interested in the welfare of one of the sweetest scenes of domestic Peace and kindred Love that ever I saw; as I 8 BURNS LETTERS think the peaceful unity of St. Margaret's hill can only be excell'd by the harmonious concord of the .Apocalyptic Zion. I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely, ROBT. BURNS Mossgiel, 13th Nov. 1786. III [TO SAMUEL BROWN] Masgiel, 4th May, 1789 Dear Uncle, These I hope will find you and your Conjugal yoke £ellow in your good old Ordinary .-I am impatient to hear if the .Ailsa fowling be Comenced for this Season yet, as I want three or four stones of feathers, and hopes you will bespeak them for me.-it would be a vain atemp for me to enumerat the various transactions I have been engaged in since I saw you Last.-But this know.-I engaged in the smuggling Trade and God knows if ever any poor man experienced better returns-two for one. But as freight and Delivery has turned out so D-md Dear I am thinking about takeing out a Licence and beginning in a Fair trade.-! have taken a Farm on the Banks of-Nith and in imitation of the old Patriarchs get Men servants and Maid Servants-Flocks and herds and beget sons and Daughters. Your Obedt· Nephew, ROBERT BURNS IV TO AN UNKNOWN CORRESPONDENT Excuse me this short epistle-I was up yesternight untill four in the morning with yr. Nicol.-- Expect a longer epistle on wedensday .-- God bless you.-- ROB'!' BURNS ~ ~ . .;. ''""·· ''""·· .. .. ~ W£l~1,~ . T T f:/JM1f_t:/ f:/JM1f_t:/ LETTER LETTER ~ lf!l.~ lf!l.~ ED ED H /j S I CORRESPONDEN . . ED ED I ...__...... __... wd~xf~ar- F I wdi wdi UNPUBL OF OF DENT lft,tj lft,tj &Y\ &Y\ I N N ---- UN r'· r'· , , AN AN ORTIO P O O '=~~. '=~~. Jm,,-~_ T . . OF OF . . t:! t:! . . .. ¥1kl-~~J~i1 E E /YY\rl~J /YY\rl~J . . - BURNS BURNS IMIL S tk FAC FROJ\l FROJ\l /k~ • • 7~· 7~· ~1u1 ~1u1 ~,, ~,, r r f f ~ ~ ~c ~c df df ~{o . v( v( if?<::~ if?<::~ 3 ~ . . . . ·' : . ~. ~. ~ ~ BURNS LETTERS 9 v TO MR. THOMSON AT :MR. [? WALLACE'S], ST. JAMES' SQUARE Dr· Sir I am laid up with a bruised limb, and shall be glad to see you if you can call in for half a minute any time today or tomorrow. I am yours sincerely ROB~ BURNS Monday morn. [December 1787-January 1788] NOTES I. This letter was first printed in Cromek's Reliques of Burns (1808) and is no. 21 in the Clarendon Press edition of the poet's Letters, with note "MS. not traced." The " Clerk with Mr. William Wilson, writer to the Signet, Edinr·" is an unknown hand; the docket is in Richmond's. II. This letter was " now printed for the first time " in The land of Burns (1840 : II, 55); and is no. 54 in the Clarendon Press edition of the poet's Letters, with note " MS. not traced." Manuscript and print were collated by a con tributor many years ago. The present location of the original is unknown to the Burns Federation. III. This letter is printed here from a copy of the original written on a quarto sheet watermarked " 1816 "; on the reverse of the sheet is the address "Balloch Niel Mill." Mr. W. D. Fisher was good enough to draw attention to the copy now owned by Mrs. Munro. The letter is no. 240 in the Clarendon Press edition of the poet's Letters, with note " MS. not traced." IV. This fragment of a letter to an unidentified corre spondent was lately acquired by the Glasgow and District Burns Association, and is now exhibited in the Museum of the Jean Armour Burns Houses at Mauchline. V. This brief note is now printed for the first time, from the original in the British Museum. Attention was drawn to it by Mr. Newman I. White (of Duke University, Durham, N. C.) in the Times literary supplement of 1Oth September 10 BURNS LETTERS 1938. The name of the party to whose care the letter was addressed has been heavily scored through; it appears to contain a double " 1," and may be " Sellar " or " Wallace." Who Thomson was is unknown; it is unlikely that he was George Thomson, editor of the Scotish airs. LETTER FROM BURNS TO MRS. RIDDELL The printed Catalogue of autographs and letters shown at an Archreological Exhibition held iin Aberdeen in 1859 includes " (104) RoBERT BuRNS. Note to Mr. [sic J Riddel ' Owing to Mr. B.'s being at present acting as Supervisor of Excise-a department that occupies him every hour of the day-he has not that time to spare which is necessary for any Belle Lettre pursuit.' ... But promises soon that attention to Mrs. R.'s beautiful song, ' To thee loved Nith,' which it so well deserves .... Dated, Friday Evening, 1795.-(J. W.)" J. W., the lender, is said to have been John Webster, advocate, Lord Provost of Aberdeen. The Clarendon Press edition of Burns's Letters (II, 282) records " MS. not traced.'' BURNS'S VERSES TO MISS FERRIER The poetical epistle which accompanied a copy of his elegy " on the death of Sir James Hunter Blair " pre sented by Burns to Miss Jane Ferrier was included among his writings for the first time in Robert Chambers's edition of his Life and works (1851-2). 1 It was printed from a manuscript owned by Miss Grace Aiken of Ayr, to whose father (Robert Aiken) it had been sent by the poet in July 1787. That the manuscript was then in an imperfect condition-it was " rather an incorrect one," said the poet-may be gathered from the fact that the fifth (and last) verse of the epistle was printed by Chambers thus, with two words within square brackets: - " The mournfu' sang I here enclose, In gratitude· I send you; And [wish and] pray in rhyme sincere, A' gude things may attend you! " No other holograph of the verses is recorded by subse quent editors of Burns's writings. Presumably in order that its first and third lines should rhyme, and apparently without manuscript authority, William Scott Douglas2 altered the last verse to read:- " 'rhe mournfu' sang I here enclose, In gratitude I send you, And pray, in rhyme as weel as prose, A' gude things may attend you! " Scott Douglas's reading of the penultimate line was 3 adopted by Henley and Henderson ; but Dr. William Wallace,' not knowing of any manuscript authority other than the Aiken, preferred to retain Chambers's reading. Many years before the verses were published by Robert Chambers a slightly-different version of them had been printed in the College album5 (1828), a selection of 12 BURNS'S VERSES TO MISS FERRIER original pieces edited by students in the University of Glasgow. It appears as one of several "unpublished poems of Burns, Campbell and Pollok," and is introduced by a note to the effect that " a young lady had requested the poet to send her a copy of one of his poems with which she had been particularly pleased, which he did, accompanied by the following verses." Here is the text of the version in the College albwm, which has not been utilised by any editor of Burns: - VERSES BY ROBERT BURNS NAE heathen name shall I prefix, Frae Pindus or Parnassus, Auld Reikie dings them a' to sticks, For rhyme-inspiring lassies. Jove's tunefu' dochters, three times three, Made Homer deep their debtor, But, gi'en the body half an ee, Nine F******'s wad done better. Last day, my muse was in a bog, Down George's Street I stoited, A gloomy, cauld, prosaic fog My vera senses doited. Do what I dought to set her free, My muse lay in the mire, I turned a nuik, she catch'd your e'e, And took the wing like fire. The mournfu' song I here indite In gratitude I send you, And pray in rhyme, sincere as prose, A' gude things may attend you. NOTES 1. Chambers (1851-2; 4 vols.): II, 109-110. 2. Works of Burns (1877-9; 6 vols.): II, 85-86. 3. Poetry of Bur'TWJ (1896-7; 4 vols.): II, 111-112. 4. Life and works of Burns (1896; 4 vols.): II, 145. 5. College album (Glasgow, 1828): p. 123. J.C. E. THE BURNS FEDERATION AT DUMFRIES In 1938 the Council of the Burns Federation held its Annual Conference at Dumfries. The delegates and their friends were formally received in the Assembly Rooms on the evening of Friday, 9th September, by the Provost, Magistrates, and Councillors of the Royal Burgh, who were accompanied by the Town Clerk. BUSINESS MEETING The business meeting of the Council was held in the Hall of St. Michael's Church on Saturday forenoon, lOth September. The President of the Federation (Mr. M. H. McKerrow) occupied the chair, and other o:ffice bearers were on the platform. The Provost of Dumfries (Mr. W. J. Kelly), wel coming the delegates, said he was sure it was the wish not only of the Council but of the citizens of the burgh that their stay in Dumfries would be happy, comfortable, and full of the making of new friendships as well as the cementing of old ones, and that their deliberations that day would do much. to foster and to keep alive Burns's great ideals of brotherhood, of honest toil, and of honest living, which he was sure would do much for mankind to-day. As Dumfries people they regarded themselves as the proud custodians of the earthly casket of that great spirit whose memory called them together, and it was their heartfelt wish that not only sh,ould that memory be cherished, but that the great ideals for which he stood would continue to flourish in all corners of the earth. The Chairman acknowledged the Provost's welcome and in name of the Federation extended a welcome to the delegates, especially those from across the seas. He referred to the numerous places of Burnsian interest in 14 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE and around Dumfries, and hoped that during their short stay they would have a very happy time. The Hon. Secretary (Mr. Joh.n McVie), submitting his annual report, re:Eerred to remarks made by people outwith the Burns movement that very little was said at their conferences about the Burns celebrations of their clubs round about the 25th of January. If they were to read the annual Bu'l"ns chronicle, which the Federation had published continuously for 47 years, they would find that there were now very few clubs and societies on the Federation roll which did not have regular monthly and even fortnightly meetings through out the winter, but in spite of that it was taking a long time to kill the popular myth that they came to life Qnly on the poet's birthday and then went to sleep for another year. This mistaken idea of their activities was probably due to the publicity which Burns celebra tions of all kinds received in the press about that time. Arm-chair critics wrote their letters to the editor deplor ing what they were pleased to call the "spate of Burns oratory," but the Burns speeches went on increasing in quantity. It was easy to poke fun at Burns suppers. It was perhaps a qualification for dQing so that you should never have attended one. Those who frequented them might be very fond of high-sounding platitudes and not know much about Burns. They might not be concerned in the least about his art as a poet or have even a hazy notion of his real achievement in the field of letters. But they did recQgnize in him one who loved his fellow-men sincerely, and they gave him not only the reverence due tQ a great poet but the affection inspired by the most lovable of men. If they cared to read the press reports every January they would find that almost all kinds of clubs and societies had now a Burns celebration of some kind -Women's Rural Institutes, Political Associations, Masonic Lodges, Eastern Star, British Legion Branches, BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 15 Comradeship Clubs, Sports Clubs, Regimental Clubs, Literary Societies, Church Guilds, Co-operative Guilds, County Associations and numerous others. Making allowance £or smaller functions which were not reported, it would be safe to estimate that the Burns celebrations in January organized by the federated clubs and societies were probably less than five per cent. of the total; but if those outside bodies chose to set aside one day in the year for a happy evening of social intercourse and good fellowship, why shouldn't they? And why shouldn't they fix on the birthday of the poet who above all others sang of the joys of good-fellowship and brother hood? The critics might be correct if they were referring to those :functions as gatherings of one-day enthusiasts. They might or they might not be correct. He was not concerned about that. What was not correct was the misinformed criticism which confused such gatherings with the activities of the Burns Federation. In January last, probably due to the mistaken idea that it was responsible for everything relating to the poet, the Burns Federation was taken to task for the lack of support given to the Mausoleum fund. As they knew, immediately the Federation was made aware of ~he state of matters it issued a national appeal in conjunction with Dumfries Burns Club, as the result of which £1150 of the debt had been wiped out in six months, and he was quite sure that the remainder would be cleared off during the coming winter. But this was not the only fund that had received the support of their clubs during the past year. The National Burns Memorial Cottage Homes and the Jean Armour Burns Houses at Mauchline, the Tarbolton Bachelors' Club, the Tam o' Shanter Inn, the Glenbervie Memorial, the Scottish National Dictionary and the Federation's Scottish Literature Fund had all received a certain measure of support. The cost of running the various school competitions in Scottish literature, which again . 16 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE showed an increase this year, amounted to over £200. The Sheffield Caledonian Society raised £1000 for the endowment of a bed in a local hospital, and deserved their hearty congratulations. He was not suggesting that all the clubs in the Federation subscribed to all these funds. There were some represented there that day which had not shown much interest in any of them, but they might be interested to know that the total raised by federated clubs and societies in support of these Burns schemes during the past year amounted to over £3000. And this did not take into account the efforts of individual clubs for their own local schemes, such as that of the Newbattle Burns Club, which raised over £100 every year for its benevolent and educational objects. Now, if £3000 could be raised by five per cent. of the admirers of Burns, he left it to them to speculate on how much more could be done, particularly for that ill-matched pair, old age and want, if the other 95 per cent. were to help them. Might he say to them, by all means carry on with their Burns nights and enjoy them, but let them not be content to render lip service to Burns. Let them remember the charitable institutions and memorials erected to his memory, and give their members an opportunity every year of contributing to their maintenance. The President, moving the adoption of the Hon. Secretary's report, said that they deeply regretted the inevitable loss of valiant friends since the Federation met in Dumfries in 1899 and 1924. He paid special tributes to Dr. J. M. Bulloch, Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown, Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, and Sir James Crichton-Browne, remarking that Scotland was the poorer through the departure of these noble Scots. Proceeding, he thanked Dr. J. C. Smith and Mr. Thomas Henderson for the valuable work they had done in the preparation of the Scottish Readers for Schools. Very shortly the final number would be issued. These Readers ought to BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 17 be a great assistance to them in their endeavour to encourage children to know their " mither tongue." In the first number, for young children, the rhymes were selected so that the teachers might croon the words to familiar nursery tunes. In this way the children became familiar with the words. He trusted, however, that no attempt would be made to debase our beloved Scottish tunes by crooning them to swing time. What were their :feelings when they. heard dance bands swinging " Ye banks and braes," " Loch Lomond," and " Annie Laurie "? The abuse of these tunes, he noticed, had roused their Scottish-American and Canadian friends to make it so hot for the bands so playing them that they were compelled to stop. Could we not do the same? They thanked Mr. J. C. Ewing and Mr. Davidson Cook for their magnificent work in connection with the repro duction in :facsimile of the poet's manuscript of his first Commonplace Book. This publication reflected the highest credit on the work of these gentlemen. They also appreciated highly the kindness of their Past-Presi dent, Mr. Ninian Macwhannell, who had dedicated his excellent book Oor mither tongue to the Federation. In the words of Mr. Emslie-in his excellent review preacher, teacher, lawyer, doctor, journalist, poacher, ploughman, bobby, beadle, grannie, mother, maiden, bairn, had all a place. To-day they had no specially new scheme to submit, but they had many schemes in hand, and so he thought they could best utilize their powers by concentration in the development of the various interests they were endeavouring to promote, particularly the Scottish Literature Development scheme, by which they hoped to give prizes to students at one of the universities for the best work of the year in Scottish literature. Lord Alness seconded the motion. He said I regard it as a great privilege to be invited, as President of the Burns Club of London, to second the B 18 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE adoption of the report which has just been moved. It is difficult nowadays to say anything new about a D'urns report, or, £or that matter, about the poet himself, and I will only say in regard to this report, which has been so felicitously summarized in your hearing, that it seems to me to reveal a hive 0£ well-conceived and well-directed activities, and that it may very well prove for us an inspiration and a challenge in the future. I feel sure that you would like to congratulate the President and the Secretary and all those who have been concerned, not only with the production 0£ the report, but with doing the work on which the report is founded. As regards the poet himself, I will only permit myself to say this in a very £ew words. As I read that report and as I look round this audience, I am more forcibly impressed than ever with what I humbly conceive to be the two outstanding features of the Burns cult, namely, its ubiquity and its permanence, which transcend all the boundaries 0£ time and of space, and in that regard it stands quite :unique. I know of no counterpart to it in any part of the world. And when I say that, one would naturally pass on to ask a question, namely, Why is this? I am not going to detain you by seeking to answer that question, which many 0£ you can answer better than I could. I will only say that we look back upon the past 0£ the Federation well contented with what has taken place, and that we look forward to the future with an equal measure 0£ confidenc6 Speaking to you this morning in world-wide circumstances of gravity and menace, I venture to say to you that i£ the principles which Burns stood for, of liberty and equality and fraternity, were applied as a solvent to the troubles of this crazy world we should look forward with more confidence to next week. The Hon. Secretary's report was unanimously adopted. BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 19 LUNCHEON At the luncheon in the Imperial Restaurant which followed the business meeting, Mr. Hugh S. Gladstone of Capenoch proposed the toast of " The Burns Federa tion." He said that it was his privilege, on behalf of the local Burns clubs, to welcome the Federation to Dumfries. He understood that that was the third occasion on which the Federation had visited Dumfries since its inception in 1885. The Dumfries conferences in 1899 and 1924 deserved to be remembered. At the former the scheme was first proposed which led to the foundation of the Chair of Scottish History and Litera ture in Glasgow University, and at the latter a definite impetus was given to the scheme for the promotion of the study of Scottish literature in schools. These were great achievements, and he trusted that their conference that day would be as productive of good work. Th,at morning they had paid tribute to Burne's memory at the Mausoleum, and he could not help thinking as he stood there that that monument was still defaced by debt. They were grateful indeed to the Federation for their handsome donation of £105 towards the :Mausoleum fund, and they were also grateful to Dumfrie~ Burgh for giving £100 out of its Common Good Fund. He believed that only eighty-eight individual Burns clubs had sub scribed, and that the many others had made no response to the appeal. He believed that every club would wish to subscribe, and that they would feel ashamed if they did not support this national memorial. He sincerely hoped that one of the results of that conference would be that the stigma which attached to them regarding the Mausoleum would be removed in the shortest possible space of time. The President, replying to the toast, said My first words to you this afternoon are my sincere thanks for electing me President for the coming year 20 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 0£ this world-wide Federation. I thank Mr. Gladstone for proposing the toast of the Federation. Mr. Gladstone is well known in local government circles, but it is as a Past-President 0£ Dumfries Burns Club that the. local clubs have had the benefit 0£ his valuable guidance, shrewd advice, and unswerving support in connection with the restoration of the Mausoleum and in their efforts to make this conference a success. N otwithstand ing Mr. Gladstone's numerous public activities, he has found time to be an author 0£ very considerable merit. He has written a life 0£ Maria Riddell, the friend 0£ Burns-a most valuable contribution to Burns biblio graphy. I am proud he is with us to-day, and thank him kindly for the way he proposed the toast. Many are the important things the Federation have done, and will continue to help in doing. We will con tinue in our endeavour to promote the ideals of Burns. We will strive to encourage the study of the vernacular by way 0£ the schemes we have already adopted. We are gladdened to know that last year in 300 schools nearly 30,000 children took part in our schools competi tions. The seeds sown in this way will in due time :flower, and then the fruit will appear. We publish annually that wonderful book 0£ Burns information, the Burns chronicle, edited so brilliantly by Mr. Ewing, in which poems and letters which come to light, questions relative to the poet's life and writings, to his family, to his friends and acquaintances and correspondents are published and discussed. We are laying aside annually a sum to be invested, and from the interest accruing thereon we hope at no distant date to give prizes to students at one 0£ our universities £or the best work 0£ the year in Scottish literature. We have assisted the publication of the Scottish national dictionary. We have assisted the Mausoleum £und. In these and other ways we are endeavouring to attain those ideals which were the poet's ideals. We try to BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 21 remember that the leading characteristics of humanity are intelligence, imagination, co-operation, and kindness. Alas ! the world to-day is full of wars and rumours of wars. Fear and dread of the future prevail. The people seek palliative in switching on the wireless, going to the pictures, motoring, long-distance flying, dancing clubs, and swing music. In spite of it all, the people are not happy. What is the remedy? Read and study the poems of Burns with thought and imagination, for there you will find advice and instruction for each changing mood. There is a good story told of Lord Young and the Poet-Laureate, Alfred Austin. These two gentlemen were introduced, and in course of con versation Lord Young asked Austin, " What do you do for a living? " Austin replied, " I write poetry." In his pawky way his lordship asked, "Do you make much money at that job? " Austin replied, " I can keep the wolves from the door." "What! " said Lord Young, " do you read your poems to them? " There is more than a laugh in that story, for I am convinced that if everyone, from statesmen to town councillors, read the poems of Burns with thought and imagination the wolves of fear and dread and irritation would scamper away. Vice-President Charles Carmichael (Derby) proposed " The Royal B:u:rgh of Dumfries," and referred to vari ous places of historical interest in Dumfries and district and to numerous men of distinction who had been born in the burgh and the county. Provost Kelly, in reply, spoke of a number of improvements which had been effected in the burgh, and I mentioned that the Corporation had recently purchased the estate of Lincluden and intended to erect some 700 houses there. Needless to say, they were endeavouring to preserve as much of the amenity of Lincluden as possible. In particular they planned to preserve the 22 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE trees and the policies, and by that action it should be possible to hear " the mavis' e'ening sang " Sounding Clouden's woods amang." CHURCH SERVICE SERMON BY REV. HAROLD A. COCKBURN, B.D., M.Th. Many of the delegates to the Co;nference attended the Sunday morning (llth September) service in St. Michael's Church. The service was conducted by the Rev. Harold A. Cockburn, B.D., who took as his text " The Lord seeth not as man seeth ; :for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." (lst Samuel, xvi, 7.) He said: Is it not too often true that man judges by the outward appearances, by the bank balance, by the number of rooms in our houses, by the number of servants we employ, by the lands we own or the businesses we run, by the titles before our names or the degrees after them-is it not too often true that man judges by the outward appearance? But to God these things mean nothing at all, for God judges by the heart. And judged as God judges, by the heart that was in him, I contend that Robert Burns, with all his :faults and his so obvious failings, was not far :from the Kingdom of God. God looking on the heart of Burns would find there a great pity for all downtrodden things-flower, beast, and man. It is not the cultivated rose of which he sings or some new variety of dahlia, but it is of the daisy, trodden under foot of man and beast- Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonie gem. If it is of a beast he writes, it is not of the kingly lion BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 23 or the slouching polar bear; no, it is of the little, timid, despised mouse, hunted for its life- That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee monie a weary nibble I Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld I Yes, the timid mouse or the flutter-hearted wounded hare- Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest, No more of rest, but now thy dying bed I The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head, The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest. How full of pity of the down-trodden things of the world was this heart of Robert Burns! What says he of the birds on a winter's night?- Ilk happing bird-wee, helpless thing 1- That in the merry months o' spring Delighted me to hear thee sing, What comes o' thee1 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing An' close thy e'e 1 It's only a bird, but you would think that Burns was leaving his own child out in the bitter snow. And when he thinks of man it's not of the well-fed, well-housed, well-cared-for folk of whom he sings- See yonder poor, o'erlaboured wight, So abject, mean and vile; Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil. -words that almost make us weep. And if it is of the high and mighty he writes at all, who must it be but of unfortunate, oppressed, imprisoned Mary Queen of Scots- I was the Queen o' bonie France, Where happy I hae been, Fu' lightly rase I in the morn, As blythe lay down at e'en; And I'm the sov'reign of Scotland, And monie a traitor there; Yet here I lie in foreign bands And never-ending care. 24 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE Ah, let it be but a daisy in the :field, the timorous mouse, the little bird on chittering wing, the wounded hare, the old toil-worn grey mare, the overworked underpaid tiller of the soil, or the unfortunate, unhappy Mary Queen of Scots-for them all, the underdogs of the world, there was in the heart of Burns a pity that even a poet could not find words to express. In this, at least, was he not very like Him, his Master and his Lord, Who talked with love of the grass and the lilies of the :field, Who thought of the sparrows sold in His day ~t two for a farthing and :five for a halfpenny, Who saw the pathos of the hen sheltering her brood underneath her wings, Whose heart went out in infinite pity to the out cast and the leper, to the sick of body and the sick of mind, Who entered into the sorrows of the widowed mother and the fatherless children, Who looked on the multitude and wept because they seemed like sheep with no shepherd to guide them, and if it had to be pity for a king it must be for the rich young ruler who came to Him seeking peace unto his soul and went away very sorrowful? In Christ's· heart was an infinite pity for all struggling, suffering, weary things of the earth. So much so,- that He took all the sins and sorrows of the world and bore them as if they were His own till the burden of them grew too great for Him to carry and broke that pitiful heart at last on Calvary's tragic hill I And, again, the heart of Burns was sincere. He could not abide humbug or hypocrisy. His own faults were not hidden, but open for the world to see. Others were no better than he, but with an outside appearance of righteousness they posed as saints to whom sin of any kind was a stranger. Their real selves they hid behind long faces and shocked expressions. Hear his scorching sarcasm of the hypocrite in " Holy Willie's prayer"- BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 25 Yet I am here, a chosen sample, To show Thy grace is great and ample : I'm here a pillar o' Thy Temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, and example To a' Thy flock. The sincere heart of Burns is best revealed in the " Cotter's Saturday Night," his picture of the quiet £arm kitchen, the big ha' Bible, the patriarchal reading of a passage, the bowed and reverent heads, and the commending of all to the keeping of Heaven's Eternal King-there is the heart of Burns. Through all his faults, through his laughter and his tears, there is the heart of Burns speaking of the things that really matter- Compar' d with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art; When men display to congregations wide Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov' d at home, raver' d abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.' And in his sincerity was he very different from the Master Himself Who hated hypocrisy and self-pride? His most bitter words were spoken against those who hid the meanness of their hearts under long clothing, and their sinful souls behind long £aces. " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! £or ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful out ward, but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. Even so, ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.'' That is enough to show how Christ in His sincerity hated the hypocrite. Yet let a little child but cry £or help, let some innocent soul appeal to Jesus, let some one in trouble but come unto Him, and He heard and answered, £or He knew the cry that came from the heart. 26 BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE The heart of Burns was sincere: he hated hypocrisy and loved true religion, even as the Master did himself. And lastly, and this perhaps is the point that matters most, Burns had a repentant heart. He went astray many a time, but his conscience knew it, and made for him a hell in his own soul. You cannot read the works of Burns without realizing that here is one who was driven by his passions into ways he knew to be wrong, and which left his sensitive soul with a burden, an unbear able burden of remorse- 0 Thou unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear ! In Whose dread presence ere an hour, Perhaps I must appear I If I have wander'd in those paths Of life I ought to shun- As something, loudly, in my breast Remonstrates I have done-- Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong; And list'ning to their witching voice Has often led me wrong. Where human weakness has come short, Or frailty stept aside, Do Thou, All-good-for such Thou art- In shades of darkness hide. Where with intention I have err'd, No other plea I have, But Thou art good; and Goodness still Delighteth to forgive. Confession and repentance in one, he casts himself on the mercy of God. Or listen to him as he writes to a friend : " I have been this morning taking a peep thro', as Young finely says, ' the dark postern of time long elaps'd,' and you will easily guess 'twas a rueful prospect. What a tissue of thoughtlessness, weakness and folly! My life reminded me of a ruin'd temple; BURNS FEDERATION CONFERENCE 27 what strength, what proportion in some parts! what unsightly gaps, what prostrate ruins in others! I kneeled down before the Father of mercies and said, ' Father, I h,ave sinned against Heaven and in Thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called Thy son.' " Or read the epitaph he wrote for his own grave- ls there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave 1- Here pause--and thro' the starting tear Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain' d his name. Ah, God, Who judgeth by the heart of a man, will have mercy on one who so confesses and so humbly acknow ledges and so sincerely repents. Who was it but the :Master Himself who said that there would be more joy over one sinner that repenteth than over ninety and nine just persons who need no repentance. If God judges a man, not by the outward appearance but by the heart, then Burns was not far from the Kingdom of God, for in his heart was a Christlike pity for the struggling things of God's creation, a sincerity which laid him open as it did his Master to misconstruction and calumny, and a deep and a humble and a real repentance. Let him who would criticize and condemn look :6.rst into his own heart, and if he :6.nd not there such pity, such sincerity, such repentance, let him then keep very silent, lest he be as the man who tried to cast a mote out of his brother's eye when all the time there was a beam in his own eye. For God " seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS, 1786-1796 INTRODUCTION TO THE LIST OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE POET PRINTED IN THE BURNS OHRONIOLE, 1933 WITH NOTES I To understand fully the letters of Burns-as of any other person-one must read, in conjunction with his own, those that were written to him. In the poet's printed correspondence there appear approximately 700 letters, written by him during a period of sixteen years to more than 170 persons. These 700 letters, of course, do not exhaust the record. Many more were penned to "gentle and semple !': some of these have been lost or destroyed, others will doubtless come to light in future years. Of the letters addressed to Burns more than 200 are in print, while other 300 are known to have reached him from relatives, friends and strangers. Some of these are extant; but the majority has probably been destroyed, by the hands of time if not by those of the Currie family. A selection from the letters sent to Burns was intro duced into the official editions of his WoTks (1800-1820),1 " to illustrate the character or the history of the poet." His four-years' correspondence with George Thomson was printed in its natural order in those same editions because " without the letters of Thomson those of Burns would have been often unintelligible."2 Subsequent editions of Burns's writings followed suit. In the CoTTespondence of Burns and Mrs. M'Lehose (1843) " Clarinda's " letters BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 29 wer& printed alongside those of " Sylvander." The poet's correspondence with Mrs. Dunlop was published in full (1898) because " Mrs. Dunlop's letters to Burns ... are almost as essential as his own to a right understand ing of the period of his life ... which they cover."3 Our knowledge of this side of Burns's correspondence was considerably increased by the publications of R. H. Cromek, Robert Chambers, Hately Waddell and Scott Douglas. We have no means of knowing even approximately the number of letters which Burns received prior to September 1786. Remembering that after his return home from Kirkoswald in 1175 "every post brought me as many letters as if I had been a broad, plodding son of Day-book and Ledger,"4 we may conclude that it was considerable. While some fifty letters are in print as his side of the correspondence during this period, only one of the other side of it is known to survive. 5 All the others probably perished in a holocaust at Mossgiel about the time of preparation for the poet's proposed migra tion to Jamaica. Of the letters received by Burns after September 1786 many-most of them, probably, for he was something of a hoarder-were carefully preserved by him, and were in his possession at the time of his death on 21st July 1796. Some of these-among them the four series from Mrs. Dunlop, Mrs. M'Lehose, Mrs. Maria Riddell, and George Thomson-were returned to their writers shortly afterwards, at their own request. The large majority of them, however, wat1 included in the material for the proposed subscription edition of Burns's writings which was sent (in January 1797) to Dr. James Currie, the poet's prospective biographer and editor. 6 When acknow ledging receipt of that material-" the manuscripts of a man of genius, unarranged by himself and unexamined by his family or friends ''-Currie described one portion of it as " a very considerable number of letters from 30 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS Burns' correspondents, some of them very good in them selves, and others which would be interesting as coming from persons of celebrity. A few of these it would be desirable to intermix with those of the bard." 7 With that end in view, he had a list of the letters prepared, and it is this document-now preserved in the Alloway Burns Cottage Museum-which is reproduced in print on pages 20-75 of the Bwrns chronicle for 1933. II The list of letters addressed to Burns is contained in a book composed of 16 sheets of foolscap-watermarked " Pikes & Paine 1796 "-folded once and sewn in a coarse-paper wrapper; it fills 28 of the 32 leaves of the book, the first and the last three being blank. These 28 leaves are neatly ruled in ink : the first nine in five columns-headed respectively (1) No., (2) Folio, (3) Date, (4) From whom, (5) Letters ... -the other 19 in four, the "Folio " column having been discontinued at page 18. The information regarding the letters is written lengthways on the page, and appears to have been carefully transferred from the originals-we have no means of knowing by whom, though the handwriting appears to be feminine. Unfortunately this valuable document is _imperfect. It has suffered severely from damp, with the result that fully half of each leaf-affecting the last column, a precis of the contents of the letters-has disappeared. While regretting this imperfection, students of Burns's writings may be thankful that the dates and the cor respondents' names-which are more important than the precis-are unaffected and quite legible. In our print the lacunre are indicated in the usual manner( ...). III This addition to the records of Burns's life is note worthy in several respects. It increases considerably the BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 31 distinguished roll of his correspondents; it makes clear much in his own letters that is indefinite; and it enables us to fix the dates and the addressees of certain of his letters which hitherto have been matter for conjecture. The list records exactly 300 letters that were addressed to Burns and a few documents relating to his affairs. But it is not a complete inventory of the letters to the poet that were placed in the hands of his prospective editor. Currie himself "intermixed with those of the bard " nearly forty that are included in the list, but he printed also four which do not appear in it. Others which certainly were in his possession but are not noted in the list have since been published elsewhere. These 300 letters came to the poet from 135 persons, most of them living in Scotland, England, Ireland or North America. To 80 of these Burns is known to have written at least one letter, but the names of the other 55 are new to the roll: we thus have a record of 225 persons who were in correspondence with hiim at one time or another between 1780 and 1796. Of the 55 new names the most notable are those of Thomas Telford, civil engineer, and F. J. Guion and John B. Williamson, distinguished members of the theatrical profession. As already noted, the letters addressed to Burns by Mrs. Dunlop, by :Mrs. :M'Lehose, by :Mrs. Maria Riddell and by George Thomson were-with a few exceptions returned to their writers shortly after the death of Burns. As a result, only two-one of them the earliest-of the century of verbose and tedious letters written by Mrs. Dunlop are included in Currie's list, along with one of the many notes from :Mrs. Riddell and the first (only) of the series of 33 from Thomson. Clarinda's "thrice unhappy name " does not occur anywhere in the list. Neither does that of her legal adviser Robert Ainslie, who probably had reason to fear publication of his letters and accordingly asked that they be returned to him. This 32 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS unctuous kirk elder appears to have destroyed his own letters to Burns-at any rate none of them is known to be extant-but preserved for future publication those written by the poet, private and confidential communica tions among them. Of the intimate friends of Burns's Ayrshire days there appear in the list of letters the names of Richard Brown and Alexander Dalziel, but we look in vain for those of Robert Aiken, Gavin Hamilton, Dr. John M'Kenzie and John Richmond. Considering that the poet was living in Dumfriesshire during eight of the ten years covered by the list, we are not surprised to find that that county does not figure largely in it. Edinburgh, however, is well represented. Nearly half of the 300 listed letters came from the capital: from Alexander Cunningham, William Dunbar, Peter Hill, William Nicol and the rest-in dis proof of the poet's fear that these friendships were of so tender a construction that they would not bear carriage with him t.o Ayrshire. The Edinburgh commoners did not forget Burns any more than Burns forgot them, and they repaid him nearly letter for letter. Of peculiar interest is the series indexed under the name of William Creech, the " strange multiform character " of the Edinburgh Commonplace Book. The precis of several of these letters provide confirmation if such were needed-of the bookseller's dilatory habits, which kept Burns hanging about Edinburgh for nine months and ultimately exasperated hi:rn. beyond endur ance. The "angry letter " which was the outcome of that exasperation has never been printed-is not even known to be in existence; was (the undated) no. 42 in Currie's list the " vampire bookseller's " reply to it? In contrast to those letters from Creech are the thirteen from the Grahams of Fintry. Eleven are from Robert Graham himself, Commissioner of Excise in Scot land and the poet's friend to the last. The first of the series is dated 14th September 17'88, the last was penned BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 33 eleven days before Burns died and carried with it a " triffie ! ' in the form of a £5 note. IV Currie's list of letters contains many interesting details which supplement or correct our knowledge of Burns and his correspondents; a few of these may be noted here. No. 13 shows that the addressee of the poet's letter of [February 1787] was Alexander Dalziel (factor to the Earl of Glencairn), and not Peter Stuart. No. 33 enables us to place in its proper position Burne's undated letter requesting the song " Pompey's Ghost " from James Candlish. The three items numbered 255, 260 and 263 identify for the first time the " much-valued and highly honored Friend " of Burns's letter dated 18th June 1794 as John Macleod of Colbecks, a planter in Jamaica and married to a sister of Isabella Macleod of Raasay. Two others exhibit Alexander Wilson of Paisley-Scots poet and American ornithologist-as an " enthusiastic admirer " of Burns, whom he afterwards claimed as "my friend." The precis of No. 183 (1), a letter written in 1791 by Alexander Cunningham, con tains the information that "Raeburn the painter wishes to ..."--unfortunately the remainder is missing, but we may be not far wrong in conjecturing that the sentence ended " paint a portrait of you (Burns)." Alas! he never diid, at any rate ad vivum. Not for many years has there come to light a document so practically valuable to the reader and the student of Burns as this record of the poet's literary correspondents. It is unique, and we must ever regret that it is so imperfect. Dr. Currie did an excellent service in having it prepared; would that his successors in possession had seen to its better care I In the absence of the letters themselves, the list-even as it stands-forms a welcome addition to Burns sources. 0 34 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS In the brief notes which follow, an attempt is made to relate the letters addressed to Burns and those written by him. NOTES 1. Works, ed. by J. Currie (1800) : II, p. IX. 2. Do. : IV, pp. ii-iii. 3. Preface, p. XL 4. Burns's letter to Dr. John Moore, 2nd August 1787. 5. Letter from James M'Candlish, 13th February 1779: in Alloway Burns Cottage Museum. 6. Memoir of James Currie (1831): I, 240 ff.. 7. Do.: I, 271-277. ERRATA IN LIST OF LETTERS, 1933 PRINT Page 28, letter 44 : for " Tall " read " Fall " ,, 60, letter 226: for " Toy " read " Joy " ,, 76, first entry : probably " Thomas White " 76, entry " Chalmers " : for " 205 " read " 204 (2)" " 77 : for " Tall " read " Fall " " ,, 77 : for " Toy " read " Joy " NOTES ON THE LETTERS BG.= Burns chrorllicle. (Kilmarnock, published yearly.) C.= Works of Burns [edited by James Currie.] (London, 11800, 4 vols.) CW.=Life and works of Burns, edited by Robert Chambers, revised by William Wallace. (Edin., 1896, 4 vols.) Letters= Letters of Burns, edited by J. De Lancey Ferguson. (Oxford, 119311, 2 vols.) 1. This letter from Lawrie to Gavin Hamilton enclo.sed an extra.ct--a copy according to Curri&-<>f one from Rev. Thomas Blacklock to Lawrie. According to Dr. Wallace, " Lawrie communicated this (Blacklock's) letter to Gavin Hamilton-although after an unaccount able delay of about a fortnight--that it might be placed in the hands of the poet." As Blacklock's letter is dated 4th September 1786 and Lawrie' s two days later, the " delay of about a fortnight " is inaccurate. (C. II, 37-39 and 42-43; CW. I, 20-21, 412-418, and II, 41-43.) 2. See letter from John Hutchinson (sic) to Burns, C. II, 92-93; also CW. II, 305. 3. Burns replied on 20th October 1787. 4. Possibly in acknowledgment of Burns's letter printed in CW. I, 269-270, and in Letters, I, 21-22. -0. Dalziel was factor to the Earl of Glencairn; the hiatus in the second line of the precis contained a reference to Glencairn. (CW. II, 13.) " Frome " (col. 2 of print, col. 3 of facsimile) should probably read " Irvine." 6. The laird of Craigengillan, to whom Burns addressed the verses beginning " Sir, o'er a gill I gat your card." 7. In reply to Burns's letter of 15th December 1786; the poet replied three days later. 36 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 8. See note to no. 5. 9. In reply to Burns's letter of 13th December 1786. 10. Tho. Fergusson appears to be unknown in Burnsiana; may be related to the J as. Fergusson of Banks (Ayr shire) who figures in the Syme-Cunningham corre- 11pondence. (BC. 1936, pp. 35 fi.) 11. In reply to Burns's letter of January 1787; printed in C. II, 54-56. 12. Printed in C. II, 66-67. 13. In reply to Burns's letter of [February 1787]; printed in C. II, 70-72. This letter has hitherto been believed to have come from Peter Stuart, and Burns's reply is printed as addressed to Stuart. " Dr. Currie printed this letter (Burns's) without letting us know to whom it was addressed, only intimating that he was ' one of the ablest of our poet's correspondents.' The present editor (Robert Chambers) has arrived by a chain of connected circumstances at the conclusion that the person addressed was Peter Stuart, editor of the Star newspaper in London, a person very note1 as a govern ment writer in the daily press during the first decade of the present (19th) century." See Chambers's edition of the Life and works of Burns (1856-57 : 4 vols.), II, 35-36. 14:. See note to no. 10. 16. In reply to Burns's letter of 3rd May 1787; printed in C. II, 84-87. 17. Mrs. Stewart of Stair was "the first person of her sex & rank that patronised his (Burns's) humble lays.'' (From the poet's presentation inscription in the Afton volume of his manuscripts, Alloway Cottage Museum.) 18. Probably in reply to Burns's letter of 23rd April 1787; printed in C. II, 88-9!1. The original letter is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 19. See Burns's letter of 2nd August 1787 to Dr. John Moore; also CW. III, 85-86. 20. In reply to Burns's letter of 5th September 1787; printed in C. II, 99-103. ~1. In acknowledgment of Burns's (autobiographical) letter of 2nd August 1787. BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 37 22. Printed in C. II, 104-106; Andrew Mitchell appea,rs to be unknown in Burnsiana. 23. Rev. William Tennant was Burns's " auld schoolfellow, preacher Willie " of the Epistle " To James Tennant of Glenconner. '' 24. Printed in C. II, 107-114. 25. Printed in C. II, 115-119. 26. Printed in C. II, 120-121. 27. In reply to Burns's letter of 15th January 1783 [11784]; printed in C. II, 122-124; see BC. 19S9, p. 72 .. 28. In reply to Burns's letter of 20th Octoper 1787; printed in C. II, 125-126. 29. See Burns's letter of 2nd August 1787 to Dr. John Moore. 30. In reply to Burns's letter of [25th October 1787] ; printed in C. II, 127-131. 31. Printed in C. II, 132-134; Burns replied on 17th Fe):>ruary 1788. 32. In answer to Burns's letter of [October 1787] ; the poet replied a few days later. (Letters, I, 137-138.) 33. Printed in CW. II, 295-296, as a reply to a letter of Burns ascribed to [February 1788]. 34. Mrs. Elizabeth Scot, who had written a rhyming epistle to Burns in February 1787; see CW. II, 48-51. 35. William Niven, schoolfellow of Burns at Kirkoswald and afterwards merchant in Maybole; the earliest Burns letters (3) that are known are addressed to him. . (Alloway Cottage Museum.) 36-37. Apologies for delay in settling accounts with Burns; see also nos. 39, 42, 43 and 279. 38. See note to no. 34. 39. See note to nos. 36-37. 40-4:1. Cha. Elliot and J. Dick (both of Dalkeith) appear to J:>e unknown in Burnsiana. 42-43. See note to nos. 36-37. 88 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 4:4:. For " Tall " read " Fall " : see CW. II, 115. 4:5-4:7. See Burns's letters to Brown, 15th and 24th Febru ary, and 7th and 20th March 1788. The letter from Thomas Crawford of Cartsburn to Burns, referred to in no. 47, is printed in Morison's edition of Burns'• Poems (Edin., 1181111, 2 vols.), II, 254-256. 4:8. Burns replied on 7th April 1788. 4:9. Probably in reply to Burns's letter printed in BC. 1933, pp. 5-6. See references to this in Mrs. Dunlop's letter of 22nd July 1788 to Burns and in Burns's letter of 2nd August 1788 to Mrs. Dunlop : Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop (1898), pp. 77 and 81. 50. In reply to Burns's letter of 31st March 1788; printed in C. II, 144-146. IH. In reply to Burns'e letter of 14th February 1788; printed in C. II, 149-155. 52. Bell Stewart appears to be unknown in Burnsiana j sea letters numbered 10 and 14. , rs3. Alexander Niven was a cousin of William Niven of Maybole, and tutor to the sons of Hamilton of Sun drum; see Burne's letter to W. Niven, 12th June 1781, and BC. 1930, p. 13. 54. Probably in reply to Burne's letter of 7th April 1788. 55. See letter from Burns to Creech, 31st March 1788. 56. Major William Parker, afterwards of Assloss (near Kilmarnock); see CW. I, 379. 57. John Smith, Junior, was the poet's agent for the supply of the second edition of his Poems to subscribers in Glasgow; see Burns's letter to Creech, 24th June 1787. 58. See note to no. 50. 69-60.. The earliest of the many letters from Cunningham to Burns; the poet replied on 27th July 1788. 61. In answer to Burns's letter of 18th July 1788. 62. See Burns's reply of circa Christmas 1788. 63-64. In reply to Burns's letter and order of 6th August 1788. BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 39 65. Cha. Campbell appears to be unknown in Burnsiana; Hillsea Artillery Barracks are near Portsmouth. 66. " The name of the lady who said he ": see Burns's letter of 23rd August 1788 to Robert Ainslie. 67. See Burns's reply of August 11788. (Letters, I, 250-25:1.) 68. In reply to Burns's letter to Graham-with the poetical " Epistle, requesting a favor "-of lOth September 1788. 69. Probably a further acknowledgment of the poet's letter of 18th July 1788; Burns replied on let October 1788. 70. Reply to this letter is unknown. 71. See Hutchinson's letter to Burns of H:th June 1787 (C. II, 92-93) and the precis of nos. 45-47 in this list. 72. Brown's reference is to James Maxwell's ("Poet in Paisley") Animadversions on some poets and poetasters of the present age, especially R--t B--s and /---1'/, L--k (Paisley, 1788, pp. 24), which contains "Another Specimen of the same Author, said to be written on a Window in Stirling." 73. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter to him of 15th November 1788. 74:. Apparently in acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 8th November 1788 to the Edinburgh evening courant, of which Ramsay was proprietor and printer. 75. Burns replied later in the month. (Letters, I, 281-282.) 76. Burns's reply to this letter is dated 24th January 1789. 17. Printed in C. II, 218-220; acknowledged py Burns on 27th April 1789. 78. This letter is probably an ack.nowledgment of Burns's letter of [3lst December 1789]. 79. Burns's letter is dated 23rd January 1789. 80 (1). Apparently in reference to Burns's proposed visit to Edinburgh : " I have settled matters greatly to my satisfaction with Mr. Creech " he wrote to his wife on 20th Fepruary 1789. 40 BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 80 (2). Probably in reply to Burns's letter of lst October 1788. 81. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 3rd February 1789 and the volume of his Poems (1787) now known as the " Geddes Burns. " 82. John Fowler appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 83. Probably in acknowledgment of Burns's letter to him of 16th No:vember 1788. 86. Written probably after having met Burns in Edin burgh; see the poet's letter to Cleghorn of 23rd Janu ~ry 1789. 86. Refers to Monkland (or Friars Carse) Friendly Society Library, to which " Capt. R. gave a great many of his old books." (Burns to Peter Hill, 2nd April 1789.) 88. The poet replied to his brother (at Longtown) on 26th March 1789. 89. Rev. John Burgess, D.D., minister of Kirkmichael and Garrel (Dumfriesshire); the reference is probably to the Scots musical museum. 90. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of [Fepruary 1789]. 91. The writer of this letter was probably Thomas White, teacher in Dumfries Academy; see also no. 229. 93-94:. Burns's letters to Peter Stuart were printed in the Morning star of 7th May 1789. (CW. Ill, 64:-66; Letters, I, 332-334:.) 96. Acknowledged by Burns on 4th May 1789; " Mrs. Dew ..." of Cunningham's letter is Mrs. Forrest Dewar. 96. From Sir John Whitefoord of Whitefoord (and formerly of Ballochmyle) in reference to Burns's " Fete Champetre.'' 97. From Professor James Gregory; printed in C. II, 24Jl-244. The original letter is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 98. Printed in C. II, 260-262. BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 41 100. In reply to Burns's letter to Hill of 2nd April 1789; see also precis of nos. 107 and 109. As Miss Carmichael's Poems wasn't published until 1790, Hill's reference is probably to the manuscript, which Burne appears to have looked over. 101. William Meikle appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 102. In reply to Burns's letter of 13th May 1789; the poet replied to Graham on 3lst July 1789. 104. Probably the " Mr. Wyat " referred to by Burns in his letter (1791) to Rev. G. H. Baird. 105. Printed in C. II, 258-259; answered by Burns, CW. III, 99-100. 107. See note to no. 100. 108. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter (and strictures) to Miss Williams; printed in Currie's 2nd edition (1801), II, 251-252. 109. See note to no. 100. 110. The buttons are now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 111. Mrs. Hamilton was probably the wife of Captain John Hamilton in Shaws of Closeburn; she is mentioned in Moore's letters to Burns, nos. 98 and 183 (2), 113 (2). Printed in C. II, pp. 267-268; Burns replied in verse-beginning " Wow, but your letter made me vauntie I "-on 2lst October 1789. 114. In reply to Burns's letter of 5th August 1789; the poet replied on 22nd January 1790. 115. Printed in C. II, pp. 253-257; referred to in Burns's letter to Mrs. Dunlop of 6th September 1789. 116. In reply to Burne's letter of 8th-13th June 1789; the poet replied on lst November 1789. 117. Something of a mystery letter : perhaps penned for a friend at Ayr. 118. James Kennedy appears to be unknown in Burnsiana; see also no. 126. 119. In reply to a letter from Burns which appears to have been lost; the song referred to was doubtless " On Cessnock banks a, lassie dwells," and the " preface & index " requested were for the third volume (1790) of the Scots musical museum. 42 BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 120. Burns replied to this letter and to nC>. 129 on 4th November 1789. 121. In reply to Burns's letter of 19th June 1789. 122. Kennedy was factor to the Marquis of Bute at Dumfries House. 123. In reply to a letter from Burns to Lockhart, which is referred to in a note (now in Alloway Cottage Museum) from the poet to Alexander Findlater and which is not in print or known to be in existence. 124. Burns's reply to this letter is not in print or known to be in existence. 125. See references to Masterton in letter from Burns to Robert Riddell of 16th October 1789, and in letters from Burns to Peter Hill of 2nd February and 2nd March 1790. 126. See note to no. ll8. 127. See the " fragment which was intended for you some time ago " (December 1789) quoted in Burns's letter of 13th-16th February 1790. 128. Possiply in acknowledgment of the " commission " (which is not known to exist) referred to in Burns'a letter of 2nd April 1789. 129. See note to no. 120. 130. John Renwick appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 131. Burns wrote to Maxwell on 20th December 1789. 132 (1). From Alexander Wilson (of Paisley), poet and ornithologist, then living in Edinburgh; see also no. 194. 132 (2). Masterton's reference is probably to " Willie brew'd a peck o' maut." 133. Burns's reply is printed in Letters, I, 375. 134. " Miss B." was probably Miss Jean Breckenridge, whom Gilbert married in 1791; the " son of singit Sawney" (Rev. Alexa,nder Moodie) was John, who succeeded his father as minister of Riccarton. 135. " Her brother "-James, Earl of Glencairn. BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 43 136. This letter, and the two numbered 139 and 147, were acknowledged by Burns on 13th-16th February 1790. 137. In reply to Burns's letter of 17th October 1789, which is unknown: see the poet's letter to Robert Riddell of l 6th October 1789. The poem referred to was pro bably " On Captain Grose's peregrinations thro' Scot land "-Grose was known as " the British anti quarian." 138. The poet wrote to Gilbert on 11th January 1790. The " Mrs. Alexander " referred to may have been the wife of Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, landlord of Moss giel. 139. See note to no. 136. 140. In reply to Burns's letter of 9th December 1789. 141. See no. 121. 145. See note to no. 133, and Burns's letter of 9th February 1790 to Nicol. 146. Burns replied on 2nd February 1790. 147. Printed in C. II, 293-294; acknowledged by Burns on 13th-16th February 1790. The original letter is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 148. In reply to Burns's letter of 14th January-2nd Febru ary 1790. 149. In reply to the poet's letter of lOth February 1790; printed in Cromek's Reliques of Burns (1808), pp. 381-383. 151. In reply to Burns's letter of 9th February 1790. 152. In reply to Burns's letter of 13th-16th February 1790; printed in C. II, 308-309. 156. In reply to Burns's letter of lOth June 1790, with which was enclosed "Queen Mary's lament." 157. Dr. Touch appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 1158. Burns replied on 5th October 1790. " Miss ... " was Miss Gordon of Crogo. 161. Burns replied on 4th September 1790. 163. Printed in C. II, 317-318; see no. 164. 44 BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 164. Burns replied to Dr. James Anderson on lst N ovemJ>er 1790. 166. In answer to Burne's letters of 23rd July 1790 and 29th August 1790. 167 (1). This letter is entered here in error : see no. 198. 167 (2). Printed in C. II, 319-320. The original letter is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 169. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter of 5th OctoJ>er 1790 .. 170. James Murray appears to be unknown in Burnsian.a. 172. See no. 137. 174. Printed in BO. 1934, pp. 8-9; in reply to Burne's letter of lst December 1790, which is printed in BC. 1935, pp. 9-10. 175. See letter from Alexander Findlater to William Corbet, dated 20th December 1790, fo BC. 1931, p. 52. 176. Printed in C. II, 342-344; Burns replied on 28th February 1791. 177. Probably in acknowledgment of Burns's letter to him (February 1791) in LetterB, II, 93-94. 178. Miss T. Stewart appears to be unknown in Burnsiana; see the poet's letter to Helen Craik of 12th January 1792. 179. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 23rd January 117911; the poet replied to Cunningham's letters num bered 179 and 183 (1) on llth March 1791. 180. Printed in C. II, 330-333; acknowledged by Burns in or about April 1791. 181. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter of l 7th January 1791. 182. Mrs. Esten, a distinguished actress, was announced to appear in " As you like it " at the Edinburgh Theatre Royal on 21st March 1791. 183 (1). See note to no. 179.-" Raeburn the painter wishes to "-paint your portrait1 Cunningham was an intimate friend of Raeburn. BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 45 183 (2). In answer to Burns's letter of 28th February 1791; printed in C. II, 351-354, where it is dated 29th March 1791. 184. From Alexander Coutts; acknowledged by Burns on 28th April 1791. 185. Samuel Thomson, the poet of Crambo Cave at Carn greine; his published volume of Poems (Belfast, 1793) is inscribed to Burns and contains (pp. 85-89) an " Epistle " to him and a " Postscript, with a pound of snuff " dated 18th April 1792. See also no. 252. 186. In reply to Burns's letter of lOth March 1791; see also letter to Dalziel in BO. 193~, p. 3. 187. Printed in C. II, 366-367; acknowledged by Burns on 29th August 1791. 188. The " fine, fair letter " mentioned by Burns in his letter ( 1 October 1791) to Peter Hill. See also the poet's letter to Creech of 16th April 1792. 189. Rev. James Little was minister of Colvend (Dumfries- shire). 190. See note to no. 188. 193. See letter to Peter Hill, [1 October 1791. J 194. See note to no. 132 (1). 195. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter of 29th August 1791. 196. Printed in C. II, 370-371. 197. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter, enclosing "Lovely Davies," of [August 1791]. 198. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter of [ 1 September 1791]; see no. 201. 199. Printed in C. II, 376-377. 201. In acknowledgm.ent of Burne's letter of 23rd October 1791; see no. 198. 202. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 24th September 1791. 204 (1). Printed in C. II, 378-381. 204 (2). This letter is entered here in error : see no. 278. '6 BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 205. See note from Burns to Mrs. Graham, 5th January 1793. 206. In reply to Burns's letter of 3lst December 1792; the poet replied to Graham on 5th January 1793. 207. This letter may belong to the year 1789 ; see reference to " the song of ' Somebody ' " in Burne's letter of [December 1787]-Letters, I, 137-138. 208. Henry Gray Macnab (1761-1823), publicist, published anonymously Letters addressed to W. Pitt, pointing out the inequalit'!I ... of the ta:ces on coal in 1793. 210. In reply to Burns's letter of 5th February 1792. 211. In reply to Burns's letter of 5th February 1792; "Miss M."--see no. 212. 212. Cunningham married Miss Moir two days later; Burns was admitted a member of the Royal Company of Archers on lOth April 1792, on the recommendation of Cunningham. 213. Burns replied on 16th April 1792. 214. In reply to Burns's letter of 16th April 1792. 215. Hill had just published Maria Riddell's Vo'!lages to the Madeira and Leeward Oaribbeari Isles. 217. This letter may J;>elong to the year 1791: Burns's name was added to the Register of persons on the list for Examiners and Supervisors on 27th January 1791, and the Duchess of Atholl died on 5th December 1790. 218. The first of the long series of letters written by George Thomson to Burns; printed in C. IV, 1-3; the " inclosed " was a letter from Alexander Cunningham ; Burns replied on 16th September 1792. 219. Probably the verses printed in C. I, 369-376. 220. The letter referred to py Dr. Wallace in Robert Burm and Mrs. Dunlop (1898, p. 365): " A short note is here missing in which Mrs. Dunlop intimated to Burns the death of her daughter Susan " (Mrs. Henri). Burns replied a few days later. BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 47 221. In acknowledgment of a letter from Burns (sending manuscripts for the proposed new edition of his Poems) which is not known. Tytler's letter is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. Burns wrote again to Tytler on 6th December 11792. 222. See Burne's letters of 16th April 1792 and 28th Febru ary 1793; Creech refers to Erasmus Darwin's The botamc garden, a f>Oem (in two parts, the second of which is The loves of the plants). 224. In reply to Burns's letter of 13th November 1792; the poet wrote again on 27th November 1792. 225. William Reid appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 226. Henry Joy & Co.-not "Toy," as written and printed in the list-were printers in Belfast. 227. In reply to Burne's letter of 5th January 1793; the " Capt." referred to was propably Captain William Johnston, one of the proprietors of the Edinburgh gazetteer newspaper. See also nos. 205 and 206. 228. Miss Bruntins appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 229. Thomas White, teacher in Dumfries Academy. See also no. 91. 230. This Wm. Stewart appears to be unknown in Burnsiana ; possibly related to the " Bell Stewart " of DOS. 10, 14 and 52. 231. Printed in Scott Douglas's edition of Burne's Works (6 vols.), VI, 54-55; Burns replied on 20th February, 1793. 232. In answer to Burns's letter of 28th February 1793. The 20 copies of the new edition of the Poems did not contain the portrait of the poet; possibly these were sent later. 233. See Burne's letter to David Staig of [lOth January 1793] in BC. 1937, pp. 5-7; also, letter " To a lady " in the same volume, p. 7; and CW. III, 363. 234. In acknowledgment of Burns's gift of a copy of the 1793 edition of his Poems. 235. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter (with a sonnet) of 21st March 1793. 48 BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 236. Probably in acknowledgment of Burns's letter of [ 1 October 1792]. 237. In acknowledgment Gf Burns's gift of a copy of the 1793 edition of his Poems. 239. John Brown a;ppears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 240. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 20th February 1793. 241. Jean Marishall appears to be unknown in Burnsiana: she may have been the Jane Marshall who wrote Sir Harry Gaylove, in five acts (1772). 242. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter (with a ballad: " There was a lass, and she was fair ") of July or August 1793. 243. Burns replied to Cunningham soon afterwards: see BO. 1928, pp. 5-7. 245. Gil):>ert informs the poet of the .impending marriage (on 9th December 1793) of their sister Isabella. to John Begg. 246. In acknowledgment of Burns's gift to Mrs. Graham of a copy of the 1793 edition of his Poems. 247. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter (with a manuscript of " Scots wha. hae ") of 12th January 1794. 249. Luke Mullar appears to be unknown in Burnsiana.. 250. Apparently in acknowledgment of Burne's letter of [ 3lst January 1794], beginning " The language of supplication." 252. See note to no. 185. 253. Burns replied to this letter at end of April or begin ning of May 1794. 254. The " fine lines " referred to were probably the six from " Tam o' Shanter " quoted by Moore in his Journal during a residence in France (1793, 2 vols.), II, 459. 255. John McLeod of Colbecks (in the Island of Jamaica): married his cousin Jane Macleod of Raasay, sister of Isabella Macleod, " a particular friend " of Burns. Burns replied to this letter on 18th June 1794. BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 49 256. Burns acknowledged Riddell's gift on 22nd September 1794. Six of the prints (engravings) are now in the possession of Mrs. Burns Gowring, a great-grand daughter of the poet; one is in Alloway Cottage Museum. 258. In answer to Burns's letter of [circa May 1794] ; the " ms. lett." is, of course, the prose volume of the Glenriddell Manuscripts. 259. Hooper was the publisher of Captain Francis Grose's Antiquities of Scotland. 260. See note to no. 255. 261. Included in a sale of autograph letters at London in 1862 ; in the printed catalogue of the sale it is dated [1794] and described as " Friendly criticisms on some poetry sent by Burns. Suggestions of subject11 for poems on a grander style and more extended form." 262. See reference to " my anecdotes &c. for your work " in Burns's letter to George Thomson of [November 1794]. 263. See note to no. 255. The " son and heir " was Barlow Macleod, who died at London on lOth October 1809; the next portion of the letter refers to the death of Captain Thomas Ross, who had married Isabella Macleod. " Mr. M0l.'s darling sister" should read "Mrs. M•l.'s darling sister." 264. See Burns's letter of 29th January 1796. 265. Burns replied on 8th March 1795. 267. Burns replied on 2nd May 1795; his answer is repro duced in facsimile in Letters, II, 295. 268. This letter belongs to the year 1796; see Burns's reply, sending "Lord Gregory," of 7th July 1796. 271. Burns replied to this letter in [Janua.ry 1796]. 272. This letter acknowledged receipt of the "Occasional address : The rights of woman '' which Burns wrote for the lady's " benefit-night " (Monday, 26th November 1792). It was written on " Friday Morning " (pro bably 23rd November 1792), is now in the Alloway Cottage Museum, and is printed in BC. 1935, p. 91. 275. Robert Baillie o~ Mayville, father of "bonie Lesley." D 50 BURNS'S LITER.ARY CORRESPONDENTS 276 (1). " Mr. Graham of Fintry, hearing of his (Burns's) illness, though unacquainted with its dangerous nature, made an offer of his assistance towards procuring him the means of preserving his health . . . The letter of Mr. Graham alluded to above is dated on the 13th (sic) July, and probably arrived on the 15th." Currie's " Life of Burns " (Works, 1800) : I, 231. The " triffie " referred to in Graham's letter was· £5 : see BC. 1931, p. 59. 276 (2). The first of the century of lette'rs addressed to Burns py Mrs. Dunlop. It " commissions 12 Copies " of the Kilmarnock edition of the Poems; Gilbert Burna informed Dr. Currie that Mrs. Dunlop asked for " half a dozen copies." Burns replied on 15th November 1786. 278. In answer to Burns's letter of 12th December 1787; see no. 204 (2); Burns replied two days later. 279. See note to nos. 36-37. 280. None of Burns'e letters to Henry Mackenzie is in print or is known to be in existence. 281. In acknowledgment of Burne's letter of (lst December 1787] ; see also note to no. 284. 282. Written probably about 5th May 1787, when Burns was leaving Edinburgh for his tour to the Borders; the engraving was doubtless Beugo'e portrait of the poet. See note to no. 280. 283. The reference to " Charlotte's [Hamilton] husband " points to the date of this letter being subsequent to llth November 1789, when she was married to Dr. James M. Adair. 284. Isabella Mapane became Mrs. Robert Wright on 12th September 1791. Was the" poem" which she acknow ledged the verses beginning '' The crimson blossom charms the bee " 1 287. In acknowledgment of Burne's verses " On reading in a newspaper the death of John M'Leod, Esq." Isabella M'Leod was sister-in-law to M'Leod of Colbecks. See note to no. 263 and, under date 26th August 1787, Burne's journal of his tour in the Highlands. BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS 51 288. From the lady with whom Burns had "a strange enough romantic adventure " between Longtown and Carlisle on 3lst May 1787 "1 (See his journal of a tour to the Border!!:.) 289. In acknowledgment of Burns's letter of 9th August 1790. See Memoir of James Currie, M.D., edited by his son, W. W. Currie (1831, 2 vole.), I, 288. 291. Ross appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. 293. Stokes appears to be unknown in Burnsiana. The copy of Preston's Poetical works (Dublin, 1793, 2 :vols.) sent by Stokes is now in Alloway Cottage Museum. 294. See no. 235. 298. See no. 178 : letter from Miss T. Stewart. 299-300. Written at a date subsequent to 23rd April 1793, when Lucy Johnston-the subject of Burns's " Oh, wat ye wha's in yon toun "1-was married to R. A. Oswald of Auchincruive. 302. John B. Williamson, who married Louisa Fontenelle; both went to U.S.A., and acted and died there. J. C. EWING THE RECEPTION OF BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE I : WEIMAR AND BERLIN Philipp Kaufmann, the first translator of Burns 1 In 1939 a century will have passed since the well known firm of J. G. Cotta at Stuttgart and Tiibingen published the first collection of Poems by Robert Burns in German. Its translator was a. certain Philipp Kaufmann, hitherto a rather obscure figure on the crowded stage of German literature, but none the less deserving our attention from reasons that will become apparent in the course of this paper. The editor of the Burns ohronicle has agreed with me that this jubilee, if the much-abused phrase may be applied to the occasion, justifies a re-examination of the introduction and the peculiar development of Burns's fame in Germany, a subject, owing to its multifarious connotations, of wide range and, as we hope, of interest to the readers of the Chronicle. In its origins coinciding with Goethe's con ception of " world-literature," it is exposed to hetero geneous influences, apart from the varying capacities of the translators, influences with which we propose to deal under two main headings pointing to the linguistic aspects of the translations-High-German (meaning, of course, the literary standard language) and dialectical (Alemannic, Low-German), the first of which reached a more or less definitive dead-lock, while the other, carried on by the :flux of gradually reviving German dialect poetry, proved fertile and vigorous up to the present day. BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE 53 O:f previous studies concerned with. our theme these four should be mentioned : - William Jacks: Robert Burns in other tongues. (Glasgow, 1896.) William Macintosh: Burns in Germany. (Aberdeen, 1928.) L. M. Price: English-German literary influences. I Bibliography, II Survey (Univ. of California publications 9, nos. 1-2, 1919-20); second revised edition: The reception of English literature in Germany. (Berkeley, Cal., 1932.) James Boyd: Goethe's knowledge of English literature. (Oxford, 1932.) 2 The entrance of Burns into the realm of German literature was sponsored by two great men : by Goethe in the accomplished :fullness of his age, nearing and trans gressing his eightieth year; and by his enthusiastic disciple and prophet, Thomas Carlyle, then intent on propagating the glories of German literature among his own countrymen and on composing and publishing his essay on Burns in the Edinburgh review. His Life of Schiller had appeared in book-form in 1825. The literary reflection of Goethe's and Carlyle's pioneer-work for Burns in Germany has been preserved in Goethe's memorable conversation with J. P. Eckermann of 3rd May 1827, in the correspondence between Goethe and Carlyle, beginning in June 1824, 1 and in Goethe's masterly introduction to the German translation of Carlyle's lJi,fe of Schiller, published in August 1830.3 This preface, containing extracts from Carlyle's letters to Goethe, recommends Carlyle to the sympathies of the German reading public ; it sums up and analyses the poet's impressions and views of Burns, referring for detailed instruction to J. G. Lockhart's ufe and to " our friend's " constructive criticism of Lockhart's biography 54 BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE in the Edinburgh review for December 1828, of which representative passages are translated, and leads up to the frequently-quoted, magnificent sentences (p. xxi of the original; Norton, pp. 318-19) :- And as we wish the Germans joy on their Schiller, so, with the same feeling, will we congratulate the Scotch. They have indeed bestowed on our friend Schiller so much attention and sympathy, that it would be but just if we, in like manner, should introduce their Burns to our people. Some young member of the honourable Society to which as a whole the present pages are dedicated, would find his time and labour abundantly rewarded, should he determine to perform this friendly service in return, to a Nation so worthy of honour, and faithfully carry out his undertaking. we rtoo] esteem this highly-praised Robert Burns amongst the first poetical spirits which the past century has produced. The Leben Schillers was dedicated : Der hochansehn lichen Gesellschaft for auslandische schone Literatur zu Berlin (The honourable Society for Foreign Literature in Berlin). A fine letter to that Society, dated" Weimar, April 1830," is reprinted on pp. v and vi of the book (Norton, pp. 299-301). The identity of the "young member of the honourable Society," who was actually at work on a translation of Burns, was revealed to Goethe in a letter from J. E. Hitzig, Berlin, 24th September 1830. 3 His name was Philipp Kaufmann. As well of the Society as of Kaufmann we shall have to say some thing later on. Goethe's purpose was fulfilled. The suggestive power of his preface to Leben Schillers could not fail to attract the full measure of attention it was entitled to. As a matter of fact, it marks the dawn of Burne's fame in Germany. 3 Chronologically considered, the propitious constella tion seems to be rather tardy in manifesting itself. Since Burne's death more than a generation had gone by. But there were previous allusions to and appreciations of BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE 55· Burns and his work, some of which were published in magazines familiar to and edited by members of the £ar fl.ung Weimar community. Their value varies from paltry gossip to more or less well-informed narration, and although anything like a complete survey cannot be given here, they are, from various points of view, important enough to justify the inclusion of a few examples. The earliest reference I am aware of occurs in J. D. Reuss's4 Das 9elehrte England (Berlin und Stettin, 1791). It says no more than this : - Burns [Robert], A Ploughman in the county of Ayr at [sic] Scotland. Poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect. 1786.8. Ed. 2. 1787.8 (6sh.) The second edition (1804, in two parts) is more explicit. Currie's edition, duly registered, had appeared in the meantime and furnished a solid enough basis £or detailed information. We are also indebted to Reuss for adding a care£ully compiled list of articles on Burns in English, American, and German periodicals up till 1803. One of these items was forwarded by an anonymous Edinburgh correspondent to the Neue Teutsche Merkur, founded by C. M. Wieland. Dated 26th of October [1796] it was printed in vol. III, pp. 391-94, of that widely-read journal, and served as a kind of obituary notice of the lately deceased poet " who, without exaggeration, may be counted for the most original of the now living poets in Great-Britain." The author is a fierce Scottish nationalist, with a strong anti-English bias. His contribution, however, contains next to nothing of real value. He belongs to the anecdote-mongering variety, the most elaborate of his stories recounting Burns's visit to Stirling Castle in 1787. Burns's verses, inscribed " upon a half-broken window-pane but not published in his works," viz. On seeing the royal palace at Stirling in ruins (Henley-Henderson II, 244), are given both in the original and in a free blank-verse BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE rendering. " Accidentally," our narrator continues, " some English officers happened to be present who were roused to great indignation at this inscription by a Jacobite dog and caused much trouble to the honest Burns.'' On an incomparably higher level stands an essay on Burns in the En9lische Miscellen, a periodical, as its title suggests, exclusively devoted to English affairs. Twenty-five volumes, or rather parts, of this journal were published by Cotta at Tiihingen from 1800-1806. Its editor was Johann Christian Hiittner (1766-1847), a German resident in London, traveller, miscellaneous writer, journalist, translator to the British Foreign Office, a correspondent o:f Goethe, Bottiger, Bertuch, and other members of the Weimar circle, and, since 1814, official reporter on English cultural events and developments in the service of the Grand-Duke Karl August, a good observer and a versatile author, justly esteemed as one of the most competent interpreters of English life and manners during a period o:f great tensions and events. 11 H iittner had been a visitor to Scotland, and the unsigned article on Burns in the first volume of the En9lische Miscellen (1800, pp. 67-85) was presumably contributed by himself. It presupposes the publication of Currie's Burns " in :four large volumes octavo," and was apparently suggested by that work. The author is fortunate in accounting for the success of Burns, next to his genius, by his descent and his surroundings; he is said to represent and, as it were, to :focus the qualities and superstitions o:f the Scottish Lowlander, to voice their sorrows, pleasures, and ambitions, " and they feel them selves as much in unison with him as with Ossian, who, after all, is more the property o:f the Highlanders or mountain Scots." After some amusing remarks on the total difference of these two races with regard to language, customs, prejudices, and appearance-" decreasing, how ever, in the same ratio as civic industry and the cultiva- BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE 57 tion of the soil progress in Scotland ''-the writer once more stresses the fact that Burns came from the Lowlands, viz. from Ayrshire, and thus was a real Scot, and in so far as he describes the manners of his countrymen and has bestowed upon their dialect, hitherto only despised and laughed at as broad Scotch, i.e. " Platt-englisch," a kind of classical dignity, they cannot but be as conceited of him as formerly the Sicilians were of their Theocritus and the Low-Saxons of V OB8' s Low-German idylls. 8 These are ingenious observations, sharp-sightedly antici pating later historical comment. For reading purposes our author recommends the following poems : The Twa 7 Dogs; Hallowe'en-" reminding you of our Burger " ; To a Mountain Daisy; On Seeing a Wounded Hare; On Captain Grose's Peregrinations thro' Scotland-" in the manner of our Gocking8 and Burger ''-the first stanza translated into German prose ; and On Scaring Some Water Fowl in Loch Turit. The concluding part con tains, after some general remarks on the life of the poet, a nearly-complete translation of Burns's autobiographical letter to Dr. Moore, the first German version that has been published. Explanations and interpretations of less self-evident passages are inserted. Huttner was also intimately connected with the publication of another sprightly and very popular magazine entitled London 'IJJ1U1 Paris, a companion-work to the famous Journal des Lu:eus und der M odein. 9 Under the general editorship of J. F. Bertuch it began to appear at Weimar in May 1798 and, :frequently harassed by political troubles in the period of the Napoleonic wars, continued its career until 1815, when it reached its end with the first part of the thirtieth volume. One o:f its distinguishing features consists in the addition of a great number of delicately-executed colour-prints, no less than 145 in the first twenty volumes, more than half of them designed by that master of satiric caricature, 58 BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE James Gillray. Hiittner, as was proper for an expert of his standing, contributed the majority of the articles on London, and also furnished circumstantial explana tions of the meaning and import of the " English caricatures " for the benefit of foreign readers. One of these caricatures, in vol. XIII (Halle 1804, plate VII), by Gillray, bearing the title "A Morning Ride," shows the Prince of Wales (later George IV) on horse back, pompously returning to Carlton House, in company of one of his notorious parasites, Sir John MacMahon, the Prince followed by a liveried stableman, the Irishman by a malicious-looking, shabbily-clad gillie-wetfoot running after his master, his naked feet thrust into big, shapeless brogues. On the bottom of the page appears stanza XI of Burne's "A Dream " (Henley-Henderson I, 72), purporting to temper present discontent with the expecta tion of future respectability : - Yet aft a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; So, ye may doucely fill a. throne, For a' their clish-ma-claver : There, him at Agincourt wha shone Few better were or braver; And yet, wi' funny queer Sir John, He was an unco shaver For monie a day. After a thorough explanation of the historical allusions in the picture the author fastens himself to the quota tion, adds a few biographical traits, characterizes Currie's edition, has some words to say on the peculiar beauties of Burne's dialect poetry, and regrets that his country men, while anxiously beating the dust off old Spanish, Portuguese, and Proveni;al song-books, neglect " to transplant this fresh-scenting nosegay from our Cale donian half-brothers." The subjoined verses suggest some remarks on Burne's political attitude--outspoken BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE 59 but loyal, and the presentation of " .A Dream " as a whole, stanzas I till IX in a prose analysis, a reprint of stanzas X till XIV, with ample footnotes on out-of the-way forms and expressions, is followed by a free but generally satisfactory translation of these linguistically difficult stanzas (pp. 397-408). Our collection of extracts could be easily enlarged, for numerous were the crannies through which the know ledge and the renown of Burns gradually percolated into German literature. For the present, those mentioned must suffice. They were all accessible to Goethe and had certainly not escaped the wakefulness of his all-embracing mind. Friends, as usual, had helped. The " charming " (allerliebste) poem " John Barley-Corn," for instance, which had been sent to him anonymously, had, as he was aware, " led to many attempts to appropriate it in our own language."10 .A spirited sketch of its contents is accompanied by the remark: " In this lively, happy anthropomorphism Burns is at once seen to be a genuine Poet." (Leben Sohillers, pp. xvi-xvii; Norton, pp. 311-312.) In the same place we are told that, on further investigation, he found the original " John Barleycorn " in an edition of Burns's Works of 1822, " to which a Sketch of his Life is prefixed, instructing us, in some measure at least, as to his outward circumstances. Those of his Poems that we have made our own, convinced us of ·his extraordinary talent, and we regretted that the Scottish dialect proved a hindrance precisely where he must have attained his finest and most natural expres sion."11 Goethe speaks with the authority of an expert, and he was certainly justified in claiming, in a letter to Carlyle of 25th June 1829, that he was " sufficiently acquainted " with Burns to prize him. (Norton, pp. 131 and 136.) On the other hand, we have no proof that Burns was a tangible entity to Goethe much before his conversation with Eckermann in May 1827, which we 60 BURNS IN GERMAN LITERATURE have already referred to. So the stimulus given to his previous impressions by his correspondence with Carlyle loses nothing of its e:ffectiveness. HANS HECHT [To be continued] NOTES 1. Correspondence between Goethe and Carlyle, ed. by C. E Norton (1887). 2. Thomas Carlyle Leben Schi7lers aus dem Englischen eingeleitet durch Goethe. (Frankfurt am Main, 1830.) The translatress· name was Marie von Teubern. 3. Weimar-Ed. IV, vol. 47, p. 298. •. Reuss (1750-1837) was Professor of History and Head librarian at Gottingen University. r>. Paul Gedan, /. C. Huttner, Diss. (Leipzig, 1898.)-A comprehensive work on Hi.ittner, planned by Prof. W. Wadepuhl of West Virginia University, has not yet appeared. Hi.ittner's reports for Karl August fill 12 vols. in quarto. The unpublished Mss. are in the Thi.iringen State-Library at Weimar. 6. J. H. Voss (1751-1826) wrote some "plattteutsche Idyllen " as early as 1776-77 and by doing so became one of the restorers of German dialect poetry. His metre was the hexameter. 7. G. A. Burger (1747-1794). 8. F. L. G. Gockingh (174-8-1828), a minor now-forgotten poet and a friend of Burger. 9. Cp. for further details E. Riggert Die Zeitschrift "London und Paris." Diss. (Gottingen, 1934.) 10. On early German translations of John Barleycorn cp. 0. Ritter in Anglia, XXVII, 450 ff. There is one in the Taschenbuch zum geselligen V ergnitgen for 1799, pp. 331-33. 11. The edition of 1822 used by Goethe was either the Poetical works (one vol.) published by '.J'. Cadell, London, or the Poetical works (two vols.) published by John Bumpus, London. Each of these contains "John Barleycorn " and each has prefixed " a sketch of his (Burns's) life," summarised by Alexander Chalmers from Currie's biography (1800). There is now no copy of either edition in Goethe's private library or in the public libraries of Weimar and Jena. HORACE TO ROBERT BURNS GREETING AND POETIC BENEDICTION One of the notable contributions to Votiva tabella, the memorial volume published by St. Andrews University on the occasion of its quincentenary festival (1911), was a poem of " greeting and poetic benediction " from Horace to Burns, written in Latin by Mr. James Peddie Steele, M.D., LL.D. A translation of this piece of imaginative work has been made by Mrs. G. B. Dunlop (Miss Annie I. Cameron), Ph.D., with the assistance of Mr. James Beveridge, M.A., and is printed on the following pages. Alongside it is the original text, included by the kind permission of the Principal of St. Andrews University Sir James C. Irvine, C.B.E., LL.D.-on behalf of the University. 62 HORACE TO BURNS ROBERTO BURNS QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS SALUTEM ET POETICAM BENEDICTIONEM RoBERTE, Graecis addite vatibus, RoBERTE, nostris I gratus ades choro Per te sonaturo quod imis Dis placeat melos et supernis. N unc sanctiori digna silentio Mirantur Umbrae carmina, non prius Effusa volgatas per artes Nee solitis socianda. chordis. Cocytos errans frenat aquas ; Charon Sistit carinam; cum volucri rota Stat prensus Ixion; recumbit Sisyphus ab medio labore. Quin et Prometheus ore novo stupens Haec mente volvit : Fallor 7 an Orphea Vieturus accessit poeta Voce alia et potiore plectro 7 Me major ipso scilicet artifex Donavit aurae particulA. hunc virum Divinioris, sic domantem Cuncta necis mala, cuncta vitae. Hine fraus avara et caecus amor sui, Hine optima.tum spiritus insolens Ac volgus infidum recedunt Tergaque dat pede concitato. Sed caritas nee morte domabilis, Sed corda cuivis dedita proximo, Sed vera virtus huie canenti Se socios comitesque jungunt. Hie spem salutis fert humili reo; Hie, siqua lapso vis manet integrans In maj us affiat ; me meosque Asserit hie Jovis ad tribunal. HORACE TO BURNS 63 TO ROBERT BURNS QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS GREETING AND POETIC BENEDICTION ROBERT, 0 ROBERT, added to the Greek bards and to ours, thou comest welcome to the choir, about to sing through thee lays pleasing to the Gods of the nether and higher worlds. The Shades admire thy songs, worthy of a more sacred silence, never before spread abroad by common arts nor tuned to wonted strings. Wandering Cocytus checks his flow : Charon stays his boat : Ixion stands entranced with his whirling wheel : Sisyphus reposes in the midst of his toil. Yea, Prometheus, too, dazed by the new tongue, reflects thus: Am I mistaken 1 Or has a poet come to excel Orpheus with other notes and a more potent lyre 1 Verily, a craftsman greater than I has endowed with a particle of diviner flame this man, who thus o'ercomes all the ills of death and life. From him greedy guile and blind self-love, from him the haughty spirit of the mighty and the fickle herd draw back with hasty step. But love stronger than death, the heart devoted to its neighbour, and true virtue, these attach themselves as comrades and companions to this singer. He brings the hope of life to the lowly culprit : if any spark of virtue remains in a backslider he fans it to a brighter flame: he summons me and mine to the tribunal of Jupiter. 64 HORACE TO BURNS Quae volvit audax Iapeti genus, Nee vana; sed nunc tempus erat tibi, RoBERTE, securo vagari £theriam, duce me, per aulam, Qua dia no bis otia, qua datur, Inter beatos, ducere nectaris Sucos, Camenarumque sacris Colloquiis sapienter uti. Jam nunc magistros artis amabiles Nostrae videbis: Vergilius venit Ad te relaturus priorum Fata ducum lacrimasque rerum. En alter et de sanguine Celtico Vates I Catullus fert tibi fiosculum 1 Utrique carum, cui pepercit Vi sine praeteriens aratrum. Te gestit Umber noscere, saucius, Ut tu Mariae,2 sic vice Cynthiae Tristi : sed illae, ceu sorores, Elysiis recreantur auris. Naso et Tibullus te petit, et lyrae Cultor Latinae summus in exteris Oris poetarumque princeps In proprio Buchananus aevo, Cui mox recumbes ad latus, Optimi Hospes Tonantis, vespere caelites Vocante convivas et Heben Ad cyathum statuente plenum. J. P. STEELE l The Mountain Daisy (of. Cat. xi. 22) 2Highland Mary, the counterpart of the Cynthia of Propertius HORACE TO BURNS Thus pondered the audacious son of lapetus1 and not in vain : but now it was thy time·, 0 Robert, to wander safely with me as guide through the heavenly hall, Where we enjoy godlike leisure, and where it is given to us among the blessed to quaff the juice of nectar and wisely to engage in holy talk of poesy. Now, then, shalt thou see the lovable masters of our art : Vergil comes to recount to thee the fates of the great men who have gone before and the tears of things. And, lo l a second seer likewise of Celtic blood, Catullus, offers thee a mountain daisy, dear to each of you, spared in its frailty by the plough as it passed by. The Umbrian longs to know thee :-as thou for Mary, so he heart sick for sad Cynthia: but they, as sisters, are comforted in the Elysian air. Ovid and Tibullus seek thee, also the greatest lover of the Latin lyre on foreign shores and prince of poets of his own age-Buchanan, At whose side thou shalt soon recline as a guest of the Great Thunderer, when evening calls to the heavenly feasts and summons Hebe to the brimming goblet. 1 i.e. Prometheus : his soliloquy ends here B THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS, 1786-1787 Even in an age when such favQur was not uncommon, the distinguished Countess of Eglinton's patronage of Scottish literary men in the eighteenth century was notable. Reputed to have been the most beautiful woman of her time, the wife of the ninth Earl of Eglinton possessed also the powerful attractions of great talents and brilliant accomplishments. "All the glories of the sex are thine," wrote one of her admirers; and Boswell, who with Johnson was entertained by the Countess on their return from the Hebrides in 1773, records that she had been " the admiration of the gay circles of life and the patroness of poets." Allan Ramsay, William Hamilton of BangQur, Samuel Boyse and others celebrated her charms and her virtues in prose and verse. Ramsay inscribed to her " The gentle shepherd,!' and Hamilton commended that " noblest Pastoral in the world " in an address in which he eulogised both her and her daughters. One could wish that the " wonderful Susanna " had lived later in the eighteenth century, or at least that she had survived until the summer of 1786, when a now famous volume of Poems chiefiy in the Scottish dialect was printed and circulated in Ayrshire and round about. In that event would she-a Kennedy born in Carrick have bestowed her patronage upon its author-a " lad born in Kyle "-as she had done to his predecessorsP Surely she would I But she died in 1780---at Auchans, only a half-dozen miles from Lochlie, where Robert Burns was helping his father to wrest a living from an unkindly THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS 67 soil. What she did not live to do, however, her daughter in-law did, or at least proposed should be done. It has long been known that the eleventh Earl of Eglinton made a gift of money to Burns soon after the arrival of the latter in Edinburgh. The suggestion that he should honour the poet has been credited tQ Dr. John 1 Moore, who-according to Robert Chambers -" had taken an opportunity of pointing out to the Earl what a miracle of genius had risen in his county, and was now claiming the friendly patronage of all good Scotsmen." When writing to Mrs. Dunlop on 15th January 1787, Burns acknowledged Moore's "kind interposition in my behalf," which indicates that the author of Zeluco had made a suggestion of some kind to the Earl. But a letter which has lately come to light furnishes strong evidence that the proposal for the Eglinton family's patronage of Burns emanated from the Countess herself. Surprised "that a Genius of so much merit should meet with so little encouragement from his Countrymen," her Ladyship proposed "that a Subscrip tion should be set on foot for him, at the head Qf which List She would have Lord Eglintoune's name set down for ten Guineas, and thinks she can give no less than five on her own." This proposal was contained in a letter written near the close of the year 1786 by the Countess to Alexander Fairlie, the 0QmmiBBioner on the Eglinton estates. " Sensible of his want of weight and influence " in Ayrshire, Fairlie declined to promote such a subscription, but " suggested to her Ladyship rather to make a private donation, which will be the same in effect to them [the Earl and the Countess] and be of more benefit to the Author." · The Countess's letter to her CQmmissioner is not known to be in existence, but one from Fairlie to the Eglintons' agent in the Scottish capital-John Wauchope, W.S.-refers at considerable length to its contents. The relevant portion of that letter, which is dated from 68 THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS Fairlie [House, near Kilmarnock,] on 30th December 1786, reads: - Your favours of the 24th came to hand yesterday morning, and at same time I had the honour of receiving a letter from the Countess of Eglintoune on a subject that one could hardly have imagined her Ladyship to have concerned herself about, I mean our Ayrshire Poet Burns, who I'm told is now, and has been for some weeks past, in your Town. Her Ladyship expresses in strong terms her surprise that a Genius of so much merit should meet with so little encouragement from his Countrymen; and proposes that a Subscription should be set on foot for him, at the head of which List She would have Lord Eglintoune's name set down for ten Guineas, and thinks she can give no less than five on her own, and bids me speak to the man for a new Edition of his poems. By this post I have replied, acquainting her Ladyship that the Poet is in Edinburgh, where he is much caressed by all ranks of people, and has attracted so much the notice of the public as to be celebrated in our news-papers as a rising Genius, and that he had received many marks of regard by private donations, as was reported upon good authority here, besides 2 Guineas from each of the Members of the Caledonian Hunt present at a late Meeting, and what was still more :flattering, that "!!he Booksellers of Glasgow and Edinburgh had been striving to out-bid each other for a purchase of his copy, which it's said he is about to publish soon on his own account, and that £500 had been offer'd, and refused. These things having been confidently averred to me from people worthy of credit, and that our Bard had received in gifts already to the amount of a 100 Guineas, I so represented them to her Ladyship as substantial proofs of the encouragement and attention he has met with. Whether the proposed liberality flows directly from the Lady's own motion, or in conjunction with the Earl's, I am at a loss to judge, but inclined to believe from the former. Be that as it may, I promised to write you by this post respecting her Ladyship's wishes, and to desire of you to send to the Bard, and make known to him her's and the Earl's intentions of conferring shortly some mark of their regard and sense of his merit, meanwhile that they were anxious to know when a new Edition of his Poems might be expected, whether he meant to publish by Subscription, or on his own account, or to sell his Copy. According to the answer, you'll please write the Earl, and to show the Lady that her recommendations are attended to, use as little delay as possibly you can, and ask his Lordship what he chuses you should bestow upon the Poet in his own name THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS 69 and that of the Countess. Instead of subscribing for any number of copies of the Book, I have humbly suggested to her Ladyship rather to make a private donation, which will be the same in effect to them, and be of more benefit to the Author. Sensible of my want of weight and influence in this County to promote a Subscription that would bring anything considerable, I have humbly declined the attempt. So much for the Bard. . . . 2 Fairlie's suggestion was accepted: Wauchope com municated with the Earl, and on lOth January 1787 called on Burns to make him a present 0£ ten guineas, which the poet acknowledged next day in a letter3 to the donor:- My Lord, As I have but slender pretensions to philosophy, I cannot rise to the exalted ideas of a Citizen of the world at large; but have all those national prejudices which, I believe, glow peculiarly strong in the breast of a Scotchman. There is scarcely any thing to which I am so feelingly alive as the honor and welfare of old Scotia; and, as a Poet, I have no higher enjoyment than singing her Sons and Daughters. Fate had cast my station in the veriest shades of Life, but never did a heart pant more ardently than mine to be distinguished; though, till very lately, I looked round for a ray of light in vain. It is easy then to guess how supremely I was gratified, in being honored with the countenance and approbation of one of my dear lov'd Country's most illustrious Sons, when Mr· W auchope called on me yesterday on the part of your Lordship. Your munificence, my Lord, certainly deserves my very grateful acknowledgements; but your patronage is a bounty peculiarly suited to my feelings. I am not master enough of the etiquette of life to know whether there be not some impropriety in troubling your Lordship with my thanks, in this manner; but my heart whispered me to do it. From the emotions of my inmost Soul I do it. Selfish ingratitude, I hope I am incapable of; and mercenary servility, I trust I shall ever have so much honest pride as to detest. I have the honor to be, with the most grateful sincerity, My Lord, Your much indebted & very humble servt. [ROBT. BURNS] 70 THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS Burns, however, did not look upon the money from Eglinton as a gift. He accepted it as his Lordship's subscription for copies of the forthcoming second edition of his Poems, which was being offered at 5s. Conse quently, the list of subscribers' names printed in the book includes " The Earl of Eglinton, 42 copies." That so many copies were supplied to the Earl is, however, improbable, to judge from a letter written by Dr. Moore 4 • to Burns on 23rd May £ollowing : - You seem to think it incumbent on you to send to each subscriber a number of copies proportionate to his subscrip tion money, but you may depend upon it few subscribers expect more than one copy, whatever they subscribed .... Lord Eglintoun told me he had sent for six copies for himself, as he wished to give five of them in presents. The lady from whom came the proposal for a sub scription on behalf of the poet was Frances Twysden, only daughter of Sir William Twysden, Baronet, of Roydon Hall, Kent. She had married (1783) the eleventh Earl of Eglinton, one of the gallant Mont gomeries referred to by Burns in his '' Earnest cry and prayer," who had succeeded to the titles and estates on the death of his brother, Earl Alexander-shot by Mungo Campbell in 1769. (Her second husband, it may be added, was a son of Dr. John Moore.) That the Countess should have been interested in a matter of literary patronage clearly surprised Commissioner Fairlie -he does not say why. But it is not improbable that her interest in Burns was inspired by the knowledge of her late mother-in-law's patronage of Allan Ramsay and others. Almost certainly she would know of that patron age, and would have seen in the library at Eglinton Castle the manuscript of " The gentle shepherd," with Ramsay's beautifully-penned dedication " To the Right Honourable Susanna, Countess of Eglintoun." Alexander Fairlie, the writer of the letter to John Wauchope, was laird of Fairlie (Dundonald parish), to THE EGLINTONS' PATRONAGE OF BURNS 71 which he had succeeded in 1744, and resided in Fairlie House. He appears in the list as a subscriber for four copies of the second edition of Burns's Poems. It is recorded of him5 that in his character "were united the dignified manners of the gentleman with the acquire ments of the classical scholar " and that he was " entitled to the merit of being amongst the best practical farmers Ayrshire has produced." It is a coincidence of no little interest that Burns's father worked as a gardener on the Fairlie estate during the years 1750-1752, before he settled at Alloway. One wonders if the laird of Fairlie ever associated "our Ayrshire Poet Burns," of whom he wrote in 1787, with William Burnes, the " very well inclind lad " who had been his gardener more than thirty years before ? J. C. EWING NOTES 1. IJ,ife and works of Burns (1856-57, 4 vols.): II, 16. 2. From a photostat copy of the original letter, which is in the Burns Collection formed by the late Mr. John Gribbel of Philadelphia, Penn., U.S.A. Mr. Gribbel kindly granted permission for the printing of. the letter here. 3. From a copy, by the poet, of his letter in Alloway Burns Cottage Museum; printed here by the kind permission of the Trustees. 4. Works of Burns, edited by James Currie (London, 1800, 4 vols.): II, 88. 5. Scots magazine, vol. LXV (1803), p. 885. BURNS'S LODGINGS IN EDINBURGH Burns had seven periods of residence in Edinburgh, though his second, third and fourth periods were tin the course of his second visit from Ayrshire, interrupted by the two excursions to the Highlands and the Ochter tyres. In all he spent nearly sixty weeks in the capital. The dates of the visits and the places where he lodged were:- (1) 28th November 1786 to 5th May 1181- Ba:cter's Close (with John Richmond) (2) 7th August 1787 to 25th August 1181- Buccleuch Street (with William Nicol) (3) 16th September 1787 to 4th October 1181- Buccleuch Street (4) 20th October 1787 to 18th February 1788- St. lames's Sg_uare (with William Cruickshank) (5) llth March 1788 to 22nd March 1188- Buccleuch Street (6) 16th February 1789 to 28th February 1789- St. James' s Sg_uare (7) 29th November 1791 to 6th December 1791- White Hart lwn, Grassmarket BAXTER'S CLOSE Baxter's close, the eighteenth-century property of the Baxters or Bakers, was demolished in the making of Bank Street, formed in 1798. 1 Upper Baxter's Close was the alley adjoining (the still-existing) Lady Stair's Close, over the entrance to which a tablet, erected by the Edinburgh Pen and Pencil Club, records tha~ " In a house on the east side of this Close Robert Burns lived during his first visit to Edinburgh, 1786." Here he arrived on 28th November of that year, to share with his Mauchline BURNS'S LODGINGS IN EDINBURGH 73 friend, John Richmond, a humble room in the house of Mrs. Carfrae. Richmond was probably the person in Edtinburgh he knew most intimately on his arrival, but in spite of statements to the contrary, he did know others, including Professor Dugald Stewart. In this lodging he remained during the whole period of his first visit to the city, until 5th May of the following year, when he left with Robert Ainslie on a tour of the Borders. BUCCLEUCH STREET Burns arnived on his second visit to the capital on 7th August 1787, and a letter written from Lawnmarket to William Tytler of W oodhouselee indicates that he had again sought lodgings with Richmond. The Mauchline law-apprentice, however, had taken in another fellow lodger, and, according to Chambers, 2 the poet went to Buccleuch Street to stay with William Nicol of the High School, who is saiid to have lived above the Buccleuch Pend, which gives access to St. Patrick Square. What ever the exact location of Nicol's house may have been, we have Burns's own authority that it was in an attic storey. In his letter to Archibald Lawrie of 14th August 1787, he says "here I sit, in the attic storey, alias the garret " ; and in another, to Ainslie of 23rd August, he refers to " Mr. Nicol on the opposite side of the table ... gabbling Latin so loud that I cannot hear what my own soul is saying in my own scull." On 25th August 1787 Burns left with Nicol on his tour of the Highlands. On his return to Edinburgh on 16th September he appears to have stayed again wtith Nicol until he left with Dr. James Adair on his excur sion to Harvieston and the Ochtertyres. It is clear from his correspondence that he stayed here also during his fifth visit-from llth to 22nd March 1788-on whtich occasion his chief business was to come to final terms about the lease of Ellisland. 74 BURNS'S LODGINGS IN EDINBURGH ST. JAMES'S SQUARE On his return from the Ochtertyres on 20th October 1787, Burns lodged with another High School teacher, William Cruickshank, at No. 2 (afterwards No. 30) St. J ames's Square. It was during his stay here that the correspondence with " Clarinda " began. The tenement of which Cruickshank' a house formed part ii.a in the south west corner of the Square, and is now part of the Register House, which at that time was separated from it by a grass plot. Cruickshank had the top flat and attics, and the gable of the tenement faced down East Register Street. The gable window in the top flat has frequently been stated to have been the window of Burne's room, from which he saw " Clarinda " when she visited the Square; but that was the window of Cruickshank's diining-room, which had also another window looking into St. James's Square. We know from his correspondence that the poet occu pied the attic storey of Cruickshank's house. The build ing was comparatively new, and this was probably the most comfortable of all his Edinburgh lodgings. He had two apartments. There was a large room at the back with a window facing St. Andrew Square. From this room a door led into a small front room, with a small sky-light window looking into St. James' a Square; and there is little doubt that this was the window to which Burns referred in his letter to " Clarinda " of 8th January 1788: "I watched at our front window to-day, but was disappointed." When " Clarinda " visited the Square two days later to get a glimpse of Burns and did not see him, he wrote her: " I am certain I saw you, Clarinda; but you don't look to the proper story for a poet's lodging, 'Where Speculation roosted near the sky.' I could almost have thrown myself over, for very vexation. Why didn't you look higherP " That same evening she replied: "I could not see you, Sylvander, BURNS'S LODGINGS IN EDINBURGH 75 though I had twice traversed the Square. I'm persuaded you saw me not either .... All the time my eye soared to poetic heights, alias garrets, but not a glimpse of you could I obtain! ... Perhaps I shall see you again next week : say how high you are." Though the attics have been removed, the rest of the building remains, converted internally to meet the requirements of H.M. Sasine Office. In Harrison's Memorable Edinburgh houses 3 there is an illustration of 30 St. James's Square, in which the artist shows large attic windows instead of small sky-lights. He shows also a building of three storeys, whereas the tenement consisted of basement, four storeys, and attics. Laurence Hutton, in Literary landmarks of Edinburgh,' states, on the authority of " an old resident of St. James Square to whom Clarinda had pointed it out herself," that the poet's window " was the topmost or attic window in the gable looking towards the General Post Office in Water loo Place." In matters connected with Burns the " old resident " has repeatedly been proved to be a person with a fertile imagination, and his testimony is to be accepted only with a considerable pinch of salt. No reliance can be put on this oft-repeated story, for there was no gable window in the attics, as the plans of the building in the possession of H.M. Office of Works clearly show; and Burns himself has stated that he watched at the front window, which looked into St. James's Square. WHITE HART INN In a letter to " Clarinda," written from Dumfries on 23rd November 1791, Burns wrote " I shall be in Edinburgh on Tuesday first ... at Mr. Mackay's White Hart Inn, Grassmarket, where I shall put up." Accord ing to Chambers, 5 he arrived on 29th November and left for Dumfries on 6th December. A bronze tablet, erected by the Edinburgh District Burns Clubs' Association, 76 BURNS'S LODGINGS IN EDINBURGH records that " In the White Hart Inn Robert Burns stayed during his last visit to Edinburgh, 1791." JoHN McVm NOTES 1 Old and new Edinburgh, by James Grant: II, 93. 2 Life and works of Burns, ed. by Robert Chambers (Edin., 1851-2, 4 vols.): II, 111. 3 Memorable Edinburgh houses, by Wilmot Harrison, revised by Oliphant Smeaton (Edin., 1898): p. 137. 4 Literary landmarks of Edinburgh, by Laurence Hutton (London: 189.1): p. 39. 5 Life and works of Burns, ed. by Robert Chambers, revised by William Wallace (Edin., 1896, 4 vols.): III, 301. " BURNS'S WRITINGS ARE BURNS " Burns had " amours " in steady succession. . . . He is by no means singular in this phase of character even among men of genius, in literature, art, or music. It is not uncommon among people who are not geniuses and (regrettable though it be) it is not less common to-day than in Burns' day. Let him who disagrees with this statement cast the first stone. Whose private life would stand the microscopic examination to which Burns' has been subjected so ruthlessly 1 There are so many aspects of life which " the angels do not desire to inquire into." But after all, what have we to do with these private and personal matters, except to the extent that they throw light upon any of the writings of the poet 1 The " affairs " of his life should be left alone. They would never have been recorded but for the fact that they were the " affairs " of Burns, the poet. It is Burns' writings that are Burns. Here you had an undoubted Genius visiting this dull, sordid and materialistic world of men; and the only proper attitude is to take off the shoes from our feet as on holy ground and to stand in awe and reverence. --From James Scott's Personality, and other essays. (London: The Richards Press, Ltd., 1937, chap. IV, " Robert Burns.") CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN SYME AND ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, 1789-1811 v The five letters included in this instalment of the correspondence of John Syme and Alexander Cunning ham cover the four months from 3rd May till lOth September 1797. They continue the story of the arrange ments for the proposed publication of Burns's Works, to be edited by Dr. James Currie, and supply much new information in connection therewith. Of particular interest is Syme's account of his " jaunt " to Liverpool, in company with Gilbert Burns, in order that, as he said, they should " go through all the (poet's) MSS., and note dates, explain circumstances, and make such remarks as struck us to be necessary." It is hoped to conclude publication of this correspond ence in the next issue of the Burns chronicle. J. c. E. XLVI JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM 3 May 1797 I returned here last night, wet and weary after 10 days travel in Galloway, and found in particular two letters from Dr. Currie concerning Burns affairs. He has engaged an excellent fellow, the printer of Lorenzo de Medici, to print the posthumous publication. 1 He says this Printer has undertaken the task " Not with willingness but with ardor ". Currie wishes to set him at work immedi ately and therefore is anxious to receive every article that ought to find admission. He particularly desires to have the Songs which are corrected and which were sent to Mr. Thomson. About these Dr. Currie has written you, he says. Dr. Currie also is very anxious that Mr. Thomson should 78 !:!YME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE send the letters he wrote to the Bard. These letters you will i:ecollect I transmitted to Mr. Thomson, under the faith of his allowing them to go, in so far as he thought proper, to the publication, and as I thought them valuable and interesting, which Dr. Currie agrees in, I hope they may be transmitted to Liverpool immediately. You will therefore be so good as prevail with our friend on this head. I will send you Currie's letter (soon), which is strong on this point as well as on others. I have and will touch on all the heads in it. He suggests the propriety of putting an advertisement2 into the Edinburgh papers, " mentioning that a publication of Burns posthumous letters and poems is preparing for the benefit of the family, and requesting that persons in possession of any of such poems or letters would forward them or faith ful copies to Alexander Cunningham or John Syme ". Dr. Currie will get a similar advertisement in the London etc. papers, appointing Dr. Moore to receive and transmit them etc. Dr. Currie concludes in these words, " The Dead Poet, his surviving family, and his living Editor, ought to have all these communications and should have fair play. If I disgrace myself, my country, and my subject, you will have much to answer for. I am fairly embarked." So are we now, Dear Cunningham, and we must set sail along with the Editors and keep the Convoy. The expences will encrease considerably; but it is proper, and I am resolved on it for my own part, to charge the outlays since August last, for as the funds will reasonably allow these I see no impropriety in laying the cost of postages and carriages to the charge of the concern, since no other men than you, Currie and myself have sustained the trouble etc. I wrote you about twenty days ago, to which I refer. Didn't I mention in it that Mr. Blain, from India, was due £5 : 5 / - of Subscription 1 Is he in Edinburgh, and can you get it 1 What say you to the plan of taking a sail across the sea from Kirkcudbright to Liverpool in July next 1 . . . XLVII ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM TO JOHN SYME 5 May 1797 I had yours of the 17th April, acknowledging the receipt of the Subscriptions, since which nothing has come in and little more is to be expected. Today I am favoured with yours of the 3d May, which I communicated to my Friend G. SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 79 Thomson, and I expect to forward a letter from him explicit with .r:egard to his correspondence with the Bard and MSS. Songs. Dr. Currie, it appea.r:s now, is stretching a point to forward the Publication, and no doubt it is a matter of importance that it be done soon. Instead of Summer 1798, which he spoke of with diffidence, he sets about printing immediately. I wish he would immediately fix on some Edinburgh Bookseller to take the charge of Subscriptions and Paragraphs, and I could wish our friend Elphinstone Balfour were the Man. I am sure he will behave very Correctly and honourably in the business, and it is hard to task me any more with Newsmen. The most prominent paragraph in your first letter is about accompanying you to Liverpool in July. I am sorry to add that this proposition does not lye within the chapter of possibilities. It would have gratified both my Vanity and inclination to have accompanied you thither, and I well know the extreme pleasure I would have enjoyed in Meeting with my Friend Dr. Currie, and I must confess to you it would have contributed not a little to that felicity to have paid my respects to Dr. Maxwel! en passant. The truth is, I leave Town little, not having been a few Miles west these two Years where I have a Married Sister and other relatives-but above all, when you are going where the deuce was the use for me7 You and Currie will cone over the MSS., and it certainly will appear a most delightful and Entertain ing work. [Unsigned; letter apparently wnfinished] XL VIII JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM 9 May 1797 I have the pleasure of your agreeable communications, under Mr. Kerr's hospitable cover, and yours of 7th3 this day. Burns affairs. I am much pleased with Mr. Thomson's ready and liberal dispositions. I am convinced that Dr. Currie will reckon the correspondence betwixt Mr. Thomson and the bard a valuable, curious, and original subject. Indeed, it always struck me so, and I should have believed the publication of the MSS. to have been meagre and defective without these letters. Mr. Thomson's do him much credit in point of easy, 80 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE perspicuous, and, at the same time, elegant and correct style -the model, I think, of letter writing. These perhaps may be dry to some saucy palates-tedious to light, frivolous, and ignorant minds. But I must think they will prove an acceptable treat to minds of a better sort and particularly to men who relish belles Lettres. Mr. Thomson's letter to me on the subject is admirable. The application of the neat anecdote of Bishop Geddes' letter is elegantly complimentary to Dr. Currie, and the simile of the dead small beer draughts among quaffs of sparkling champaigne marks his modesty and sprightly fancy. I must make this letter accompany the papers I shall have occasion to send Dr. Currie. Present my respects to Mr. Thomson, and teil him I will not be denied. Beugo offer is distinguished. The letter on the occasion is superior. Beugo must be a man of the most liberal and highly cultivated mind. I will send the painting4 by first opportunity, most likely by Thursday's Fly. I approve com pleatly of Elphinston Balfour's taking the charge you mention. Please therefore settle that point, and I shall write Dr. Currie on the business. There will be some expences attending it, and some trouble. I think the remaining sub scriptions should be retained to answer the first, and you will obtain Balfour's promise to dedicate the necessary time and trouble to the concern. As to that w[retc]h Johnston. I hope the intrinsic qualities of his Musical Museum will administer the cure. That horrid letter of the Bard's to him is the only Bulwark that opposes our hostility-yet I should think some paragraph in some future advertisement might be pointed against the wretch. I question however your correct imitation of H W on the occasion . . . I am damped at your incapacity for going to Liverpool . . . XLIX JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM 2 July 1797 I do not know how much I am due of literary coin to you and Mr. Thomson-a considerable interest, I doubt, has also been incurred-but alas, I cannot pay the principal in kind, unless you and he accept of a metal in which much allow [alloy] prevails. I have been in a state of self accusation these several weeks past. I employ the holy sabbath in repentance, and make this sort of atonement for the remission of my epistolary sins. Need I make particular SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 81 confession or state alleviations 1 Know the 5th of July approaches-is almost at hand-a critical and l11borious epoch to Revenue people. I have seized the only spare day I can enjoy to converse with you. Mr. Thomson's admirable letters reached me in due course. I should have thanked him directly-but could not command a fit mood or time. I have not yet received the packet containing his and the Bard's correspondence--nor the packet you mentioned, very lately, you were to be so good as send. I wish they could be for warded in the course of 8 days, for after 5th or 8th July I shall be taking serious steps for arranging matters and fixing my jaunt to Liverpool. I, however, dread some con founding obstacles which may occur from the new Stamp duties that ensue. There is such an Inventorying, receiving old stamps, sending them to get the additional new stamps etc. etc., that I shudder to think I may be condemned to a month's pretty entertainment in that line. Before I lose sight of this subject, let me tell you I was made extremly happy at reading in the news papers the appointment of our agreeable friend Mr. Wm. Dunbar, W.S., to be Inspector General of Stamps etc. This is an office armed with tremen dous power over us Subs. But nothing can shake the Sub whose accounts are clear and just. The poor Bard used to say of the Inspector General of Excise, when he came to Dumfries-" Lo! in his hands are all the corners of the Earth, and the strength of the hills is his also." Our Inspector wields the same kind of Sceptre. But I shall be happy to see it in the hands of Mr. Dunbar. I am in great hopes he will be at Dumfries this Summer. If he travels the southern district, I wish I knew about the time, lest I might be out of the way, at Liverpool or in Galloway. Present my best regards to him and tell him my joy at the appointment etc. I had a letter last week from a particular friend in London -Patrick Laurie, merchant there, who is a Galloway Laird and with whom I made Burns acquainted. He tells me he and a Mr. Shaw (of Ayrshire) have collected no less than £400 for the family, and have brought that amount into the funds for their behoof. This was raised among their private friends and acquaintance. So that we may expect something more from other quarters. But I hear nothing else that has been done or is doing in London on that head. I wish you would at your convenience send me the state of accounts Dr. and Cr. for the subscriptions you have managed and executed in Edinburgh. Charge me with the £1 : 17 / - which Johnston drew on Clugston here (not paid, but I will get it one way or F 82 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE other), and charge all other expences etc. you have sustained . . . You will be so good as present our due devoirs to Mr. Raeburn etc., and mind me to all nostri generis ... ,, JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM 10 September 1797 I take a large sheet of paper and the first opportunity to communicate to you as much intelligence concerning my jaunt to Liverpool as I shall be able to write and, I dare say, as much as you can have patience to peruse at several times. I was at Liverpool from 26 August till 4 September. I came home last Thursday. Gilbert Burns accompanied me. We were closeted in Dr. Currie's the whole time, so that I saw but very little of either Town or Country. But as you have seen both more fully, I need not waste words in describing them imperfectly. Our business was to go through all the MSS., and note dates, explain circumstances, and make such remarks as struck us to be necessary. But so great and con fused was the mass of letters and scraps of unfinished and irregular pieces that it would have occupied us for 3 months to have read and marked every particular thing. Unfor tunately and vexatiously it happened to be the time of the Lancaster assizes, where Mr. Roscoe was obliged to attend, so that we had only one day the pleasure of being in his company. The papers wei:e· so far assorted as to decide us in the opinion that at least one 4to. volume of interesting and original matter could be made up. The principal part of this volume will be the Bard's selected letters to various people -yourself and others, his intimates. The correspondence with Mr. Thomson, which Dr. Currie and Mr. Roscoe think highly of, and they justly give him their best tribute of applause and esteem for the liberal and handsome manner in which he has acquit himself. I presume they will write him to this effect. The biography and critical dissertation will occupy a considerable number of pages and I have reason to believe it-pai:ticularly the latter-will be an elegant and distinguished composition. The subject will invoke much new matter, intimately connected with the original nature of a vigorous and feeling mind, by which that vehement impulse -(I cannot convey my meaning)-that nerve of genius, nature and force was so singularly and energetically displayed by the Bard. I am not at liberty at present to mention the SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 83 departments which will be sustained by the gentlemen at Liverpool. But you may rest satisfied that the tasks will be ably executed. Currie, from a strong and vivid natural capacity with which he was endowed, but which did not strike me (at Colledge with him) to be uncommonly supported by literary attainments, has, wonderfully to my observation, acquired a knowledge, taste, and, if I may so term it generally-a faculty which ranks him among the first characters. In Liverpool he is literally the principal and most res pectable public man. Mr. Roscoe however is a Being of another stamp. Mild, fluent, simple in the extreme in manner, but that simplicity the most endearing and most elegant and most sincere, he impresses at once on your senses and judgement the idea of a man soft and amiable as a child, yet firm, intelligent, conscious of his rank and title in the heraldry of the human race. In short, I never saw figure, countenance, demeanour and dignity more happily blended with all that is simple and attractive. His house, family, every thing of him and about him is in character. Another work of his powers-the history of the life of Leo lOth-will soon be in the press. But I am borne away from the subject. The publication of Burns posthumous works will take place in the course of next autumn. There are so many necessary preparatory steps, and so much preliminary matter to be arranged and executed before the printing can be accom plished, that it was found impracticable to compleat the business before autumn 1798. But there is no occasion to mention this particularly to the public. Mr. Thomson, how ever, should know it, as he will be satisfied that the publica tion will not interfere with his musical work. The plan resolved on by Dr. Currie and Mr. Roscoe is, as I said, a quarto volume--to be immediately announced by a proper advertisemen~to be published as soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is obtained. The number must be at least a thousand, to yield half that sum to the family. The sub scription to be one guinea. I thought that half a guinea, and the book to be a large 8vo. or 12mo., might bring more to the family, because the expence of printing and paper etc. would be much less, and because (at least in Scotland) 3 times more subscribers at this price etc. would be obtained. But I was entirely out voted. So that the 4to. at .£1 : I/- is the plan. I don't think you or any of us should anticipate the intelligence to the public. Let it form its own verdict on the matter. Its tribunal is ultimate. We must do our endeavours 84 SYME..CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE to extend the subscription. It will be necessary to send to Dr. Currie Johnston's Musical museum. It was n-0t to be found in Liverpool. Tell Elphinston Balfour to do this. We must also take the measures pointed out by you and Mr. Thomson, to stop the probable piracy which Johnston may commit. Will you be so good as mention me in the most grateful mann,~r to Mr. Thomson, that I received his elegant present of the musical work and that I delivered the copy to Dr. Currie 7 Mrs. Cui:rie is charmed with it. She is a performer, I understand, on the piano forte, but as she resided at Bathing quarters I saw her only one day. I would have written Mr. Thomson, but really I have so much to bring up that I dai:e not venture to do any thing after this long letter. I fain hope this may answer in the meantime. By the bye, there was a long letter I once wrote you, giving a desultory sketch of an expedition which the Bard and I made through Galloway some years ago. 5 That letter will elucidate some particular circumstances. Dr. Currie wishes to see it. If you keep such trifles and can lay your hands on it, I wish you would send it to him. The reason is-Burns composed one or two grand pieces at that time, and Dr. Currie wishes to know in what scenes he could exert his talent so supremely, and in what mood he might be aftne time, which if I mistake not I described in that account. Having now finished as much as I think or can recollect to be necessary on the subject of my jaunt to Liverpool and relative to the publication of the MSS., I cannot refrain from giving you a little touch of myself. I went in the Mail -but having found that conveyance very disagreeable, I thought proper to return by Sea--Gilbert Burns and I there fore took our passage in a dirty coal Sloop for Dumfries. We embarked on Monday at nine morning of 4th inst. and, as we must be reserved for some great catastrophe, we encountered a tempest on the Tewesday which presented the hideous jaws of death to our suffering senses for 12 hours. Can you recal what sort of weather Tewesday 5th September was, from 6 evening till 10 o'Clock of Wednesday7 If such a storm with you as it was with us on the dangerous banks betwixt Liverpool and St. Bee's head, you may have some faint idea of our situation in a little ugly vessel of 70 tonB. Such a scene of horror I could not conceive as I witnessed. Gilbert Burns was so sick and done up that he lay iike brute matter in the hold. I sustained all the misery and distress of wakeful sense-Our ship became a wreck-unmanageable and drifting-her sails torn to atoms, ourselves at the mercy of the tempest. The Skipper got drunk fi:om desperation. PRQPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPT!ON, Poa THE BENEFIT OFTR£ w100w AND CBlLDREN OFTH!. AUTHOR, lN ONE VOLUME Q!JARTO, PRICE ONE GUINEA IN BOARDS, WlTH A PORTRAIT, THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS, CONSISTING OP ORfGINAL POEMS, LEITERS, AND ~. -~ MlSCELLANEO\l;S REFLECTIONS, '•1 •'I WITH .AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND' CHARACTER, Frnm original Documents in his own Hand Writing, and from authentic Information communicated by his Brother, Ma. G1LBERT BuaNs: AND .4. CRITIQUE UPON HIS WRITINGS. The !!ender finances of the Family of Mr. Burns, and the great e~fc attending the pabli carion, rendering it nccdfary to afccnaio the number of the copies to be printed, it is hoped rhar the admirers of this original poet, and the patrons of bis forvivfog Familyt will take 1n opportunity oHubfcribiog their names, ·and communicating their addrefs, •ith as little delay as poflil..llc, to "- CnrirsW Rur G-u:Stct« LliJo#. z;, .ftw, Eff· Dtt•ftitt, 7. M-C.-ttry, printer, LrwrJ-1, or to the Boolfctlcn in the toirns where tbefc propofals m1y appear. lt is earneftly ttq~ that the fubfcriben oama and de6gnations may be fent fonrard to the printer with the atmotl difpetch. ~ / /;' lk. /Jt--t.c LJ ~($ ·,~ l.J1. "~ ,,....._,,,/ ~ ~~~ ~ - ~ a./k g?J)~"· , '"· k . ~----- . Pltoto. by lngtis, Edinbttrglt . FACSIMILE OF PROSPJ£CTUS OF TllE PROPOSKD QUAHTO JWITION OF BU RNS'S WORKS (See page 83 : letter from John Syme) SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 85 The crew at times raving wild and at times resigned to their fate. Dismay alone reigned-at length we providentially got into Whitehaven about one o'Clock of Wednesday, and took a chaise and reached Dumfries on Thursday night. We have recovered our fatigues. Burns has gone home and here I am as well as ever, tho' I have sustained, I think, as much suffer ing as my nature, I believe, could support. I have lost some cloaths, and upon the whole the jaunt has been a severe one in point of expence also. 'Tis a pretty Executry. But I will go through it if possible. Mercy on me-the tempest still shudders me. Some vessels were lost, and the dead bodies have been cast on shore ... [To be concluded] l!lOTBS 1. The per110n referred to was John M'Creery (1768·1832), printer at Liverpool and, afterwards, at London. 2. The Edinburgh Evening Oovrant of llth May 1797 contained this advertisement:- Preparing for the Press, And speedily will be Published, for the Benefit of the Family of the Author, THE POSTHUMOUS WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS, Consisting of Letters and Poe'fl'Uj. ***It is requested of any person who is in possession of any unpublished Poems or Letters of Mr. Burns that they will forward them, or faithful copies, to John Syme, Esq. of Ryedale, Dumfries, or Alexander Cunningham, writer, No. 37, George-street, Edinburgh. 3. This letter of 7th May is not known to be extant. 4. The " painting" was probably the bust-portrait of Burns by Alexander Na.smyth, then in the poSleSSion of Jean Armour. 5. This letter (dated 3d August 1793) is printed in the Burna Ohronicle, 1937, pp. 68-74. The prospectus of the proposed quarto edition of Burns's Works printed on the opposite page is reproduced by permis sion from a copy of the print in the National Library of Scotland. The manuscript note at foot is in Dr. Currie's hand. The proposal for a quarto volume was ultimately dropped, and the edition issued in four octavo volumes. SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY Poetry is the most powerful of all forces in keeping alive the spiritual faith of a nation in the hour of defeat or triumph. It is the only treasury of her best thought. When good, it-and it alone-reveals all the nation's greatness. But no poet can deliberately set out to add to this. He cannot say " I will reform this or that," as a politician might, for he cannot tell what slightest thing may move his spirit to action. He cannot bind himself to any particular scheme which profeases to set right the world. The best of gQod intentions will not make a poem. A poem ends all argument, for it never argues. It is an instantaneous revelation of the poet, his country, and of the heart of man-that heart in which all " isms " are one. It is the failure to accept this truth that has been the weakness of H:u.gh MacDiarmid. And he knows it. He is beyond question our foremost poet, but half the time he is cursing his own people for being sunk in the slough of ineffective sentimentalism and for regarding poetry as a substitute for toddy. But he made poetry a matter of fierce discussion, and that was a blessed revolution, for he rushed to conflict with a clatter of lost Scots words which roused antagonism by their foreignness. Now our poetry had really become thowless, and had Mr. MacDiarmid let all his hates, his gospels and foreign enthusiasms go hang, and kept to his poetry, there is no saying what might have happened. But he had too many gods to serve. And he still has. His latest book, Stony limits, shows him at his best and worst. It has enough science to gravel all but a specialist. The beginning of " On a raised beach " is meaningless except to a geQlogist. The same applies to his poem on Cancer. Neither is in any form SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY 87 of current speech. His longer poems are thickets of scientific terms. Yet every now and then we break through the entanglement of these and come on astonish ing glades of the pJll'est and loveliest poetry. For here is what he can give us-this scene just before morning: - " Suddenly from the stillness and the shadows of the night The day came, a thing created, a great and majestic presence Taking possession from sky to range and range to sea And instantly the silence was broken by a shower Of silvery notes :O.oating down across the morning And looking up I saw a skurry of jackdaws Diving headlong for the screes-as they fell They caught the first sunbeams and tumbled like stars But it was their sharp clear notes, softened by the distance, Which arrested the senses as a greeting to the day, Like a peal of bells which ~littered as they rang, But the shadows of the hillside closed upon the salute, The silence came again, and in a minute or two the dawn was gone." Mr. MacDiarmid's devotion to Scotland is a magnificent thing, and from this book alone I could make a little anthology of passages packed with revelation, of lines full of critical discernment, and of small lyrics, emotion ally deep, yet clear as deep waters are. No man knows better than he what poetry is, but he is so intolerant of mediocrity and man's indifference that poetry is lost in bitterness and satire. He makes me blazing wild one moment and exultant the next when, forgetting self, he becomes poet and poet only. And then I forgive him all his faults, for poetry is the great reconciler. The contrast presented by Edwin Muir's poetry is startling. In his two most recent books Variations on a time theme and Journeys and p"laces we feel as if we were looking at a horse and rider on a theatre stage or in a heraldic pict:u:re. The pace of the horse is steady, 88 SCOTTISH POET&Y OF TO-DAY but a.s the stage is going backward the horse does not change its position. So, if one could stand still in time and watch the years go backward or forward at will, or sit on a hill and see in fancy its past or conceive its future, we should be in the right mood to open Mr. Muir's books and win his vision of th.e unchange ableness of human story-man ever riding into the unknown on a dimly-guessed-at quest. Life is seen as a continuous journey, with men the ever-changing travellers, each generation beholding a new horizon which will presently vanish behind it. And while there is here no trumpet-call to some sudden great achievement, there is a sense of human triumph in the sheer persist ence of man the traveller. Journeys and places might be regarded as notes on stages of that time-long wander ing, and each, however distant from us, is clear as if it were to-day. We see Troy falling, and the chief mourners are they who were never trusted to fight for it-its slaves. They were the real folk of the city and not its legendary great ones--Helen or Paris or Hector or Priam:- " Yet in that fall They lost no more than we who lost our all. Troy was our breath, our soul, and all our wit, Who did not own it but were owned by it. We must have fought for Troy. We were its hands, And not like them mere houses, flocks, and lands. We were the Trojans ... And while they feared the Greeks they feared us most, And ancient Troy was lost and we were lost." But even the slaves did not know their oneness with Troy till they had lost it, for only rarely-and this is another of Mr. Muir's revelations-does a man recognise that he has come to what the poet calls " The Sufficient Place," a central peace outside of which lies the tumult of the world. Poetry of this quality is not easy to absorb. But it is poetry, singularly pure, as a living statue might SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY 89 be, in its repose, yet definite and vivid to eye and thought. William Montgomerie, the author of Via and Squared circle, is somewhat of a problem. He reveals himself best in isolated lines and little pictures set m the midst of his poems-this, for example:- " The crescent moon Holds the apple of darkness In a glass; '' and three lines at the close of 17ia reveal the two poles round which all his thought revolves : - " A breeze that leaves the grass astir, Like a multitude of people in the streets Talking of calamity." That was written in Braemar, but the comparison might hold good for every city in Europe to-day, and not merely for Glasgow as it does, where people walk up and down aimlessly : - " In the deep canon where nothing grows, Nowhere and back the crowd goes, Forming a future no man knows." The natural life of man is lived in the country, but now the chiefless clans are " Crowded in our reserves within the city." " Our purifying hills are sold from us." . We walk the heather on sufferance, yet " How can a man trespass when stags are free? " And again:- " The land is ours and no high castle tower Can keep us from green places and the sun, Service for service is the life of man." Now, if all in these two books had been written thus definitely we might have had a new Voice in Scotland; but these are oases of clear speech in a maze of symbolism. Nevertheless here is a poet with a definite poetic and 90 SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY practical mission, and that is something to be thankful for. But vision must not be wrapt in enigma, else no message of liberation can be delivered. William Je:ffrey's most recent poems are Ea9le of Coruisk and Fantasia written in an industrial town. The first is a companion poem to The 9olden sta9 and is at times splendidly impressive. " The morning mists ascending :Hing Their cataracts of light afar; The valleys waken; lirown larks sing; The stars are gathered in one star. " I stretch my wings; from tip to tip They make a tawny ambuscade Where Death conceals his bloody lip And vile corruption's nest is made." I envy that " tawny ambuscade " with all its sinister suggestion. Far below the Eagle is a lamb that crops and plays, love and white simplicity embodied, and " The pillar' d sinews of my heart To ecstasy of battle start; My pinions bristle till the air ls stithied as with lightning :Hare; And ... A sudden terrQr strikes the earth At this divine satanic birth." The Eagle swoops and this is the issue : - " Upon this ledge thy bones I spread, Thy flesh devoured, thy spirit driven Throughout the channels of my blood; And now I turn my eyes to heaven .... " The blood and sinews thou hast framed Now move with mine in unison. " So death takes on the role of life, As life takes on the role of death, Recurrent interchanging act That ends not till the primal Breath " Shall speak . . . " SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY 91 In all this Mr. J e:ffrey is pure poet, direct and revealing. The conclusion of the poem is not logically satisfactory, for we cannot expect an eagle to solve the riddle of the universe. The poet is swallowed up by the philosopher. The Fantasia has equally fine poetry, but here the poet is led astray down a score of bewilderingly lovely by-paths. This book is his most important adventure in poetry, and when he is dealing with actuality he is invariably fine, rising to his best in the deeper movements of the close. But he is as sensitive as an ...:Eolian harp to every wind of suggestion that blows on him from the remotest ages and lands. · He slips out of Clydeside into Artocoana-and a lovely poem is fitted to the name-or he shifts to Athens and the Attic stage-and dead, it becomes living-without a falter in his stride. As easily will he pass from Burns to Lucretius, Virgil or Dante, or the heavens of vanished gods; from the ploughman in our own fields to the satyrs and fauns that haunt the woods of mythology. And it is all lovely. But, alas, for the reader to whom these names mean nothing! What can an Industrial Town know of these? These things are literature, not poetry. That is the burden of my complaint-the poem is a glorious cornucopia of immortelles. Only in some minds are these still living flowers. But the majority of men, and not too many Scots, do not breathe the atmosphere of Milton's day. Mr. Jeffrey is tortured with our inability to find an organising idea. Hugh MacDiarmid could suggest three or four or more, Mr. Montgomery another. In my opinion, that is not a poet's business. His job is to make poetry, and for his own and no other time. He is not a tackler or a solver of problems. It is not by brainwork that poetry is made but by insight, and no man knows how that comes. . In William Soutar's poetry we come into a world that is wholly Scottish, and even with the opening lines SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY of his Poems in Scots he dismisses a great deal of the past:- " Orion and Aldebaran, And a' the sterns that gang their gate, What ken they o' the thochts of man, Or fash about his fate." Yet in his very next poem he brings in symbolism-but with a difference-and writes a ballad that is of the same blood and being as those old Scots ballads which are our country's most outstanding gift to poetry. It tells how three men rode into the mountains and reached the Grampians. " Nae man spak to his brither, Nor lat his hand draw in; But drave straucht on owre :ford and fell Or nich,t was nearly dune." On and on they rode till " thru the fl.ichterin' fl.oichan-drift A -beast cam doun the hill. " It steppit like a stallion, Wha's heid hauds up a horn, And weel the men o' Scotland kent It was the unicorn." That is the poet's sole symbol, and three men saw it even as we can now. " It steppit like a stallion, Snaw-white and siller-bricht, And on its back there was a bairn Wha low'd in his ain licht." What bairn that was Mr. Soutar does not say. Does he need to? But it would be fine if we could see Scotland as a child reborn as hopefully as he. Equally fine as poetry, and as richly symbolic, is "The auld tree," dedicated to Hugh MacDiarmid, and SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY 93 so acknowledging what we owe to him, for his Thistle comes into the poem, and has now become, miraculously, " a tree, Younglin' and braw wi' fullyery." It closes thus : " I wauken'd; and my hert was licht (Though owre my ain hill cam the nicht) For aye yon antrin hill I saw Wi' its green tree in the gowdan daw: And, as I swaver'd doun the slack, I heard, aye branglant at my back, The challance o' the singin' word That whunners like a lowin' sword." I am not going to dwell further on Mr. Soutar. The rest of his work has the same clear vision of actuality, and he keeps true to that singing word which on the right lips is the real flaming sword of the spirit. He uses symbols, but they are those which are the breath of our own national being, and in his poetry they become living. But I wish I had more space to quote some of the poems in The solitaTy way-in two sections, " Search " and " Solitariness." These two words are the key to the making of all poems, and this may be an adequate end to this too-brief notice:- " The path to heaven ... gleams Always beyond the death of man's endeavour: And this the immortality he hath- To dream, in the fulfilment of his dreams, For ever and for ever and for ever.'' It was my intention to deal with three other poets, Nan Shepherd, Helen Cruikshank and W. D. Cocker, but these must be left for another occasion. But I may remark that our women poets are much more direct than the men. They get off their mark more quickly, and go straight as an arrow, with sight unimpaired by the conflicting theories of the world. They come nearest to the methods of the Balladists in vision and sincerity. 94 SCOTTISH POETRY OF TO-DAY And from one I give this single line-" Our moment of amazed beatitude "-as indicating the exact point of time at which all poetry, in whatever language, comes suddenly intQ being and leaves one looking and listening in wonderment and spiritual contentment. ROBERT BAIN LIST OF BOOKS MENTIONED Jeffrey (William) Eagle of Coruisk, poems. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1933. -- Fantasia written in an industrial town. London: Cranley & Day, 1933. MacDiarmid (Hugh) Stony limits, and other poems. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1934. Montgomerie (William) Squared circle, a vision of the Cairn gorms. London : Boriswood, 1934. -- Via, poems. London : Boriswood, 1933. Muir (Edwin) Journeys and places. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1937. -- Variations on a time theme. London : J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1934. Soutar (William) Poems in Scots. Edinburgh : The Moray Press, 1935. -- The solitary way, poems. Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1934. FOR LADY MEMBERS OF BURNS CLUBS WOMAN IN BURNSIANA There is little doubt that from the time of his own generation the personality and the writings of Robert Burns have thrilled and intrigued the members of the Fair Sex, although it was not until 1920, two years after the inclusion of women in the franchise of the country, that a Women's Burns Club was formed, at Shotts, in Lanarkshire. In 1924 two other Clubs came into being-one in Newton, Lanarkshire; the other in Fifeshire-and this is the earliest recorded date of the admission of Women's Clubs to the Burns Federation. The steady growth of such Clubs seems to indicate an appreciation of the poet's words, penned long ago (1792) for Miss Fontenelle's Benefit-Night at Dumfries:- "While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, The fate of empires and the fall of kings ; While quacks of State must each prod,uce his plan, And even children lisp the Rights of Man; Amid this mighty fuss, just let me mention The Rights of Woman merit some attention." Each succeeding anniversary of the poet's birth finds women in greater numbers expending their gift of rhetoric in paying tribute to his memory. In this con nection the press reports of 1938 make interesting read ing, b'.ut it is unfortunate that in pandering to the desire of the '' Eternal Eve '' accuracy has sometimes been sacrificed. It is true, too, that woman's interest in dress is insatiable, but why clothe the poet and his " Bonnie Jean " in garments conceived by th,e imagination, to attract the attention of the listeners P Burns made no secret of his pride in Jean Armour or that he liked her 96 FOR LADY MEMBERS OF CLUBS to appear in public " weel-buskit." It is on record that she was one of the first women in Dumfries to wear a dress of gingham, and in one of the pQet's letters reference occurs to the purchase of a length of black silk, pre sumably for a gown for Jean. With. much material available for the composition of a eulogy on " The Immortal Memory," it is unnecessary to exercise the power of imagination, as more than one fair orator have done lately. · The service to the memory of one of Scotland's greatest sons is not, however, confined to the celebration of his birth; it extends to many spheres of activity, and offers to women unlimited scope fQr the application of their particular talents, e.g.:- (1) The preservation of the vernacular and of the love of country, for is it not at a mother's knee that the children learn, as interpreted in th.e words of the old song, " The sangs my mith.er sang to me, As she rocked me in my cradle or crooned me on her knee." (2) Alleviation of the distress of fellow-creatures, m response to the appeal of Burns : " But oh I what crowds in ev'ry land, All wretched and forlorn, Thro' weary life this lesson learn, That Man was made to mourn." (3) Easing and lightening the burden of age : "Age has weary days And nights o' sleepless pain! Thou golden time o' youthfu' pnme, Why comes thou not again? " The steady growth of Women's Burns Clubs appears to indicate a desire to assist in perpetuating the poet's memory a:nd in ensuring the practice of hls principles honesty, courage, and faith in his fellow-creatures. FOR LADY MEMBERS OF CLUBS 97 PHYLLIS M'MURDO There is an interesting association with Burns, and one which is little-known, at the village of Carnwath, in Lanarkshire. Philadelphia Barbara M'Murdo daughter of John M'Murdo, and the subject of Burns's songs " Phillis the fair " and " Adown winding Nith I did wander "-married Norman Lockhart 0£ Tarbrax. She died in 1825, and was interred in the Lockhart Mausoleum at Carnwath. A white marble tablet on the wall of the Mausoleum records that This Tablet is inscribed by NORMAN LOCKHART, Esq. to record, however inadequately, his deep sense of the manifold Christian graces which adorned the character of PHILADELPHIA BARBARA M'MURno, his beloved wife, who after having been enabled, by divine grace, to discharge, in an endearing and exemplary manner, the various duties of a Christian wife and parent, fell asleep in Jesus, on the 5th day of September 1825, to awake to the life immortal, and to be ever with the Lord. 0 see how soon the flowers of Life decay I How soon terrestrial pleasures fade away I This Star of Comfort for a season given, First shone on earth, then set to rise in Heaven : But mourn not, as of life bereft, her doom, Nor, sorrowing, water with thy tears her tomb; Redeemed by God from Sin, released from pain, " To her to live was Christ, to die was gain." G 98 FOR LADY MEMBERS OF CLUBS MEMORIAL TO CLARINDA The home of Mrs. M'Lehose-" Clarinda" of the well-known correspondence-was located in the Potterrow of Edinburgh. With numerous other landmarks it has suffered obliteration in the march Qf progress, and the site is now occupied by Bristo School. Undoubtedly a further passage of time would result in the loss of an interesting link with the past, and it is creditable that the Burns Club bearing the name of the poet's friend should have provided a suitable means of commemora tion, for the benefit Qf posterity. A tablet in bronze has been fixed to the wall of Bristo School, and on 22nd January 1938 Mr. John Trotter, D.Sc., founder and first President of Clarinda Burns Club, performed the unveiling ceremony. The tablet is illustrated on the opposite page. " OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST " " ... Many years after, when Burns had become a star in memory's galaxy and J easy Lewars was spending her quiet years of widowhood* over her book or her knitting in a little parlour in Maxwelltown, the verses [of 'Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast'] attracted the regard of Felix Mendelssohn. . . . By that admirable artist ... they were married to an air of exquisite pathos. . . . "--Robert Chambers, in his edition of the Life and works of Bums (1851-52; 4 vols.): IV, 195. • Jessy Lewars's husband (James Thomson) died in 1849. The air by Mendelssohn (who died in 1847) was composed on 17th October 1842. JEAN MUIR GOURLEY 3 0 0 ~ u Ul z 0 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 1938 was 119,242 : an increase of 3,644 on the number for the preceding year. 'l'o the poet's birthplace and the Museum the number who paid for admission was 65,422, compared with 61,420 in the year 1936-37; to the Monument the number was 53,820, compared with 54,178 in the year 1936-37. 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 13,630 : an increase of 2,211 on the number for the preceding year. '' THE PRIMROSE '' A contributor to Notes and queries of 27th August 1938 wrote that " editors of Burns's letters have apparently failed to trace the old English song " which the poet " altered a little" and sent to George 'l'homson in September 1793. He added that it is Herrick's " The primrose," beginning " Aske me why I send you here. "--'.]_'he song was identified as Herrick's by the editors of the Centenary Burns (1896-7), v. IV, pp. 42 and 100. " LIGHT LAY THE EARTH ON BILLY'S BREAST " This, the first, line of Burns's " Epigram on a noted coxcomb " is quoted from Chapter xx of Henry Mackenzie's The man of feeling. The piece sung by the young lady whom Harley met in Bedlam begins " Light be the earth on Billy's breast, And green the sod that wraps his grave ! " "MORE FOOL THAN KNAVE " " I have indeed been the luckless victim of wayward Follies; but alas I I have ever been ' more fool than knave.' " -Burns to Mrs. Dunlop, 12th February 1788.--'l'he phrase was probably quoted by the poet from Laurence Sterne's Sermons by Mr. Yorick: No. VII, " Vindication of Human Nature," paragraph 9-" If he deserves any accusation 'tis in the other extreme, ' That in his youth he is generally more FOOL than KNAVE.' " 100 NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS " THE LAMENT " The earliest known illustration of a poem of Burns was reproduced in the Bwrn& Chromcle, 1936 (p. 43). The illus tration was brought to Burns's notice by the Rev. George Husband Baird, in a P.s. to a letter written on 8th February 1791 and printed by Dr. Currie (Burns's Works, 1800: II, 344) :-"Have you ever seen an engraving published here some time ago from one of your poems, ' 0 thou pale Orb.' If you have not, I shall have the pleasure of sending it to you." SOOTT' S REMINISOENOES OF BURNS "An extract from a letter.of Sir Walter Scott " is printed on pp. 112-115 of Lockhart's Life of Burm (1828). The letter was sent in reply to one (19th November 1827) from Lockhart : ". . . I have to request as a particular favour that you will write me a letter describing your personal recollection of Robert Burns, the occasion of meeting &c., and this as soon as you can for I am far advanced with my little book about him." (Letters of Scott, Centenary Ed. : X, 310-311 note.) SIR J. M. BARRIE ON BURNS Barrie's copy of the second edition of Burns's Poems was sold in Messrs. Sotheby's auction-rooms (London) on 20th December 1937. It carried an inscription on the half-title: "J. M. Barrie, Adelphi Terrace House, W.C. Lives there a Scot with soul so dead, Who never in his heart hath said ' This is my own, my native bard 1 ' " THE ROYAL LITERARY FUND AND BURNS The papers relating to the grants made by the Royal Literary Fund to Mrs. Robert Burns in 1796 and 1801 have been sent (March 1938) on permanent loan to Dumfries Burgh Museum. The papers formed the subject of an article (pp. 68-71) in the 1934 issue of the Burn& Chromcle. FROM DUMFRIBS TO ALLOWAY An edition of Burns's Poetical, works published in 1938 by a Scottish newspaper contains among its illustrations one of " Doon Gardens-1938 : Burns' Mausoleum [sic] on left; Brig 0' Doon on right." NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS 101 '' BLOOMING KEITH '' DUNLOP Miss Keith Dunlop, youngest daughter and last surviving child of John Dunlop of Dunlop and his wife Frances Ann Wallace of Craigie, died at Broomfield, Ayr, on 2nd August 1858, aged 86. (Edinburgh Daily Scotsman, 6th August 1858.) She is interred in Alloway (old) churchyard, where a memorial stone records that she was born on 3lst January 1772. AN UNOLE OF BURNS Andrew Brown (Broun), a maternal uncle of Burns, died at Maybole on 2lst December 1825. (Scots magazine, January 1826, page 128.) WORDSWORTH AND " BOOTS WHA HAE " B.R.-Wordsworth's opinion of the ode was expressed to the Bishop of Lincoln, whose reminiscences (1850) are printed in William Knight's Life of Wordsworth (1889), v. II, p. 324 (Appendix I). Wordsworth said that " Burns's ' Scots wha hae ' is poor as a lyric composition." " THE IDLLS o' GALLOW A' " A.C.S.-" The hills o' Gallowa' "-ascribed to Burns (" never before published ") in Orphoot's edition of his Works (1820), v. III, pp. 289-290-was written by Thomas Mounsey Cunningham (1776-1834), an elder brother of Allan Cunning ham. See Charles Rogers's Modern Scottish minstrel (1855-7), v. II, p. 223. JEAN ARMOUR AND GINGHAM: J.M.G.-The authority for the statement that Jean Armour " was one of the first persons in Dumfries to wear a dress of gingham-a stuff which was at its first introduction rather costly and used almost exclusively by the well-to-do " is Jessy Lewars. See the Chambers-Wallace Burns (1896), v. IV, p. 119. J. C. E. BURNS IN THE AUCTION-ROOM RECORD OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SALES DURING 1937 -38 OF BURNS MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS 1. Burns's Poems: 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1787, 8°, bound in morocco, edges uncut; autograph inscription on half-title--" J. M. Barrie, Adelphi Terrace House, W.C. Lives there a Scot with soul so dead, Who never in his heart hath said ' This is my own, my native bard 1 ' " (Sotheby; 20th December 1937; Barrie Library, lot 34) £51 2. Autograph letter to John Mitchel, Collector of Excise, Dumfries; undated, but written at Ellisland in June 1791 ; signed ; 1 page, 4 °. (Sotheby; 20th December 1937; lot 220; Mrs. Lyell's property; purchased by Ulysses Book Shop) .£23 3. Autograph letter to his brother, William Burns; undated, but written at Isle on lOth March 1789; signed; 2 pp., 4 °. (American Art Association Anderson Galleries Inc. ; 12th January 1938; Alfred C. Meyer Collection of autographs, lot 44) $600 4. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8 ° ; bound in morocco. (Sotheby; 22nd February 1938; lot 440; purchased by A. E. Pickard, Glasgow) £800 5. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8°; bound in morocco. (A. A. A. Anderson Galleries Inc.; 6th April 1938; Cortlandt F. Bishop Library, lot 372; purchased by A. S. W. Rosenbach) - $3,400 6. Autograph poem " Holy Willie's prayer " : 16 verses, each of 6 lines; 4 pp., folio; with note by a previous owner, " This Poem . . . was given me by Lord Glencairn at Minto, 26 August 1787." (Sotheby; 30th June 1938; Mr. F. W. Montagu-Douglas-Scott's property, lot 510) £410 J.C. E. BIBLIOGRAPHY PART I.-ElDITIONS OF BURNS'S WRITINGS ROBERT BURNs's OOllclllONPLACE BOOK 17g3_17g5, reproduced in facsimile .... with transcript, introduction and notes by J. C. Ewing and D. Cook. Glasgow: Gowans and Gray, Ltd., 193g, fo, £2 2/- BURNS-BY HIMSELF: the poet-ploughman's life in his own words-pieced together from his diaries, letters & poems-with comments by his brothers & his sister & a few other contemporaries; arbitrarily arranged to form a continuous story, with 6g illustrations, by Keith Henderson. London: Methuen, 193g, go, 12/6d. THE KILMARNOCK EDITION of the poetical works of Robert Burns ..., edited by William Scott Douglas. Special presentation edition. Glasgow : The Scottish " Daily Express," 193g, 2 vols., go. ROBERT BURNS NIEDERDEUTSCH: [Ins Niederdeutsche iiber tragen von den Mecklenburgern Eduard Hobein, Karl Eggers, Karl Friedrich Kerkow, und dem Westfalen Friedrich Wilhelm Lyra.] Eingerichtet von Friedrich Schult. Hamburg: Heinrich Ellermann, 1937, go, pp. 21; Pf. 40, bound M. 1. PART II.-BURNSIANA ALLAN (JoHN R.) Ayrshire and Robert Burns. In his Summer in Scotland. London: Methuen & Co., 193g, go, g/6d. BOWEN (MARJORIE) Robert Burns [and] Agnes M'Lehose. In her Some famous love letters. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1937, go, 15/· CooK (DAVIDSON) The fame of Burns: evidence of the auction room. In The Times literary supplement, 30th April 193g: Scottish literature to-day, page xi. Dmi:FRIES. Official guide to Dumfries: the ' Queen of the South,' land of Burns and Bruce, Scott and Carlyle. Dumfries, 193g, go, 6d. 104 BIBLIOGRAPHY EWING (JAMES C.) Robert Burns's tour in Galloway and the myth of the composition on that occasion of " Scots wha 0 hae." Glasgow: William Hodge & Co., Ltd., 193S, S • Thirty copies reprinted from the Burm chronicle. HALLIDAY (ROBERT 'I'.) Burns and freemasonry in Edinburgh, [an address.] London, 193S, 12°, pp. 14. Reprinted from the Maaonic recOTd, March and .April, 1938. THE LAND OF SCOTT AND BURNS. Glasgow : Printed by McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., for London, Midland & Scottish Railway Co. and London & North Eastern Rail way Co., 193S, 4°, pp. 16. MILNE (DAvrn) A holiday in Burns' country, [a poem.] Dundee: Printed by John Durham & Son, Ltd., 193S, 12°' pp. 8, 3d. MURIEL (JoHN ST. CLAm) lolvn Lindsey, pseudonym. The ranting dog : the life of Robert Burns. London : Chap man & Hall, Ltd., 1938, 8°, 15/- SOHMITT (GLADYS) "A man's a man for a' that," a play for radio broadcasting. In Scholastic (New York), 12th February 193S, pp. 17-18. SMITH (DAVID NICHOL) Thomson-Burns. In his Some obser vations on eighteenth century poetry. London: Oxford 0 University Press, 1937, S , 6/- TARBOLTON. Preserving a haunt of Robert Burns: The Bachelors' Club, Tarbolton. In Colvilles' magazine (Glasgow), January 193S, pp. 1-3. Ton (THOMAS M.) " The Jolly Beggars," a jubilee retrospect: fKinross Burns Club, JSSS-193S.] Perth: Munro & Scott, Ltd., 1937, sm. 4 , 6/- E. J. FooT For the bibliography of Scottish literature other than that of Burns, see the Awvual bibliography of English language and literature published by the Modern Humanities Research .Association, and The year's work in English studies published by the Oxford University Press for the English .Association. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS Robert Burns' s commonptace book, 1783-1785: reproduced in facsimile from the poet's manuscript in the possession of Sir Alfred Joseph Law, M.P.; with transcript, introduction and notes by J. C. Ewing and Davidson Cook. (Glasgow : Gowans and Gray, Limited, 1938, folio, 42/-) To three out of four Scotsmen Burns and belles lettres still seem a slightly odd alliance. Burns to the ordinary man is almost synonymous with heartfelt brotherliness and con viviality. He means words and music for moods of joy or despair, for love exultant and defeated. His human appeal has, to a degree without comparison in literature, swept beyond the limits of literary appreciation and study. As a result, a bridge between Burns's contribution to life and his place in literature is often lacking. Volumes like this new edition of his first Commonplace Book, which cull the cream of Burns scholarship, tend, paradoxically, to receive less wide spread attention than if they dealt with a smaller man. Yet Burns himself, one can confidently claim, would have been the first to want the bridge that such volumes afford. While taking pride in his general fame, he would also have pleaded wryly for that other tribute to his craftsmanship, his passion ate devotion to his art and his pursuit of it in face of some of the heaviest odds poet ever encountered. It is as a record of Burns the poet making just such a plea that the first Commonplace Book, now offered in a " luxury " limited folio edition, is most interesting and important. And it is the spirit of faithful and devoted scholarship in which the editors, Mr. J. C. Ewing and Mr. Davidson Cook, have worked which underlines this interest and importance. How valuable the book actually is the title scarcely conveys, be<;ause the volume, unlike most of those so styled, consists of verse and prose entirely of Burns's own composition and not of excerpts from other writers. The manuscript, after a century-long round tour of Britain, is now in the possession of Sir Alfred Joseph Law, M.P., by courtesy of whom the present edition has been made possible and a facsimile given. A second and later Commonplace Book of the same kind is now housed in the Burns Cottage Museum at Alloway. There are forty-four pages in the book. The first entry 106 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS was made at Lochlie in April 1783, the last dates from October 1785 at Mossgiel. The first poem Burns ever wrote is given in it. So are hosts of other efforts and experiments, ranging from early versions of familiar songs to experiments in blank verse. Here, too, are his own criticisms of his early work, his own outpourings of his hopes and ambitions for the future, his own opinions and reflections, many of them as remarkable as anything he ever wrote and all belonging to a time when he was completely unknown. When, many years later (probably about 1793) he made an abridgment of the volume for his friend and patron, Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, Burns described the original thus:- "On rummaging over some old papers, I lighted on a M.S.S, of my early years, in which I had determmed to write myself out; as I was placed by Fortune among a class of men to whom my ideas would have been nonsense-I had meant that the book would have lain by me, in the fond hope that, some time or other, even after I was no more, my thoughts would fall into the hands of somebody capable of appreciating their value." All this serves -to outline the general as well as the scholarly importance of the volume; the appeal of a beautiful edition of it and of an admirable full-size facsimile of the poet's own pages, showing his excellent calligraphy at an early and comparatively unfamiliar stage. What, however, still needs a word of explanation is the specific need for two Burns scholars as eminent as the present editors to undertake at this late date so fully documented and annotated an edition of the Commonplace Book. For this, the full apologia is given by Mr. Ewing in his Introduction. He shows how and why no definitive text of the first Commonplace Book has hitherto existed. He demonstrates in detail how biographers and editors, from the condescending Currie onwards, have introduced into their texts of it variations, and " improvements " of grammar and style; have peppered it with inaccuracies and made omissions and additions of their own, often without so much as hinting at the change. He shows how the MS. itself was lost for more than two generations, creating insuperable difficulties for the best intentioned of editors during that period. The curious fact is, therefore, that although published innumerable times in the past 130 years, this most intimate and personal of Burns manuscripts has actually never, until now, been issued in the exact form in which he wrote it. No true text has existed. An exact type-reproduction of Burns's manuscript is now provided as a result of compre hensive study of the original. From this reproduction are NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS 107 separated, and given as footnotes, the series of comments dotted over the manuscript by two other hands-that of John Syme, a Dumfries friend of Burns, and of " W. R.," probably William Ronald, another intimate of the Burns family. Judged by the insight it gives into Burns, the Common place Book amply justifies the attention given to this edition of it. It is full of interesting and illuminating things. Here is one instance :- " I never had the least thought or inclination of turning Poet till I got once heartily in Love, and then Rhyme & Song were, in a manner, the spontaneous language of my heart." And another :- " Let any of the strictest character for regularity of conduct among us, examme impartially how many of his virtues are owing to con stitution & education; how many vices he has never been guilty of, not from any care or vigilance, but from want of opportunity, or some accidental circumstance intervening; how many of the weakness'& of mankind he has escaped because he was out of the line of such tempta tion; and, what often, if not always, weighs more than all the rest; how much he is indebted to the World's good opinion, because the World does not know all; I say any man who can thus think, will scan the failin~s, nay the faults & crimes of mankind around him, with a brother s eye." There is a fine passage about his enthralment with a stormy winter scene which is pure Romantic Revival style. There is much evidence of his early absorption in the traditional songs of his country. There is-enough to justify the whole volume-his lament that, much as he likes the works of Scottish poets, yet he deplores that there are no poets to celebrate "my dear native country, the ancient Bailieries of Carrick, Kyle & Cunningham.... This," he continues, " is a complaint I would gladly remedy, but .Alas! I am far unequal to the task, both in native genius & education. Obscure I am, & obscure I must be, though no young Poet, nor young Soldier's heart ever beat more fondly for fame than mine.'' This was in August 1785. In July of the following year the Kilmarnock edition of the Poems of Robert Burns was published, and thereupon started the fame of Ayrshire's poet which has never since died to silence. " By virtue of this alone," concludes the Introduction, " Burns's first Commonplace Book would take its place in that most lovable corner of the world's literature--where young poets have dreamed of what they will do and in the dreaming have produced letters, verses, diaries which, if not the pure stuff of literature, belong to a borderland 108 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS between life and art, possess a charm compact of both, and exercise a persistent spell over us who read them." An admirable and difficult feat of scholarship is thus rounded off in its wider aspects. All praise to the spirit of careful erudition which animates so satisfactory a work and keeps alive in such ways as this the unobtrusively important belles lettres of Burnsiana. The Burns cult should be, and doubtless is, grateful to Sir Alfred Law for allowing his treasured manuscript to be reproduced in this beautiful facsimile, the work of Mr. Donald Macbeth. And also to the Trustees of the Burns Cottage at Alloway for granting permission to reproduce the splendid impression, understood to be unique, of the Walker and Cousins mezzotint of N asmyth's portrait of Burns, which forms the frontispiece to the volume.* E. M. * The portrait of Burns referred to by the reviewer appears also (facing page 1) in this number of the Burns Chronicle. It is from a " state " of the plate which differs from all those (six in number) recorded by Alfred Whitman in his monograph (1904) on Samuel Cousins. Burns--Oy himself: the poet-ploughman's life in his own words-pieced together from his diaries, letters and poems with comments by his brothers and his sister and a few other contemporaries, arbitrarily arranged to form a continu ous story, with 68 illustrations, by Keith Henderson. (London: Methuen, 1938, 12/6.) As a painter Mr. Keith Henderson has for a number of years been doing his native Scotland a good service. He has found a fresh, individual way of recording scenes of life in the Scottish Highlands, and has made these interesting and attractive to people outwith Scotland as well as inside it. Now he sets forth in double harness, compiling and illustrat ing a book. With his own antecedents cantering round Aber deen and his studio-home in Glen Nevis, he selects as his theme Ayrshire's most famous poet. Mr. Henderson's idea-which, he suggests, " at the worst, is new "-is that although Burns, most argued-over of all men, wro~ no autobiography to interpret his life, he left NOTWES OF NEW BOOKS 109 enough material in the form of letters, poems, diaries and jottings for such an autobiography to be put together. This Mr. Henderson sets out to do. In the title he describes, somewhat laboriously, his aim. It is a unique experiment in biography, and one that therefore merits attention, especially in this age of voracious interest in the personal detail of great men. The experiment is, too, backed up by woodcuts which, if sometimes unexpectedly disappointing and pedestrian in style, include some admirable and imaginative work. It is, however, a rather bold task which Mr. Henderson has set himself. There is, as he must constantly realise in his own work, all the difference in the world between his tubes of paint and the finished canvas; even between the endless tawny moorlands and scattered crofts of Inverness shire and his artist's embodiment of them. Similarly, there is all the difference in the world between the mass of notes, comments, verses and confessions which are the raw material of Burns's own story of himself and a coherent, finished autobiography. Background, selection and perspective are all needed, and, where no autobiography has been intended, the materials for them may well be deficient. Mr. Henderson attempts a kind of jigsaw, piecing together passages and verses and phrases from all his sources with the aim of producing a pattern. He is, however, con tinually compelled to insert words and sentences of his own, or paragraphs contributed from additional witnesses. His method to this extent breaks down. The first paragraph of his book provides a fair illustra tion of the process. Of the five sentences which compose it one (mangled) is from Burns's autobiographical letter to Dr. Moore (1787). This is followed by two sentences" lifted" from a letter to the editor of the Mormng Star (1789). The fourth is from the dedication to the Edinburgh edition of the Poems (1787), and the fifth from an undated letter to an unknown correspondent. There is nothing to suggest that the paragraph is a mosaic; not even a reference to an authority. This continues throughout the book. We are thus faced with a IJaStiche of quotations " arbitrarily " arranged out of their order and linked together by a variety of devices which sometimes suggests a surrealist experiment. Whether this justifies Mr. Hender son's claim, in his introduction, that the reader is " now going to hear the authentic voice of . . . Robin " is a point on which it is difficult not to feel some honest doubts. Nor does this method produce a connected narrative or one 110 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS that is truly self-explanatory. '.l'he reader who is closely acquainted with Burnsiana can, however, feel interest in recognising material he has read elsewhere. For others there is indubitably a feeling of pleasant intimacy given by the direct approach to sources. Both classes of reader are likely to have their interest held-and interest is the final test of a book. It should be pointed out, however, that considerable portions of Mr. Henderson's text call for revision in the event of another edition of his book being required. Three are noted here. 1. A reference (page x) to " the Fergusson edition of the Life and Works " [of Burns]. There is no such book. 2. Incidents which took place near Dunbar on 20th-21st May 1787, in the course of Burns's tour of the Borders, are set down (confusedly) as having occurred a week later w:hen he was at Newcastle. (Pp. 104-105.) 3. Dr. Currie couldn't have been present at the funeral of Burns in Dumfries (page 257) on 26th July 1796, because on that day he wrote a letter from Liverpool to John Syme. Unfortunately there are many of these errors in the book. E. M. Robert Burns 'llliederdeutsch. Eingerichtet von Friedrich Schult. (Hamburg: Heinrich Ellermann, 1937; Pf. 40, bound M. 1.) Burns in Low-German-a selection from little-known or, rather, neglected poets, three of them (Hobein, Eggers, and Kerkow) born in Mecklenburg, the fourth and oldest (Wilhelm Lyra, 1794-1848) a Westphalian. Containing twelve poems in all, beautifully printed on good paper, at a marvellously cheap price, the booklet, which forms a part of the series " Das Gedicht," is a delight to see and a pleasure to possess. The editor, Schult, says at the end of his necessarily brief but instructive preface : " With the ' Quickborn ' [by Klaus Groth] and the 'Vagel Grip' [by John Brinckmann] this Low-German Robert Burns, hitherto scattered and only known to experts, is the third, still unknown and most important Low-German book." To this group of translators and to the work done by them we intend to return at a later occasion. In the meantime we reprint as a specimen Karl Eggers' trans lation of " The Dusty Miller "-a special favourite with them all (Henley-Henderson, III, 17-18) :- NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS Ill KIK DEN STOVIGEN MOLLER J Kik den stovigen Moller Un sinen stovigen Rock ! Leever as twee Eier Nimt he'n ganzes Schock. Stovich was de Rock, Stovich wirn de Backen, Stovich was de Kuss Von den stovigen Moller. Kik den stovigen Moller Un sin stOvigen Seek I Sonn Gewarv mach'k liden, Bringt een'n stovich Speck, Bringt een'n stovich Speck, Fi.illt den stOvigen Keller ; Ik geev glik min Rockschen Vor den stovigen Moller. 'fhe translation is racy, but free. In stanza I, lines 3 and 4, a different image has been introduced: rather than two eggs he takes a whole " schock " (60) of them; " Backen " in line 6 means " cheeks " ; the assonance colour-miller of the original is discarded. In stanza II, lines 4 and 5, " Speck " (bacon) stands for " peck," and he uses " Keller " (cellar) in line 6 instead of " siller." Whenever the dialect poets tackled Burns, they saw their task not only in trans lating but also in assimilating his ideas, and by so doing to transform him into a member of their own community. HANS HECHT A Scots reader, made by Thomas Henderson and J. C. Smith. Book II-Senior. (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1/6.) This, the second of the Readers planned by the Research Committee of the Burns Federation, is a considerable, but not too great, step beyond the first. It is intended to bring home 1;o the school population that the vernacular is the language of a literature, that it has been chosen as the voice of human thoughts, feelings and aspirations, that it is not something to be ashamed of as simply " bad mispronounced English." This extraordinary description of the vernacular is perhaps natural in one ignorant of linguistics in general and of the history of the Anglo-Saxon dialects in particular, but such a one should not venture an opinion on language. How much " bad mispronounced English " would he find in 112 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS this: " Upbye i' th' Cabrach it dang on fur sax ouks, blash in an' blash oot, an' nayther uppal'd nor devall'd "1 . _The _vernacular may have ceased to be court speech, but it is still the language of the Scottish heart, and as used by Scottish writers, past and present, has proved a rich medium of expression for all the varieties of human experi ence. "Na, na, I wunna pairt wi' that, I downa gi'e it up; O' Scotlan's hamely mither tongue I canna quat the grup." The purpose of this Reader is to show that there is literature, some of it of the highest order, to the understanding of which command of the vernacular is essential, while a result of such reading on the widest scale should be invigoration of the national spirit by draughts from the fountain of the national literature. The reasonable aim of these Readers is well put in the preface to this one. '.l'he loss of the Scottish tongue " 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. And for those who are Scottish born and bred it has the unique charm of being their own." Among the extracts selected for the Reader verse pre dominates. A few modern writers are represented, but most of the pieces are well-established favourites; and the reviewer was delighted to find among them such familiar things as " Get up and bar the door," " The gaberlunzie man," Mickle's "The sailor's wife," "The boatie rows," and "Caller herrin'." Burns is well represented, and very properly the ballads are largely drawn upon. The prose selections are by J. J. Bell, Neil Munro, Lewis Spence, William Alexander, R. L. Stevenson, and Sir Walter Scott, and fairly represent different areas of Scotland. One may remark that the form of Scots spoken in the Orkney and Shetland Islands deserves recognition. Examples are to hand in H enti"lagets, &c. We are grateful, however, for the good work already done and wish it great success. Given the generous co-operation of teachers and inspectors, and this luckily may be counted on, the cause should prosper. A. W. O We agree heartily with J. G. Horne's lines, which have their place in this admirable collection of Scots vernacular verse, most of it by living writers. Mr. Macwhannell has a wide acquaintance with the work of Scots authors, and from them he has waled examples of modes traditional in our literature -its pictures of summer and winter landscapes; its liking for the flowers and animals of the countryside; its vivid reproductions of country life; its humour, at times grim enough; its attitude to religion, life, and death; its sketches of well-known figures, the minister, the beadle, the dominie, the doctor, the druggist; its stern philosophy; its urge to endeavour; its tendency to moralise. All this is illustrated in this well-chosen anthology, which is sure to get a hearty welcome from lovers of the vernacular. The last thirty pages of the book are devoted to " Poems suitable for school competitions." The book is appropriately dedicated " to the Burns Federation, which has done much to keep alive our Scottish verse and Scottish poetry." A. W. B 114 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS Scotland for ever/ and other poems; by John Campbell. (Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1937, 2/6.) Mr. Campbell's accomplishments as a poet are not equal to his enthusiasm as a Scot or to his kindliness to the friends he has made in England. When wholly serious he writes a fairly good sonnet, for his heart being in the right place and the form keeping control he can hardly go astray there. But that implies no special gift. Further, his affections are all sound, and he can fil!d matter for pleasant memory down by the old Broomielaw or for present joy within reach of Birmingham. But in all such instances his desire to be friendly and familiar is fatal to his verse. He favours the epistle form of poem. The two best things in the book are a " Farewell to the land I shall ne'er see again " and " My a.in dear folk " ; in these pieces shortness and simple feeling have removed the temptation to wander. R. B. Neil Munro und die nationale K ulturbewegung im modermn Sckottland, von Herbert Wernitz. (Berlin: Junker und Diinnhaupt Verlag, 1937; M.6.80.) Dr. Wernitz's book on the Scottish "Renaissance" is, as far as I am aware, the first comprehensive treatment of the subject compiled and published in Germany. For the author it must have revealed special allurements by way of evident parallels, but although he systematizes upon labile units the book, as a whole, is well-informed, stylistically attractive, and not obtrusively propagandistic. It was pub lished in 1937 and reflects a good deal of the spiritual gloom of the years immediately preceding that date, but fortunately, already in this year of the Empire Exhibition, largely sup planted by a more hopeful outlook, in spite of the persistence of the " southern foe." Wernitz's treatise is divided into three parts. The first, serving as a general background, discusses the war of ideas in modern Scotland under the headings of social, political, and national conditions. The second and central part deals with Neil Munro himself. After a short account of his life and work it furnishes chapters <>n the psychology of the Gael, on general Scottish psychology, on the applicability of these psychological statements, and a eoncluding investigation on the importance of Munro for the national cultural movement, based upon and continuously referring to the meditations and actions of his fictional heroes and heroines. Nor is the fact concealed that, strictly speak ing, Munro is but a precursor of the movement in which he has never actively participated, so that, if we accept Dr. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS 1111 Wernitz's view-point, Neil Munro is now coming into his own in spite of himself. A third part summarizes the modern Scottish novel, contributing analyses of a sequence of pertinent books which illustrates the continuance of the central problems and their refl.exions in the works of repre sentati ve living Scottish authors. A useful bibliography is appended. A valuable essay by F. Wolcken, Schottische Prosa der Gegenwart (" Archiv," 172, pp. 157-72), appeared too late for insertion, as did also the section " Scottish literature to-day " in the Times literary wpPlement of 30th April 1938. Proceeding to details, we are not so much finding fault with particular assertions than with a stubborn dis inclination on the part of the author to consider negative instances. A preconceived system may necessitate certain twistings as sacrifices to constructive or even propagandistic aims, but if the foundations prove brittle, is not the whole edifice in danger of collapse1 We must confine ourselves to a few examples. To characterize the work of Walter Pater as " sapless individualism," to speak of it as " degenerate " and " uprooted " (p. 79), fails completely to do justice to the merits of that great critic and scholar-poet. We have heard far too much of Pater's so-called hedonism. Nor do we agree with the author's devaluation of the Waverley Novels. To propagate statements like " modern Scotland fails to find in him [Scott] the artistic propinquity to life, the unsatisfied passion of an artist's soul, that vigorous roman ticism which really descends to the sources of life " (p. 63) appears to us to be one-sided and, in the face of facts, inadmissible. Finally there is Burns. It goes without saying that here again we are confronted with the stale slogans about the limited provincialism of his dialect poetry, the unpleasantness of certain aspects of the Burns cult, and the dubious back-to-Dunbar formula of the Renaissance move ment. Ai! to our faith in Burns's superregional, national, and international position we cannot do better than to refer to Professor Morison's powerful address to the Greenock Burns Club of 25th January 1935 (Burns Chronicle for 1936, pp. 49-56). Dr. Wernitz might have put Burns on a very different pedestal. If ever a poet fulfilled the conditions of the blood and soil theory it was the Ayrshire ploughman. He, if any, was the people's poet in the truest and most comprehensive 11ense of the word. But then he was gifted with additional qualities, transcending the accidental and confirming him, even in times of dire distress, in his generous and all -embracing humanity, so that, after all, we are content that Dr. Wernitz did not yield to the temptation. - HANS HECHT OBITUARY MISS JEAN ARMOUR BURNS BROWN On Thursday, llth November 1937, a close personal link with Scotland's National Bard was severed by the death in Dumfries Infirmary of Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown, a great-granddaughter of the poet. For some time prior to her death the intimate friends of Miss Burns Brown had regretfully observed a marked change in her health. Her .recollection of the great pleasure and benefit she had derived from a holiday at Ettrick Manse resolved her early in October to accept the kind invitation of Dr. and Mrs. Addison again to visit them. She remained with them for several weeks, and her health so much improved that she was able to 'accom pany Dr. Addison to a church meeting at Canonbie, where she greatly delighted the company by singing to them one of Burns's songs. On lst November Dr. Addison motored her to her home in Dumfries, and had scarcely left her when she became seriously ill. She was removed to the Infirmary, and there passed peacefully away ten days later, without having regained consciousness. Jean Armour Burns Brown was born at No. 12 English Street, Dumfries, on lOth June, 1864. Her parents were Thomas Brown, a native of Hawick and a foreman in the Tweed Mills at Dumfries, and Jane Emma Burns, a daughter of the poet's eldest son; they were married by the Rev. John Torrance, of Queen Street United Presbyterian Church, in 1857. With the exception of a few years in the town of Guelph (Canada), where her father had gone to take up business, Miss Burns Brown resided almost continuously at Dumfries. Here her life was inextricably bound up with the many incidents in the community's celebrations to com memorate her illustrious ancestor. Probably her first public appearance was at the unveiling of the statue of Burns by Lord Rosebery in 1882, on which occasion she presented a bouquet to the sculptress, Mrs. D. 0. Hill. At eighteen years of age her marked resemblance to the poet was com mented upon; this likeness increased in later years, and is strikingly illustrated in the composite photograph which is reproduced in this volume. During the years in which she resided with her father and mother at the house in which the poet died, Miss Burns Pllofo. by H.J. Rennie, B lairgowrie MISS JEAN ARMOUR BURNS BROWN (A photograph of Miss Burns Brown superimposed on a reproduction of Nasrnyth's bust-portrait of Burns, showing the striking resemblance she bore to the poet) OBITUARY 117 Brown drew, through her own charming personality, crowds of friends of every station of life. Many of these came from the colonies and from America, and none were more sincere and devoted than Andrew Carnegie, Lady Muir MacKenzie, Col. Walter Scott, and W. R. Smith. Members of the Burns Federation who attended the annual meeting at Dumfries in 1924 will have a happy memory of seeing Miss Burns Brown at the Lyceum Theatre, where she played the part of the mother in Mr. G. W. Shirley's play, " The Scotland of Robert Burns." Her appearance there was the more notable from the fact that she wore as part of her costume articles which had formed part of the poet's wardrobe. A few years later, visiting Greenock when the Federation was there, she attended the meeting and gave much pleasure by broadcasting a short message. Miss Burns Brown was a member of Greyfriars Church, and took a deep interest in its work; to it also she bequeathed the residue of her estate. She sang in its choir for over sixty years, taking her place regularly almost to the last. She was an excellent singer, and few could sing Burns's songs with more feeling and expression than she; many of her intimate friends will long remember happy evenings spent at her house where she sang to them, playing her own accom paniments. She was also a racy and very interesting con versationalist, well-read, and had a ready gift of humour. Following the reconstruction of Burns's House, Miss Burns Brown performed the opening ceremony on 25th January, 1935-the last occasion on which she spoke in public. She said : " To have taken care of the home of my illustrious great-grandfather was indeed a labour of love, and the eontact with those who visited the house made me realize more than ever before how widespread and sincere was the love which his life and work had inspired. I treasure the memory of that time, but much more do I treasure the great volume of friendship and kindness which has come to me since then from almost every part of the world." Her last public appearance was at the unveiling of the new statuary at the Mausoleum on 19th September, 1936, when she placed a wreath on the tomb. Thus a notable as well as a personally kind and lovable lady is lost from the community; and Dumfries, to which she was attached by every tie of memory and affection, is distinctly the poorer by her waygoing. M. H. MCKERROW 118 OBITUARY MR. JOHN MALCOLM BULLOCH, M.A., LL.D. Scotland lost a great son when on 6th March 1938 Dr. John Malcolm Bulloch passed to his rest, at the age of 70. A typical product of Aberdeen City and its schools and universities, Dr. Bulloch, the offspring of a literary father and grandfather, joined the editorial staff of the old Aberdeen Free Press. But he had some previous knowledge of journa listic work, for he was one of the editors and most prolific contributors to Alma mater, the Aberdeen University magazine. His College carols-he had as pen-name " The Jackdaw of Rhymes "-were among the brightest things ever written by a Scottish university undergraduate. He waa, too, one of the original editors of the Scottish students' song book, and several of his songs were selected for publication in the first and succeeding volumes. When he came to London, it was to assist the late Mr. Clement Shorter to edit the Sketch, in which weekly topical journal "J. M. B.'s" work was found for a number of years. Continuing his career in illustrated journalism, Dr. Bulloch became editor of the Graphic, and subsequently book reviewer for the various provincial journals owned by Allied Newspapers. No newspaper man of my acquaintance made more varied contributions to literature than did Dr. Bulloch. The exact ing life of a working journalist was not sufficient for his restless brain and pen. He had spare time for research into many popular and out-of-the-way subjects : genealogy led him into producing the series of amazing genealogical trees in Who's who in the theatre, and of articles about and details of many interesting families; history and biography gave us his monumental books on the Gordons; his dramatic criticisms -he saw 3875 plays of more than one act-showed his incisive pen at its best; his rhymes and poems gave us at least two volumes of clever verse; and his essays and lectures on Scots subjects gave him opportunities of demonstrating his intense nationalism and his hatred of sham, humbug, and social climbers. Dr. Bulloch was President of the Burns Club o( London; but he was a discriminating Burnsian. He did not worship at the shrine of the poet as some do, without being able to give a reason for the faith that is in them. He was strongly antagonistic to treating Burns as merely a possession of Scot land. He revered the poet, not because he was a Scotsman, but because he was a great poet of international appeal, whose human heart was not for Scotland alone. He hated, with an intense hatred, the blustering Anglo-Scot whose " Wha's like MR. JOHN MALCOLM BULLOCH, LL.D. OBITUARY 119 us t " attitude and actions are so foreign to the great people among whom they dwell. He protested against the Scots men and women who aped Englishmen and women instead of being just themselves. Dr. Bulloch was for a time chairman of the Vernacular Circle of the Burns Club of London, and made many contri butions to the work of the Circle. One of his lectures, " The delight of the doric in the diminutive," forms part of the volume of lectures published by the Vernacular· Circle. In the chair, as in everything to which he gave his mind, he was thorough and sincere. Dr. Bulloch'e death has left a blank in Scottish life in London that will be hard, ii not impossible, to fill. W.W. We record also, with regret, the death of SIR JAMES CRIOHTON-BRowNE, F.R.S., LL.D., author of Burns from a new point of view. . MR. JoHN FAIRLIE, Secretary of Stenhousemuir Burns Club. MR. THOMAS HORSBURGH, Past-President of Edinburgh District Burns Clubs' Association. MR. JOHN McBURNIE, M.B.E., Secretary of Dumfries Burns Club. Miss M. M. McBURNIE, Past-President of Dumfries Ladies' Burne Club No. 1. MR. D. LowE TURNBULL, M.A., a former member of the Executive Committee of the Burns Federation. WANTED The date and the place of death of Mr. James C. Dick, author of The songs of Burns, a study iri tone-poetry (1903). -Hon. Editor, Burns Chronicle. BURNS CLUB NOTES 3 : TAH O' SHANTER BURNS CLUB, GLASGOW Syllabm 1938-1939 1938-Nov. 30. St. Andrew's Night: Joint-Meeting with Burns House Club. 1939-Jan. 2l. Anniversary Dinner in North British Station Hotel: " The Immortal Memory" by John James Miller. Mar. 29. Annual General Meeting. May 27. Annual Outing. ALE:XANDBR IZAT, Hon,. Seer. llS : BELFAST BURNS ASSOCIATION Syllabm 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 31. Hallowe'en Dance. Nov. 26-26. Scottish Plays. Dec. 8. Lecture by Rev. J. Stuart Cameron, B.D. ,. 31. Hogmanay Dance. 1939-Jan. 25. Anniversary Dinner. Feb. 16. Members' Night. Mar. 9. " Here and there in Scotland," by Miss May L. Dunlop. ,, 30. Annual Meeting. T. H. RouGHBAD, Hon. Secy. 17: NOTTINGHAK SCOTTISH ASSOCIATIOM At the close of the year 1936-37 the membership stood at 233. During the past year 40 new members have been elected. Owing to deaths, removals from the district and other causes several names have been removed, and the total at the close stood at 231. A number of losses by death have to be recorded, including Mrs. J. A. Maxwell and Messrs. Angus Chisholm Macdonald and James Macdonald (brothers), who both served the Associa tion faithfully in official capacities. A former member of the Council, Mr. R. F. Percy, the well-known mining engineer, has also recently passed away. BURNS CLUB NOTES 121 During the summer an invitation was extended to members of the Association to visit the Stanton Iron Works. This was accepted by quite a good number of members. The Council desire to record their appreciation to the Directors of the Company for their courtesy in permitting the visit and also for the hospitality extended to the gathering. During the visit of the members of the British Associa tion to Nottingham, the Council entertained to luncheon Sir Alexander Gibb, a Past-President of the Burns Federation, when representatives were also present from the Derby and Loughborough Associations. The Annual Golf Match with representatives of the Cale donian Society of Sheffield again took place over the Wel beck Abbey Links by permission of our-patron, and resulted in a draw. " Hallowe'en " proved an enjoyable function, although the numbers were not as high as might have been expected. The thanks of the Council are due to Mrs. Glass, tlie lady members of the Council, and others for their valuable co-operation. The first meeting of the season was the Presidential Address on the " Origin and development of the highland dress," and this was followed by a concert. Another event of note was a lecture, illustrated by slides, on " The birth and growth of a hospital," by Dr. F. H. Jacob. The 26th Burns Dinner was held in the Victoria Station Hotel, and " The Immortal Memory " submitted by Sir William Macdonald Baird. The attendance was unfortunately disappointing. A highly-interesting musical programme of Burns songs was rendered by Mr. William Heughan, the renowned Scottish basso, assisted at the piano by Miss Gladys Sayer. Mr. Hugh Peebles (Newark) gave several recitals, and the Haggis was piped by Mr. R. Thomson, Hon. Piper of the Loughborough Association. Fraternal greetings were received from 68 kindred societies and others. J OBN CURRIE, Hon. Secy. 36 : ROSEBERY BURNS CLUB, GLASGOW Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 13 Social Evening: Guest, W. J. Merry, D.Litt. Nov. 3. "The homes and haunts of Burns," by John S. Clarke. Dec. I. " In the footsteps of the poet," by Miss J. M. Gourley. 12'J BURNS CLUB NOTES 1939-Jan. 5. " Robert Burns and his works," with read ings, by A. Burns MacKay. ,, 25. Anniversary Dinner: Speaker, Ninian Macwhannell. Feb. 2. " Burns as a collector of tunes," by J. Seaton Smith, M.A. Mar. 2. " The mission of Burns," by Thomas Beet. ,, 13. Annual Business Meeting. June Essay Competition. A. W. ALEXANDER, Hon. Secy. 49 : BRIDGETON (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB It is most gratifying to report that during the session 1937-38 the educational and social work of the Club has been most successful and as usual creating records. The Annual Outing.to Gleneagles on the King's Birthday was much appreciated. The Tattie an' Herrin' Supper on 30th October was one of the most outstanding suppers held by the Club; the guest of the evening was the Rev. Joseph Gray, M.A. (Lansdowne.) The Ladies' Night on 29th Novem ber was another successful event. The 68th Anniversary Dinner on 25th January will be long remembered by those who were present, our worthy President, Mr. Thomas R. Patterson, being supported on the platform by the Hon. Lord Fleming, M.C., K.C.; the Right Hon. Lord Inverclyde, D.L.; the Right Hon. Lord Elton; Sir Robert Wilson, D.L., LL.D., J.P.; Sir John Train, D.L., M.P., J.P.; Sir John McDonald, J.P.; David Hardie, Esq., J.P., Provost of Rutherglen; and others. The Oration was given by Lord Fleming who, referring to the future of the vernacular, said " The spectacle of future generations of Scotsmen reading the poetry of the national bard as though it were written in a foreign language is not a pleasing prospect." Lord Fleming, continuing, said that Burns revived the liberty, life and sentiment of Scotland. His address was much appreciated. Lord Elton, a don of Oxford, made a happy speech referring to modern paintings, and we are hoping to have the pleasure of his company at another time. He was the guest of Hon. Vice-President Sir John McDonald. On 7th March the usual " At Home " and Musical Evening was arranged by ex-President and Mrs. George Brown, the Club being much indebted to them for a most successful evening. The Annual School Competitions took place on 12th BURNS CLUB NOTES 123 November for Choir, Solo Singing and Elocution. The number of entrants was: 2 Junior and one Senior Choirs; Solo Singing, 29 Boys and 92 Girls; Elocution, 42 Boys and 122 Girls-total 285. In connection with the Class Com petitions held in the schools 'by the headmasters, the number of entrants was 8421, and at the Annual Concert on 14th January, in Bridgeton Public Hall, the following awards were presented: Solo Singing : Senior Girls: Gold Medal-Isobel Smith, Onslow Silver Medal-Dorothy M'Kee, Whitehill Book Prize-C.. thie Howie, John Street Sec. ,, ,, -Margaret Allison, Onslow Senior Boys: Silver Medal-Charles Shankland, Whitehill Book Prize-Robert Sloan, Whitehill ,, ,, -James M'Queen, Bemard Street ,, ,. -Roy Richardson, Whitehill Junior Boys: Book Prize-John Cameron, Alexandra Parade ,, ,, -James M·Ka.y, Onslow ,, ,, -Daniel Bell, Alexandra Parade Junior Girls: Book Prize-Chris. Laird, Parkhead ,, ,, -1\ia.sie M 'Lennan, Riddrie ,, ,, -Joan M'Callum, Golfhill ,, ,, -Agnes M 'Cambie, Alexandra Parade Elocution: Senior: Silver Medal-James Murdoch, Whitehill Book Prize-Margaret Service, Whitehill; ,, ,, -Neil Pa.ton, Whitehill ,, ,, -Betty Buchan, Whitehill Junior: Book Prize-John M'Ghie, Thomson Street ,, ,, -.Jane E. Tait, Parkhea Class Competitions : 232 Book Prizes were a.warded to the undermentioned Schools:- Alexandra Parade 6 Dennistoun 19 Quarry Brae 13 Annfield 15 Golf hill 13 Riddrie 12 Barrowfield 6 John Street Elem. 11 Springfield 16 Bernard Street 2 John Street Sec. 27 St. James' 12 Camlachie 14 Newlands 13 Thomson Street 8 Campbellfield 6 Parkh!'a.d 6 Whitehill Sec. .4 Dalmarnock 17 Queen Mary Street 12 12' BURNS CLUB NOTES The Club is much indebted to President Patterson for the able and genial way in which he carried out his duties as Chairman during his year of office. Programme !938-1939 1938-0ct. 29. Tattie an' Herrin' Supper in the Grosvenor : Guests, Rev. J. Murray Haddow and Mr. M. H. McKerrow. Nov. 25. Children's Competition. 29. Ladies' Night: Whist, Dinner and Music. 1939-Jan." 13. Children's Annual Concert and Presentation of Prizes in Bridgeton Public Hall. 25. 69t~ Anniversary Dinner in the Grosvenor: " " The Immortal Memory " by the Right Hon. Walter Elliot, M.C., LL.D., M.P., Minister of Health. Mar. 6. Musical Evening, arranged by ex-President Sir John and Lady McDonald: "At Home '' in the Grosvenor. May 22. Annual Excursion to Turnberry. .JoHN G. s. SPROLL, Hon. Secg. 55 ; DERBY SOOTTISH ASSOOIATION AND BURNS CLUB Sgllabus 1938-1939 1938-Nov. 4-5. Dramatic Section presents "A scrape o' the pen." ,, 30. St. Andrew's Night: Haggis Supper. ,, Lecture by Sir Arthur Aiton. Dec. 31. Hogmanay Ball. 1939-Jan. 1. Annual Church Service. ,, 25. Annual Dinner : Guest, A. A. Thomson. Feb. 3. Ceilidh. ,. 22. Annual General Meeting. WM. WYLIE } Joint Hon. Seca. R. B. MEIKLE 68: SANDYFORD (GLASGOW) BURNS OLUB Mr. James Hay, President 1937-38, had one of the most successful years of office in the history of the Club. Through out his term he evinced great enthusiasm, and to his zeal must be credited the considerable increase in membership and Club funds. BURNS CLUB NOTES 126 The .Anniversary Dinner and Ball held in the Ca'doro Restaurant on 25th January 1938, was attended by 340 ladies and gentlemen. The principal speaker was Mr. John R . .Allan, author. In the course of his oration Mr. Allan declared " The descendants of ' Holy Willie ' are still with us, and they still require the touch of satire with which Burns attacked their type." If any young man in the days of Burns wanted to live his own civilised and human life, as the Poet wanted to do, said Mr. .Allan, those dull and respectable " Holy Willies " tried to put that life into a strait-jacket. The Poet's satires-perhaps the best satires ever written in Britain-were produced from the conflict which he had with the forces of complacency, dullness and respectability. .A certain amount of progress had been made in Scotland, but despite the improvement there were many complacent people who merited the Poet's satire. Mr. Allan suggested humorously that it might be a useful function for Burns Clubs to search out the " Holy Willies " of modern Scotland and celebrate them with devastating couplets in the satiric spirit that Burns had used. Sir W. W. McKechnie proposed the toast of " The Lassies " in his own inimitable manner, and regret was felt that he was restricted in time. " The Reply " was very ably submitted by Mrs. Helen B. Shaw, M.B.E., J.P. Other speakers were Sir .Alexander B. Swan, D.L., LL.D., J.P., and also Sir Harry Lauder, who declared that the company was not present to criticise Burns but to toast his living memory and cherish it against criticism. The collection for the Jean .Armour Burns Houses and the Club's Benevolent Fund realised the record sum of £47. The other functions of the Club were well attended throughout the Session. The .Annual Outing was held on 7th June 1938, and a happy day was spent aboard the " Duchess of Montrose " on a cruise to Inveraray. Mr. Robert Hendry, F.S.I., was appointed President at the .Annual General Meeting held in the Burns House Club, on 15th March 1938. The Anniversary Dinner and Ball will be held in the Ca'doro Restaurant, Union Street, Glasgow, on 25th January 1939, when the principal speakers will be:- " The Immortal Memory "-Sir David .Allan Hay, O.B.E., J.P. " The Lassies "-George .Andrew, Esq., C.B.E., H.M. Chief Inspector of Schools. " The Reply "-Mrs. Frank D. Scott. s. w. LOVE, Hon. Secy. 126 BURNS CLUB NOTES 89: SUNDERLAND BURNS CLUB Under the able guidance of Mr. Kenneth Campbell the work of our Club has been well sustained, and like his predecessor he was honoured for a second term. The Anni versary was held on 25th January 1938, when Mr. J. Stewart Seggie, C.A., proposed " The Immortal Memory " in a brilliant speech. The social functions have been well attended, while the ladies, under the guidance of Mrs. J. Renwick Vickers, have again held four very successful afternoon whist drives. The papers submitted during the session were of a high standard, and our thanks are due to those who have thus entertained us and to our musical friends for their contribution to our enjoyment. Syllabus 1937-1938 1937-0ct. 14. President's Address. " 29 Federation delegates' report. Nov. ll. " Some aspects of English humour," by A. H. J. Brown. 30. St. Andrew's Day Celebration. 1938-Jan." 13. " Centenary of Sir William Allan," by J. H. Meek. ., 25 . Dinner : " The Immortal Memory " by J. Stewart Seggie, C.A. Feb. 10. " Extracts from a roamer's note-book," by J. McNicol. Mar. 10. " Hans Christian Andersen," by H. E. Coates. 24. "Flotsam and jetsam," by J. Renwick " Vickers. Apl. 7. " The Scottish Border,' by W. Nesbit. 28. Annual Meeting. Sep." 8. Business Meeting. M. NEILSON, Hori,. Secv. 121 : HAMILTON JUNIOR BURNS CLUB The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on 5th September 1938, Mr. James McCargow 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 and the Local Jubilee Nurses. Arrangements were BURNS CLUB NOTES 127 completed for delegates attending the annual Conference of the Federation at Dumfries. Mr. McCargow, who has occupied the chair for the usual period, called on Mr. William Wilson, Vice-President, to assume that position and invested him with the insignia of office. Mr. Wilson thanked the members for the honour con ferred on him, and stated it had always been his ambition to attain to that high office. He then paid a tribute to the retiring President, Mr. McCargow, and congratulated him on the dignified manner in which he had carried out his duties. Thereafter the election of office-bearers took place. The ensuing session was inaugurated with a paper by Mr. Wilson on " Allan Ramsay," which was much appreciated by the members. It will be continued on the usual lines, and will include the celebration of Hallowe'en and, of course, the annual anniversary of our national bard. J. H. CAMERON, Hon. Secy. 153 : SOOTTISH BURNS OLUB, GLASGOW Despite the modern attractions of radio and cinema the Scottish Burns Club continues its career successfully. The membership is being maintained near the four-hundred mark, and the monthly attendances, particularly on Ladies' Nights, usually reach about this figure. " The Immortal Memory " in 1938 was proposed by the well-known writer, Mr. Lewis Spence. He dealt with his subject in an original manner, and submitted material for much contentious debate. Dr. James Devon, in his 3lst successive annual address to the Club, again opened the 1938 session with the subject " For puir auld Scotland's sake." The November meeting consisted of an address, illustrated by lantern slides, given by Mr. John S. Clarke. Mr. Clarke is probably one of the most interesting lecturers in Scotland and is now one of the leadin~ authorities on Robert Burns. The December meeting was addressed by Mr. Andrew McCallum of Pollokshaws on "Burns on Peace and war." In January Mr. W. Russ Darling addresfled the members on his " Adventures in the South Seas." In addition to the evenings on which these interesting addresses were given, the Club had also two very largely attended " Ladies' Nights," at the first of which the company was entertained by the Cathcart Choral Union and at the other by one of the early founder members, Mr. W. R. Wilson, on "Humour." At the Annual Meeting in 128 BURNS CLUB NOTES March Mr. William Erskine of Dumfries delighted the members with excerpts from his own poems and songs, and the session terminated with Bailie Macwhannell's " Nicht wi' oor ain folk." - The Scottish Club were at last successful in winning the McLennan Bowling Trophy. For many years they have sup ported this competition, with its excellent object, by entering from ten to fourteen rinks. In 1938 they .entered eleven rinks, one of which, skipped by Mr. James Johnston, was successful in winning the very handsome trophy and badges. It is regretted that the Club is meantime deprived of the genial leadership of its President, Mr. Andrew Adie, through his serious illness. It is hoped he will be able to re-occupy the chair early in the new year. Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 3. " Prison reform," by Dr. James Devon. " 24. "Little monkeys and great apes," by John S. Clarke. Nov. 28. ·' The lesser-known songs of Burns," by Ian Macpherson. Dec. 19. " Vagabonds and singers," by John Gemmell. 1939-Jan. 9. " Burns on Brotherhood," by W. D. Fisher. " 23. " The Immortal Memory," by James Brown. Feb. 27. Ladies' Night. Mar. 27. Annual General Meeting; " A nicht wi' oor ain folk," by Ninian Macwhannell. J. KEVAN McDowALL, Hon. Secy. 199 : NEWBATTLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB We have again to report a very successful session under the Presidentship of Mr. James Brown. The lectures and concerts were of a very interesting character, and were well attended and greatly appreciated. "The Immortal Memory," submitted by Mr. Andrew Hill, was enjoyed by a company of over 130. 167 Old Folks received the usual Christmas gift of 5/-; and 120 of them attended the drive to Peebles, via Biggar, tea being served in the Parish Church Hall, Peebles. The Old Folks Fund shows an increase, and our thanks are due to the other organisations in the village who sent donations. The School Children's Competition was in the form of an BURNS CLUB NOTES 129 essay, and we are indebted to Mr. Fred. J. Belford and Mr. Wm. Fowler for their valuable assistance. 1he presentation of prizes took place in the Band Hall, at a Social convened for the purpose, and the children enjoyed themselves to the full. On 24th September we had a trip to the Empire Exhibi tion, which was attended by a large number of our members and their friends and, despite the weather, they all enjoyed the outing. We are looking forward to another successful session. Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 1. Business Meeting. Nov. 12. "Oor mither tongue," by Ninian Macwhannell. Dec. 10. " Burns as we ought to know him," by Arthur Downie. " 24. Ladies' Night. 1939-Jan. 7. Lecture. " 21. Anniversary Dinner. Feb. 4. " The Kingdom of Man," by Miss J. M. Gourley. Mar. 4. Lecture by ex-Provost Murdoch, Dalkeith. " 18. Men's Night. Apl. 1. Lecture by Rev. Robert Blacknotman, Restal rig. ROBT. LAUDER, Hon. Secy. 213: KINGSTON (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 20. Address by William Boyle. Nov. 17. "A nicht wi' Cocker," by James Brown. Dec. 15. " Holidays in Northern Ireland " : film, by courtesy of L.M.S. Railway Co. 1939-Jan. 24. " The Immortal Memory," by Thomas Beet. Feb. 16. " Scotland," by Andrew Stenhouse, LL.B. Mar. 16. " Byways of Scottish literature," by Archi- bald Gardner. Apl. 21. Annual General Meeting. ALEX. H. FAIRLEY, Hon. Secy. 130 BURNS CLUB NOTES 244: DALMUffi BURNS OLUB This Club maintains its place despite many obstacles. The industries of the district, with the exception of ship building, are experiencing another lean period; short time and unemployment are too rife, with the attendant dearth of incitement for social and educative entertainment which we try to give. Another factor with which we have to contend is our exposure to what weather comes to us along the estuary of the Clyde, emphasizing the comforts of the hearth and the irresistibility of the wireless entertainment; and there are so many attractions provided for the young that it becomes difficult to replace those " hid in death's dateless night " or the old who have become aweary. Never theless we persevere. Our Hallowe'en was well attended by old and young; the entertainment provided was suitable for both, as was well attested by the joy and merriment which prevailed. We departed from our usual St. Andrew Night Tea, Concert and Dance, and substituted a Whist Drive, Tea and Concert which proved quite attractive. Our quarterly meetings of December and March were both marred by influenza epidemics and inclement weather. At the first the attendance was so meagre that Mr. Wm. Boyle kindly agreed to defer his lecture ·" From the Cathedral to the Clyde " to a future day. At the second the lecturer was laid low at the last minute. An informal smoker and concert developed on each occasion, and being free and easy every one was happy. The Annual Dinner brought t,he members out in numbers. The chief toast was proposed by Mr. Jas. Stewart, M.A., of Clydebank High School, his oration being highly appreciated. Mr. Wm. Boyle proposed "Frae Gavinburn to Yaker Burn," those points marking our boundaries, and this was responded to by Bailie Waterson. Mr. T. F. Armstrong, in memorable words both touching and humorous, proposed " The Lassies." This Festival provided a fitting reward to all our endeavours. Our good fortune persists in one respect. We have had no lack of talented vocal, instrumental and elocutionary artistes, which so much enhance all Burns Club meetings. At our General Meeting, Mr. J. W. B. Duncan, at his own earnest request, resigned the Presidentship, and Mr. Wm. Boyle, one of our Past-Presidents and a member of the Federation Executive, was prevailed upon to take over the leadership, his election being unanimous. JOHN R. s. LoOKHART, Hon,. Secy. BURNS CLUB NOTES 131 293 : NBW ORAIGHALL AND DISTRICT POOSIE NANCY BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 8. General Business Meeting; Conference report by William Baxter. Nov. 12. " The attributes of Burns," by George Johnston. Dec. 10. Lecture by George MacDonald. 1939-Jan. 14. General Business Meeting. " 28. Annual Supper : " The Immortal Memory " by George Runcie. Feb. 11. Lecture by James P. Barrons. Mar. 11. Lecture by Alexander Horne. Apl. 8. " Scotch legal humour," by W. West Kerr. ROBERT PORTEOUS, JR., Hon. Secy. 295: THE BURNS HOUSE CLUB, LIMITED (GLASGOW) The rooms at 27 India Street are for the purpose of providing a house for the Burns Clubs of Glasgow. The Clubs find the accommodation most convenient for their ordinary and committee meetings, and 27 India Street is the headquarters of the Glasgow and District Burns Associa tion. The Club is open every week-day, and there is a select library of Scottish literature. The principal newspapers and magazines are provided. Lectures, concerts and whist drives are arranged by the Directors, and these functions prove very popular. A Billiard Tournament for the Morison Cup, presented by Mr. Thos. Morison, a Past-President, provides keen interest amongst the Members. J. McCLYM:ONT WYLIE, Secretary. 307 : EDINBURGH AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 14. "At Home." Nov. 18. Whist Drive. Dec. 10. Children's Party. 1939-Jan. 20. Burns Night: " The Immortal Memory" by George Runcie. Feb. 22. Ladies' Whist Drive. Mar. 3. Musical Evening. J. s. A. BUCHANAN, Hon. Secy. 132 BURNS CLUB NOTES 310 ! lUUCHLINE BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 10'. " The spirit of the hills,'' by James Marr. " 29. School Children's Competitions. Nov. 7. Symposium. " 10. School Children's Cup Competitions and Concert. Dec. 5. " The auld Scotch sangs,'' by Wm. Thomson and party. " 19. Dramatic Entertainment by the Prestwick Players. 1939-Jan. 2. Old Folk's New-Year Party. " 25. Annual Celebration of the poet's birth. Feb. 27. " Our history in place-names," by J. Kevan McDowall. Mar. 20. Annual General Meeting. JAMES DUNLOP, Hon. Secy. 314: SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB, EDINBURGH Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-0ct. 14. " Glimpses of Scottish life in the eighteenth century," by Walter Chalmers. Nov. ll. " St. George's Day, 1918 : Zeebrugge," by Charles Patterson. Dec. 9. " The riddle of Robert Burns," by Sir Joseph Dobbie. 1939-Jan. 13. Dramatic and Musical Evening. " 27. Anniversary Dinner : " The Immortal Memory " by D. Jeffrey Aitken, O.B.E. Feb. 10. " James Russell Lowell," by the Hon. Lord Wark, LL.D. Mar. 10. " Sir J. M. Barrie," by J. Wilson McLaren. " 24. Annual General Meeting. J. M. Hous'IoN, Hon. Secy. 324: STOCKTON BURNS CLUB The Committee have pleasure in submitting their report on the activities for the year under the Presidency of Mr. E. McNairney. A very successful session of lectures etc. BURNS CLUB NOTES 133 by Mrs. A. J. Way, Mrs. F. H. Rayward, Dr. T. Hamilton, Mr. C. Cunningham, and Mr. H. Lundy. A debate conducted by the ladies of the Club. Hallowe'en for the youngsters, who look forward to this night. Anniversary on 25th J anu ary excelled all others; " The Immortal Memory " was pro posed by Angus Smith. Two fraternal visits from kindred clubs. We are very fortunate in having a member in Aber deen, Mr. Alex. B. Garden, who is of great service to our Club. The integrity of the Federation is maintained, and the Club ranks among the first. W. H.UULTON, Hon. Secy. 34:6 : OAKBANK MOSSGIEL BURNS OLUB Season 1937-38 was like its predecessor-a very active one for the officials of the Club. The monthly meetings, which are looked forward to by the members, were well attended, the average attendance being in the region of 150. The annual Christmas function, which has been described as the Children's Festival, attracted the usual large number of members' children, and taxed the accommodation of the large hall to its utmost. The expense incurred in running this entertainment is borne by the Club and, judging from the way the children enjoy themselves, the money is well spent. This is only one of the acts of benevolence shown by the Club during the session: in all a sum of approximately £10 was gifted to different objects; and we finally closed by running a function on behalf of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Extension Fund, from which we were able to hand over 250 shillings. " The" night of our session, however, was without doubt our Annual Supper. Every yard of space in the hall was utilised to accommodate the large turnout. The guest of the evening was R. C. T. Mair, Esq., M.C., M.A., LL.B., Director of Education, Lanarkshire, and he gave a most inspiring address, which was listened to with rapt attention by his hearers. For several years we have chosen the west of Scotland for our annual outing. This year our choice was the east: Berwick-on-Tweed and Spittal sands. The weather conditions were ideal, and the outing was thoroughly enjoyed. Our membership reached the 200 mark, and we are look ing forward to starting another session with large and enthusiastic meetings. JAs. OvENS, Hon. Secy. 134 BURNS CLUB NOTES 372 : BAILLIESTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-Sep. 14. Social Evening. Oct. 26. Hallowe'en Night. Nov. 9. Lecture. 23. Tattie and Herrin' Supper. Dec." 21. Christmas Social Evening. 1939-Jan. 20. Anniversary Meeting. Feb. 1. Lecture. Mar. 15. Meeting. Apl. 26. Social Meeting. (MRs.) R. ALLISON, Hon. Secy. 380: FALKIRK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-Sep. 29. Annual Business Meeting. Oct. 27. " Some authors I know," by John Stewart, B.Sc.(Lond.) Nov. 24. " Our ancient heritage and Sir Walter Scott," by John S. Aitchison. Dec. 15. " Local poets," by Alexander Balloch. 1939-Jan. 25. Annual Dinner : " The Immortal Memory " by John Dickson. Feb. 23. " Was Burns inspired 1 " by John Erskine. Mar. 30. Closing Social Evening. DAVID S. McGILCHRIBT, Ho-n. Secy. 381: GREATER NEW YORK lUBONIO BURNS OLUB Our Club is progressing very well indeed. On 12th April 1938 our founder and first President, Bro. James McMurdo, celebrated his eightieth birthday, and our Club tendered him a surprise party and presented him with a pair of brass book-ends with the head of Burns embossed on them. It is the earnest wish of the officers and members of our Club that the Burns Federation will continue to prosper. JOHN WATSON, Secretary. BURNS CLUB NOTES 135 391: WATERBURY BURNS CLUB At the Annual Meeting of the Club held on 8th January 1938 Mr. John Sydney Pearson was re-elected for another term, and he has demonstrated in many ways during the year that our continued faith in his leadership is well founded. Financially we were not as successful as in former years, but the unsettled times were mainly responsible for this; of course, the financial condition of the Club is still very sound. Our social activities have not been in any way curtailed. The chief event of the year was our Burns Anniversary Stag Party. Mr. Pearson, our President, gave " The Immortal Memory." During the summer we had our usual outings for members, and for members and their families. As a grand opening for the fall and winter activities a Supper for members will be held on IOth September ; thereafter a " Hallowe'en Party" in October, "President's Night" in November, and our annual Hogmanay celebration to end another year. It is with regret we record the death of two members, Mr. Samuel McGill and Mr. Donald McKellar. The latter served the Club well and faithfully for a number of years as Treasurer. ROBERT CURRIE, Secretary. 405 : CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF SHEFFIELD The Society recently decided to publish a periodical magazine as a means of co-ordinating its various activities, and the first two numbers of this official organ were issued in September and November 1938, with the (temporary) title Galedon-ian News and Views. The magazine is edited by Mr. A. McBroom, Moorlands, 330 Ringinglow Road, Sheffield, XI. 438: OHBSTERFIELD AND DISTRICT OALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION The popularity of this Association's functions still con tinues, and the year 1937-38 shows further increased member ship. The Burns Dinner had the largest attendance ever recorded. Our chief guest was that very well known Scot, T. Atholl Robertson, Esq. The Dramatic Group is to be congratulated on their fine production of " Springtide " (Priestley). The Scottish Dance Class remains first favourite, and the Sunday " hikes " are much enjoyed by the younger members. 136 BURNS CLUB NOTES Sgllabm 1938-1939 1938-Sep. 29. President's Reception. Oct. 7. Dramatic Group Social. 31. Hallowe'en Party. Nov." 27. St. Andrew's Day Service. 29. St. Andrew's Day Dance. Dec." 7-8. Play-production. 1939-Jan. 25. Annual Dinner: "The Immortal Memory" by J. Henderson Stewart, M.P. Feb. H. Play-reading. Mar. 7. Dance. Apl. 4. Annual Meeting. (MRS.) MINA NICHOLSON, Hon. Secy. 467 : GILBERTFIELD HIGHLAND :MARY BURNS OLUB On 13th January 1932 a meeting was held in the Co-opera tive Hall, Halfway, for the purpose of forming a Ladies' Burns Club. Mrs. Thomson, Secretary of Lanarkshire Associ ation of Burns Clubs, presided. The Club was formed, and named the "Highland Mary." Mrs. E. Russell, J.P., was elected President; Mrs. J. Hardie, Secretary; Mrs. M. Napier, Treasurer; and Mrs. J. Soutar, Vice-President : all four still hold office. The Club was affiliated to the Federation in the same year (1932). We started with 20 members, and now number 60; and our Club has prospered in every way since. We meet every fortnight, in the Co-operative Hall. The anniversary of Burns's birth is always celebrated, and last January 150 sat down to supper. We have also our Annual Outing and Mystery Drive, and our Theatre Night. Donations have been sent to Dumfries Burns Mausoleum Fund, to Burns Memorial Cottage Homes and Jean Armour Burns Houses at Mauchline, and to the Old Age Pensioners' Fund in Cambuslang. Altogether we have contributed .£30 in these six years. We have had many happy evenings, but we never have any competitions. (MRs.) J. HARDIE, Secretary. BURNS OLUB NOTES 137 497: ST. ANDREW BURNS OLUB (WELLINGTON) INOORPOIUTBD Syllabus 1938-1939 1938-Jul. 11. " Scottish literature and the supernatural," by Prof. Ian A. Gordon, Ph.D . .Aug. 15. Burns recital, by J. B. Thomson. Sep. 19. " A New Zealander visits Scotland," by R. L. Macalister. Oct. 17. " Aspects of Scottish culture," by R. A. Lochore, Ph.D. Nov. 21. " Scottish culture outside Scotland," by 0. N. Gillespie. Dec. 19. Musical Evening. 1939-Jan. 25. Burns anniversary: speaker, Alex. Sinclair. Feb. 20. " An exile returns," by J. R. Baird. Mar. 20. Ladies' Night; " Scottish education," by Mrs. M. A. M. Gordon, M.A. Apl. 17. " Reflections on a bardic injunction," by W. B. Mcllveney, M.O.V. May 15. Highland Night; "Burns's Highland tour," by James Torrance. Jun. 19. Annual General Meeting. J. G. MACKENZIE, Secretary. 501 : GALT BURNS OLUB We have just opened up our activities for the Fall and Spring seasons, after being closed during the Summer months. Our regular meeting is held on the second Friday of the month, and during Fall to the Spring the members meet each Wednesday night for carpet-ball. During the coming season we plan to entertain our Ladies' Auxiliary to carpet ball, on the first and third Wednesday of each month. We always celebrate the memory of Robert Burns on the Friday nearest the 25th January, and with the assistance of our Ladies' Auxiliary we put on a banquet for close on 300 of our members and friends, followed by the customary speeches and songs and a dance. On St. Andrew's Night, which we always hold, we have a concert, lunch and dance, and on Hogmanay a dance and lunch to bring in the New Year. Outside of these regular Scots nights, we always have a concert to open our Fall season, and put on at the proper dates dances or parties at Hallowe'en, St. Valentine's, and Leap Year. .At our last Burns Banquet we had as guests 138 BURNS CLUB NOTES of honour three couples, all members of our Club, who had previously celebrated their golden wedding anniversaries. Since then we have had the honour of helping another couple to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. This banquet was a unique experience, we believe, for any club or organiza tion, as we had sitting at our head-table four couples, Mr. and Mrs. T. Dollar (55 years married), Mr. and Mrs. R. Walker (55 years married), Mr. and Mrs. R. Cochran (53 years married), and Mr. and Mrs. A. Parks (50 years married), all members of our Club for more than twenty years. We are looking forward to another busy and successful season, and wish you and all fellow-members of Burns Clubs every success. J. LEADBETTER, Secretarg. 520 : UDDINGSTON LOCHLIE LADIES' BURNS CLUB The year 1937-38, under the Presidency of Miss Gourley, was most successful, due to the foresight of the President, the enthusiasm of the office-bearers, and the loyal support of the members. The syllabus included an Omnibus Mystery Tour through part of Lanarkshire Upper-Ward, visits to in dustrial establishments and charitable institutions, also to Glasgow Maternity Hospital. The " At Home " meetings included a " Tattie an' Herrin' " Supper; entertainment of Lanarkshire Association delegates, of kindred clubs and honorary members; and the sponsoring of a party to about 120 children. Throughout the session one section of the members practised with zest Scottish country-dancing, while another rehearsed and performed with success a one-act play. The " Red Letter " day was the Annual Excursion to the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow, on 7th May. (MRs.) lsoBEL Dowm:m, Secretarg. 525: FLINT JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB Our Club meets on the third Friday of each month (except June, July and August) at the Superior Lunch Rooms. Meet ings are always followed with our version of the " Cotter's Saturday Night," and whist drives and social evenings are held throughout the winter. The speaker at our 1938 Supper was Beggar Jock Grahame. After the Supper Vice-President BURNS CLUB NOTES 139 Hugh Parker, on behalf of the members of the Club, presented a gold jewel, a tartan scarf, and a book on clan tartans to President Hynds, to show our appreciation of the service he has given during his three years in the chair. JOHN R. HURRY, Secretar'!f. 546: THE OAK BURNS CLUB The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held on 3rd September, Mr. James Moore in the chair. The Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. James Ritchie, submitted the Annual Report and Financial Statement, which showed the Club to be in a sound position. '!'his Club was formed in October 1937, and federated in March 1938. Meetings are held on the first Saturday of each month. '!'he Club held its first Annual Supper on 29th January last, when there were 70 present. The Annual Drive took place on 29th August to Dumfries and Ayr, everyone being highly pleased with the day's outing. Our subscriptions were: Mauchline Homes, £1; Scottish Literature Development Fund, 5 /-; and Tam O' Shanter Inn Fund, £3 3/- RoBERT RITCHIE, Hon. Sec'!f. TAM 0' SHANTER INN, AYR Ayr Burns Club appeals for contributions towards the fund for the purchase of this Inn. These should be sent to the Hon. Secretary of the Club: Mr. D. J. Willison, Gearholm, Ayr. MOTTO-" A MAN'S A MAN FOR. A' THAT 11 THE BURNS FEDERATION INSTITUTED I 88 5 Hon. Preaident1. Sir ALEXANDER GIBB, G.B.E., C.B., LL.D.(Edin.), F.R.S., Queen Anne's Lodge, Westminster, London, S.W.1. WILLU.lll WILL, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.l. RoBBRT GRAHAM of Finery, 38 Alexandra Court, Queen's Gate, London, S.W.7. 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 Jos.11:PH DoBBIE, S.S.C., 42 Melville Street, Edinburgh, 3. THOKA.8 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.I.B.A., 233 West Regent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Professor HANS HECHT, PH.D., Lessingstrasse 18, Berlin, N.W.87. Hon. Vic11-President1. Ex-Provost M. SMITH, J.P., Glencairn Square, Kilmarnock. Sir ROBERT WILSON, D.L., LL.D., Dalsalloch, 18 Aytoun Road, l'ollokshields, Glasgow, S. l. J. C. EWING, 8 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. JAMES THOMSON, F.S.A.Scot., The Cedars, 21 Fortis Green, Ea.at Finchley, London, N.2. L. G. SLOAN, J.P., Pen Corner, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. J. TAYLOR GrnB, F.S.A.Scot., Mauchline. ANDREW M'CALLUM, Gowanbrae, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, S.3. JAMES McMURDo, 8571144th 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. J. P. DICKSON, J.P., " Kilmarnock Standard," Kilmarnock. DANIEL RoBBRTSON, J.P., 7 Rosehall Terrace, Falkirk. THE BURNS FED.ERA TION 141 EXBCUTIVB OOMMITTEB. Pruident-M. H. McKERRow, F.S.A.ScoT., 43 Buccleuch Street, Dumfries. Paat-Preaident-NnnAN MACWHANNELL, F.R.I.B.A.., 233 West Regent Street, Glasgow, C.2. Vice-Preaidenta-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. Treaaurer-Major DAVID YUILLE, T.D., Woodcroft, Symington, Kilmarnock. Hon. Solicitor- Hon. Editor, "Burna Chronidt"--J. C. EWING, 8 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. Hon. Secretary of School Children'• Competitiona-FRED. J. BELFORD, M.A., F.E.I.S., 3 Park Grove, Liberton, Edinburgh, 9. IJUtrict Representatives. I. A!Jrshire-JAMES MAclNTYRE, 17 New Road, Mauchline. JAMES D. SLOAN, 145 High Street, 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 Shirea-WM. BOYLE, 22 Osborne Street, Clydebank. V. J.i'ifeahire-Capt. DAVID STOBIE, M.B.E., Urak, Crossford, Fife. T. C. ANDERSON, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife. VI. Lanarkahire-Mrs. M. THOMSON, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang. JOHN R. FOTHERINGHAM, Orwell, Bent Road, Hamilton. T. B. GoUDIE, Ewanrigg, Burnbank, Hamilton. JOHN HAPPLlll, 4 Graham Avenue, Eddlewood, Hamilton. VII. Jfid and East Lothiana and Bordera-GBORGB HUMPHREY. The Saughs, N ewtongrange, Midlothian. ALEXANDER PRINGLE, 14 Wellington Street, Hawick. VIII. Weat Lothian-- IX. Renfr~1hire-Ex-Provost J. M. ADAM, J.P., Cove Point House, Cove Road, Gourock. ARTHUR MURRAY, 19 Arkleston Road, Paisley. X. Stirling and XI. Pertluhire and Angus-WILLIAM THOMPSON', 6 Whyte'1 Buildings, Montrose Street, Brechin. XII. NortliMn Scotti-ah Counties-ROBERT CALLAN', 21 Westfield Road, Stonehaven. XIII. Southern Scotti1h Counties-JOHN' WARD LA w, Ashgrove, Annan Road, Dumfries. XIV. London and South-Eastern England-JOHN' M. SWAN, 17 Roxborough Park, Harrow, Middlesex. XV. North-Eaatern England-G. PRINGLE, 3 Rochdale Street, Wallsend-on-Tyne. XVI. North- We1tern England-DANIEL WRIGHT, Quatre Bras, St. Andrews Road, Bebington, Cheshire. XVII. Midlands of England-JOHN CURRIE, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham. W. G. McGREGOR, 7 Glen Road, Sheffield, 7. XVIII. South- Western England- XIX. Walea-HEoTOR McKELVIE, 3 Glanmor Road, Uplands, Swansea. XX. Ireland-ALEXANDER EMSLIE, M.A., 37 Knutsford Drive, Cliftonville, Belfast. XXI. South Africa-DONALD F. MACNAIR, 103 Fotheringay Road, Glasgow, S.l. XXII. Australia-T. ATHOLL ROBERTSON, F.R.G.S., F.S.A.Scot., 9 Foster Lane, London, E.C.2. XXIII. New Zealand-ADAM MACKAY, 52 Fernleigh Road, Glasgow, S.3. XXIV. Canada-JOHN G. S. SPROLL, 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.l. XXV. India-ARTHUR McKERRow, Polmood, Biggar. XXVI. U.S.A.-ARTHUR A. CRAIG, 848 Beeches Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. GEORGE MAcGREGOR, 314 Edwin Street, Flint, Michigan, U.S.A. XXVII. Near East-HUGH M. MACINTYRE, Elmsley, 7 Racecourse Road, Ayr. XXVIII. China-THOMAS FINDLAY, Learig, Mauchline. SUB-COMMITTEES. Finance: Messrs. Cockburn (Convener), Adam, Goudie, Murray, and Robertson. Memorials: Messrs. H. M. Macintyre (Convener), Callan, Goudie, Murray, and Sloan. AUDITORS. JAMES MACINTYRE, 17 New Road, Mauchline. Bailie WILLIAM A. GoLD, Wallacethorn, Riccarton, Kilmarnock. THE BURNS FEDERATION 143 CONSTITUTION AND RULES. Name. 1. The Association shall be called "The Burn1 Federation," with headquarters at Kilmarnock. Objecta. 2. The objects of the Federation shall be (a) To strengthen and consolidate, by universal affiliation, the bond of fellowship amongst the .members of Bums 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. MembM-1hip. 3. (a) The Federation shall con1ist 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 Burne 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-Presidents, the Executive Committee, the Auditors, and three members elected by each Club. 144 THE BURNS FEDERATION Confwence of th• Cowncil. 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-thirds' majority of those voting. Executive Committe•. 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 Burna 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 i~ 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 Committte. 7. (a) The Executive Committee shall conduct the business of CONSTITUTION AND RULES 145 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 lea1t 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. Subacriptiona. 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 an 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. E!'1~tW. (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. (o) 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. ~J (b) No accounts shall be paid without the authority of the Finance Committee, which l!!hall submit the Minutes of its meetingl!! to the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee. , (c) The 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. K 46 THE BURNS FEDERATION Honorary/ Secrtitary. 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 al10 conduct the correspondence of the Federation, convene all meetings, and issue Diplomas. He shall prepare the Executive Committee's Report on the year's transa.otions, for submiSllion 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 statement of his accounts for the year to 3lst July. "Burns Chronicle." 12. (a) The Burns Chronicle 11hall 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 Bwrna Chronicle and other publications of the Federation shall be approved by the Finance Committee. (c) The published price of the Bwrna Chronicle shall be fixed by the Executive Committee. School Childr111,'s Competitions. 13. The Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competitions shall give assistance to affiliated Clubs in the organisation of their Com petitions, and shall endeavour to co-ordinate the efforts of the ..-arious Clubs. He shall submit annually a report on the Com petitions organi1ed by the Clubs. Benefita. 14. (a) Affiliated Clubs shall be supplied gratis with copies of newspapers containing reports of meetings, demonstrations, etc., 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 (Se1 Article No. 6c of 11 Conatitution ") I. Ayrshire. II. Edinburgh. III. Glasgow. IV. Dumbarton and Argyll Shires. v. Fifeshire. VI. Lanarkshire. VIL Lothians (Mid and East) and Borden. VIII. Lothian (West). IX. Renfrewshire. x. Stirling and Clackmannan Shires. XI. 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. Northumberla.nd, Durham; Yorkshire (except Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster) XVI. North-Western England. Cumberland, Westmorl1r.nd, 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 Statea of America. XXVII. Near East. XXVIII. China. 148 THE BURNS FEDERATION I. Ayrshil'e-18 Clubs: 2 Members. 0 Kilmarnock. 275 Ayr. 35 Dalry. 288 Beith Caledonia. 45 Cumnock. 310 Mauchline. 56 Muirkirk Lapraik. 349 Kilmarnock HowtJ. 97 Bellfield, Kilmarnock. 365 Catrina. 173 Irvine. 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery. 192 Ayrshire B.C.Assoc. 435 Ayr Tam o' Shanter. 252 Alloway. 456 Troon Masonic. 274 Troon. 500 New Cumnock. Secretary: William Lennox, 11 Nursery Avenue, Kilmarnock. II. Edlnburgh-18 Clubs: 1 Membel", 22 Edinburgh. 314 Edinburgh Scottish. 79 Corstorphine. 340 Balerno. 124 Ninety. 341 Leith. 212 Portobello. 378 Edinburgh B.C.Assoc. 293 New Craighall. 398 Colinton. 307 Edinburgh Ayrshire Assoc. 4:10 Royal Mile. 489 Clarinda. Secretarv : 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 W astern. 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. Secretary: Andrew Stenhouse, LL. B., 183 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. LIST OF DISTRICTS 149 IV. Dumbarton and .APgyll Shlres-11 Clubs: 1 Member. 2 Alexandria. 196 Mid-Argyll. 10 Dumbarton. 225 Helensburgh. 75 Kirn. 244 Dalmuir. 92 Kilbowie. 421 Arrochar and Tarbet. 113 Vale of Leven Glencairn. 504 Cardross. 550 Dunoon Mary Campbell. Secretary: Wm. C. Cockburn, Holmwood, Uddingston. V. Fifeshire-21 Clubs: 2 Members. 62 Cupar. 447 Cowdenbeath Mountain 85 Dunfermline. Daisy. 184 Blairadam. 452 .Auchterderran Bonnie 250 Cowdenbeath Tam o' Jean. Shanter. 457 Kinglassie Ladies. 262 Fife B.C.Assoc. 459 Cowdenbeath West End 283 Sinclairtown. Jolly Beggars. 326 Bingry Ladies. 4 78 Kelty and Blairadam Bonnie 330 Glencraig "Bonnie Jean." Doon Ladies. 345 Denbeath. 486 Jean Armour, Steelend. 350 Markinch. 496 Auld Hoose, Burntisland. 402 High Valleyfield Highland 508 Auchterderran. Mary Ladies. 517 Crossgates Glencairn. 554 Bruce, Falkland. Secretary: T. C. Anderson, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife. 150 THE BURNS FEDERATION VI. LanarkshiPe-41 Clubs: 4t Members. 20 Airdrie. 450 Hamilton Cronies. 100 Hamilton Mossgiel. 466 Dykehead Afton Water 121 Hamilton Junior. Ladies. 133 Newarthill. 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 152 Hamilton. Ladies. 157 Baillieston. 468 High Blantyre. 207 Cambuslang Wingate. 494 Motherwell United Services. 237 Uddingston Masonic. 505 Wishaw Masonic. 266 Newton Jolly Beggars. 506 Dykehead Jean Armour. 290 Blantyre and District. 509 Motherwell Masonic. 348 Newton Bonnie Jean. 520 Uddingston Lochlie Ladies. 356 Burnbank Masonic. 522 Glenlee. 371 Dykehea.d No. 1. 626 Dykehead Tam o' Shanter. 372 Baillieston Jean Armour. 527 Peacock Cross. 387 Mary Campbell (Cambus- 529 William Mitchell. lang). 533 Fauldhouse. 388 Kyle (Shotts) Ladies. 537 Harthill. 390 Meikle Earnock Jolly 539 Whi:ffiet Auld Hoose. Beggars. 542 N ewarthill White Heather. 392 Whiffiet. 546 Oak, Hamilton. 424 Cambuslang Tam o' Sha.nter. ?>4 7 Coal burn Jolly Beggars. 428 Chryston. 549 Bothwell Bonie Lesley 441 Temple, Shotts. Ladies. Secretary: Mrs. M. Thomson, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang. VU. :Mld and East Lothlans and Borders-18 Clubs: 2 Members. 96 J edburgh. 364 Midcalder Tam o' Shanter. 108 East Calder. 384 Pumpherston Bonnie Doon. 198 Gorebridge Jolly Beggars. 400 Haddington. 199 Newbattle and District. 414 Dalkeith Fountain. 221 Prestonpans. 427 Gorebridge Glencairn. 239 Ha.wick. 442 Penicuik. 319 Fisherrow Masonic. 4 75 Tweeddale Ladies. 338 Dalkeith and District. 516 The Airts, Prestonpans. 346 Oakbank Mossgiel. 552 Fawside, Tranent. Secretary: James Juner, 25 The Avenue, Arniston, Gorebridge. LIST OF DISTRIOTS 151 VIII. West Lothlan-5 Clubs: 1 Member. 125 Blackburn on Almond. 432 Winchburgh. 429 Bathgate. 471 Rose of Grange (Bo'ness). 499 Winchburgh Jolly Beggara. Secretary: P. Glen, 41 Torphichen Street, Bathgate. IX. Renfl'ewshlre-15 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 & District 254 Greenock Victoria. P.P. Assoc. 383 Greenock Heather. 540 Johnstone Masonic. Secretary: Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Cardwell Road, Gourock. X. Stirling and Clackmannan Shlres-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. IH 0 Scottish Dyes. 352 Grangemouth. 541 Doune. 380 Falkirk Cross Keys. 543 Abbey Craig. 558 Cambusbarron. Secretary : Alex. Dun, 25 Port Street, Stirling. XI. Perthshire and Angus-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 14 Dundee. 76 Brechin. 26 Perth. 82 Arbroath. 44 Forfar. 242 Montrose. 327 Perth St. Mark's. Secretary: George Cumming, J.P., Lindsay Lane, Brechin. 152 THE BURNS FEDERATION XII. Northern Scottish Countles-7 Clubs: 1 Member. 40 Aberdeen. 367 Dornoch. 149 Elgin. 403 Fraserburgh. 336 Peterhead. 458 Stonehaven. 470 St. Giles (Elgin). Secretary : Alex. Mutch, 2 Burns Gardens, Aberdeen. XIII. Southern Scottish Countles-18 Clubs : 1 Member. 112 Dumfries Howff. 437 Dumfries Ladies. 217 Eskdale. 479 Queen of the South Ladies. 226 Dumfries. 491 Lochmaben. 309 Annan. 502 Lincluden. 323 Kirkcudbright. 530 Southern Scottish Counties 393 Annan Ladies. B.C.A. 401 "Brig-En'," Maxwelltown. 536 Whithorn. Secretary : William Black, Cardean, Eastfield Road, Dumfries. XIV. London and South-Eastern England-3 Clubs: 1 Member. 1 Burns Club of London. 481 London Ayrshire Society. 492 Harrow Cal. Soc. Secretary: J. A. Brown, Overcliff Hotel, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. XV. North-Eastern England-12 Clubs: 1 Member. 89 Sunderland. 531 Tees-side Cal. Soc. 156 Newcastle. 534 Bedlington. 158 Darlington. 544 Ashington. 165 Wa.llsend-on-Tyne. 548 Leeds Cal. Soc. 379 Ha.rtlepools. 551 Scarborough Cal. Soc. 490 Seaha.m Harbour. 555 Harrogate St. Andrew's Soc. Secretary: Matthew Neilson, 14 Percy Terrace, Sunderland. XVI. North-Westem England-6 Clubs: 1 Member. 71 Carlisle. 366 Liverpool. 236 Whitehaven. 417 Burnley and District. 363 Barrow, St. Andrew's 436 Walney Jolly Beggars Society. Ladies. Secretary : Miss Florence M. M'Leod, Rowanhill, 34 Childwall Mount Road, Liverpool, 16. LIST OF DISTRICTS 153 XVII. Midlands of England-15 Clubs: 2 Members. 17 Nottingham. 418 Skegness. M Derby. 438 Chesterfield Oaledonian Soc. 167 Birmingham. 445 Buxton Caledonian Soc. 296 Walsall. 454 Rotherham. 329 Newark and District. 461 Leicester Caledonian Soc. 404 Worcester. 528 Loughborough Scottish Soc. 405 Sheffield Caledonian Soc. 553 Wolverhampton Cal. Soc. 556 Doncaster 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. Ireland-3 Clubs: 1 Member. 15 Belfast. 183 Londonderry. 406 Dublin St. Andrew's Soc. Secretar71: Geo. P. Findlay, Avoca, 87 Strand Road, Londonderry, N. Ireland. XXI. South Afrlea-1 Club: 1 Member. 373 Red Hill, Natal. x;x:n. Australla-8 Clubs: 1 Member. 324 Stockton. 523 Highland Society of N.S. W. 473 Melbourne. 532 Cessnock. 511 Perth. 519 Robert Burns (1933) 521 Waratah-Mayfield. Society, Sydney. 545 Parramatta. XXIII. New Zealand-2 Clubs: 1 Member. 449 Wellington. 497 St. Andrew (Wellington). 154 THE BURNS FEDERATION XXIV. Canada-9 Clubs: 1 Membel'. 25 Winnipeg St. Andrew's Soc. 325 Vancouver Fellowship(B.C.) 197 Winnipeg. 443 Burns Club of Victoria (B.C.) 303 Victoria (B.C.): St. 476 Border Cities (Ont.) Andrew's Soc. 501 Galt (Ont.) 305 New Waterford. 513 Fredericton St. Andrew's Soc. XXV. India-1 Club: 1 Member. 3M Calcutta. XXVI. U.S.A.-23 Clubs: 2 Membel's. 171 Chattanooga. 412 Gary. 208 Colorado Spring•. 413 San Francisco St. Andrew's 220 St. Louis. Soc. 238 Atlanta. 453 Philadelphia Ladies' 271 Trenton. Auxiliary. 284 Philadelphia. 4.64 Yakima Valley. 320 Troy. 465 Atlanta Scottish Assoc. 331 Buffalo. 4,93 Akron. 3M Royal Order of Scottish 498 Flint. Clans. 507 Orange County. 371S Holyoke. 518 Ye Auld Cronies,Ohio. 381 Grea.ter New York Maaonio. 525 Flint Jolly Beggars. 391 Waterbury. 557 Atlanta Ladies. Secretary: James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker Avenue, Troy, N.Y., U.S.A. XXVII. Near East-2 Clubs: 1 .Member. 491S Baghdad Cal. Soo. 515 Abadan Cal. Soc. XXVIII. China-1 Club: 1 Member. 514 Shanghai. THE BURNS FEDERATION llili 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. 1914-19 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. 1906 Kilmarnock. 1931 Ha.wick. 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. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL [See also report of the proceedings of the Conference printed on pages 13-27] ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH HALL, DUMFRIES, l()TH SEPTEMBER, 1938. The Annual Conference of the Council of the Burns Federation was held here to-day at 9.45 a.m. The President, Mr. M. H. McKerrow, F.S.A.Scot., occupied the chair, and was accompanied on the platform by Provost W. J. Kelly, Bailie K. Dobie, and Mr. James Hutcheon (Town Clerk); Lord Alness, President of the Burns Club of London; Mr. H. S. Gladstone of Capenoch, Convener of the County of Dumfries, and Mrs. Gladstone; Mr. Ninian Macwhannell, Past-President, and the other office-bearers. Apologies for absence were intimated from Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E., C.B., Past-President; Sir Thomas Oliver, D.L., M.D., and Mr. Thomas Henderson, B.Sc., Vice-Presidents; Mr. J. C. Ewing, Hon. Editor; Professor Hans Hecht; Mrs. Burgoyne, Edinburgh; ex-Provost J. M. Adam, Gourock; Messrs. William Boyle, Clydebank; J. McDowall and George Baker, Natal; Hamilton Nimmo,. Wellington, N.Z.; Adam Mackay, Glasgow; T. Atholl Robertson, James Thomson and William Will, London; and J. D. Sloan, Ayr. The following cablegrams were read :- From Mr. John D. Ross, LL.D., New York.-" May the present Conference be the banner one of all. The genius of Burns still casts its spell over land and sea." From Mr. J. H. Malcom, Fredericton, Canada. " Regret inability to be present. Best wishes for suc cessful Conference.'' Mr. James Thomson, F.S.A.Scot., London, an Hon. Vice President, wrote to the Secretary a,s follows :- 1 have received and read the reports and annual Conference programme for September with enviousness. How well I mind the 1924 Dumfries meeting and were it not that that auld wifie " Annie Dominie " has cast her mantle over my old bones and rendered me physically unable to travel or be away from home, I should venture the journey. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 157 One of the charms of the Federation's a,nnual Con ferences to me was the delight in meeting delegates from distant places and renewing our twa-handit cracks, and making other life-long friends and brother Burnsites. As the first London representative of the Federation I look back a good many years, and with much satisfac tion note the great work the Federation has accomplished and how well the work is maintained by a Council as enthusiastic as were the founders and early members. I wish the President and members of Council !). suc cessful meeting. The following 90 Clu:t>s were represented by 217 pelegates :-No. 0, Kilmarnock; No. 1, London; No. 3, Tam o' Shanter, Glasgow; No. 10, Dumbarton; No. 15, Belfast; No. 20, Airdrie; No. 21, Greenock; No. 33, Haggis, Glasgow; No. 36, Rosebery, Glasgow; No. 40, Aberdeen; No. 49, Bridge ton, Glasgow; No. 50, Stirling; No. 53, Govan Fairfield; No. 55, Derby; No. 59, Gourock Jolly Beggars; No. 76, Brechin; No. 82, Arbroath; No. 85, Dunfermline; No. 89, Sunderland; No. 100, Hamilton Mossgiel; No. 112, Burns Howff, Dumfries; No. 120, Bristol Caledonian Society; No. 121, Hamilton Junior; No. 124, The Ninety, Edinburgh; No. 131, Nottingham Scottish; No. 135, Partick Western; No. 139, National, Glasgow; No. 152, Hamilton; No.153, Scot tish, Glasgow; No. 156, Newcastle and Tyneside; No. 158, Darlington; No. 165, Wallsend; No. 167, Birmingham; No. 169, Glasgow and District Burns Assn.; No. 181, Primrose, Glasgow; No. 184, Blairadam Shanter; No. 192, Ayrshire B.C.A.; No. 198, Gorebridge; No. 199, Newbattle; No.._ 207, Cambuslang Wingate; No. 209, Greenock St. John's; No. 212, Portobello; No. 213, Kingston; No. 217, Eskdale; No. 226, Dumfries; No. 237, Uddingston Masonic; No. 239, Hawick; No. 244, Dalmuir; No. 275, Ayr; No. 282, Glasgow B.C. Bowling Assn.; No. 290, Blantyre and District Masonic; No. 292, Grahamston; No. 293, Newcraighall; No. 295, Burns House Club Ltd.; No. 307, Edinburgh Ayrshire Assn.; No. 309, Annan; No. 310 Mauchline; No. 320, Troy; No. 324, Stockton, N.S.W.; No. 327, Perth St. Mark's; No. 341, Leith; No. 355, Calcutta; No. 356, Burnbank Masonic; No. 372, Baillieston Jean Armour; No. 378, Edinburgh B.C.A.; No. 379, Hartlepools; No. 380, Falkirk Cross Keys; No. 387, Cambuslang Mary Campbell; No. 390, Meikle Earnock Jolly Beggars; No. 393, Annan Ladies; No. 405, Sheffield Cale donian Society; No. 436, Walney Jolly Beggars Ladies; No. 437, Dumfries Ladies No. 1; No. 438, Chesterfield Caledonian Society; No. 441, Temple, Shotts; No. 467, Gilbertfield High land Mary Ladies; No. 468, High Blantyre; No. 473, Mel- 158 THE BURNS FEDERATION bourne, Australia; No. 477, Bellahouston; No,_ 479, Queen of the South Ladies; No. 497, Wellington St. Andrew, N.Z.; No. 498, Flint, U.S.A.; No. 502, Lincluden; No. 514, Shanghai; No. 515, Aba,dan Caledonian Society; No. 520, Uddingston Lochlie Ladies; No. 522, Glenlee; No. 530, Southern Scottish Counties Burns Assn.; No... 538, Greenock Burns Clubs Past-Presidents .Assn.; No. 540, Johnstone Masonic; and No. 549, Bothwell Bonie Lesley Ladies. A civic welcome to the delegates was extended by the Provost of Dumfries, and the President responded. The President, on behalf of the Executive Committee, extended a cordial welcome to the delegates, particularly to those who were present from overseas :-Mr. W. Ormiston Roy, Montreal, Canada; Mr. R .. R. Ha,ddow, Calcutta; and Mr. J. R. Baird, Wellington St. Andrew Burns Club, N.Z. The Minutes of the Conference at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1937-which are printed in the Burns Chronicle, 1938, pp. 128-138--were held as read and were approved. The Hon. Secretary submitted his report for the year 1937-1938. HON. SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT After an interval of fourteen years the Council of the Burns Federation once more holds its annual Conference in Dumfries, as the guests of the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors, and of the Clubs in the Southern Scottish Counties. It is appropriate that we should be meeting for the third time in Dumfries, as it was the second of the six Royal Burghs of Scotland, which recognised the genius of Burns in his lifetime by conferring their " Freedom " on him. The Dumfries Conferences of 1899 and 1924 deserve to be remembered. At the former the scheme was first proposed which led to the foundation of the Chair of Scottish History and Literature in Glasgow University, and at the latter a definite impetus was given to the scheme for the promotion of the study of Scottish literature in schools. It is to be hoped that the inspiration derived from our third visit to this town of memorials and memories of Burns will lead to further achievements in the same direction. It is with regret that we record the loss of several prominent Burnsians during the past year, including Miss M. M. McBurnie, Past President of Dumfries Ladies Burns Club No. 1; Mr. John McBurnie, Secretary of Dumfries Burns Club; Mr. John Fairlie, Secretary of Stenhousemuir Burns Club; Mr. J. M. Bulloch, LL.D., of the Burns Club of London; Mr. D. Lowe Turnbull, M.A., a former member of MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 159 the Executive Committee; and Mr. Thomas Horsburgh, Past President of Edinburgh District Burns Clubs Association. MEMBERSHIP In 1924 when we last visited Dumfries, the membership consisted of 206 Clubs. During !}iese fourteen years the Federation has made steady progress, and there are now 304 Burns Clubs and Scottish Societies on the Roll. Since the last Conference the following 23 Cliibs and Societies have federated :- .'l'.ees-side Caledonian Society. Cessnock Burns Club, N.S.W. Australia. Fauldhouse Caledonian Burns Club. Bedlington Burns Club. Plymouth and District Caledonian Society. Whithorn and District Burns Club. Harthill and District Young Cronies Burns Club. Greenock. and District Burns Clubs Past Presidents' Association. Whiffiet Auld Hoose Burns Club. Johnstone Masonic Burns Club. Doune and District Burns Club. Newarthill White Heather Burns Club. Abbey Craig Burns Club. Ashington Burns Club. Parramatta and District Burns Club, N.S.W. The Oak Burns Club, Hamilton. Coalburn Jolly Beggars Burns Club. Leeds Caledonian Society. Bothwell Bonie Lesley Ladies' Burns Club. Dunoon Mary Campbell Burns Club. Scarborough Caledonian Society. Fawside Burns Club, Tranent. Wolverhampton and District Caledonian Society. There were also four re-affiliations : Corstorphine Burns Club. Denbeath and District Burns Club. New Waterford Burns Club, Canada. North-Eastern Burns Club of Philadelphia Ladies' Auxiliary. The new Pocket Diploma, issued to members of Clubs at ls. each, is still in demand. During the year 105 were issued. RE-GROUPING OF ENGLISH DISTRICTS The present system of representation by Districts on the Executive Committee was adopted a~ the last Dumfries Con- 160 THE BURNS FEDERATION ference, and has worked very well. England was then divided into four Districts, but the number of federated Cluba and Societies in England is now more than double what it was in 1924. The Executive Committee therefore consider that the time is opportune for a re-grouping of the English Districts, and they recommend that England be divided into five Districts, with provision for future expansion as more Clubs and Societies join the Federation. The suggested new Districts are as follows :- 1. London and South Eastern Englamil. Essex ; Hartford ; Middlesex; Berks; Buckingham; Oxford ; Hampshire; Surrey; Sussex; Kent. To be divided later into (1) London (20 miles radius from Mansion House) (2) South Eastern England (Remainder of above District). II. North Eastern England. Northumberland; Durham. Yorkshire (less Sheffield ; Rotherham; Barnsley). To be divided later into (1) North Eastern England (2) Yorkshire. III. North Western Englamil. Cumberland; Westmorland; Lancashire; Cheshire. To be divided later into (1) Cumberland and Westmorland · (2) Lancashire and Cheshire. IV. Midlands of England. Derby; Nottingham; Lincoln; South Yorkshire; Leicester; Rutland. Stafford ; Shropshire; Worcester; Warwick; N orthamp ton; Cambridge; Huntingdon; Bedford; Norfolk; Suffolk. To be divided later into (1) North Midlands (2) South Midlands. V. South Western England. Hereford ; Gloucester; Wilts; Somerset; Dorset; Devon; Cornwall; Monmouth. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONl!'ERENCE 161 N.A.TION.A.L BURNS MBMORI.A.L HOMES The greatest of all Burns Memorials is undoubtedly the National Burns Memorial Cottage Homes at Mauchline. When inaugurated in 1897 by the Glasgow Mauchline Society, the Memorial consisted of six cottages and the Tower, and at intervals since then other fourteen cottages have been erected. On Saturday, 25th June, 1938, two new cottages, both gifted to the Society, were formally opened, bringing the total number up to twenty. 'fhe Directors of the Society are to be congratulated on this further addition to their magnificent scheme. JE.A.N .ARMOUR BURNS HOUSES .The Glasgow and District Burns Association also continues to carry on its good work at the Jean Armour Burns Houses, Mauchline. Both schemes are maintained by voluntary con tributions, and all federated Clubs and Societies cannot do better than make a point of giving them as liberal support as possible every year. BURNS M.A. USOLEUM In December last it was reported to the Federation that £1750 were still required to wipe off. the debt incurred by the Dumfries Burns Club in connection with the restoration of the statuary in the Burns Mausoleum. After consultation with the office-bearers of the Club, it was decided to issue a National Appeal for funds to liquidate the debt. The appeal was issued on 2lst January last and up to date £1130 have been received. Overseas Clubs and Scottish Societies are now taking steps to support the appeal, and it is confidently hoped that the balance required will soon be subscribed. T.A.RBOLTON B.A.OHELORs' CLUB Since the last Conference the building in 'l'arbolton known as the Bachelors' Club has been acquired for the Nation by the National Trust for Scotland. This has been accomplished with the generous assistance of the Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Dumfries and Lord Colum Crichton Stuart, and it is the intention of the Trust to restore the building as nearly as possible to its original condition, on account of its interesting associations with Burns. For this purpose an appeal was issued for funds. Already £400 have been sub scribed and this has enabled the work of restoration to be commenced. Further funds are required to complete the restoration and provide for the future maintenance of the L 162 THE BURNS FEDERATION building, and donations will be welcomed by the Hon. Treasurer of the Fund, Major David Yuille, Woodcroft, Symington, Kilmarnock. "BURNS CHRONICLE" The thirteenth volume of the Second Series of the Burm Chronicle was issued in December last, and was well received by the press. '.l'.here is an increasing demand for it from Overseas Clubs, and it is gratifying that so many new Clubs and Societies are making a point of supporting this excellent annual publication of the Federation. The demand for back numbers of the Chronicle is also increasing and in this connection it is worthy of notice that Wellington Burns Club, New Zealand, has secured a complete set of Chronicles as the nucleus of a library of Scottish literature which it is collecting for the use of its members. BURNflS FIRST COMMONPLACE BOOK The outstanding pu~lication of the past year has been the reproduction in facsimile of the poet's manuscript of his first Common-pl,ace Book in the possession of Sir Alfred J. Law, M.P.-with 'l'ranscript, Introduction and Notes by J. C. Ewing and Davidson Cook (£2 2s. Gowans &; Gray). Everything in this Commonplace Book is the composition of Burns. Songs, poetical epistles, reflections and criticisms of his poei!ry and songs, reveal the poet's thoughts at the beginning of his poetical career, and give an unsurpassed picture of the poet in the making. The reproduction of the Common-pl,ace Book in facsimile, and the meticulous accuracy and scholarly care of the editors as revealed in the transcript, make this handsome folio volume a mos~ important addition to Burns literature. SCOTTISH LITERATURE IN SCHOOLS Last year there was published '.Ai Scots Reader, Book I, for juniors (Oliver &; Boyd, ls.)-the first of a series of text books on Scottish literature for use in schools. During the past year Book II, for seniors, was published (Oliver & Boyd, ls. 6d. ), and has been very favourably received. It contains both poetry and prose pieces, all admirably chosen. The third and concluding book of the series, for advanced pupils, is in the press and will follow shortly. Four years ago reference was made in the annual report to the absence of questions on Scottish literature in the Leaving Certificate Examination papers, which have such influence on the drawing up of the curricula of secondary MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 163 schools, and which, being the chief passport to the Scottish Universities, have a profound influence all through our system of education. In the Leaving Certificate Examination papers in March last there were no fewer than six alternative ques tions set on Scottish literature, dealing with Burns, Scottish literature prior to Burns, Barrie, Boswell, Galt and R. L. Stevenson. .'!'.his is a step in the right direction, and fully justifies the action of the Burns Federation in having text books on Scottish literature specially prepared for use in schools. The President moved the adoption of the report. Lord Alness seconded, and it was unanimously adopted. HON. TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT Major Yuille submitted the annual financial statement, which showed that the income, including balance of £247 19s. 7d. from previous year, amounted to £819 13s. lOd., and the balance on hand, after meeting all expenditure, amounted to £307 18s., being an increase of fully £60 as compared with last year. The principal items of income were £214 14s. from annual subscriptions and £200 3s. lOd. from sale of the Burns Olvro'l'llicle, while the chief item of expendi ture was £228 in connection with the publication of the Chronicle. The balance at the credit of the Scottish Litera ture Development Fund is £151, and that at the credit of the Joseph Laing Waugh Memorial Fund is £202. Major Yuille pointed out that the Federation, although it had been in existence for 53 years, had no invested funds, and sa,id he would like to see a fund gathered in their own name over which they would ha:ve complete control. On the motion of Mr. William C. Cockburn, the report was unanimously adopted. The Hon. Treasurer's Balance Sheet is printed on pp. 172-173 of this volume. HON. EDITOR'S REPORT ON "BURNS CHRONICLE " The report from Mr. J. C. Ewing, Hon. Editor of the Burm Olvronicle, showed that the number of copies sold of the 1938 volume to federated clubs for their members was 1880. In addition there were 76 copies bought J:>y individuals or by the trade. The total therefore wa,s 1956, an increase of 13 on the number sold last year. The President, in moving the adoption of the report, read the following passage from a letter which the Secretary had received from Mr. William Will, London:-" The Olvronicle, 164 THE BURNS FEDERATION in my opinion, gets better and better. What a J:>lessing it is to have a man of Mr. Ewing's literary gifts and knowledge of Burnsiana to edit our annual. I wonder if the work is as thoroughly appreciated as it should be. The amount of work that Mr. Ewing puts into the Olvrowicle can, I fear, be appreciated properly only by those who have done similar editorial work." The report was adopted. The report is printed on page 169 of this volume. REPORT ON SCHOOL COMPETITIONS Mr. Fred. J. Belford, submitting the report on schemes in schools, said the figures of 286 schools and 27,965 pupils taking part in those schemes were rather an under-estimate, because many local clubs held schemes and did not send him the figures. He urged local secretaries to send him these, so that they might present to the public a nearer approximation to the children taking part. Dr. W. King Gillies (Edinburgh) moved the adoption of the report. On the success of the teaching of the mother language in the schools, he said, depended the future of any real progress in- the understanding of Scottish literature, and of Burns in particular. It was, therefore, gratifying that they should find an increasing number of schools taking part in these competitions. He thought that the movement for providing Scottish literature of the right type for schools was one of the most important efforts that the Federation had produced for some time. The report was adopted. The report is printed on pp. 170-171 of this volume. MAUSOLEUM Mr. J. A. Gibson, Secretary of Dumfries Burns Club, reporting on subscriptions to the Mausoleum Fund, stated that £100 had been received from Dumfries Town Council, £105 from the Burns Club of London, and, greatest of all, £300 from two sisters in Alloa, each over 90 years of age. They were Mrs. Clark and Miss Whitehead, whose brother some years ago gave £1000 to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary to endow a Burns Bed. In addition, 88 federated clubs had subscribed £440, and 70 non-federated clubs had given £183. Personal subscriptions from ld. to £21 amounted to £567, of which £300 had been collected in the Dumfries district. Mr. Gibson hoped that the appeal which was being made to the Burns Clubs overseas for subscriptions would enable them to wipe off the outstanding debt on the Mausoleum statuary. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 165 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION Mr. T. B. Goudie (Hamilton), on behalf of the Temple Burns Club, Shotts, submitted ~ motion :- That Rule 5 (d) of the Constitution be altered to read " Nominations of Office-bearers, Intimat.ions of election of District Representatives, and Notices of Motion shall be lodged in writing with the Hon. Secretary not later than the third Saturday of June, in time for considera tion at the Executive Committee meeting." Mr. James Macintyre (Mauchline) seconded. The Hon. Secretary said that this motion had been fully considered by the Executive Committee and turned down. He moved the previous question. Mr. Alexander Emslie (Belfast) seconded. On a division, the motion received 4 votes, and the previous question was declared carried by an over whelming majority. Another proposed amendment-that there should :he three Vice-Presidents instead of two-was withdrawn by Mr. Goudie, on behalf of the Temple Burns Club. ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS On the motion of Mr. Ninian Macwhannell (Glasgow) the following office-bearers were re-elected :-Mr. M. H. McKerrow, Dumfries, President; Sir Thomas Oliver, New castle, Vice-President; Mr. John McVie, Hon. Secretary; Major David Yuille, Hon. Treasurer; Mr. J. C. Ewing, Hon. Editor; Mr. F. J. Belford, Hon. Secretary of Schools Competi tions; Mr. James Macintyre and Mr. William A. Gold, Hon. Auditors. On the motion of the President, Captain Charles Carmichael (Derby) was elected a Vice-President, in room of Mr. Thomas Henderson, who had retired. The elections to the Executive Committee were intimated by the Hon. Secretary. NEXT YEAR'S CONFERENCE Mr. J. E. Barbour, on behalf of the Bristol Caledonian Society, extended a hearty invitation to the Federation to hold next year's conference at Bristol. The invitation was unanimously and cordially accepted. TAM o' SHANTER INN Mr. C. Smith (Ayr Burns Club) spoke of the interest which his club had been taking in the Tam o' Shanter Inn at Ayr. A few years ago it was intimated to them that the inn was 166 THE BURNS FEDERATION likely to be taken over by a multiple-shop firm, a,nd it had been offered to the Ayr Burns CluJ> at the low figure of £2500. The Club issued an appeal, and he was sorry that the appeal did not meet with much success, because a periodical which was read by a great number of Burnsites stated that the Tam o' Shanter Inn had nothing at all to do with Tam o' Shanter. One of the Past-Presidents of Ayr Burns Club, Mr. John Boyd, who was a solicitor, had gone into the deeds, and it was found that Alexander Gra,ham was proprietor of a brew house in 1747, which was now named the Tam o' Shanter. He was succeeded by a cousin of Tam o' Shanter, who was tenant of Shanter Farm at Kirkoswald. Tam o' Shanter malted barley a,t Shanter Farm, and brought it in to his cousin at the Tam o' Shanter Inn. If the Federation could not give the Ayr Club financial help, he asked for their moral support. They required £700 to £750; and he appea,led for assistance, otherwise this building that was associated with Tam o' Shanter would be demolished. The cluJ> had a,n option to purchase up till 30th September, an option which they hoped to get extended. GREETINGS Brief addresses were given by Mr._ W. Ormiston, Roy, Montreal, Canada; Mr. R. R. Haddow, Calcutta; and Mr. J. R. Baird, Wellington St. Andrew Burns Club, N.Z., each of whom conveyed hearty greeting from overseas clubs. Mr. Roy also stated that in Berlin recently he ha,d met Professor Hans Hecht, who had asked him to give them his best wishes for a successful conference. The Chairman expressed the thJJ.nks of the Federation to Rev. Harold A. Cockburn for the use of the hall. A vote of thanks to the chairman, moved by Mr. James Macintyre, terminated the proceedings. CIVIC RECEPTION On the Friday evening the delega,tes were accorded a civic reception by the Provost, Magistrates and Councillors of the Royal Burgh of Dumfries. The delegates and their friends were received by Provost and Mrs. Kelly, the Magistrates, and Mr. James Hutcheon, Town Clerk. The evening was thereafter given over to dancing. LUNCHEON Following the Business Meeting, !J. luncheon was held in the Imperial Restaurant, a,t which upwards of 350 delegates and friends were present. Mr. McKerrow occupied the chair. After the loyal toasts had been pledged, Mr. H .. S. MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 167 Gladstone of Capenoch, Convener of the County of Dumfries, submitted the toast of " The Burns Federation," to which the Chairman replied. Captain Carmichael proposed the toast of " The Royal Burgh of Dumfries," which wa,s replied to by Provost Kelly. Mr. D. O'Brien, President of Dumfries Burns Clu:O, proposed "The Chairman," and Mr._ McKerrow replied. VISIT TO ELLISLAND After the luncheon the delegates and their friends enjoyed a pleasant motor run, the itinerary including Lincluden Abbey, Dunscore Old Churchyard, Isle House, Ellisland, Lagg Tower, and Maxwellton House. DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT Sketch by J>umfries Players In the evening the delegates and their friends were enter tained to dinner in the Imperial Restaurant by the Southern Scottish Counties Burns Association. The gathering was presided over )Jy Bailie T_._ Dykes, Annan, Vice-President of the Association. Thereafter an excellent musical programme was success fully sustained. Songs were finely rendered by Mrs. Purves, Miss Ena Murray, Mr. W. Lawson and Mr. John Hyslop, and Mr. W. E. Watson contributed selections on the violin in a very skilful manner, while Master Jack Johnstone gave pleas ing variety with some Highland dances gracefully executed. Mr. William Blair tastefully played the accompaniments to the singers, and Mr. Kerr supplied pipe music for the dancer. A special feature of the evening was the performance of a little play, " A Mauchline Foregathering," by Dumfries Guild of Players, under the direction of Mr. J. C. Darlison. The sketch was admirably conceived, and was presented in a vivid and realistic fashion. Mr. Arthur Murray (Paisley) moved a hearty vote of thanks to the Entertainments Committee; and Mr. Humphrey (Newbattle Burns Club) paid ii. similar compliment to the artistes; while Mr. Thomas B. Goudie (Hamilton) thanked Bailie Dykes for his conduct in the chair and Mr. Wm. Black for his work as organising Secretary. The singing of " Auld La,ng Syne " concluded a thoroughly enjoyable evening. OHUROH SERVIOE On Sunday forenoon the delegates attended a service in 168 THE BURNS FEDERATION St. Michael's Church, conducted by the Rev. Harold A. Cockburn, B.D., M.Th., who delivered an interesting dis course .. As the result of a retiring collection the sum of over .£14 was handed to the Hon. Treasurer of the Federation for the National Burns Memorial Cottage - Homes and the Jean Armour Burns Houses, Mauchline. MOTOR DRIVE TO ANNAN The motor drive on the Sunday afternoon was to Loch maben, Lockerbie, Ecclefechan and Annan. Through the courtesy of the National Trust for Scotland, the delegates had an opportunity of visiting Carlyle's birthplace at Eccle fechan. On arrival at Annan the delegates and their friends were entertained to tea in the Victoria Hall by the Annan Burns Club and the Annan Ladies' Burns Club, under the chairmanship of Bailie Dykes. Provost Graham, in name of the Town Council and the citizens, welcomed the Federation to Annan and Mr. McKerrow replied. Mr. James Macintyre moved a vote of thanks to the Annan Burns Clubs for their hospitality, and Mr. Alexander Emslie moved a similar compliment to Bailie Dykes and the Recep tion Committee. They had had three days of extraordinary enjoyment, said Mr. Emslie. They had had their minds filled again with the spirit of a great poet, and they had had their eyes gladdened by the wonderful scenery of beautiful Scot land. They had thought not only of Burns, but of Carlyle, Scott, Jeanie Deans, Dr. Blacklock, Barrie, and Joseph Laing Waugh. These were !tll names that made one proud to be a Scotsman. They had enjoyed their visit to Dumfriesshire very much and the hospitality accorded them. He would like them to accord to Bailie Dykes and the Reception Committee, both of Dumfries and Annan, and also to their indefatigable Secretary, Mr. McVie, and to Mr. William Black, Secretary of the Dumfries Reception Committee, their grateful thanks for all that had been done for them. Bailie Dykes and Mr. Black made suitable acknowledgment of the vote of thanks. The proceedings terminated with the singing of " Auld Lang Syne." Thereafter the company proceeded to the Town HaJl, where they inspected the Bruce Stane and pictures and etchings. On the return to Dumfries a halt was made at Brow Well, Ruthwell, where Burns resided for a time during his last illness. JoHN MoVIE, Hm. Secretary. ANN,UA.L REPORTS "BURNS CHRONICLE" The number of copies of the 1938 volume of the Burna Clvrorvicle purchased by federated Clubs for their members was 1880. In addition, 76 copies were bought by individuals or by the trade. The total was therefore 1956, an increase of 13 on the number sold of last year's volume. Of the 298 Clubs on the roll of the Federation, 165 purchased one copy or more; the other 133 did not subscribe for any. T.he Parramatta and District (New South Wales) Burns Club signalised its entry into the Federation by sub scribing in advance for 30 copies of the annual. The undermentioned Clubs purchased the number of copies opposite their names, and other 62 Clubs subscribed for more than 5 copies each. Bridgeton (Glasgow) Club 120 copies Dumfries Club 120 ,, Sandyford (Glasgow) Club - 100 ,, Calcutta Club 100 ,, Atlanta (Georgia) Club 58 ,, Burns Club of London 50 ,, Greenock Club 48 ,, The Ninety Club, Edinburgh 40 ,, Belfast Association 30 ,, Scottish Club, Glasgow 30 ,, Edinburgh Ayrshire Association - 30 ,, Parramatta and District Club - 30 ,, A.yr Club 25 ,, Sheffield Caledonian Society 25 ,, Kilmarnock Club 23 ,, Stirling Club 22 ,, Newbattle and District Club 20 ,, Annan Club 20 ,, Kilbirnie Rosebery Club 20 ,, Edinburgh Club - 18 ,, Rosebery Club, Glasgow 18 ,, St. Andrew Club, Wellington, N.Z. 18 ,, Flint (Michigan) Club - 18 ,, Fredericton Soc. of St. Andrew - 18 ,, St. Giles Club, Elgin - 16 ,, J. C. EWING, Hon. Editor. SCHOOL COMPETITIONS From the subjoined list it will be seen that the number of schools and competitors in the school competitions has shown an increase as compared with last year. 'f.his is highly satisfactory and is evidence of the fact that these annual competitions are ~ing well supported and organised by the Clubs. Reports from Club Secretaries show that the competitors, whose ages range from seven years to eighteen years, keenly enjoy the study of the poems and songs. Considerable variety enters into the competitions which may take the form of Singing and Recitation of Scottish Songs and Poems, ques tions set on prescribed matter and Essays on various subjects from Scottish Literature. Indeed, these competitions are a valuable aid to the study of Scottish Literature, and from reports received there is no question as to the extent of the interest and enthusiasm shown by the pupils, the teachers and the parents in this department of the Burns Federation's activities. The thanks of the Burns Federation are again due to all who have assisted in promoting these competitions and contributing to their success. ANNUAL REPORTS 171 IOllOOLB1 OOllPllTITORS1 .A.ND PRIZES, 1938 Book Certi. Schools Comp~titors Prizes Med&ls fleates Aberdeen .••...•.•.••..•...... 3 103 12 3 18 Alexandria ...... 6 77 22 4 22 Annan ...... 1 100 46 12 Arbroath ...... 6 41 4 Arrochar a.nd Tarbet...... •.•• 1 40 3 Auchterderran ...•...... • 3 256 13 Ayr•...... 11 905 26 Blantyre and District Masonic 3 150 16 2 cups 2 Border Cities, Windsor-Ontario 9 500 10 1 12 Brechin ...... 5 70 10 8 Bridgeton..••.•...... 30 9,490 318 11 48 Burntisland...... 1 511 36 14 Callander ...... 1 90 8 10 Dumbarton ...... 4 800 12 12 Dumfries (Ladies) ...... 16 19 1 Dunfermline United ...... 14 600 14 Edinburgh and District B.C.A. 68 7,400 168 95 Forfar...... 12 165 30 34 Gourock Jolly Beggars ...... 1 38 4 3 Hamilton ...... 10 350 40 Ha.wick ...... 6 200 39 Kilbirnie ...... 4 76 6 6 6 Kilmarnock ...... 7 989 16 24 Kirkcudbright ...... 3 120 24 Kirkmahoe ...... 1 25 20 Kirn ...... 1 60 3 1 London Ayrshire ...... 10 1,000 15 Markinch ...... 1 24 4 Ma.uchline .••..••••..•.•...... •... 1 90 18 N ewarthill ...... 1 48 18 18 Newbattle and District .....•... 1 559 12 3 cups 5 New Craighall ...... 2 484 21 Perth ...... •....•....•....•...... 8 24 2 Portobello ..•...... •.•...... 2 560 25 Primrose ...... 1 100 24 4 4 Renfrewshire B.C.A...... 14 700 22 3 24 Rosebery ...... ••• 1 60 6 Sauchie .....•...... •.. 1 90 8 Sincla.irtown...... •....•..•....•... 1 120 12 Stirling ....••...... •...... •...... 9 600 36 St. Ringe.ns.••...... •••••.•...... • 1 36 12 5 Stonehaven ...... 4 41 9 Troon ...... •...... •... 1 254 12 Totals...... 286 27,965 1,157 45 369 FRED. J. BELFORD, Hon. Seoretarg of School Competition• THE BURNS FEDERATION Balance Sheet fol' yeal' ended 81st July, 1988 INCOME EXPENDITURE To Balances aa per Statement, 3lst July, 1937- By Balance due Hon. Treasurer, £0 9 5 0urrent Account, ...... £94 9 7 ,, Newcastle Conference Expenses ...... 18 8 1 Deposit Account, ...... 153 10 0 ,, Expenses of Executive Committee Meetings, 3 3 0 £247 19 7 ,, Income Tax, ...... 2 14 9 ,, Annual Subscriptions, £214 14 0 ,, Insurance of President's Chain, 0 10 6 ,, Arrears, 37 14 0 ,, Engraving on President's Chain, 0 7 6 ,, Affiliation Fees, 52 10 0 ,, Travelling Expenses of Officials, 7 12 0 304 18 0 ,, Printing and Stationery, 70 13 1 ,, Donations to National Diqtionary, 35 0 0 ,, Postages, 26 13 10 ,, Donations to Scottish Literature Fund, ... 6 16 0 ,, Bank Charges, 2 16 2 ,, Newcastle Conferenoe Church Collection, 14 6 7 ,, Scottish National Dictionary, 35 0 0 ,, Sale of Pocket Diplomas, ...... 5 5 0 ,, Jean Armour Burns Houses, 7 7 0 ,, Sale of Burm Chronicle, 200 3 10 ,, The National Burns Memorial Cottage Homes, .. 7 7 0 ,, Miscellaneous, ...... 2 19 7 ,, Highland Mary Memorial, ... 2 19 10 ,, Bank Interest on Deposit Account, ,, Wreath, ...... 1 0 3 /2 5 3 ,, Donation to Tarbolton Bachelor's Club, 20 0 0 ,, Honorarium to Hon. Treasurer, 26 5 0 ,, Quarterly Bulletin, 7 7 l ,, Burns Chronicle- Editor'11 allowance for contribu- tors, ...... £50 1 0 ,/ / Wm. Hodge & Co., Ltd.-Print- ing, wrapping, and postages,... 177 19 4 / 228 0 4 / , , Transferred to Scottish Literature Fund- From profits of year 1936-37, . . . £10 0 0 ,/ Don&tionP,...... 6 16 0 Half Affiliation Fees for 1937-38, 26 5 0 43 1 0 ,, Balance of Cash in Treasurer's Hands, £5 10 3 ,, Balance in Current Account, 62 2 11 ,, Balance in Deposit Account, 24-0 4 10 / 307 18 0 £819 13 10 £819 13 10 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 2 2 8 2 2 8 £4 £4 198 198 £202 £202 £151 £151 £151 £151 .. .. . . . . ...... . . Auditors Auditors . . . Tr1al'Urer Tr1al'Urer ...... Fund, Fund, .. .. } } Kilmarnock Kilmarnock Hon. Hon. Prize Prize _ _ GOLD GOLD Bank, Bank, Bank, Bank, A. A. . . . . . . District District YUILLE, YUILLE, MACINTYRE MACINTYRE Savings Savings .. .. Savings Savings DAVID DAVID WD..LIAM WD..LIAM JAMES JAMES Dumfries Dumfries . . . 1 1 .. .. to to FUND FUND Glasgow Glasgow ·- Dumfries Dumfries FUND FUND Sig-·"' Sig-·"' in in in in ( (Signed) (Signed) Branch, Branch, Balance Balance Contributions Contributions MEMOJUAL MEMOJUAL Balam:e Balam:e ,, ,, By By By By DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT WAUGH WAUGH 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 9 9 8 8 correct. correct. 2 2 8 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 16 16 17 17 10 10 14 14 LAING LAING 2 2 4 3 6 6 7 7 10 10 found found 26 26 LITERATURE LITERATURE £151 £151 £105 £105 £202 £202 £194 £194 and and JOSEPH JOSEPH SCOTTISH SCOTTISH 1938, 1938, 1937, 1937, ...... 1938.-Exa.mined 1938.-Exa.mined January, January, ...... Jtdy, Jtdy, 30th 30th 1937-38, 1937-38, to to 30th 30th November, November, 1937, 1937, 1937, 1937, .. .. 1936-37, 1936-37, for for . . 20tb 20tb cent. cent. year year Fees Fees July, July, July, July, to to ...... of of per per 4 4 3lst 3lst 3lst 3lst Kilmarnock, Kilmarnock, at at at at at at profits profits Interest Interest Affiliation Affiliation From From Interest Interest Half Half Dona\ions, Dona\ions, Balance Balance Bank Bank Ba.lance Ba.lance ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, To To To To LIST OF THE 300 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES ON THlll ROLL OF THE BURNS FEDERATION, 1939 The Secretary of a Olub is also its " Burns Chronicle " offecial, unless another name and address be given 0-lHLlURNOOK BURNS OLUB : instituted 1808 ; federated 1885; 60 members; President, George Law, M.A.; Secre tary and Treasurer, Major David Yuille, T.D., Wood croft, Symington, Kilmarnock. 1-THE BURNS OLUB OF LONDON : instituted 1868; federated 1885 ; 300 members; President, Right Hon. Lord Alness, P.C., K .. C., LL.D.; Secretary, J, A,. Brown, C.E., F.R.S.A., Overclifi Ho1;el, Westclifi-on-Sea, Essex; Treasurer, Donald Munro, 35 Elgar Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey; Burns Glvromcle official, John B. Rintoul, 136 Wakehurst Road, Clapham Common, London, S.W.11. 2-ALBXANDRIA BURNS OLUB : instituted 1884; federated 1885; 48 members; President, John Gilmour; Secretary, John Barton, 126 Middleton Street, Alexandria; Treasurer, William Dow, Dunnolly, Dalmonach Road, Bonhill; Burns Glvromcle official, Treasurer. 3-TAM o' SHANTBR BURNS OLUB : instituted 1858; federated 1885; 100 members; President, Daniel Bain, M.C., M.A.; Secretary and 'l'reasurer, Alex. Izat, 33 Virginia Street, Glasgow, C.1. 4-0ALLANDER BURNS OLUB : instituted 1877; federated 1885; 55 members; President, J. G. Simpson; Secre tary, Alexander D. Cumming, F.E.I.S., F.S.A.Scot., The Schoolhouse, Callander; Treasurer, James Macdonald, Council Office, Callander. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 175 7-THISTLE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1882; federated 1885; 40 members; President, James Dunn ; Secretary, John Vallance, 56 Queensborough Gardens, Glasgow, W.2; Treasurer, James Maitland, 6 Howard Street, Glasgow, C.1 ; Burns Chronicle official, David Moffat, 13 Eglinton Street, Glasgow, C.5. 9-ROYALTY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1882; federated 1886; 85 members; President, William Y. McCreadie; Secre tary and Treasurer, P. J. Agnew, 5 Wellington Street, Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, John MacRae, 197 Meadowpark Street, Glasgow. 10-DUllBARTON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1857; federated 1886; 84 members; President, Dr. J. McCulloch; Secre tary and Treasurer, John Lithgow, Park Lea, Stirling Road, Dumbarton. 14--DUNDEE! BURNS CLUB: instituted 1860; federated 1886; 30 members; President, John D. Bogan ; Secretary, H. R. Paton, 37 Union Street, Dundee; Treasurer, Alex. McLaggan, Kirk Entry, Dundee. 15-BELFAST BURNS ASSOCIATION: instituted 1886; federated 1886; 243 members; President, A. McSaveny; Secre tary, T. H. Roughead, Athelstane, 98 Galwally Park, Belfast; Treasurer, John Scott, 87 Malone Avenue, Belfast. 17-NOTTINGH.All SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION: instituted 1871, re-constituted 1902; federated 1886, re-affiliated 1903; 231 members; President, Arthur Watson; Secretary, John Currie, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham; Treasurer, Mrs. M. I. Crowley, 12 Leahurst Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham. 20-AIBDRIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885 ; federated 1886 ; 160 members; President, R. J. 'J.'aylor; Secretary and Treasurer, James R. Benson, C.A., 20 Anderson Street, Airdrie. 21-GREENOCK BURNS CLUB: instituted 1801; federated 1886; 158 members; President, Archibald King, M.A. ; Secre tary and Treasurer, Robert Smith, 43 Finnart Street, Greenock. 176 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 22-EDINBURGH BURNS OLUB : instituted 1848; federated 1886; 140 members; President, J. Mullo Weir, S.S.C., F.S.A.Scot.; Secretary, R .. W. Stewart Gray, W.S., 3a North Saint David Street, Edinburgh, 2; Treasurer, Miss A. M. Johnson, C.A., 12 Granby Road, Edinburgh. 25-WINNIPEG ST. ANDREW'S SOOIETY: federated 1886; Presi dent, Hon. Justice H. A. Robson; Secretary, John D. McKelvie, 325 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Treasurer, George Skinner, 325 Main Street, Winnipeg; Burns Ohronlicle official, John Turnbull, 325 Main Street, Winnipeg. 26-PERTH BURNS OLUB: instituted 1873; federated 1886; 47 members; President, Alex. McGregor; Secretary, A. M. Lamond, Clydesdale Bank Buildings, Perth; Treasurer, J. B. Hugelshofer, 149 Glasgow Road, Perth; Bwrns Ohronlicle official, Treasurer. 33-GLASGOW HAGGIS OLUB : instituted 1872; federated 1886; 94 members; President, J. Kevan McDowall; Secretary and Treasurer, 0. Lennox Dunley, M.C., C.A., 31 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, C.l. 34-0ARRIOK BURNS OLUB : instituted 1859; federated 1887; 25 members; President, Arthur E. Collins; Secretary and .'l'reasurer, Wm. Allan, 55 Dundrennan Road, Langside, Glasgow. 35-DALRY (AYRSHIRE) BURNS OLUB: instituted 1825; fede rated 1887; 50 members; President, John Henderson; Joint-Secretaries and 'l'reasurers, James D... Gordon, Solicitor, Dairy, and William Wilson, M.A. 36-ROSEBERY BURNS OLUB : 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; Bwrns Ohronlicle official, Treasurer. 37-DOLLAR BURNS OLUB: instituted 1887; federated 1887; 41 members; President, J. G. Shirrefis; Secretary, Peter Mitchell, 22 Cairnpark Street, Dollar; Treasurer, John Muckersie, Station Road, Dollar. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 177 40-.A.BERDEEN 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, Aber deen; B'1111"T/,8 Chronicle official, Treasurer. 44--FORFAR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893; :federated 1893; 180 members; President, James N. Strachan; Secretary, N. W. Aw burn, Gowan bank, For:f ar; Treasurer, F,. A. Milne, 93 Queen Street, Forfar. 45-CUMNOCK BURNS CLUB: instituted 1887; federated 1891; 60 members; President, Andrew '.C'.aylor; Secretary, James Welsh, M.A., LL.B., The Holm, Cumnock, Ayr shire; Treasurer, Hunter M. Connell, Hillcrest, Cumnock. 48-PAISLEY BURNS CLUB: instituted 1805; federated 1891; 28 members; President, Dr. Andrew E. Struthers; Secretary and Treasurer, J. B. McGlashan, W.S., 50 Moss Street, Paisley. 49-BRIDGETON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1870; federated 1891; 1400 members; President, Robert B. Thomson; Secretary, John G. S. Sproll, 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1; Treasurer, David S. Brown, 569 London Road, Glasgow, 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 Chronicle official, Treasurer. 53-GOVAN FAIRFIELD BURNS CLUB: instituted 1886; federated 1892; 50 members; President, Jack Neil; Secretary, Thomas Fullarton, 917 Govan Road, Glasgow, S.W.l; Treasurer, Wm. Bates, 59 Burghead Avenue, Glasgow. 55-DERBY SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION AND BURNS CLUB: instituted 1890; federated 1892; 240 members; President, W. Sinclair; Joint Secretaries, Wm. Wylie and R. B. Meikle, Beechwood, Duffield Road, Darley Abbey, Derby; Treasurer, R. McAuley, 165 Kedleston Road, Derby. )[ 178 BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 56-MUIRKIRK LAPRAIK BURNS OLUB : instituted 1893; fede. rated 1893; 20 members; President, William Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, George Willock, 12 Main Street, Muirkirk. 59-GOUROOK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS OLUB : instituted 1893; federated 1893; 100 members; President, James H. Anderson; Secretary, Lachlan A. Osborne, 5 McCallum Crescent, Gourock; 'l'reasurer, Wm. R. Drummond, 63 Shore Street, Gourock; Bwrns Chrorvicle official, Treasurer. 62-ouPAR BURNS OLUB: 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; 474 members; President, Robert Hendry, F.S.I.; Secre tary and Treasurer, S. W. Love, The British Linen Bank, Knightswood Branch, 1986 Gt. Western Road, Glasgow, W.3; Burns Chrorvicle official, James Simpson, Milford Lodge, Sandyhills, Glasgow, E.2. 71-eARLISLE BURNS OLUB : federated 1895 ; President, H. P. Baynham; Secretary, J. J. Bell, 52 Scotland Road, Carlisle; Treasurer, T. G. Cowan, 23 Chatsworth Square, Carlisle. 74:--NATIONAL BURNS MEMORIAL AND COTTAGE HOMES, MAUCH LINB: federated 1895; President, Lieut.-Col. A. D. Macinnes Shaw, D.S.0., J.P., D.L.; Secretary, T. Muir Wilson, 65 Renfield Street, Glasgow; '.l'reasurer, H. Plant Alexander, Eastfield, Rutherglen; Burns Chrorvicle official, R. T. Stewart, Stair, Ayrshire. 75-KIRN BURNS OLUB : instituted 1892 j federated 1896 j President, Capt. Stevenson; Secretary and Treasurer, Frank Tyson, Woodburn Cottage, Kirn, Argyll. 76-BRBOHIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1894 j federated 1896; 75 members; President, James S. Kinghorn, Secretary and Treasurer, George Cumming, J.P., Lindsay Lane, Brechin. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 179 79-ooRSTORPHINE 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-Secy., George A. Shiel. 82-ARBROATH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1888; federated 1896; 80 members; President, J. B. Halliday; Secretary, John Joss, 36 Victoria Street, Arbroath; '.l'reasurer, Neil Robertson, North of Scotland Bank, Arbroath. 85-DUNFERM:LINE UNITED BURNS CLUB : instituted 1812; fede rated 1896; 75 members; President, Lieut.-Col. J. M. Mitchell, C.B.E., M.C., M.A., LL.D.; Secretary, D. Thomson Kennedy, J.P., 1 Douglas Street, Dunferm line; Treasurer, Wm. Walker, Commercial Bank, High Street, Dunfermline; Burns Glvromcle official, Treasurer. 89-SUNDERLAND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; 80 members; President, Wm. Frater; Secretary, M. Neilson, 14 Percy '.l'errace, Sunderland; Treasurer, A. W. Semple, 105 Dunelm, South Durham Road, Sunderland. 91-SHETTLESTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; President, Dr. James Dunlop; Secretary, William Hunter, llO 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 Banner man Street, Clydebank. 96-JEDBURGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1869; federated 1897; 50 members; President, Councillor Andrew Moncur; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew 0. Clarkson, ll 'l'he Bountrees, Jedburgh. 97-KILM:ARNOOK BELLFIELD BURNS OLUB: instituted 1895; federated 1898 ; 40 members; President, Archibald McBeth; Secretary, Wm. Lennox, ll Nursery Avenue, Kilmarnock ; Treasurer, James ~ eilson. 180 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 100-HAMILTON MOSSGIEL BURNS CLUB: instituted 1892; fede rated 1898 ; 30 members; President, Thomas J. Barnard; Secretary, Robert Moffat, Leemoor, 34:8 Hamilton Road, Motherwell; Treasurer, William R. Brown, Peacock Cross Post Office, Hamilton. 108-EAST CALDER AND DISTRICT JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB: instituted 1897; federated 1899; 24: members; Presi dent, John M. Wardlaw; Secretary, Alex. Henderson, 37 Langton Road, East Calder; Treasurer, 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. 113-VALE OF LEVEN GLENCAIRN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1897; federated 1899 ; 20 members ; President, James Burdon ; Secretary, William Jenkins, 190 Hillside Avenue, Burn brae, Alexandria; Treasurer, Peter Burdon, Viewfield, Balloch. 120-BRISTOL CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1820; federated 1900 ; 284: members; President, J. E. Barbour ; Secre tary and Treasurer, F. W. Whitehead, Albion Chambers, Bristol. 121-HAMILTON JUNIOR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1901 ; 30 members; President, William Wilson; Secre tary and Treasurer, J. H. Cameron, 21 Morris Street, Hamilton. 124:--THE NINETY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1890; federated 1902; 200 members; President, George Runcie; Secre tary, R. D. Grant McLaren, 2 Mayfield Road, Edin burgh, 9; Treasurer, W. J. King Gillies, F.A.l.A., 96 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh, 9 ; Burns Okro'fllicle official, Treasurer. 125-BLACKBURN-ON-ALllOND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1902; 30 members; President, James W. Sangster; Secretary, George Millar, 1 Mosshall Place, Blackburn, by Bathgate, West Lothian; Treasurer, Robert Savage, Almond Inn, Blackburn, by Bathgate. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 181 126-FALKIRK BURNS OLUB: instituted 1866; federated 1902; 200 members; President, Dr. W. J. Logie; Secretary •and Treasurer, R. H. Menzies, Princes Street, Falkirk. 133-NEW AR THILL BURNS OLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1904; 35 members; President, Robert Parker; Secre tary, John Henshaw, 194 High Street, Newarthill, by Motherwell; 'l'.reasurer, Alexander Maxwell, 171 High Street, Newarthill. 135-PARTIOK WESTERN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1903; fede rated 1904; 100 members; President, John Hunter; Secretary and Treasurer, W. J. Menzies, 721 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, W.l. 139-NATIONAL BURNS OLUB, LTD. : instituted 1904; federated 1904; 110 members; President, 'l'homas W. Drysdale; Secretary and Treasurer, George F. Howarth, 68 Bath Street, Glasgow, C.2. 149-ELGIN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1905; federated 1905; President, John Wittet; Secretary, John Foster, Sheriff Clerk, Elgin; Treasurer, William Wittet. 152-THE HAMILTON BURNS OLUB: instituted 1877; federated 1906; 150 members; President, H. Alex. Rankin, F.S.I.; Secretary, Alex. Cullen, F.R.l.B.A., 92 Cadzow Street, Hamilton ; Treasurer, Col. W. Martin Kay, C.M.G., D.L., Bank of Scotland Chambers, Hamilton. 153-SOOTTISH BURNS OLUB (GLASGOW): instituted 1904; fede rated 1906; 400 members; President, Andrew Adie; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Kevan McDowall, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. 156-NEWOASTLE AND TYNESIDE BURNS OLUB : instituted 1864; federated 1906; 150 members; President, Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G.; Secretary, E. V. Newton, 2 Bentinck Terrace, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4; Treasurer, F. Ferry, Lloyds Bank, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4. 157-BAILLIESTON OALEDONIAN BURNS OLUB : instituted 1901; federated 1906; President, John Scobbie; Secretary, Andrew Swan, 6 Maxwell Street, Baillieston; Treasurer, Donald McFarlane, 35 Main Street, Baillieston; Bivrm Chronicle official, Treasurer. 182 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 158-DARLINGTON BURNS ASSOCIATION: instituted 1906; fede rated 1906; 120 members; President, David Stevenson; Secretary, Alexander Furness, 3 '.l'he Rise, Woodvale Road, Darlington; Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. R. Vickerton, 25 High Row. 161-CHARLESTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905; federated 1906; 50 members; President, William Carruth; Secre tary and Treasurer, Archibald Thomson, 14 Espedair Street, Paisley; Bwrm Clvro'fllicle official, Andrew Shannon, 108 Neilston Road. 165-wALLSEND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1907; 50 members; President, James Sanderson ; Secretary, G. Pringle, 3 Rochdale Street, Wallsend; 'l'reasurer, G. Gibbs, 21 Briarwood Crescent, Walkerville, Newcastle. 167-BIRMINGHAM A.ND lCIDLAND SCOTTISH SOCIETY: instituted 1888; federated 1907; 491 members; President, G. M. Findlay; Secretary, F. J. Young, 84 Colmore Row, Birmingham, 3; Treasurer, Robert McKenzie, 50 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; Burm Clvronicle official, Treasurer. 169-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1907; federated 1908; President, Colonel George Purdie Linton; Secretary, Andrew Stenhouse, LL.B., 183 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2; Treasurer, S. Neil Camp bell, F.C.C.S., 10 Lothian Gardens, Glasgow, N.W.; Bwr'f/,8 Chronicle official, Treasurer. 171_..:.CHATTANOOGA BURNS SOCIETY : instituted 1907; federated 1908; President, Col. Milton B. Ochs; Secretary and Treasurer, R. B. Cooke, 605 James Building, Chat tanooga, 'l'ennessee, U.S.A. 173-IRVINE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1826; federated 1908; 260 members; President, Rev. Alex. McAra, M.A.; Secretary, Robert Stewart, 2 Park Terrace, Kilwinning Road, Irvine; Treasurer, R. F_,_ Longmuir, C.B.E., Roseville, Irvine. 181-PRIMROSE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1901; federated 1909; 91 members; President, George Thomson; Secretary and Treasurer, George Calderwood, 151 '.l'antallon Road, Glasgow, S.l. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 183 183-LONDONDERRY BURNS OLUB AND OALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1907; federated 1909; 47 members; President, John Maxwell, M.P.S.I.; Secretary, William A. Dickie, 32 Great James Street, Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Treasurer, John Murray, Glencairn, Aberfoyle Crescent, Londonderry. 184-BI,AIRADAM SHANTER BURNS OLUB: instituted 1907; fede rated 1909; 20 members; President, Robert Rutherford; Secretary, Thomas C. Anderson, Rowan Cottage, Main Street, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, Robert Cargill, Station Cottages, Kelty. 190-PORT-GLASGOW BURNS OLUB: instituted 1910; federated 1910; 42 members; President, Peter MacCallum; Secre tary and Treasurer, Cornelius Young, Benclutha, Clune Brae, Port-Glasgow. 192-AYRSHIRE ASSOOIATION OF FEDERATED BURNS OLUBS : instituted 1908; federated 1910; 30 members; Presi dent, William Shaw; Secretary, John M. Irving, 5 Melville Street, Kilmarnock. 196-llID-ARGYLL BURNS OLUB: instituted 1909; federated 1910; President, Dr. J. A. C. Guy; Secretary and Treasurer, James M. Munro, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., Ardrishaig. 197-WINNIPEG BURNS OLUB: instituted 1905; federated 1911; 50 members; President, A. L. Dysart; Secretary, John Y. Reid, Jun., 412 Mcintyre Block, Winnipeg, Mani toba, Canada; Treasurer, Eric A. Miller, 310 Paris Building, Winnipeg. 198-GOREBRIDGE TWENTY-FIVE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB: instituted 1906; federated 1911; 30 members; Presi dent, James Juner; Secretary, Robert Stewart, 6 Stob hill Road, Gowkshill, Newtongrange; Treasurer, James Dunlop, 29 Crescent, Gowkshill, Newtongrange; Burns Clvro'fllicle official, Thomas McGuire, 30 Third Street, Newtongrange. 199-NEWBATTLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB: instituted 1910; federated 1911; 120 members; President, James Brown; S'ecretary, Robert L,auder, 19 Lothian Terrace, Newton grange, Midlothian; 'l'reasurer, George Temple, 1 Park Road, Newtongrange, Midlothian. 184 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 207-0AMBUSLANG WINGATE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1912; 30 members; President, Allan Hartley; Secretary, George Anderson, 34 Bankhead Road, Rutherglen; Treasurer, Robert Forrester, 177 Hamilton Road, Cambuslang; Bwrna Chronicle official, Treasurer. 208-00LORADO SPRINGS AND DISTRIOT OALEDONIAN SOOIETY : instituted 1897; federated 1912; 12 members; Presi dent, 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-GREENOOK ST. JOHN'S BURNS OLUB: instituted 1909; fede rated 1912; 75 members; President, David T. Morrison; Secretary, John Campbell, 33 Lyle Street, Greenock; Treasurer, '.fhomas 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 Square, Portobello, Midlothian; Treasurer, A. Harris Horne, British Linen Bank, Porto bello, Midlothian; B'IJA"'n8 Chronicle official, Treasurer. 213-XINGSTON BURNS OLUB: instituted 1912; federated 1913; 90 members; President, Robert Armour; Secretary, Alex. H. Fairley, 51 Pollok Street, Glasgow, C.5; Treasurer, Alex. C. Smith, 150 Arisaig Drive, Glasgow, S.W.2; Burm Chronicle official, Mrs. J. Dent, 15 High burgh Road, Glasgow, W.2. 217-ESKDALE BURNS CLUB: federated 1913; 43 members; President, R. S._ Morrison; Secretary and Treasurer, W. Mitchell, Eskdale I.D. Hospital, Langholm. 218-BANNOOKBURN BM:PffiE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1912; fede rated 1913; 30 members; President, Wm. Wark; Secre tary and '.l'reasurer, Andrew McGilchrist, 18 Bruce Street, Bannockburn. 220-sT. LOUIS BURNS OLUB: instituted 1904; federated 1913; 24 members; Vice-President, George S. Johns; Secretary and Treasurer, David L. Grey, 506 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. HURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 186 221-PRHSTONPANS BURNS OLUB: instituted 1900; federated 1913; 50 members; President, Charles McLeod, J.P.; Secretary, David Allan, Whitefield Place, Prestonpans; Treasurer, George McKenzie, High Street, Prestonpans. 225-HELENSBURGH BURNS OLUB: instituted 1911; federated 1913; 100 members; President, Robert Brown; Secre tary, Thomas Ferguson, 104 West Princes Street, Helensburgh; '.l'reasurer, Alex. Goodlet, 45 East Princes Street, Helensburgh. 226-DUMFRIES BURNS OLUB: instituted 1820; federated 1913; 145 members; President, Ex-Provost David O'Brien, J.P.; Joint Secretaries and '.,1.'reasurers, John A_. Gibson, Church Crescent, Dumfries, and John W. Pirie, Avie more, Dumfries; Bwrns Chro'fllicle official, John W. Pirie. 236-WHITEHAVEN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1914; federated 1914; 60 members; President, Frank Kerr; Secretary and Treasurer, Duncan Jamieson, 20 Lowther Street, Whitehaven. 237-UDDINGSTON )(ASONIO BURNS OLUB: instituted 1914; fede rated 1914; 30 members; President, Alexander K. D. Harris; Secretary and Treasurer, David N. Miller, 41 Glen Road, Springboig, Shettleston. 238-BURNS OLUB OF ATLANTA (GEORGIA): instituted 1896; federated 1914; 75 members; President, Josiah '.,I.'. Rose; Secretary, Herbert C. Reid, 1396 Fairbanks Street, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Eugene F. King, 10 Pryor Street Building, Atlanta. 239-HAWIOK BURNS OLUB: instituted 1878; federated 1914; 350 members; President, Alexander Charters; Secre tary, Adam Darling, 14 Cheviot Road, Hawick; Treasurer, Alexander Pringle, 14 Wellington Street, Hawick. 242-MONTROSE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1908; federated 1915; 100 members; President, James Christison; Secretary and Treasurer, D. D. Johnston, West End Boarding House, Montrose. 186 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 244-DALMUm BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1916; 80 members; President, Wm. Boyle; Secretary and Treasurer, John R. S. Lockhart, 41 E. Thomson Street, Clydebank. 250-COWDENBEATH TAM o' SB.ANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1917; federated 1917; 20 members; President, Wm. Easton; Secretary, James Rolland, 75 West Park Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife. 252-ALLOWAY BURNS CLUB: instituted 1908; federated 1918; 101 members; President, John H. B. Lochhead, M.C., M.A.; Secretary and Treasurer, Arch. Bryson, Knowl ton, Ayr. 254-GREENOCK VICTORIA BURNS CLUB: instituted 1915; fede rated 1918; 60 members; President, Alexander Burns; Secretary, Alexander McKirdy, .56 Belville Street, Greenock; T.reasurer, David Clark, 12 Octavia Cottages, Greenock. 262-FIFESHIRE BURNS ASSOCIATION: instituted 1919; fede rated 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; fede rated 1919; 150 members; President, Fred. T. Camp bell; Secretary and .'I'reasurer, Carleton H. Smyth, 29 Lansdowne Crescent, Glasgow, N.W. 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; 25 members; President, Thomas Currie; Secretary, Robert Cunningham, 718 Hoffman Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Treasurer, David Waugh, 222 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey; B1JIT"'Tl,8 Chro'l'llicle official, Andrew Carmichael, 1806 Pennington Road, Trenton. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH 80CIETIES 187 274-TROON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1920; federated 1920; 125 members; President, William J. Smillie; Secre tary, 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; Secreta,ry, D. J. Willison, Gearholm, Doonfoot, Ayr; Treasurer, John Neill, 70 St. Leonarda Road, Ayr. 282-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' BOWLING ASSOCIA TION: instituted 1899; federated 1920; President, John Dunlop; Secretary 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 Dysart Road, Kirkcaldy; Treasurer, G. Nicol, 198b St. Clair Street, Kirkcaldy. 284-PHILADELPHIA NORTH-EASTERN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1896; federated 1921; 65 members; President, James Haugh; Secretary, Harry Mulholland, 6146 Gillespie Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Robert Smith, 3316 N. Mutter Street, Philadelphia; Burns Chr 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; Secretary, Joseph S. Dillon, 126 Station Road, Blantyre; Treasurer, Alexander Stephen, 18 Cemetery Road, High Blantyre. 292-GRAHAMSTON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1920; federated 1921; 40 members; President, John Lapsley; Secretary, William Silcock, 240 Grahams Road, Falkirk; Treasurer, John Mcinnes, 23 Carronside Street, Falkirk. 188 BURNS CLUBS .AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 293-NEW ORAIGHALI. POOSIE NANOY BURNS OLUB : instituted 1921; federated 1921; 34 members; President, A. King; Secretary, R. Porteous, Jun., 4 Park ~errace, New Craighall, Musselburgh; Treasurer, R. Brown, 15 Park Terrace, New Craighall; Bwrm Olvro'l'llicle official, Treasurer. 295-BURNS HOUSE OLUB LTD. : instituted 1920; federated 1921; President, George Thomson; Secretary and Treasurer, J. McClymont Wylie, C.A., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.l. 296-w ALSALL BURNS OLUB : instituted 1900; federated 1922; 61 members; President, Dr. R. U. Gillan; Secretary, Dr. D. M. Macmillan, Great Barr Park Colony, Birmingham, 22; Treasurer, Alderman W. D. Forsyth, Lloyds Bank Chambers, Walsall. 303-VIOTORIA ST. ANDREW'S AND OALEDONIAN SOOIETY: insti tuted 1872; federated 1922; 106 members; President, James Berwick; Secretary, Miss Georgina Mackay, 1360 McN air Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Treasurer, Mrs. Dirom, 830 Princess Avenue, Victoria., British Columbia. 305-NEW WATERFORD BURNS OLUB, OANADA: federated 1922, re-affiliated 1938; Secretary, W.R. Cameron, 417-IOth Street, New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. 307-EDINBURGH AYRSHIRE ASSOOIATION: 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 Hill house Road, Blackball, Edinburgh; Burns Olvro'l'llicle official, John McVie, 13 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh, 7. 309-ANNAN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1910; federated 1923; 120 members; President, K. G. Sutherland; Secretary, Oswald R. Dykes, 4 Station Road, Annan ; Treasurer, Richard Minto, Eversley, Annan. 310-MAUOHLINE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1923; federated 1923; 80 members; President, Stephen Cosh; Secretary, James Dunlop, Oakbank, Mauchline, Ayrshire; . Treasurer, Wm. Whitelaw, 55 Loudoun Street, Mauch line. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 189 314-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; Treasurer, John F. Rattray, 29 Upper Gray Street, Edinburgh. 319-FISHERROW JllASONIC BURNS CLUB: instituted 1924; federated 1924; 20 members; President, John Robb; Secretary and 'l'reasurer, 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 Build ing, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.; Burns Ckromcle official, William Miller, 19 Sheridan Avenue, Troy, N.Y. 323-KIRKCUDBRIGHT BURNS CLUB: federated 1924; 56 members; President, John M. Henderson; Secretary and Treasurer, Norman C. Macmillan, 32 St. Cuthbert Street, Kirkcudbright. 324-STOCKTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923 ; federated 1924; 40 members; President, William J. Sands; Secretary, William Hamilton, Dunbar Street, Stockton, New South Wales, Australia; Treasurer, Alex. Clark, Beaston Road, Stockton. 325-VANCOUVER BURNS FELLOWSHIP : instituted 1924; fede rated 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; Secretary, Mrs. M. Purdie, Ballengry Place, Lochore, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. M. Dow, 170 Waverley Cottages, Lochore, Fife. 327-PERTH ST. lllARK's BURNS CLUB: instituted 1924; fede rated 1924; 46 members; President, Rev. P. R. Landreth; Secretary, Wm. Smith, 4 Hawarden Terrace, Jeanfield, Perth; Treasurer, David McRae, 33 Glover Street, Craigie, Perth. 190 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 329-NBW ARK AND DISTRIOT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1923; federated 1924; 86 members; President, Coun cillor Dr. P. Kinmont, J.P.; Secretary, Iain McCrea, 13 Milner Street, Newark; Treasurer, A. J. S. Shewan, 7 Milner Street, Newark. 330-GLENCRAIG BONNIE 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, Glencraig; Burns Ghromcle official, Mrs. John Carson, llO North Glencraig, Glencraig. 331-BUFFALO ROBERT BURNS SOCIETY: instituted 1913; fede rated 1925; 60 members; President, John Nelson Rooney; Secretary, John C"' Henderson, 30 Dunlop Avenue, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Alex. McGarva, 16 Merrimac Street, Buffalo, New York. 336-PETERHEAD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1826 ; federated 1925; 75 members; President, Dr. John Findlay; Secre tary, John A. S. Glennie, 21 Broad Street, Peterhead; Treasurer, Nat. Barclay. 338-DALKEITH AND DISTRIOT BURNS CLUB: instituted 1925; federated 1925; 50 members; President, D. McLean; Secretary, W. L. Anderson, 83 Woodburn Drive, Dal keith; Treasurer, J. Forrest, Victoria Bar, High Street, Dalkeith. 340-BALERNO BURNS CLUB : instituted 1882; federated 1925; 75 members; Secretary, John Forrest, 5 Harelaw Road, Balerno, Midlothian. 341-LEITH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1826; federated 1925; 30 members; President, Robert Peace, J.P.; Secretary, J. S. Mackie, 6 Hope Street Leith; Treasurer, James M. Cleugh, 6 Hope Street, Leith; Burns Glvromcle official, R. J. Peat, M.A., 3 Elliot Place, Edinburgh, ll. 345-DENBEATH AND DISTRIOT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925, re-affiliated 1938; 34 members; Presi dent, Robert Hudson; Secretary, James Bennet, 17 Brown Crescent, Methilhill, Leven, Fife; Treasurer, David Paton, 46 High Street, Buckhaven. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 191 346-oAKBANK MOSSGIEL BURNS OLUB : instituted 1923; fede rated 1925; 200 members; President, Robert M. Jamieson; Secretary, James Ovens, 20 Oakbank, Mid calder, Midlothian; Treasurer, Thomas McLuckie, Oak bank, Midcalder. 348-NEWTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS OLUB : instituted 1924:; fede rated 1925; 19 members; President, Mrs. P. Davie; Secretary, Mrs. C. Gilmour, 23 Clyde Street, Newton, Hallside; Treasurer, Mrs. J-' Farrell, 11 Leighton Place, Newton, Hallside. 349-THE HOWPF BURNS OLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 50 members; President, William Fulton; Secre tary and Treasurer, John McManus, 427 Thomson Street, Kilmarnock. 350-MARKINOH BURNS OLUB: instituted 1899; federated 1925; 160 members; President, Dr. A. S. Gordon; Secretary and Treasurer, James S. Clouston, 1 Alexandra Crescent, Markinch. 352-GRANGEMOUTH BURNS OLUB : instituted 1922; federated 1926; 90 members; President, William Aitken; Secre tary and Treasurer, R. C. Thomson, 203 Bo'ness Road, Grangemouth. 354-ROYAL OLAN, ORDER OF SOOTTISH OLANS: instituted 1878; federated 1926; President, Duncan Macinnes; Secre tary, Thomas R. P. Gibb, 150 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; '!'reasurer, William Reid, P.O. Box 785, City Hall Station, New York, N.Y. 355-0ALOUTTA BURNS OLUB: instituted 1926; federated 1926; 96 members; President, James Orr; Secretary, Frank Law, c/o Messrs. Bird & Co., Chartered Bank Build ings, Calcutta, India; Treasurer, W. F. Howe, c/o Messrs. Bird & Co., Chartered Bank Buildings, Cal cutta. 356-BURNBANK AND DISTRIOT MASONIO BURNS OLUB : instituted 1926 ; federated 1926 ; 80 members; President, Alexander Hunter; Secretary, Joseph Stannage, 20 High Blantyre Road, Burnbank, Hamilton; Treasurer, Mrs. R. Prentice, Westlea, 1 Reid Street, Burnbank. 192 BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 363-BARROW ST. ANDREW'S SOOIETY: instituted 1878; fede rated 1926; 130 members; President, J. Callander; Secretary, W. J. Liddle, F.R.C.S.Ed., Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness; Treasurer, R. M. Robertson, Dun edin, 21 Grantley Road, Barrow-in-Furness. 364-MIDOALDER TAM o' SHANTER BURNS OLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 33 members; President, John Watson; Secretary and Treasurer, J p.s. Ballantyne, Main Street, Midcalder. 365-0ATRINE BURNS OLUB : instituted 1925 ; federated 1926 ; 32 members; Presiden~, James Meikle; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Wallace Paterson, Ayrbank Cottage, Catrine. 366-LIVERPOOL ROBERT BURNS OLUB : instituted 1925; fede rated 1926; 200 members; President, Archibald Murchie, O.B.E., M.A., B.L.; Secretary, Hamish Rae, 30 Rodney Street, Liverpool ; Treasurer, D. C. Wright, Quatre Bras, St. Andrews Road, Bebington. 367-DORNOOH BURNS OLUB: instituted 1912; federated 1927, re-affiliated 1938; Treasurer, R. A. Murray, High Street, Dornoch. 371-DYKEH»AD NO. 1 BURNS OLUB : instituted 1888; fede rated 1927 ; 20 members; President, Thomas Findlay; Secretary, George Lindsay, Sen., 120 Main Street, Stane, Shotts; T.reasurer, James Connor, Shepherds Cottage, Torbothie, Shotts. 372-BAILLIESTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS OLUB : 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-RED HILL BURNS OLUB : institu~d 1921; federated 1927; 66 members; President, H. Elliott; Secretary and Treasurer, P. Moffat, 12 Station Ridge Road, Red Hill, Natal, South Africa. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 193 375-HOLYOKE CALEDONIAN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1926; fede rated 1927; 54 members; President, Charles Lovie; Secretary, Andrew Dougherty, 10 Glen Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.A.; 'l'reasurer, James Nicol, 19 Liberty Street, Easthampton, Massachusetts; Burm OJvromcle official, Treasurer. 377-KILBIRNIE ROSEBERY BURNS OLUB: instituted 1906; fede rated 1927; 32 members; President, James Barclay; Secretary and Treasurer, William Shaw, Corra Linn, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire. 378-EDINBURGH DISTRICT BURNS CLUBB' ASBOOIATION: insti tuted 1925; federated 1927; 12 clubs; President, John Mc Vie; Secretary, Fred. J. Belford, M.A., 3 Park Grove, Liberton, Edinburgh, 9; Treasurer, Alexander Horne, F.E.l.S., 49 Brunstane Road, Joppa, Mid lothian. 379-THE HARTLEPOOLB BURNS OLUB : instituted 1926; fede rated 1927, re-affiliated 1936; 60 members; President, Dr. Jean Hedley; Secretary, Robert P. Hay, 69 Belmont Gardens, West Hartlepool; Treasurer, James Lackie, 37 Percy Street, West Hartlepool. 380-FALKIRK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; fede rated 1927; 54 members; President, John R. Henry; Secretary, David S. McGilchrist, 15 Kennard Street, Falkirk; Treasurer, John Rae, Co-operative Buildings, Main Street, Bainsford, Falkirk. 381-GREAT'ER NEW YORK MASONIC BURNS CLUB: instituted 1927; federated 1927; President, Ian R. W. Chisholm; Secretary, John Watson, 1960 50th Street, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Fenwick W. Ritchie, 752 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, New York. 383-GREENOCK R.N.T.F. HEATHER BURNS OLUB: instituted 1912; federated 1927; 84 members; President, Samuel Y. Cadden; Secretary, Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Cardwell Road, Gourock; Treasurer, Fred. Hunter, 42 Grenville Road. Gourock. 194 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH socmTmS 384-PU!LPHERSTON BONNIE DOON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1926; federated 1927 ; 85 members; President, James Dunlop ; Secretary, Wm. Gowans, 91 East Road, Pumpherston, Midcalder; Treasurer, Thos. Stenhouse, New Rows, Pumpherston, Midcalder. 387-lURY QAMPBELL BURNS CLUB (CAMBUSLANG): instituted 1927; federated 1927; 30 members; President, Mrs. Alexander Tait; Secretary, Mrs. Thomson, 21 Gilbert field Road, Halfway, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Mack, 6 Miller Street, Cambuslang. 388-XYLE LADIES' BURNS CLUB: instituted 1927; federated 1927; 60 members; President, Mrs. A. Neilson; Secre tary, Mrs. James Anderson, 200 Springhill Road, Shotts; 'l'reasurer, Mrs. William Paris, Springhill Buildings, Shotts. 390-MEIKLE EARNOCK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1928; 48 members; President, Finlay Campbell; Secretary, Jacob Hodge, 31 Limekilnburn Road, Quarter; Treasurer, James Robb, 29 Austin Street, Cadzow; Bwrns Clvro'fllicle official, Treasurer. 391-WATE.RBURY BURNS CLUB: instituted 1885; federated 1928 ; 64 members; President, John Sydney Pearson ; Secretary, Robert Currie, 238 Hamilton Avenue, Water bury, Connecticut, U.S.A.; Financial Secretary, James Barr, 171 Greenwood Avenue, Waterbury; Treasurer, James Littlejohn, 73 Orange Street, Waterbury. 392-WHIFFLET BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1928; 32 members; President, D. Mc W. Ralston ; Secretary, Wm. P. Strachan, 9 North Bute Street, Coatbridge; Treasurer, James M. Young, 42 Hamilton Crescent, Coatbridge. 393-ANNAN LADIES' BURNS CLUB: instituted 1928; federated 1928; 150 members; President, Mrs. Steele; Secretary, Mrs. E. I. Latimer, 9 Addison Place, Annan; Treasurer, Mrs. P. Bell, 1 Nursery Road, Annan. 398-coLINTON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1907; federated 1928; 50 members; President, J. McPhail Cant; Secretary, Edward Anderson, 14 Craiglockhart Crescent, Edin burgh, 11; Treasurer, Wm. Swanson, Grassvalley, Woodhall Road, Colinton. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOOIETIES 195 399-ST. RINGANS BURNS OLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1928 ; 65 members; President, Ja.mes Napier ; Secretary, George Newstead, 22 Polmaise Avenue, St. Ninians; Treasurer, William Cook, 47 Borestone Crescent, St. Nini ans. 400-HADDINGTON BURNS OLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1928; 84 members; President, John Cumming, Secre tary and Treasurer, David C. Young, Dunpender, Haddington. 401-BRIG-EN' BURNS OLUB: instituted 1876; federated 1928; 40 members; President, Thomas Foley; Secretary, Peter Meechan, 85 Loreburn Street, Dumfries; Treasurer, Archibald Bell, Caul Back View, Maxwelltown, Dum fries. 402-HIGHLAND MARY LADIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1928; 34 members; President, Mrs. James Reid; Secretary, Mrs. James White, 5 Preston Street, Highvalleyfield, Newmills, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. James Nicol, Valleyfield Avenue, Highvalleyfield, Newmills. 403-FRASERBURGH BURNS OLUB: federated 1928; Secretary, A. S. Kelman, Saltoun Chambers, Fraserburgh. 404---woROESTER AND DISTRIOT SOOTTISH SOOIETY : instituted 1924; federated 1928; 79 members; President, D. White head; Secretary, J. Hamilton Smith, Corra Linn, 187 Bath Road, Worcester; Treasurer, J. Downie, 51 Wool hope Road, Worcester. 405-0ALEDONIAN SOOIETY OF SHEFFIELD : instituted 1822 ;· federated 1929; 750 members; President, Alex. Dunbar; Secretary, W. Gregor McGregor, 7 Glen Road, Sheffield, 7; Treasurer, Albert Forsyth, 87 Nether Edge Road, Sheffield, 7. 406-DUBLIN BENEVOLENT SOOIETY OF ST. ANDREW : federated 1929; Secretary, George Munro, 16 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. 409-STENHOUSEJrom AND DISTRIOT PLOUGH BURNS OLUB : insti tuted 1929; federated 1929; 110 members; President, John C. Reid; Secretary and Treasurer, John McMahon, 122 King Street, Stenhousemuir. 196 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 4:10-ROYAL MILE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1925; federated 1929; 50 members; President, Matthew C. Thomson; Secretary and Treasurer, Alex. Scott, 32 Parsonsgreen Terrace, Edinburgh. 4:12-GARY BURNS OLUB: instituted 1928; federated 1929; 43 members; President, Capt. Alexander MacKenzie; Secre tary, John M. Kelley, 266 Ellsworth Street, Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.; 'l'.reasurer, James C. Paterson, 4158 Connecticut Street, Gary. 413-ST. ANDREW SOOIETY OF SAN FRANCISOO: instituted 1863; federated 1929; 200 members; President, John Craig; Secretary, Thomas C. Hunter, 414 Mason Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.; '.l'.reasurer, Wm. R. Carswell, 2076 Oakland Avenue, Pudmont Road, San Francisco. 414--DALKEITH FOUNTAIN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1928; federated 1929; President, William M. Linton; Secre tary, William M. Linton, Relief Cottage, Dalkeith, Mid lothian ; Treasurer, Charles Dickson, 9 Elmfield Park, Dalkeith. 417-BURNLEY AND DISTRIOT OALEDONIAN SOOIETY : instituted 1924; federated 1929; 92 members; President, Dr. A. McWhinney; Secretary, Miss Ena Wright, 191 Tod morden Road, Burnley, Lanes.; Treasurer, Mr. William Young, 4 Ladbrooke Grove, Summit, Burnley. 418-SKEGNESS SOOTTISH SOOIETY: instituted 1928; federated 1929; 68 members; President, Major F. Conway Gordon; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Macdonald, Moray Hotel, North Parade, Skegness, Lincolnshire. 421-ARROCHAR AND TARBET BURNS CLUB: instituted 1929; federated 1929; 40 members; President, James Ander son; Secretary, William Marshall, Schoolhouse, Tarbet, Loch Lomond; Treasurer, Rev. R. D. E. Stevenson, '!'he Manse, Tarbet, Loch Lomond. 424--0AMBUSLANG TAM o' SHANTER BURNS OLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 14 members; President, Robert Sanders; Secretary, George McLellan, 33 Park Street, Cambuslang; Treasurer, William McLean, Cadoc Street, Kirkhill, Cambuslang. BURNS CLUBS A.ND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 197 426-SAUOHIE BURNS OLUB : instituted 1929 j federated 1929 j 98 members ; President, James Wallace, J.P. ; Secretary and T.reasurer, Andrew Snaddon, 38 Fairfield, Sauchie, Alloa. 427-GORBBRIDGB GLBNOAIRN BURNS OLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929 ; 80 members ; President, James Duncan; Secretary, John Kennedy, Aldmarroch, Gorebridge, Midlothian; Treasurer, Walter Duncan, Newton Loan Toll, Gorebridge. 428-0HRYSTON BURNS OLUB : instituted 1924 j federated 1929; 36 members ; President, David Jackson ; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew Duncan, Millbrae Road, Chryston. 429-BATHGATE JOLLY BEGG.ARB BURNS OLUB : instituted 1928; ' federated 1929; 60 members; President, Alex. Fleming; Secretary and 'f reas11rer, Robt. W. Scott, 20 Wallace Road, Bathgate. 430-GOUROCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1929 j 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-WINOHBURGH LEA RIG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; fede rated 1930; 100 members; President, John Scott; Secre tary, Robert Meikle, 20 Meadow Park, Winchburgh, West Lothian; Treasurer, James Munn, Fernlea, Winoh- burgh. ' 435-AYR TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB: instituted 1906; fede rated 1930 ; President, Alex. F. Dunbar; Secretary and Treasurer, Henry Baxter, 11 Rozelle Cottages, Maybole Road, Ayr. 436-w ALNEY JOLLY BBIGGARS LADIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 60 members; President, Mrs. Henderson; Secretary, Mrs. Thomson, 10 Ancaster Street, Barrow; T,reasurer, Mrs. Kelly, 36 Catacun Street, Walney, Barrow. 198 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 437-DUMFRIBS LADIES' BURNS OLUB 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. 438-0HESTERFIELD AND DISTRIOT OALEDONIAN ASSOOIATION : instituted 1910; federated 1930; 320 members; Presi dent, Thomas Turnbull, J.P., B.Sc., L.C.P.; Secretary, Mrs. Mina Nicholson, 3 Goldwell House, Ashgate Road, Chesterfield; Treasurer, Mrs. F. W. Brown, 12 White cotes Lane, Chesterfield. 44:1-TE:MPLE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1930; federated 1930; 30 members; President, James Weir; Secretary, Wm. Stevenson, 10 Greenwood Street, Shotts; Treasurer, Thos. Hamilton, 48 Station Road, Shotts. 442-PENIOUIK AND DISTRIOT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929 ; federated 1930; 100 members; President, William M. Watt; Secretary and Treasurer, Richard M. Young, Esk.vale Cottages, Penicuik. 443-VICTORIA BURNS CLUB: instituted 1922; federated 1931; 438 members; President, James A. Dewar; Secretary, E. M. Whyte, 345 Vancouver Street, Victoria., British Columbia, Canada; Treasurer, James Crossen, 2628 Graham Street, Victoria, B.C. 444-sw ANSBA AND WEST w ALES OALEDONIAN SOCIETY : federated 1931; 190 members; President, Hon. Laurence P. Methuen; Secretary, Alec. Kinloch Miller, 49a Bryn Road, Brynmill, Swansea; Treasurer, James Luke, 18 Hawthorne Avenue, Swansea. 445-BUXTON OALBDONIAN SOOIETY BURNS OLUB : instituted 1927; federated 1931 ; 71 members; President, Gilbert Johnston, M.A.; Secretary and T.reasurer, W. J. W. Hamill, George Mansions, Buxton. 446-HERBFORDSHIRE BURNS OLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1931; 81 members; President, Dr. J. R. Bulman; Secre tary and 'l'reasurer, J. S. Willox, 15 Breinton Road, Hereford. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 199 447-MOUNTAIN DAISY BURNS OLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1931; 70 members; President, Mrs. Drysdale; Secre tary, Mrs. G. Watson, 289 Stenhouse Street, Cowden beath, Fife; 'l'.reasurer, Mrs. Simpson, 282 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath. 449-WELLINGTON (N.z.) BURNS OLUB: instituted 1931; fede rated 1931; 120 members; President, R. H. Nimmo; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss L. Harper, 121 Aro Street, Wellington, New Zealand. 450-HAMILTON ORONIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1931; 40 members; President, Bailie Alexander Hunter; Secretary, Joseph Faulkner, jun., 16 Windmill Road, Hamilton; '.l'reasurer, Thomas Muir, 4 Barrack Street, Hamilton. 452-AUOHTERDERRAN BONNIE JEAN BURNS OLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1931; 50 members; President, Mrs. Robert Murrie; Secretary, Mrs. Agnes Johnstone, 31 Fourteenth Street, Cardenden, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. James Wood, Dundonald Park, Cardenden. 453-NORTH-EASTERN BURNS OLUB OF PHILADELPHIA, LADIES' AUXILIARY: instituted 1927; federated 1931; 86 members; President, Mrs. Ann Smith; Secretary, Mrs. Catherine Hardie, 4612 Magee Street, Tacony, Phila delphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; '.l'reasurer, Mrs. Mary Dunn, 3512 Rand Street. 454-ROTHERHAM AND DISTRIOT SOOTTISH ASSOOIATION : instituted 1924; federated 1931; 160 members; President, Dr. W. Crerar; Secretary, Robert Reid, Tankersley House, Broom Lane, Rotherham; Treasurer, J. C. MacKenzie, Harmby, Boswell Street, Rotherham. 456-TROON MASONIO BURNS OLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1931; 136 members; President, James Bailie; Secre tary, Edward G. Galt, 93 Welbeck Crescent, Troon, Ayrshire; Treasurer, Adam Macfadzean, Glenard, Logan Drive, Troon. 457-KINGLASSIE LADIES' HIGHLAND MARY NO. 2 BURNS OLUB: instituted 1932; federated 1932; 25 members; President, Mrs. Laidlaw; Secretary, Mrs. A. Wann, 22 Mina Crescent, Kinglassie, Fifeshire; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Ritchie, 19 Second Street, Kinglassie, Fifeshire. 200 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 458-STONBHA.VEN (FATHERLAND) BURNS OLUB: federated 1932; 82 members; President, Harcourt L. Christie, M.A. ; Secretary and ~reasurer, A. Hardie, 2 Fetteresso Terrace, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire. 459-00WDENBEA.TH WEST END JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS OLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1932; 44 members; Presi dent, Wm. Duncan; Secretary, Peter Falconer, 47 Primmer Place, Cowdenbeath, Fife; Treasurer, R. Walker, 6 Glen burn Place, Cowdenbeath; Bivrm Chronicle official, John Bell. 461-LEIOESTER OALEDONIA.N SOOIETY : instituted 1877; federated 1932; 240 members; President, Dr. A. L. McLeod; Secretary, '.I'. Wilkie, 65 Dumbleton Avenue, Leicester; 'l'reasurer, J. Kay, 29 Braunstone Avenue, Leicester. 462-0HELTENHAM: SOOTTISH SOOIETY : instituted 1930; federated 1932; 180 members; President, Dr. David Clow; Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Webster, Handley Cross, Cheltenham; Treasurer, A. Milne, Fairlands, Leck- hampton Road, Cheltenham. 464-YAKIM:A VALLEY BURNS OLUB: federated 19.32; President, Wm. Tweedie; Secretary, Archie Wilson, 1211 Cherry Avenue, Yakima, Washington, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Thos. Jackson. 465-ATLANTA SOOTTISH ASSOOIA.TION: instituted 1912; federated 1932; 39 members; President, Hugh Craw ford ; Secretary, William J. Purdie, 405 8th Street, East Point, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, A. A. Craig, 795 Lee Street, Atlanta, Georgia. 466-DYKEHEA.D AFTON w ATER LADIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1932 ; federated 1932 ; 46 members ; President; Mrs. J. Scullion; Secretary, Mrs. H. Kerr, 251 Hawthorn Place, Dykehead, Shotts; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Stewart, 171 Shotts Kirk Road, Dykehead, Shotts. 467-GILBERTFIELD HIGHLAND KARY LADIES' BURNS OLUB : insti tuted, 1932; federated 1932; 50 members; President, Mrs. E. Russell, J.P.; Secretary, Mrs. Hardie, 72 Over ton Street, Halfway, Cambuslang ; Treasurer, Mrs. Napier. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 201 468-HIGH BLANTYRE BURNS OLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 31 members; President, James McKeen; Secre tary, John Morrison, 69 Bairds Rows, Blantyre; Treasurer, William McKay, 81 Auchinraith Road, Blantyre. 469-DENNY CROSS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 38 members; President, David Ferguson; Secre tary, Thomas Bryson, Holehouse Farm, Denny; Treasurer, William Bryson, Wallace Crescent, Denny. 470-sT. GILES BURNS OLUB: instituted 1923; federated 1932; 120 members; President, W. Scott; Secretary and Treasurer, D. B. Mathieson, D.C.M., 30 Braemoriston Road, Bishopmill, Elgin. 471-ROSE OF GR.ANGE BURNS OLUB: 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 Treasurer, Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Card well Road, Gourock. 4 73-MELBOURNE BURNS CLUB : federated 1933 ; 42 members; President, J. T. Picken; Secretary and 'l'reasurer, J. C. Ferguson, 9 May Road, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 475-TWEEDD.ALE LADIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1933; 50 members; President, Mrs. C. C. Turnbull; ..Secretary, Mrs. E. Smith, 21 St. Andrews Road, Peebles; Treasurer, Mrs. G. Davidson, Bridge gate. 476-BORDER CITIIllS BURNS CLUB: instituted- 1932; federated 1933 ; 85 members; President, Harry Abrahams; Secre tary and Treasurer, Robert Reid, 1270 Bruce Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 477-BELL.AHOUSTON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1929; federated 1933; 98 members; President, Robert S. Frame; Secre tary, John K. Sinclair, 60 Moness Drive, Glasgow, S.W.2; Treasurer, Miss J. Glegg, 1 Carillon Road, Glasgow, S.W.l; Burns Ghromcle official, Mrs. McComish, Ashgrove, Edmiston Drive, Glasgow, S.W.l. 202 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 478-BONNIE DOON LADIES' BURNS OLUB: instituted 1933; federated 1933; 60 members; President, Mrs. ~. Pryde; Secretary, Mrs. T. Penman, 30 Dewar Place, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. I. Morris, Grievesfand Terrace, Kelty. 479-QUBEN OF THE SOUTH LADIES' BURNS CLUB: instituted 1932; federated 1933; President, Mrs ..J. W. Taylor; Secretary, Mrs. H. Coulson, 52 Friars Vennel, Dum fries; T.reasurer, Mrs. J. Clark, 68 Friars Vennel, Dumfries. 480-GLENCAIRN BURNS CLUB OF OORNW ALL : instituted 1923; federated 1933 ; 100 µiembers; President, The Right Hon. The Lord Sempill; Secretary, J. A. Donald, Glen cairn, Falmouth; Treasurer, J. B. Carmichael, Strang ways Terrace, Truro. 481-LONDON AYRSHIRE SOCIETY : instituted 1897; federated 1933; 1126 members; President, L.ieut.-Col. S. J. M. Auld, O.B.E., M.C., D.Sc.; Secretary, Alexander Belch, 13 Victoria S1;reet, London, S.W.l; Treasurer, J. Kil patrick, C.A., 5 London Wall Buildings, London, E.C.2. 484-sHEDDENS LADIES' BURNS CLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1933; 15 members; President, Mrs. Jack; Secretary, Mrs. Donaldson, 8 McEwan Street, Glasgow, E.l; Treasurer, Mrs. Paul. 486-JEAN ARMOUR BURNS OLUB : federated 1934; President, Mrs. Duffin; Secretary, Mrs. J. Du:ffy, Sunnybraes Terrace, Steelend, Saline, by Dunfermline; Treasurer, Mrs. Pallan. 489-CLARINDA BURNS CLUB: instituted 1933; federated 1934; 30 members; President, George Slater ; Secretary and Treasurer, Walter S. MacLeod, c/o Freer, 16 March mont Crescent, Edinburgh. 490-SEAHAM HARBOUR SCOTIA BURNS CLUB: instituted 1932; federated 1934; 34 members; President, W. Hyslop; Secretary, Capt. A. MacLeod, 11 St. John's Terrace, Seaton, New Seaham, Durham; Treasurer, Gordon Fraser, 47 Cornish Street, New -Seaham. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 203 491-LOCHMABEN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1934; federated 1934; 20 members; President, Wm. Lammie; Secretary and Treasurer, George E. McArdle, King's Arms Hotel, Lockerbie. 492-HABROW 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 North umberland Road, Harrow; Burns Chromcle official, W_.. H. Harries, 19 Cunningham Park, Harrow. 493-AKRON BURNS CRONIES : instituted 1934; federated 1934; 30 members; President, John Houston; Secretary, Mrs. James Meiklejohn, 131 25th Street N.W., Barberton, Ohio, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. Wm. Dick, 3 Stone Court, W adesworth. 494-MOTHERWELL UNITED SERVICES BURNS CLUB : federated 1934; 60 members; President, Robert K. Hamilton; Secretary, Geoffrey Plumb, 41 Waverley Terrace, Motherwell; '.J.'reasurer, John Ormiston, Glencairn Street, Motherwell. 495-BAGHDAD CALEDONIAN SOCIETY: instituted 1922; federated 1934; 70 members; President, G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes, C.M.G.; Secretary, 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-THE AULD HOOSE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1934; President, Ex-Provost Kinninmonth; Secretary and Treasurer, '.l'homas Chalmers, Cemetery Lodge, Burntisland. 497-sT. ANDREW BURNS CLUB (WELLINGTON, N.z.): instituted 1934; federated 1934; 160 members; President, Andrew Hogg; Secretary, J. G. MacKenzie, '!'own Hall, Welling ton, 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 ; Secretary, Joseph M. Graham, 2113 Raskob Street, Flint, Michi gan, U.S.A.; Treasurer, George Guiney, 325 W. Hamilton Avenue, Flint, Michigan. 204 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOOl'ETIES 499-WINOHBURGH JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS OLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1934; 35 members; Secretary, Mrs. M. Smillie, Roselea, Winchburgh; '.l'.reasurer, Mrs.. S. McLean, Main Street, Winchburgh. 500-NEW OUMNOOK BURNS OLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1934; 60 members; President, A. W. Mackay, B.Sc.; Secretary and Treasurer, Dr. William Edgar, Oakdene, New Cumnock, Ayrshire. 601-oALT BURNS OLUB : federated 1935; President, A. E. Martin; Secretary, H. E. Rosenberg, 70 Birch Street, Galt, Ontario, Canada; '.l'reasurer, F. Hutchison, 13 Barrie Lane, Galt. • 502-LINOLUDEN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1933; federated 1935; 25 members; President, James D. M. Millan; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. J. McMillan, 87 St. Michael Street, Dumfries. 503-DUNBLANE BURNS OLUB: instituted 1923; federated 1935; President, D. Pearson; Secretary and '.l'reasurer, W_._ D. Menzies, Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd., Dunblane. 504-0ARDROSS BURNS OLUB : instituted 1933; federated 1935; 250 members; President, Miss Eunice G. Murray, J.P.; Secretary, Joseph R. McClymont, Badyen Farm, Car dross, Dumbartonshire; Treasurer, Miss May McKinstry, M.A. 505-WISHAW MASONIO BURNS OLUB: 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 LADIES' BURNS OLUB: instituted 1934; federated 1935 ; 34 members; President, Mrs. Haddow; Secretary, Mrs. J. Moore, 87 Shottskirk Road, Dyke head; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Patterson, Shottskirk Road, Dykehead. 507-BURNS SOOIETY OF ORANGE OOUNTY (OALIFORNIA): insti. tuted 1935; federated 1935; 60 members; President, Alex. F. Walker; Secretary, Thos. B. Watters, 1700 W. Valencia, Fullerton, California, U.S.A.; 'freasurer, S. James Tuffree, Placentia, California. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 205 508-AUCHTERDERRAN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1905; federated 1935; 35 members; President, John Dick; Secretary, John Mitchell, 22 Balgonie 'l'errace, Cardenden, Fife; Treasurer, Stuart Boyd, J amphlars Cottage, Cardenden. 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. Balfour, Earl's Road, Grangemouth; Treasurer, F. L. Johnson. 511-PERTH (WEST AUSTRALIA) BURNS CLUB : 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-RENFREW "ANDREW PARK " BURNS CLUB: instituted 1935; federated 1935; President, Jack Neil; Secretary, J. D. MacKellar, 19 Walker Street, Paisley. 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; fede rated 1936; 160 members; President, A. D. Foster; Secretary and 'rreasurer, William Jamieson, c/o Anglo Iranian Oil Co., Ltd., Abadan, Iran. 516-THE AIRTS BURNS CLUB: instituted 1935; federated 1936; 25 members; President, Joseph .Colquhoune; Secretary, George Cunningham, 23 Morrisonshaven, Prestonpans; Treasurer, 'l'homas Davidson, 8 North Crescent, Preston pans. 517-CROSSGATES GLENCAIRN BURNS CLUB: instituted 1936; federated 1936; President, James Muir; Secretary, James Miller, North End, Main Street, Crossgates, Fife; Treasurer, Harry Gilchrist. 206 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOOIETIEB 518-YE AULD CRONIES MASONIC BURNS CLUB (CLEVELAND, OHIO}: instituted 1935; federated 1936; 15 members; Presi dent, George Ferguson; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Hair, 1318 East 187th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 519-ROBERT BURNS (1933) SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA: instituted 1933; federated 1936; 100 members; President, D. W. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, Gordon M. Mackley, 28 Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 520--UDDINGSTON LOCHLIE LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1936; 56 members; President, Miss J. M. Gourley; Secretary, Mrs. Isobel Downie, 89 Wood lands Crescent, Bothwell; T_reasurer, Mrs. C. Mcintosh, 19 Woodlands Crescent, Bothwell. 521-wARATAH-MAYFIELD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935; fede rated 1936; 130 members; President, Neil Cameron; Secretary, James Macoustra, 18 Texas Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; Assistant Secre tary, Stanley Harris; 'l'reasurer, John Johnstone. 522-GLENLEE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1933 ; federated 1936 ; 35 members; President, Murdoch Dyet; Secretary, John Edmiston, 31 Sempie Street, Burnbank, Hamilton; Treasurer, James B. Davis, 79 Sempie Street, Burn bank. 523-HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH w ALES : instituted 1877; federated 1936; 1399 members; President, Captain James R. Patrick; Secretary, George Morice, Scottish House, 19 Bridge Street, Sydney, Australia; Treasurer, Jas. G. MacKee, C.A., 44 Margaret Street, Sydney. 524-THE CRONIES BURNS CLUB: instituted 1935; federated 1936; 30 members; President, James M'Donald; Secre tary and Treasurer, A. H. F. Marshall, 8 Moss Street, Paisley. -025-FLINT JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935 ; fede rated 1936; 32 members; President, Richard Hynds; Secretary and Treasurer, John R. Hurry, R.R. 1 Clio, Michigan, U.S.A. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 207 526-DYKEHEAD TAM o' BHANTER BURNS OLUB : instituted 1935; federated 1937; 22 members; President, George Robertson; Secretary, John M'Lean, 122 Shottskirk Road, Dykehead, Shotts; 'l'reasurer, Robert Barrie, Crown Bar, Dykehead; Burm Glvrorvicle official, Joe Hendrie, Nithsdale Street, Dykehead. 527-PEAOOOK OROBB BURNS OLUB: instituted 1937; federated 1937; 30 members; President, Joseph Lindsay; Secre tary, John Young, 1 Wellhall Road, Hamilton; Treasurer, William Clark, 168 Almada Street, Hamil ton. 528-LOUGHBOROUGH BOOTTIBH ABBOOIATION : instituted 1930; federated 1937; President, George Macbriar; Secretary, A. D. Telfer, 87 Middleton Place, Loughborough; Trea surer, D. M. Lawson; C.A., 147 Ashby Road, Lough borough. 529-THE WILLIAM MITCHELL BURNS OLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; President, David Martin; Secretary and Treasurer, James Bryce Mitchell, 509 Main Street, Bellshill, Lanarkshire. 530-BOUTHERN BOOTTIBH OOUNTIEB BURNS ABBOOIATION : insti tuted 1937; federated 1937; President, M. H. McKerrow ; Secretary and 'l'reasurer, William Black, Cardean, Eastfield Road, Dumfries. 531-THE TEES-BIDE OALEDONIAN BOOIETY: instituted 1899; federated 1937; 120 members; President, A. H. Merrie; Secretary, W. G. Wishart, Grangeholme, Imperial Avenue, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees; Treasurer, N. E. Wallace, 3 Grantham Road, Norton. 532-0EBBNOOK BURNS OLUB, N.B. w. : instituted 1935; fede rated 1937; 183 members; President, William Dow; Secretary, Walter W. Robertson, 63 Melbourne Street, Aberdare, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia; Treasurer, William E. Edwards, Short Street, Cessnock, N.S.W . .533-FAULDHOUBE OALEDONIAN BURNS OLUB: instituted 1937; federated 1937; 50 members; President, Douglas Stirrit; Secretary, John Malcolm, 99 Barton Terrace, Fauldhouse; Treasurer, George Malcolm, 21 Scott Place, Fauldhouse. 208 BURNS CLUBS .AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 534--BEDLINGTON BURNS OLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1937; 84 members; President, J as. W. Pooley; Secre tary, George N. Willan, 20 Glebe Road, Bedlington, Northumberland; Treasurer, William Craigs, Sub Postmaster, Post Office, Barrington, Bedlington Station ; Burns Chronicle official, Christopher Bergen, 1 Jubilee Terrace, Bedlington Station. 535-PLYM:OUTH AND DISTRIOT OALEDONIAN SOOIETY: instituted 1927; federated 1937; 70 members; President, R. McDonald; Secretary, John Common, Cluden, Torland Road, Hartley, Plymouth; 'f_reasurer, John Hutcheson, 3'1 Lynwood Avenue, Marsh Mills, Plymouth. 536-WHITHORN AND DISTRIOT BURNS OLUB : 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 DISTRIOT YOUNG ORONIES BURNS OLUB: instituted 1935; federated 1937; 38 members; Presi dent, Thomas Cunningham, J.P.; Secretary, William Forsyth, Co-operative Buildings, Harthill, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, Richard Blackbey, 5 Whitelaw Street, Black ridge, West Lothian. 53~REENOOK AND DISTRIOT BURNS OLUBS' PAST PRESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION: instituted 1937; federated 1937; Presi dent, Arthur Murray; Secretary and ~reasurer, Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Cardwell Road, Gourock. 539-WHIFFLET AULD HOUSEi BURNS OLUB: instituted 1922; federated 1937 ; 18 members; President, Archibald Wilson, 26 Garturk Street, Coatbridge; Secretary, Alexander Wallace, 1 Albany Street, Coatbridge; Treasurer, George McCrone, 46 Hamilton Crescent, Coatbridge. 540-JOHNSTONE M:ASONIO BURNS CLUB : instituted 1937; fede rated 1938; 85 members; President, -David W. Steele; Secretary, Arch. H. Caldwell, 'l'wyford, Kilbarchan Road, Johnstone; Treasurer, Hugh McQueen, Collier Street, Johnstone. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 209 541-DOUNB AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB: instituted 1937; fede rated 1938; 60 members; President, Bailie Masterton; Secretary and _Treasurer, John Dykes, Union Bank House, Doune; B'l.llT"'n& Clvro'fllicle official, Councillor McTurk, Northlea, Doune. 542-NEW AR THILL WHITE HEATHER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1936; federated 1938; 7 4 members; President, John Blair; Secretary, Samuel Cowan, 37 Church Street, Newarthill; Treasurer, Archibald Armstrong, 109 Church Street, Newarthill. 543-ABBEY CRAIG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1935 ; federated 1938; 30 members; Secretary, William Harris, Cornton Cottage, Causewayside, near Stirling. 544-ASHINGTON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1890; federated 1938; 40 members; President, W. Easton; Secretary, David Baxter, 38 Katherine Street, Ashington, Northumber land; Treasurer, R. Tweddle, 221 Sycamore Street, Ashington. 545-PARRAMATTA AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB (NEW SOUTH WALES) : instituted 1934; federated 1938; 53 members; President, Colin Cameron; Secretary, John Mills, 15 Gore Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia; Treasurer, James Russell, 10 Isabella Street, North Parramatta. 546-THE OAK BURNS CLUB (HAMILTON) : instituted 1937; fede rated 1938 ; 40 members; President, James Moore; Secretary, Robert Ritchie, 43 Bent Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, James Ritchie, 43 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, Coal burn; Treasurer, William Morrison, Croft Terrace, Coal burn 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 Batcliffe Mount, Far Headingley, Leeds, 6. 0 210 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 549-BOTHWELL BONIE LESLEY LADIES' BURNS OLUB : instituted 1937; federated 1938; President, Mrs. W. Scott; Secre tary, Mrs. A. L. Wilson, 17 Woodlands Terrace, Bothwell; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Mcintosh, 31 Bellshill Road, Uddingston. 550-DUNOON MARY CAMPBELL BURNS OLUB : instituted 1938 ; federated 1938; 25 members; President, George McNaught; Secretary, W. H. Sinclair, 116 John Street, Dunoon; Treasurer, Alexander Blair, Barbadoes Villa, Belmont Lane, Dunoon. 551-SCARBOROUGH CALEDONIAN SOCIETY: instituted 1934; fede rated 1938; 100 members; President, W. S. Murdoch Ewing; Secretary, Wm. Littlefair, Warrender, 23 New lands Park Grove, Scarborough; Treasurer, J. Wilson Matthews, 84 St. Thomas Street, Scarborough. 552-FAWSIDE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1938; federated 1938; 45 members ; President, P. Muirhead ; Secretary, R. Hamilton, 80 Northfield, Tranent; 'l'reasurer, A. Davanna, Northfield, Tranent; Assistant Treasurer, J. McDonald, c/o Cross Keys Inn. 553-WOLVERHAMPTON AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOOIETY : instituted 1938; federated 1938; 200 members; Presi dent, J. L. Swanson; Secretary, W. R. Robertson, 61 Birches Barn Avenue, Wolverhampton; Treasurer, D. Brown, Wellwynd, 5 Bradmore Road, Wolverhampton. 554-BRUOE BURNS CLUB (FALKLAND): instituted 1938; fede rated 1938 ; 50 members; President, Councillor D. Riley; Secretary, John F. Oswald, 67 Lomond Crescent, Falkland, Fife; Treasurer, Charles F. Hawkins, Bruce Arms Hotel, Falkland. 555-H.A!tROGATE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY: instituted 1921; fede rated 1938 ; 90 members; President, Rev. Peter McCall; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. S. M. Edward, 10 Wood lands Drive, Harrogate, Yorkshire. 556-CALEDONIAN SOOIETY OF DONOASTER : federated 1938; President, Dr. J. M. Hair; Secretary, W. King, 48 Manor Drive, Doncaster; Treasurer, W. Hall, 15 Manor Drive. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 211 557-L.ADIES BURNS CLUB OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA: instituted 1937; federated 1938; 22 members; President, Mrs. Wightman F. Melton; Secretary, Mrs. Carl Pittman, 890 Westmont Road, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. John B. Guerry, The Atlanta Athletic Club, Atlanta. 558-CAM:BUSBARRON BURNS CLUB: instituted 1936; federated 1938; 30 members; President, John Niven; Secretary, William Miller, 20 Dowan Place, Cambusbarron, Stirling; T.reasurer, Joseph Black, 25 North End, Cambusbarron. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS ON THE ROLL, 1939 No. No. 515 Abadan Galedonian Soc. 356 Burnbank and District 543 Abbey Craig 417 Burnley Caledonian Soc. 40 Aberdeen 295 Burns House, Ltd. 20 Airdrie 112 Burns Howff (Dumfries). 493 Akron Cronies 445 Buxton Caledonian Soo. 2 Alexandria 355 Ci.lcutta 252 Alloway 4 Callander 309 Annan 558 Cambusbarron 393 -- Ladies 424 Cambuslang Tam o' Shanter 82 Arbroath 207 -- Wingate 421 Arrochar and Tarbet 504 Cardross 544 Ashington 71 Carlisle 238 Atlanta 34 Carrick 557 -- Ladies 365 Catrine 465 -- Scottish Assoc. 532 Cessnock, N. S. W. 508 Auchterderran 161 Charleston 452 -- Bonnie Jean 171 Chattanooga 496 Auld Hoose (Kirkton) 462 Cheltenham Scottish Soc. 275 Ayr 438 Chesterfield Caledonian Assoc. 435 -- Tam o' Shanter 428 Chryston 192 Ayrshire Assoc. 489 Clarinda 495 Baghdad Caledonian Soc. 547 Coalburn Jolly Beggars 157 Baillieston Caledonian 398 Colinton 372 -- Jean Armour 208 Colorado Springs Cal. Soc. 340 Balerno 79 Corstorphine 218 Bannockburn Empire 447 Cowdenbeath Mountain Daisy 363 Barrow St. Andrew's Soo. 250 -- Tam o' Shanter 429 Bathgate Jolly Beggars 459 - West End Jolly Beggars 534 Bedlington 524 Cronies (Paisley) 288 Beith Caledonia 517 Crossgate1 Glencairn 15 Belfast 45 Cumnock 477 Bellahouston 62 Cupar 326 Bingry Ladies 338 Dalkeith and District, 167 Birmingham and Midland 414 -- Fountain Scot. Soc. 244 Dalmuir 125 Blackburn-on-Almond 35 Da.lry 184 Blairadam Shanter 158 Da.rlington 290 Blantyre and District Masonic 345 Denbeath and District 478 Bonnie Doon Ladies 469 Denny Cross 476 Border Cities (Ont.) 55 Derby Scottish Assoc. 549 Bothwell Bonie Lesley Ladies 37 Dollar 76 Breohin 556 Doncaster Caledonian Soc. 49 Bridgeton 367 Dornoch 401 Brig-En' 541 Donne and District 120 Bristol Caledonian Soc. 406 Dublin Benevolent Soc. 554 Bruce (Falkland) 10 Dumbarton 331 Buffalo 226 Dumfries ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS 213 No. No. 437 Dumfriea La.dies No. 1 555 Harrogate St. Andrew's Soc. 503 Dunblane 492 Harrow 14 Dundee 537 Ha.rthill and District Young 85 Dunfermline United Cronies 550 Dunoon Mary Campbell 379 Hartlepools 466 Dykehead Afton W &ier Ladies 239 Ha.wick 506 --Jean Armour 225 Helensburgh 371 -No. I 446 Herefordshire 526 -- Tam o' Shanter 468 High Blantyre 108 East Calder Jolly Beggars 402 Highland Mary La.died 22 Edinburgh (High valleyfield) 307 -- Ayrshire Assoc. 375 Holyoke Caledonian 378 -- District Assoc. 431 Inverkip 149 Elgin 173 Irvine 217 Eskda.le 506 Jean Armour (Dykehead) 126 Falkirk 348 - (Newton) 380 -- Cross Keys 486 - (Steelend) 533 Fauldhouse Caledonian 96 Jedburgh 552 Fa.wside 540 Johnstone Masonic 262 Fifeshire Assoc. 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery 319 Fisherrow Masonic 92 Kilbowie Jolly Beggars 498 Flint 0 Kilmarnock 525 --Jolly Beggars 97 -- Bellfield 44 Forfar 349 -- The Howff 403 Fra.serburgh 457 Kinglassie Ladies' Highland 513 Fredericton Soo. of St. Andrew Mary No. 2 501 Galt (Ont.) 213 Kingston 412 Gary 323 Kirkcudbright 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 75 Kirn La.dies 388 Kyle Ladies 169 Glasgow and District Assoo. 548 Leeds Caledonian Society 282 -- Bowling Assoc. 461 Leicester Caledonia.n Soc. 263 -- Ma.sonic 341 Leith 3 -- Tam o' Shanter 502 Linoluden 480 Glencairn (Cornwall) 366 Liverpool 330 Glenoraig Bonnie Jean 520 Loohlie Ladies 522 Glenlee 491 Loohmaben 427 Gorebridge Glenoairn I London 198 -- Jolly Beggars 481 -- Ayrshire Soo. 430 Gourock 183 Londonderry 59 -- Jolly Beggars 528 Loughborough Soot. Assoc. 53 f'>1lv&n Fairfield 350 Ma.rkinch 292 Gra.ha.mston 387 Mary Campbell 352 Grangemouth 310 Mauchline 21 Greenock 390 Meikle Earnock 538 --and District Past 473 Melbourne Presidents' Assoc. 196 Mid Argyll 383 -- R. N. T. F. Heather 364 Midcalder Tam o' Shanter 209 -- St. John's 242 Montrose 254 -- Victoria 509 Motherwell Masonic 400 Haddington 494 -- United Services 33 Haggis 447 Mountain Daisy (Cowdenbeath) 152 Hamilton 56 Muirkirk Lapraik 450 -- Cronies 139 National 121 -- Junior 74 National Burns Memorial 100 -- Mossgiel 293 New Craighall Poosie Nancy 546 -TheOak 500 New Cumnook 214 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS No. No. 523 N.S. W. Highland Soc. 490 Sea.ham Harbour Scotia 305 New Waterford 514 Shanghai 381 New York Ma.sonic 484 Sheddens Ladies 329 Newark a.nd District 405 Sheffield Caledonia.n Soc. Ca.ledonia.n Soc. 91 Shettleston 133 N ewa.rthill 283 Sincla.irtown 542 -- White Heather 418 Skeguess Scot. Soc. 199 Newbattle a.nd District 530 Southern Scottish Counties 156 Newcastle a.nd Tyneside Assoc. 348 Newton Jean Armour 486 Steelend Jean Armour 266 --Jolly Beggars 409 Stenhousemuir Plough 124 Ninety (Edinburgh) 50 Stirling 17 Nottingham Scot. Assoc. 324 Stockton, N.S. W. 346 Oakba.nk Mossgiel 458 Stoneha.ven 507 Orange County, Burns Club of 89 Sunderland 48 Paisley 444 Swansea. Cal. Soc. 545 Parra.matte. and District 519 Sydney, R. B. Soc. 135 Pa.rtick Western 531 Tees-side Cal. Soc. 527 Peacock Cross 441 Temple 442 Penicuik and District 516 The Airts 26 Perth 7 Thistle 511 Perth (West Australia) 271 Trenton 336 Peterhead 274 Troon 284 Philadelphia. North-Ea.stern 456 -- Ma.sonic 453 ---- La.dies' Auxiliary 320 Troy 535 Plymouth Cal. Soc. 475 Tweedda.le La.dies 190 Port-Glasgow 520 U ddingston Lochlie La.dies 212 Portobello 237 -- Ma.sonic 221 Prestonpans 113 Vale of Leven Glenca.irn 181 Primrose 325 Vancouver Fellowship 384 Pumpherston Bonnie Doan 443 Victoria (B.C.) 479 Queen of the South La.dies 303 -- St. Andrew'• Soo. 373 Red Hill 165 Wallsend 512 Renfrew "Andrew Pe.rk" 436 Walney Jolly Begga.rs Ladies 472 Renfrewshire Assoc. 296 Walsall 519 Robert Burns (1933) Soc. of 521 Waratah-Mayfield Australia 391 Waterbury 471 Rose of Grange 449 Wellington (New Zealand) 36 Rosebery 497 -- St. Andrew 454 Rotherham Scottish Assoc. 392 Whiffiet 354 Roya.I Clan, Order of Scot. Clans 539 -- Auld House 410 Royal Mile 236 Whitehaven 9 Royalty 536 Whithorn and District 470 St. Giles 529 William Mitchell 220 St. Louis, Mo. 499 Winchburgh Jolly Beggars 327 St. Mark's 432 -Lea.Rig 399 St. Ringans 197 Winnipeg 413 San Francisco St. Andrew Soc. 25 -- St. Andrew's Soc. 68 Sandyford 505 Wishaw Masonic 426 Sanchie 553 Wolverhampton and Dil'ltrict 55 l Scarborough Caledonian Soc. Ca.ledonian Soc. 510 Scottish Dyes Recreation Club 404 Worcester Scot. Soo. 314 Scottish (Edin.) 464 Yakima Va.Hey 153 Scottish (Glas.) 518 Ye Auld Cronie1 (Cleveland) See also" List of Districts," pp. 147-154 NOTICES Many of the thirty-four volumes of the First Series of the Burns ch1·onicle are out-of-print. A few copies of the volumes for 1893-1895, 1897, 1910-1912, 1915-19~7, 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. 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