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BURNS CHRONICLE AND CLUB DIRECTORY
INSTITUTED 1891 PUBLISHED ANNUALLY
SECOND SERIES : VOLUME IX
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Allen, 69 photogravure plates, glossary and indexes, 10 vols., demy 8vo, strongly bound in the original quarter crimson morocco, t.e.g. (pub. £12 12s.), AS NEW, £3 3s. (postage, inland 2/6, foreign 8/6, extra). London, 1927. COMPRISES :-Poems, 6 vols.; Correspondence, 4 vols. This edition contains a considerable amount of hitherto uncollected matter in verse and prose, including much that has never been published. The text of the Poems, with the exception of those hitherto uncollected, is that of the Centenary Edition, edited by W. E. Henley and T. F. Henderson. Most of the new matter has come through the research work of Mr. J. C. Ewing, Editor of the Burns Chronicle. Limited to 250 numbered copies for Great Britain. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Only seven sets remain. Order your copy now. FACSIMILE OF THE KILMARNOCK EDITION BURNS (Robert), Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, an exact photographic facsimile of the First (Kilmarnock) Edition published in 1786, printed on paper specially made to match the original, 8vo, grey-blue wrappers, uncut (in cardboard slip-in case), NEW, 7/6 (postage 6d. extra). Glasgow, 1927. Every Burns lover cannot possess an original edition. There are only a small number of copies in existence, and the price, \\hen one is available, is usually prohibitive. This facsimile, however, is offered at a price within the reach of all collectors, and as the stock is limited, we would suggest immediate application to avoid disappointment. JOHl SMITH &SOl (Glas~ow) Ltd. BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS 57-61 ST. VINCENT STREET G L A S G 0 W, C.2 Telephone: Telegrams: Central 4457 0 Books, Gla1gow" BURNS CHRONICLE , BURNS CHRONICLE AND CLUB DIRECTORY INSTITUTED 1891 PUBLISHED ANNUALLY SECOND SERIES : VOLUME IX THE BURNS FEDERATION KILMARNOCK 1 934 PRINT.ED BY WILLIAM RODGS AND COMPANY, LTD. GL.llGOW AND EDINBURGH LIST OF CONTENTS PA.GB !.-Editorial: "Auld Lang Syne" again 1 II.-Letters from, and to, Robert Burns 4 UL-Burns in the auction-room, 1932-1933 - 11 IV.-The Burns Federation at London, 1933: (a) The President entertains delegates 12 (b) Presentation to the President 12 V.-Preservation of the Scots vernacular: discussion at the Annual Conference of the Burns Federation 14 VI.-" The Scottish National Dictionary": (a) An appeal to Burns Clubs, by Sir Joseph Dobbie 21 (b) The Burns Federation and the Dictionar'!/ 10 VIL-A guide to Burns literature: catalogue of the "Robert Burns Collection " in The Mitchell Library, Glasgow; by J. C. Ewing - 23 VIII.-Jean Armour : Mrs. Robert Burns ; by A. M. Williams, M.A. 27 IX.- --- Death and character of Mrs. Burns, by John M'Diarmid 34 X.-Burns and the capture of the "Rosamond," by Henry W. Meikle, D.Litt. 43 XL-Correspondence of John Syme and Alexander Cunningham, 1789-1811; by J. C. E. (Part I) 53 XII.-" The Red, Red Rose" and its tunes; by Davidson Cook 63 XIII.-The Literary Fund and Robert Bums, by J.C. E. - 68 XIV.-The letters of "Clarinda" to "Sylvander," by J. C. Ewing - 72 XV.-Modern Scottish prose writers, by John Purdie, B.A., F.E.I S. - 78 XVI.-John Gibson Lockhart on Robert Burns 89 XVII.-Burns's birthplace 91 vi LIST OF CONTENTS PA.GE Obituary - 92 Notes, queries, and answers 94: Burns Club notes 98 Notices of new books - 119 Bibliography - 121 TBB BURNS FBDBRATION : (a) List of Hon. Presidents, Hon. Vice-Presidents, Executive Committee (Office-bearers and District Representatives), Sub-Committees, and Auditors 123 (b) Constitution and Rules - 126 (c) List of Districts - - 130 (d) List of Past-Presidents - 137 (e) List of places at which the Annual Conference has been held - 137 (f) Minutes of the Annual Conference, 1933 - 138 (g) Balance Sheet, 1932-1933 - 158 ( h) Annual reports : (1) Burns Clironicle - - 159 (2) School Children's Competitions 161 (i) Numerical list of Clubs on the Roll 164: (k) Alphabetical list of Clubs on the Roll - 200 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS FACINO PAGE I.-Mr. John Gribbel, M.A., LL.D., Hon. President, The Burns Federation - I II.-Bailie Ninian Macwhannell, F.R.I.B.A., President, The Burns Federation 12 III.-VI.-Mrs. Robert Burns: Jean Armour. (Portraits by John A. Gilfillan and Samuel Mackenzie ; silhouette by W. Seville; and bust by Kellock Brown) - 27 VIL-Facsimile of the second page of List of the expenses incurred in watching the " Rosamond " and repairing it for sale 49 VIII.-Mr. Thomas Killin, Hon. Vice-President, The Burns Federation 92 IX.-Mr. Edward Atkinson Hornel, Kirkcudbright - 93 EDITORIAL NOTE The Burns Federation does not accept any responsi bility for statements made or opinions expressed in the B'Wf"Yl,8 Chronicle. The writers are responsible for articles signed by them ; the Editor is responsible for articles initialed or signed by him, as well as for those unsigned. Letters and offers of original articles should be addressed to the Editor. Articles offered should be in typescript, with double spacing and on one side of the paper. Space has unfortunately not been found in this issue for three articles-one of them a series of notes upon "Burns's literary correspondents, l '786-1796 "-which had been prepared for it; all three, however, will be included in the next volume of the annual. The articles on " Burns and the capture of the Rosamond" and "The letters of Clarinda to Sylvander" are reprinted here, by permission, from the Scotsman and the Glasgow Herald. J.C. EWING. 4 ROYAL TERRACE, GLASGOW, C.3. \ MR. JOHN GRIBBEL, M.A., LL.D., HON. PRESIDENT, THE BURNS FEDERATION EDITORIAL. " AULD LANG SYNE " AGAIN. The song that everybody sings is the song that no one knows. Burns's " Auld Lang Syne " has become the most famous song in the world. Year by year it has linked in good fellowship men from the far corners of the earth, has drawn strangers and exiles into bonds of friendship, has re-united through ties of common memories men ·and women scattered far and wide by time and change. But although it is the world's greatest song of friendship, " Auld Lang Syne " has never succeeded in establishing its own words correctly. Millions of gatherings have taken up its strains in an overflow of warm-heartedness, but most of them have made the welkin ring with garbled lines, phrases Burns never wrote, variations that neither scholarship nor taste approves. Trusty " friens " still supplant trusty " fieres "; " cups o' kindness " still battle for position with " gude-willy waughts." The lovely, lingering last line of verse and chorus-" For auld lang syne "-is still ousted by the breathless scurry of " For the days of auld lang syne." Amity is still left gasping and numb of wrist by the final and unauthorised break-neck repetition of the chorus. Efforts have inde·ed been made to remedy matters, but the bulk of the public remains unrepentant. Some years ago an appeal to this end was made in an article, " The Song of Friendship," printed in the initial volume of the present series of the Burns Chronicle. This article urged that Burns Clubs should try to put things right, by rendering "Auld Lang Syne " correctly at gatherings held in the poet's honour. The writer of the article, Mr. William Power, pointed to A 2 EDITORIAL the notorious deficiencies of the British people in artistic, social, and even technical matters as due entirely to their persistent disregard of one of the leading maxims of life-" If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well." To illustrate his case, he drew attention to the too-frequent culmination of a social meeting " in a mumbled and mangled rendering of Burns's immortal song." Eight years have passed since that article was printed, yet we still note " the dragging tune, the self-conscious stare, the fish-like hand extended to the trusty friend (sic), and the ghastly galvanism of the prestissimo " referred to in the article. How many Burns Clubs have profited by the advice? How many Burns Clubs to-day treat Burns's international anthem as it deserves? We understand that one of the Clubs in Edinburgh-" The Ninety "-sings the song correctly. We know also that the Past-President of the Burns Federation, Sir Alexander Gibb, has taken pains to see that every function with which he is associated concludes with a proper rendering of " Auld Lang Syne." Last autumn, too, at the Hallowe'en Concert of the Burns Club of London, Mr. Robert Burnett appealed to his audience to sing the song correctly, to consult the words given in the programme and simply join in the chorus after he had sung each verse. The thin end of the wedge has therefore been inserted. All that is needed now is the concerted effort of every Burns Club, of every Scottish Society, of every other gathering at which "Auld Lang Syne " is sung. If each of these will ensure that the song is sung correctly, the remedy is found and jingoistic variations will pass out of currency. For that reason we return to the subject, printing again, for the information of those who are unacquainted with them, " the original and by much the best words of the song "-as Burns himself described them. And, finally, we repeat our former EDITORIAL 3 suggestion that each of the first four stanzas should be entrusted to one of four reliable singers, and the last shared by all four, the united energies of the company being reserved for the chorus after each verse. AULD LANG SYNE. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne? Chorus-And for auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And surely ye'll be your pint-stowp ! And surely I'll be mine! And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. And for, &c. We twa hae run about the braes And pu'd the gowans fine; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne. And for, &c. We twa hae paidl'd i' the burn Frae mornin' sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar' d Sin auld lang syne. And for, &c. And there's a hand, my trusty fiere ! And gie's a hand o' thine! And we'll tak a right gude-willy waught, For auld lang syne. And for, &c. LETTERS FROM, AND TO, ROBERT BURNS. The first of the six letters which appear below was printed for the first time in the Letters of Robert Burns, published by the Clarendon Press in 1931, and is given here for the information of whose who do not possess that work. The Burns Federation is greatly indebted to Mr. John Cowie, of Glasgow, for the loan of the original letter, and for his kind permission to reproduce it in the Burns Chronicle; also for a like service in connection with the letter (number VI) from Captain Francis Grose to the poet. The letters number II, III, and IV were communi cated by Mr. John McVie, Hon. Secretary of the Burns Federation, who collated the holographs with the latest print. Thanks are due to the Messrs. Langwill for their courtesy in this matter; and also to Mr. James Grieve, of Glasgow, who was so obliging as to submit the original letter from Burns to Thomas Sloan (numbered V), in order that it might be collated with the printed vers10n. I. TO MR. JOSIAH WALKER, at Blair of Athole, Dunkeld. My dear friend & Countryman, Why I have not answered your most welcome letter sooner is partly owing to yourself.-! was conscious I was deeply in your debt, and was resolved to pay you in kind by writing you a most devilish good letter; but among a Poet's Creditors usually " The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak '!; so I send you this in the interim merely "to confess debt and crave days."-1 assure you I have " turn'd out the brunt side o' my shin " at the idea of my Petition for the poor naked Falls of Bruar LETTERS FROM, .AND TO, ROBERT BURNS 5 being so well received at Blair.-! wrote it with all the pith and marrow of Gratitude.-! was so flattered by the cordial welcome I got from the truly noble Family, and so delighted with the little Seraphs, the future hope of Caledonia, that I swore in my own mind by the Great Fountain of Generosity and Hospitality, if my Muse did not, within twentyfour hours from the date of my leaving Blair, pay her illustrious friends at Athole some poetic compliment, the very best the time and circum stances could produce-I would with unrelenting vengeance throw her into the House of Correction and finally banish her to Botany bay.- Your Criticism I do not just approve of: To say that a thing is " Worth gaun a mile to see " is indefinitely saying worth going a great way to see, which in my opinion is better than marking any particular length of way.-Pardonnez moi; you may perhaps be right for all that.-I would not like it published in any other newspaper than a magazine; nor there, but as if by chance, and " said " to be done by such a Man : but it is to me a matter totally indifferent: you are at perfect liberty to do as you please.- I should go on to tell you the particulars of my pilgrimage after you saw me : what pleasure I had in your account of the adventure at Bruar, and the story of Miss Cathcart,-by the way, I am convinced fully now, that those who tell me I have no second-sighted skill in human-nature are mistaken; I had not been fifteen minutes in Miss Cathcart's company till I set her down in the dearest records of my observation as one of those " Ministring Spirits " who delight in doing kind offices to "The heirs of Salvation."-! was going to say that if, on consulting your feelings you can promise that a letter from Poet Burns, in whatever mood, tense, time, number or case his Bardship may be, and that whether it be the consequence of unforseen misfortune or thoughtless folly, shall be welcome: if 6 LETTERS FROM, .AND TO, ROBERT BURNS you can do this, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, say, YEA, and AMEN-then, Sir; so aid me, My Muse, in my hour of Song, as I now speak the truth and nothing but the truth ! I ever shall be happy to send you the cogitations of my mind, the occurrencies of my life, or the productions of my Muse; on condition that you just pay me, as I said before, in kind.-I have no idea of corresponding as a clock strikes; I only write when the spirit moves me.-Direct to me at Mauchline, as it is now a post-town.-On Thursday I shall be at Auchter tyre, where I shall remain for five or six days, and then a day or two at Edinr. sends me for the west Country.- Adieu! RoB~ BURNS. Edin':, 29th Sept. 1787. II. TO MONS~ ARCHIB'? LOWIUE, SHAKESPEARE'S SQUARE. Lawn Market, Mond. noon. Mon cher Mons~, As tonight the Grand Master and Lodge of Masons appear at the Theatre in form, I am determined to go to the play.-I am afraid it will be impossible to form a Partie with our female friends for this night, but I shall call on you a few minutes before the Theatre open, when, if Miss Lowrie can I shall be very happy; if not, I suppose you will have no objection to take a seat in the Pit with- toujours le votre, R. BURNS. III. (TO ARCHIBALD LAWRIE.) D~ Sir, I cannot be with you a.t tea tonight, a.a I have just now got a summons to wait on Lord Glencairn in the afternoon. LETTERS FROM, AND TO, ROBERT BURNS 7 -I expect to do myself the pleasure of calling on you between seven and eight. I have wrote to IY. Blacklock and sent him your direction and have promised to meet him at your house. ROB~ BURNS. Sat. noon. IV. (TO ARCHIBALD LAWRIE.] My dear Sir, Here am I-that is all I can tell you of that unaccountable Being-Myself.-What I am doing no mortal can tell ; what I am thinking I myself cannot tell ; what I am usually saying is not worth telling.-The clock is just striking one, two, three, four, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, twelve, forenoon; and here I sit, in the Attic story, alias the garret, with a friend on the right hand of my standish -a friend whose kindness I shall largely experience at the close of this line-there-thank you-a Friend, my dear Mr. Lowrie, whose kindness often makes me blush; a Friend who has more of the milk of human kindness than all the human race put together, and what is highly to his honor, peculiarly a friend to the friendless as often as they come in his way ; in short, Sir, he is, without the least alloy, a universal Philanthropist; and his much beloved name is-a BOTTLE OF GOOD OLD PORT ! In a week, if whim and weather serve, I shall set out for the North, a tour of the Highlands.- I ate some Newhaven broth, in other words, boiled mussles, with Mr. Farquhar's family, t'other day.-Now I see you prick up your ears.-They are all well, and Mademoiselle is particularly well.-She begs her respects to you all; along with which please present those of your humble servt. I can no more.-1 have so high a veneration, or rather idolatrization, for the cleric character, that even a little futurum esse vel fuisse Priestling, in his Penna pennae 8 LETTERS FROM, AND TO, ROBERT BURNS pennae, &c., throws an awe over my mind in his presence, and shortens my sentences into single ideas. Farewell, and believe me to be ever, my dear Sir, yours, ROB! BURNS. Edin~, 14th Aug. 1787. v. TO MR. THOS. SJ.. OAN, DUMFRIES. I am truly sorry, my dear Sir, that my black mare has hurt one of her hind legs so ill that she cannot travel, else she should have been at your service. Many thanks for your attention. I wish much to see you. I called on Capt~ Riddel today, who enquired kindly for you ; he is getting better. Excuse this brief epistle from a broken arm. Yours R. B. P.S. I have recruited my purse since I saw you, & you may have a guinea or two if you chuse. VI. TO MR. BURNS, near Friars Carse, Dumfries. Dear Sir, The proof Sheet came safe to hand, and I thank you for the dispatch you made in sending it. I shall be very happy at receiving the Kilwinning, as I hope to finish my Scotch Work this Spring, at least all but the Western Isles. Herewith you will receive some proofs of the pleasant Tale of the Grey mare's Tail, together with some Numbers of the Governor's Antiquities. LETTERS FROM, AND TO, ROBERT BURNS 9 How have you done this Winter. We have had some, tho' but little, Cold Weather here. Am I ever to hope to see you in London. After the Scene between Mrs. Riddell, Jun: and your humble Servant, to which you was witness, it is impossible I can ever come. under her Roof again. I cant say but I am sorry for it, as I have a sincere friendship for the Governor notwithstanding all his little peccadillos. I consider him as a spoilt Child, with a Number of good Qualities. Have you any News. Do let me hear what news is stirring at and about the Carse. I have not yet seen Mr. Peter Millar, and cannot call on him at present, my time being taken up with my son, who will sail for Botany Bay in a few days. I shall shortly get some Franks, when you shall hear from me more at large. In the Meantime I am, with the greatest Sincerity, Your friend and humble Serv~ FRS. GROSE. London, Jany. 3~, 1791. NOTES. I. This letter is no. 140 in Professor Ferguson's edition of Burns's Letters. One or two corrections of the printed text are made here from the manuscript, which is now in the collection of Mr. John Cowie, Glasgow. A superfluous and unfinished postscript-" you may direct to me "-was blotted, instead of being scored through, by the poet. II. No. 83 in Ferguson's edition of Burns's Letters, with note " MS. not traced." The manuscript is now in the possession of Dr. Archibald Langwill, London. III. No. 92 in Ferguson's edition of Burns's Letters, with note " MS. not traced." The manuscript is now in the possession of Mr. Lyndesay G. Langwill, C.A., Edinburgh. IV. No. 127 in Ferguson's edition of Burns's Letters, 10 LETTERS FROM, AND TO, ROBERT BURNS with note "MS. not traced." The manuscript is now m the possession of Dr. James Langwill, Kirkcaldy. V. No. 444 in Ferguson's edition of Burns's Letters, with note " MS. not traced." Printed here from the manu script, which is now in the possession of Mr. James Grieve, Glasgow. VI. This letter, from Captain Francis Grose to Robert Burns, is printed here from the manuscript in the collection of Mr. John Cowie, Glasgow. The " pleasant 'fale of the Grey mare's Tail " was, of course, " Tam o' Shanter "; the " Antiquities " refers to Grose's work The antiquities of Scotland; the " Governor " was Walter Riddell; and the " Mrs. Riddell, Junr." was his wife Maria. J. c. E. THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY. The Executive Committee of the Burns Federation, at its quarterly meeting held in Glasgow on 21st October, 1933, unanimously voted a sum of £100 towards the expense of preparing and printing the Scottish National Dictionary. It also decided to make a strong recom mendation to the Clubs on the roll of the ·Federation to assist the production of the work, either by subscribing for copies or by contributing towards its cost. BURNS IN THE AUCTION-ROOM. RECORD OF THE MORE IMPORTANT SALES DURING 1932-1933 OF BURNS MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS. 1. Autograph poem, "The vision": 48 lines (with notes) which, with others, were suppressed by Burns when printing the poem in the Kilmarnock edition; 2 pp., 4°. (Sotheby; 22nd May, 1933; lot 257; purchased by .Alloway Burns Monument Trustees.) - £460 See "Notes, queries, and answers" in this volume. 2. Burns's Poems: lst edition, Kilmarnock, 1786, 8°; bound in calf; with the bookplate of James, Earl of Glencairn. (Sotheby; 5th July, 1933; lot 564; purchased by Messrs. Maggs Bros.) £1,300 See "Notes, queries, and answers" in B1trna Chronicle, 1927, pp. 157-158. 3. Autograph song, "The fornicator-a new song Tune, Clout the caldron ": 6 eight-line verses ; 2 pp., fo. (Hodgson, London; 6th July, 1933; lot 187.) - £70 4. Autograph letter to James Hamilton, Grocer, Glasgow ; dated "Ellisland, near Dumfries, 27th April, 1789 "; signed "Robt. Burns"; I page, 4°. (Edmiston, Glasgow; 2lst November, 1933; purchased by Alloway Burns Monument Trustees.) £210 No'l'E.-The "very fine silhouette portrait of Robert Burns, by J. Miers, and a similar portrait of 'Clarinda,'" which were sold at auction (for £34) in London on 19th December, 1932, did not represent either the poet or Mrs. M'Lehose. J.C. E. THE BURNS FEDERATION AT LONDON. THE PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS DELEGATES. On the evening of Friday, 8th September, 1933, the President of the Burns Federation-Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E., C.B.-entertained the delegates to the Annual Conference of the Council of the Federation at London. The function-a dinner and concert-took place in the Cafe Royal, Regent Street; and was attended by nearly 300 guests, who included many distinguished personal friends of the generous host. The President occupied the chair. After dinner, toasts were proposed, and songs were sung by Miss Jean Herries and Mr. William Heughan. All the songs in the printed programme were selected from Burns's writings. PRESENTATION TO THE PRESIDENT. Before the singing of " Auld Lang Syne," Bailie Ninian Macwhannell, Vice-President, requested per mission to speak, and to ask Sir Alexander Gibb's acceptance of a memento of his Presidency of the Federa tion, which was to termin~te on the following day. The memento was in the form of a copy of the third edition of Burns's Poems, published at London in 1787: an uncut copy in the original boards; internally as clean as on the day it was published; and enclosed in a fire proof case of levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf. Bailie Macwhannell said that Sir Alexander Gibb had been a beneficent friend to the Federation, and to many Burns Clubs which were not members of the Federation. His outstanding gift, as most of those present would remember, was his purchasing of that wonderful collec tion of Burnsiana (1750 volumes) which was formed by Pkoto. by Annan, Glasgow BAILIE NINIAN MACWHANNELL, F.R.I.B.A.1 PRESIDENT, THE BURNS FEDERATION THE BURNS FEDERATION AT LONDON 13 Mr. John Murison of London, and his presenting it to the Royal Burgh of Dunfermline. Sir Alexander, I convey to you the very good wishes of the Executive Committee of the ·Federation, and I sincerely trust that this little memento will remind you of the very pleasant associations you have had with your colleagues during the whole term of your Presidentship. My own good wishes can best be expressed in the words of William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, contained in one of his epistles to Allan Ramsay : " A' blessings, Gibb, upon thee row! " Lang: may thou live, and thrive, and dow, "Until thou claw an auld man's pow; " And, thro' thy creed, '' Be keeped frae the wirricow "After thou's dead! " Sir Alexander Gibb, in acknowledging, said he was quite overcome by their generosity in presenting him with such a magnificent gift. That uncut book was almost priceless, and would become more and more valuable as time went on. He would hand it down to his successors, and he hoped it would remain in their possession as a family heirloom for hundreds of years. 16 PRESERVATION OF THE SCOTS VERNACULAR Vernacular Circle. I discussed the matter with our Pre sident, Sir Alexander Gibb; and it was, I understand, discussed by the Burns Federation. The replies to my inquiries were most illuminating and helpful, and showed an extraordinary change in the attitude of schoolmasters and educationists generally. When I was a boy, the schoolmasters tried to lick English into us by attempting to thrash Scots out of us. They failed. Of course they failed, because they were attempt ing to suppress the natural speech of the playground. They failed; but with the connivance of parents they committed the terrible blunder-the crime-of creating a mongrel language which is the debased Scots we hear to-day, a language that is neither Scots nor English. And now the educationists, alarmed at the corruption of the auld tongue, and the continued spread of a bastard language, have, many of them, come to believe with us that there is only one corrective, and that is the read ing of classical Scots in the class-room. Schoolmasters no longer thrash boys for using a Scots word in school ; they use the children's knowledge of Scots to help to teach them English. The matter of accent will look after -itself. I am not interested much in whether a man or a woman speaks with an eastern, western, northern or Border twang, so long as he or she knows how to use the dialect of his or her part of the country. Some people imagine they are speaking Scots when they are merely speaking a doubtful English with a Scots accent. I remember Lord Ashmore, in 1923, in a puzzling position when presiding over a Court in Glasgow. One of the witnesses in a case was a lady who spoke with a decided accent. Lord Ashmore was puzzled. He could not place the speaker. " Of what nationality are you? " he asked. " Have you Italian or French blood in your veins? " " I ken naething a boot that," said the lady with an indignant toss of her head, " I come fae Aiberdeen." So much for accent. PRESERVATION OF THE SCOTS VERNACULAR 17 But when we have done discussing the matter, we are brought down to this: " What are we doing about it? " Two years ago, in the paper to which I have referred, I made a suggestion about our work in the schools. It was this: We want a lead in Scotland. Who will give it? Why not Scots in Scotland, and with the help of schoolmasters-as the rebirth of the Proven9al language was largely the work of a peasant schoolmaster? We have no one literary organisation in Scotland that would give us the lead we need. The Burns Federation, whose school prizes-and we cannot overrate the value of this work-are almost the only beacon in the darkness, is not entirely a literary body, but it might, with its machinery and its love for the cause and the work already accomplished in the schools, take the initiative in forming from among the best and most enthusiastic vernacularists in the country, inside and outside the Burns movement, a Vernacular or Scots Council. This Council would consider the various ways in which our object could be furthered-not only what we can do, but what we should avoid doing. At the present moment the one thing is as important as the other. I suggested this to the Federation and its President-our own Past-President-Sir Alexander Gibb, who, I know, is keenly alive to the necessity of action being taken at once. And I repeat the appeal to that fine vernacu larist, Bailie Macwhannell, our new President. Such a Council, with the aid of the Federation machinery, could organise Scotland. Had it been in existence, we should not have had to-day the humiliating spectacle of one editor of a great Scots Dictionary having to go to America for funds to publish his national work; or of the editor of another equally valuable Scots Dictionary having to beg for subscriptions to enable him to issue his preliminary numbers. Such a Council could consult with and advise Education Authorities; give school- B 18 PRESERVATION OF THE SCOTS VERNACULAR masters advice, where wanted, on class-books that might be best suited to particular cases; organise the award of prizes-other than the Federation's own prize scheme -in schools; and direct the attention of that great organisation, the Women's Rural Institute, with its hundreds of branches, to the degraded position of our language, and entreat its assistance. And if we can get the co-operation of the women of Scotland, no reactionary power in the country will stand against us. The work of such a Council could be directed to the Festival movement, to the Drama festivals-and the Friesian language was restored largely through the use of the dialect drama-to wireless, the cinema, and other agencies. Such a Council could not only do things, but could prevent things being done. Against one thing I have all along warned my friends, and that is, allowing this movement to become a matter of mere sentiment. If we approach this question as if we were crying coronach over the loss of a few obsolete words, we will be wasting our energy. We are thinking not only of the loss of the key to some of the richest literature in the world, of a breach in the Scots literary tradition; we are thinking not only of " auld lang syne," of our romantic past, pleasant though that may be in this devastating wilderness of bricks and mortar. We are fighting against the submerging of our individuality as a race, against the loss of part of ourselves. We are fighting for the future of Scots literature, for I maintain that Scots writers will better express themselves in Scots than in English. And with the help of the school teachers in Scotland, supported by the parents, we shall succeed in our work. I make the appeal to the Federation Council. I would like to thank the Council for its report, and for this opportunity of saying a few words about one section of it. Mr. Thomas Henderson (Edinburgh) warmly sup- PRESERVATION OF THE SCOTS VERNACULAR 19 ported Mr. Will's suggestion that a Scottish Vernacular " Council should be formed. Such a Council was, in his opinion, long overdue. Inevitably at present the cultural activities of the various Scottish societies over lapped. If the Council could co-ordinate these activities, and bring scattered and isolated investigators into proper relationship with each other, it would amply justify its creation. But it might do far more. It could ensure to the investigator his due and fit audience. It could serve as the link between him and the public-to the great advantage of both parties. The Burns Federation, he thought, could put its hand to no more congenial, useful and appropriate piece of work, for by so doing they would be helping to carry on not the least important activity in which the poet had interested himself. Burns was still the greatest and best of our investigators of Folk-Song. Much remained to be done in that field, as in others, and it would be a peculiarly fitting tribute to his pioneer work were the poet's work carried on under the fostering care of such a Council. We had little to place alongside the great Collections of England and Ireland, and the sooner that reproach was rendered inapplicable the better it would be for our national reputation. Mr. Henderson further suggested that such a Council might enter into friendly relations with the British Broadcasting Corporation, which naturally could do a very great deal in the way of bringing the results of investigation before the people of Scotland. The B.B.C. had done very much to keep alive the traditions of Scotland, and he had no doubt it would be willing to eontinue, and even to increase, the Scottish element in its programmes. There would be an obvious economy of time and energy were a Vernacular Council formed with which the B.B.C. could deal, and to which it could turn with full assurance that from it could be obtained help, 20 PRESERVATION OF THE SCOTS VERNACULAR guidance and advice on the varied aspects of Scots culture. It seemed to him that there lay a heavy obligation on those who had the love of Scotland in their hearts, to take the Scottish public fully into their confidence. Such an alliance as he visualised between the B.B.C. and a Vernacular Council would be fruitful of good to the cause in which they believed so fervently, and he commended it to their consideration and bespoke for it their support. Bailie N inian Macw hannell (Glasgow) said he was in full harmony with what Mr. Will and Mr. Henderson had stated. He thought the Federation would do well to keep alive the interest in our mither tongue, and that was certainly being done by our School Competitions. We should, however, suggest to teachers not to taboo Scot tish pronunciation, but rather to endeavour to explain the difference between it and standard English. Not a little could be done by each individual dibbling into his or her own conversation an occasional guid Scots word. Further, we could not all write poetry, but we could all at least purchase and read some of the numerous anthologies of Scots verse which were now available. The great bulk of our Scottish literature was really written by our minor poets, and these should be encouraged. He thought that, to assist the development of Scottish literature, they could not do better than try to make something of the suggestion of Mr. McVie, that we should mark the jubilee of the Federation in 1935 by setting up a capital fund from the income of which a prize could be awarded for the best Scottish literary work of the year. He could assure them that the Execu tive would take up that suggestion and give it their best consideration. THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY. AN APPEAL TO BURNS CLUBS. I write as President of the Scottish National Dictionary Association, a responsible position which I owe to having been President of the Burns Federation when the Associa tion was formed, the Federation having then agreed to the Scottish National Dictionary being produced under its patronage. An article by Dr. William Grant, the distinguished Editor of the Dictionary, which appeared in the 1928 issue of the Burns Chronicle told the history of the movement for the production of the Dictionary. In the 1930 volume Dr. Grant again dealt with the scope of the Dictionary, and expressed his belief that the whole-hearted sympathy and help of the Burns Federation would go a long way to ensure its success. It was my privilege in the 1932 volume to make an appeal to Burns Clubs, and to their members, to assist in the production of this work, which will be a tribute worthy of Robert Burns, to whom no better can be paid than to ensure that his writings will remain intelligible to Scottish men and women. I commend a re-perusal of these articles, and am satisfied that little more need be said to ensure that the appeal by the President of the Burns Federation will receive a favourable response. Having had the honour to follow Sir Robert Bruce as President of the Burns Federation, I recall that before he retired he was able with truth to claim that the Federation was entitled to be recognised as an out standing Scottish National and Literary Movement. That claim has been and is being worthily justified by my successors, while I when President lost no opportunity of demonstrating that the Burns Movement was now doing 22 THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY more than any other organisation to encourage the study of our Scottish Language and Literature. It is in .furtherance of this ideal that I appeal to Burns Clubs and their members to maintain the reputation of the Burns Movement by seeing to it that the production of the Scottish National Dictionary is accomplished. In the words of Principa.l Sir Robert S. Rait, this is an opportunity for the Scottish People to show that they do care about their Language and History. I trust that many will feel it a binding and an urgent duty to subscribe to the Dictionary, or otherwise to help the work according to their ability, and thus ensure that, whatever happens in the future, the Soul of Scotland, as revealed in the writings of Burns and her other great authors, will endure. The Dictionary is to consist of ten handsome volumes (of about 320 pages each), of which Parts I and 2 of the first volume have already been published and have elicited high praise from reviewers and readers alike. So far 370 subscribers have been obtained ; other 1700 are required to ensure success. ThA ten volumes of the Dictionary are to cost £15, payable either in one sum, or in five yearly sums of £3. The Association-through its Hon. Treasurer, Mr. A. A. Middleton, North of Scotland Bank Limited, Edin burgh-will also receive with gratitude donations, large or small, towards the heavy expense of the under taking. In the final volume of the Dictio'flary there is to be recorded the names of the public-spirited subscribers, including donors of £5 and upwards, whose generous support made possible, in days of almost unparalleled industrial depression, the accomplishment of this National enterprise for the preservation of our Mother Tongue the key to a great and romantic past ; to a heritage which, through it, will be understood and treasured by future generations of our countrymen. J osEPH DoBBIE. A GUIDE TO BURNS LITERATURE. CATALOGUE OF THE " ROBERT BURNS COLLECTION " IN THE MITCHELL LIBRARY, GLASGOW. The collecting of editions of the writings of a man of letters and of books illustrative of his life and achievement is a favourite form of hero-worship, and it is only to be expected that a number of his countrymen, having chosen Robert Burns as their hero, should devote leisure hours and money and energy to the formation of a " Burns Collection." Most of these collections are brought together only to be again dispersed-many of them, to be sure, deserve no better fate; but some-no fewer than eight, indeed-have been more fortunate, and are now preserved intact for use by the public. Of these eight collections, five are available for reference in public or semi-public institutions in this country-at Alloway, Dumfries, Dunfermline, Glasgow, and Kilmarnock. Of the other three, Andrew Gibson's Collection is preserved in the Linen Hall Library at Belfast; William R. Smith's is housed within the Masonic Temple at Washington, D.O., U .S.A.; the eighth -which forms a section of the large and splendid library formed by the late Mr. Edward A. Hornel and bequeathed by him for the use of the inhabitants of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and of visitors thereto, and which is the most valuable of all existing collections of printed books by and relating to Robert Burns-will be available to students in due course. The five collections in this country to which reference has been made are at (1) Alloway: Burns Cottage. (Colonel R. J. Bennett's Collection, bequeathed by him.) (2) Dumfries: Ewart Public Library. (A. J. 24 A GUIDE TO BURNS LITERATURE Craig' s Collection, purchased by Lord Glendyne and presented by him to Dumfries Burns Club.) (3) Dunfermline: Carnegie Public Library. (John Murison's Collection, purchased by Sir Alexander Gibb and presented by him to the burgh.) (4) Glasgow: The Mitchell Library. (5) Kilmarnock: Burns Monument. (James M'Kie's Collection, purchased by subscription and presented to the burgh.) The student of Burns is fortunate in having at his call these valuable collections of the printed literature that has gathered round the name of the poet-a literature greater probably than that which has been inspired by any other author save Shakespeare. His good fortune, however, is somewhat tempered by the know ledge that, though several bibliographies of Burns literature have been printed and are helpful to collectors and students alike, nothing in the nature of a guide to the many books which, wholly or in part, deal with Burns's career and achievement has ever been published. Such a guide has lop.g been a desideratum of students of the poet's life and writings; and it is a great satisfaction that the want has recently been supplied by the comple tion of a new catalogue of the "Robert Burns Collec tion " in The Mitchell Library at Glasgow, one of the great municipal public libraries of Great Britain. Commenced fifty-two years ago, by the purchase of the 700 volumes brought together by James Gibson of Liverpool, the Burns Collection in The Mitchell Library has grown steadily, by purchase or gift, until now it is probably the largest in existence, and is consulted by students and writers from far and near. Its (approxi mately) 3,000 volumes have recently been re-classified and re-catalogued: the editions of Burns's writings have been arranged topographically, according to place of A GUIDE TO BURNS LITERATURE 25 publication-following the convenient method adopted at the Centenary (1896) Exhibition; and the " Burns iana " have been subdivided into 26 sections, e.g., biography, criticism, illustrations, language, music, and religion. Full indexes enable easy reference to be made to the new catalogue, which at present is type written in folio volumes for the use of readers at the Library; though it is the hope of the Glasgow Corpora tion Libraries Committee that, when times are more favourable, the catalogue may be reproduced in print, so that its classified lists may be available to any one, at home or abroad, who proposes to make a study of any aspect of the national poet. By providing a " key " to its collection of Burns literature, The Mitchell Library has performed a signal service to the cult, and has placed students of the poet under a very great obligation. The re-arrangement and re-cataloguing of the Collec tion is based upon an " author-table," which is printed here for the information of those interested. AUTHOR-TABLE PART I-BURNS1S WRITINGS A : Editions - arranged (alphabetically) by places of publication and names of publishers (l) Scotland (2) England (3) Ireland (4) The United States of America B : - Correspondence with "Clarinda " : arranged chronologically C : Translation•: arranged (alphabetically) by languages; and Continental editions : arranged chronologically D : Books containing selections or quotations, including Birthda.y-books E : Single poems and songs, including translations: arranged (alphabeti cally) by titles F : Periodicals and other works containing contributions by Burns G : Manuscripts, and Facsimiles of manuscripts Chronological list of dated editions of Burne's writings in the Collection Index of names, titles, etc. 26 A GUIDE TO BURNS LITERATURE PART II-BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC., ON ROBERT BURNS OR ILLUSTRATIVE OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS A Bibliography B : Concordances, Aids, and Guides C Biography (1) Robert Burns (2) The Burns family (3) Friends and other contemporaries D Burns and the Excise E Burns and Freemasonry F Phrenology of Burns G Topography (1) The Burns Country (2) Glenbervie (3) Ayrshire (4) Dumfriesshire H Criticism (including reviews, essays, addresses, lectures, and sermons) I Natural history J : Religion K : Language (including glossaries) L : Manuscripts M : Portraits and monuments N : Pictorial illustration of writings 0 Music (including Johnson's Scots musical museum, Thomson's Scotish airs, and Urbani's Scots Songs) P Song-books without music Q : Celebrations, Festivals, Exhibitions, and Museums R : Clubs (including Scottish Societies) S : Poems on Burns, and Plays founded on his life T : Fiction and Parodies U : Works written or edited by friends or other contemporaries V : Other books W : Burns Chronicle: annual publication X Periodicals (including publicatious of societies) containing articles on Burns Y Newspaper-cuttings books Z Sale-catalogues of manuscripts, printed books, and other relics ( l) Booksellers' catalogues (2) Auctioneers' catalogues Indexes (1) Subjects, authors, editors, and artiets (2) Titles : books, articles, and poems J. c. EWING. MRS. ROBERT BURNS (JEAN ARMOUR) By Kellock Brown Painted by Samuel 111ackenzie, 182S Pltoto. by McKenzie, Eastbourne MRS. ROBERT RURNS (JEAN ARMOUR) AND GRAND-DAUGHTER Painted by John A. Gil/iltan, r8u Plr.oto. by Annan, Glasgow MRS. RORERT BURNS (JRAN ARMOUR) Reproduced by permission of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery ( { I f ! I Silhouette by W, Seville, 1829 MRS. ROBERT BURNS (JEAN ARMOUR) Reproduced from an original in the possession of Mr. Fred. Finlayson, Kirkcudbright JEAN ARMOUR: MRS. ROBERT BURNS. Born 1J5th February, 1765. Died 1J6th March, 1834. Biography has preserved much of interest about the relations of eminent men to their women-folk, and the centenary of the death of " Bonnie Jean " suggests a reconsideration of her story and of her influence on Burns. In the result it will be found that she was an admirable helpmeet for the poet-loving, sympathetic, and understanding. In her his roving heart found a sure anchor. It is recorded of Samuel Clarke's wife that " she never rose from table without making him a curtsey, nor drank to him without bowing, and that his word was a law to her." We may assume that two-thirds of this would not apply to Jean Armour, but we have the poet's assurance that" Mrs. Burns believes, as firmly as her creed, that I am le plus bel esprit et le plus honnete homme in the universe "; in all his trials, dis appointments, and errors he could turn to her with con fidence. " Better," says the proverb, " a fortune in a wife than with a wife "; and Burns learned the truth of this. When one remembers what men like Sir Thomas More, Pasquier, Salmasius, and John Wesley suffered from foolish or termagant wives, and also the poet's " deep incurable taint of hypochondria," lovers of his poetry have reason to be thankful that he was blessed with a consort endowed with sound commonsense and a cheerful disposition. I was once assured by the lady in charge of Dove Cottage that Wordsworth would have been of little account but for his sister; it is certain that 28 JEAN ARMOUR, 1765-1834 Burns's life and work owed much to the " fireside enjoy ments and homeborn happiness " provided by his wife. Jean Armour was the eldest daughter of James Armour, a master-mason in Mauchline, where he seems also to have owned some property, a man regularly employed and well thought of. When, soon after the Burns family had settled at Mossgiel, Burns met Jean under circumstances familiar to all readers of his life, he was in his twenty-sixth year, and his appearance must have been pretty much what Scott describes when he saw him two years later in Edinburgh. His strong, robust person, his ready conversation, and large, dark eyes which "literally glowed when he spoke with feeling or interest "-were well fitted to make an impression on Jean. Her placid good nature and sweet disposition, warm heart, vigorous health and sprightly cheerfulness, and more than commonly handsome figure, were no less fitted to attract Burns. Various lines and poems testify to the strength of Burns's feelings for his sweetheart and wife. " My darling Jean " he calls her in the first " Epistle to Davie " ; " my bonie Jean " in " The Vision " ; " Armour's the jewel for me o' them a' " he exclaims in " The Belles of Mauchline " ; in " The Lament " and in " The Farewell " he pours forth the anguish of his heart when separation threatened the lovers; the ardour of conjugal love breathes in the immortal verses of " 0, were i on Parnassus hill ! " and " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw "-rich tribute from a husband to a wife after they had come out of great tribulation. But very harrowing tribulation had to be faced before the lovers became husband and wife. At first, when the result of their intercourse became manifest, he drew back from the thought of marriage: " Against two things I am fix'd as Fate: staying at home, and owning her con jugally. The first, by Heaven I will not do! the last, by Hell I will never do ! " When better thoughts prevailed JEAN ARMOUR, 1765-1834- 29 he found Mr, Armour resolute against permitting marriage. Armour was a man of strict views; he knew tha;t Burns maintained an illegitimate daughter; he was doubtless in receipt of exaggerated reports about the poet's doings and opinions; and he was probably aware of the state of matters at Mossgiel : the £arm was not prospering and was not likely to prosper. Burns, though a hard and a good worker, gave little heed to the business side, which he left to Gilbert, and Gilbert's theory was better than his practice. There ensued a miserable time for Burns and Jean. All offers by Burns to apply himself at home or abroad to provide for a wife and children were thrust aside; in despair and anger he prepared to flee the country. Into the turmoil of his feelings came the tragic episode of " Highland Mary," to be followed by the triumphant success of the poems and the sudden emergence of the poet from obscurity to fame; and the urge to exile died away. Burns's distraction of mind and the mingled feelings to which it gave rise are known from his poems and letters, but one can only surmise what Jean was suffering. That, in spite of the line of action forced upon her by her parents, she remained deeply attached to Burns, is certain; there is no ground for R. L. Stevenson's state ment that "this facile and empty-headed girl had nothing more in view than a flirtation; and her heart, from the first and on to the end of her story, was engaged by another man." The evidence is all the other way; and, in particular, the record of her carriage throughout the period of her wifehood and widowhood destroys the picture of her as " a facile and empty-headed girl." It is clear also that, even in his wrath against the Armours and Jean herself-because she had yielded to her parents, amid all else that occupied his mind, including the " Highland Mary " episode, Burns was unable to tear the image of Jean from his heart. In his 30 JEAN ARMOUR, 1765-1834 exasperated state he may have rewritten the stanza m the " Address to the Deil " which originally ran: - " Lang syne in Eden's happy scene When strappin Adam's days were green, An' Eve was like my bonnie Jean- My dearest part, A dancin, sweet, young, handsome queen Wi' guileless heart " ; but within a few weeks after his romantic parting with "Highland Mary'! he wrote thus of Jean to David Brice:-" Never man lov'd, or rather ador'd, a woman more than I did her : and, to confess a truth between you and me, I do still love her to distraction after all .... I have tryed often to forget her: I have run into all kinds of dissipation and riot, Mason-meetings, drinking matches, and other mischief, to drive her out of my head, but all in vain." In August, 1786, Burns and Jean were publicly rebuked before the Mauchline congregation for their irregular connection. On 3rd September twin children were born; the Mossgiel family took charge of one, a boy, Robert; the mother's friends took charge of the other, a girl, Jean, who did not long survive. Return ing from his Edinburgh triumphs, crowned with the laurel of an acclaimed poet, Burns was received by the Armours after a very different fashion. There was no question now of opposition to his marriage with Jean; here was a prospective son-in-law, renowned and honoured, and in easy circumstances. Burns was dis gusted with what he looked on as servility. His feelings are easily understood, but so are theirs. Intimacy with Jean was renewed, and its consequences are stated by Burns in a letter to Robert Ainslie: " Jean I found banished like a martyr-forlorn, destitute, and friend less; all for the good old cause : I have reconciled her to her fate; I have reconciled her to her mother." But Burns had no intention of offering marriage; on the JEAN ARMOUR, 1765-1834- 31 contrary, he had taken from Jean a solemn promise "never to attempt any claim on me as a husband, even though anybody should persuade her she had such a claim, which she has not, neither during my life, nor after my death." Jean's father had expelled her from his house in the middle of winter, and she found shelter with Mrs. Muir, wife of the miller of Tarbolton; her own account is that her mother had warned her of her father's anger and advised her to prolong her visit to Mrs. Muir, and that there was no expulsion. Burns took a room for Jean in Mauchline, where, on 3rd March, 1788, twin girls were born; they lived only a few days. At this time Burns was contemplating leaving Mossgiel for Ellisland, and was also in active corre spondence with "Clarinda}' In April of 1788 he acknowledged Jean as his wife, and on 5th August following the marriage was confirmed by the Mauchline Kirk Session. As was perhaps natural, the Burns family disapproved of the marriage, and it has been suggested that Margaret Chalmers or " Clarinda " would have been a more ideal wife for a poet; but there was a worka day Burns who had to farm and to gauge, and it is more than doubtful whether either of these would have faced so successfully and cheerfully " the daily round, the common task," or tolerated with such unyielding good humour the poet's " thoughtless follies." Lockhart writes good sense on the subject: " It is . . . extremely doubtful that Burns ... could have found any high born maiden willing to partake such fortunes as his were likely to be, and yet possessed of such qualifications for making him a happy man as he had ready for his acceptance in his ' Bonny Jean.' " She had qualities that stood the strain of his waywardness and melancholy; and when Burns resolved to take up his duties as a husband he linked himself with one well fitted to join him in making " a happy fireside clime to weans and wife.'' The letters of Burns written round about this 32 JEAN ARMOUR, 1765-1834 time show that in the step he took he was guided by a sense of honour, genuine affection, and prudence. In a letter to Mrs. Dunlop, written on lOth July, 1788, he justifies Lockhart's view of the case: " Circumstanced as I am, I could never have got a female Partner for life who could have entered into my favorite studies, relished my favorite Authors, etc., without entailing on me, at the same time, expensive living, fantastic caprice, apish affectation, with all the other blessed, Boarding school acquirements, which ... are some times to be found among females of the upper ranks, but almost universally pervade the Misses of the Would-be-gentry." The sequel showed that he had been wise; Jean proved a good wife and a good mother. While Ellisland was being pr·epared for occupation, Burns and his wife took up residence in a house in Mauchline. (Through the generosity of the late Mr. Charles R. Cowie, of Partickhill, Glasgow, the property in a room of which they began housekeeping now belongs, with two adjacent buildings, to the Glasgow and District Burns Association, which has named them the '' Jean Armour Burns Houses.'') From June , to December of 1788 Burns was " eight or ten days at Mauchline and Ellisland alternately," while Jean, living in this room, was " regularly and constantly apprentice to Burns's Mother and sisters in their dairy and other rural business " at Mossgiel. In the first week of December Burns found temporary accommoda tion for his wife at a neighbouring farm, as the new house at Ellisland was not quite ready, and life on the banks of the Nith began; the poet's feelings on the occasion were expressed in the jaunty verses, " I hae a wife o' my ain." After a delay of six months the new house was ready for its inmates. Mrs. Burns had now entered on the full duties of housekeeping, and during the eight years of her married life the household was the scene of prudence and good management. JE..AN ARMOUR, 1765-1834 33 Jean Armour survived Burns for the long period of thirty-eight years, during which she bore herself with a quiet dignity and discharged the duties that fell upon her in the upbringing of her children in such a way as to command general esteem. Her countless visitors had occasion to admire her patience, even temper, and modesty; her children grew up in love and gratitude to her, and ready to help when help was needed. A public subscription and the profits of Dr. Currie's edition of the Works of Burns made a comfortable provision for her and her family; and, when he was in a position to do so, her son James-who had entered the service of the Hon. East India Company, in which he rose to be Lieutenant-Colonel-settled a liberal annuity on his mother. Throughout the years of wedlock and widow hood Mrs. Burns's life was of the strictest rectitude, she was regular in her attendance on divine ordinance, generous to an extent surprising in view of her limited resources, and ever marked by that independence which was dear to her husband and long one of the best tradi- . tions of Scotland. If one were to seek for a brief memorial of "Bonnie Jean," it might be found in the words of Burns: - " The heart ay's the part ay That makes us right or wrang/' At her death on 26th March, 1834, the respect in which she had been held was manifest in the imposing cere monial of her funeral and in the profound interest and sympathy of the general public, recorded by John M'Diarmid in articles which ·he contributed to the Dumfries Courier, and which are reprinted in part on the following pages. A. M. WILLIAMS. 0 DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS These notes form a portion of two articles which were contributed to the Dumfries Cowrier by its Editor, John M'Diarmid, on the occasion of the death of the poet's widow in 1834. The articles were after wards printed in pamphlet form; and our extracts are reprinted, by permission of the Trustees, from a copy of the pamphlet pre served in the Museum of the Burns Cottage at Alloway. At a late hour of the night of Wednesday, the 26th March, or rather as it was just about to close, the world and its concerns closed for ever on Mrs. Jean .Armour, the venerable relict of the poet Burns. On the Saturday preceding she was seized with paralysis, for the fourth time during the last few years; and, although perfectly conscious of her situation and the presence of :friends, became deprived, before she could be removed to bed, of the faculty of speech and, a day or two there after, of the sense of hearing. Still she lay wonderfully calm and composed, and, in the opinion of her medical attendant, suffered from weakness rather than from pain. Frequently she gazed with the greatest earnestness on her grand-daughter, Sarah; and it was easy to read what was passing within, from the tears that filled her aged eyes and trickled down her cheeks. To another individual she directed looks so eager and full of mean ing as to impress him with the idea that she had some dying request to make, and deeply regretted that it was too late; for, even if her salvation had depended on the exertion, she was unfortunately incapacitated from utter ing a syllable, guiding a pen, or even making an intelligible sign. The mind, in her case, survived the body; and this, perhaps, was the only painful circum stance attending her death-bed, considering how DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS 35 admirable her conduct had always been, her general health so sound, her span protracted beyond the common lot, her character for prudence and piety so well .established, and her situation in life every way so com fortable. On the night of Tuesday, or morning of Wednesday, a fifth shock, unperceived by the attendants, deprived Mrs. Burns of mental consciousness, and from that time till the hour of her death her situation was exactly that of a breathing corpse. And thus passed away all that remained of" bonny Jean," the relict of a man whose fame is as wide as the world itself, and the venerated heroine of many a lay which bid fair to live in the memories of the people of Scotland, and of thousands far removed from its shores, as long as the language in which they are written is spoken or under stood. The deceased was born at Mauchline in February, 1765, and had thus entered the seventieth year of her age. Her father was an industrious master mason, in good employment, who enjoyed the esteem of the gentry and others within the district, and reared the numerous family of eleven sons and daughters, four of whom still survive, viz., Robert, a respectable merchant in London; James, who resides in the town of Paisley; Mrs. Lees and Mrs. Brown. The alleged circumstances attending Mrs. Burns' union with the bard are well known, and may be dismissed with the remark that we have good authority for saying that they have been incorrectly narrated by nearly every writer who has touched upon the subject. To the poet, Jean Armour bore a family of five sons and four daughters. The whole of the latter died in early life, and were interred in the cemetery of their maternal grandfather in Mauchline churchyard. Of the sons, two died very young, viz., Francis Wallace and Maxwell Burns, the last of whom was a posthumous child, born the very day his father was buried. Of the said family <>f nine, three sons alone survive-Robert, the eldest, a 36 DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS retired officer of the Accomptant-General's Department, Stamp-Office, London, now in Dumfries; and William and James Glencairn Burns, Captains in the Hon. the East India Company's Service. Shortly after her husband's death Mrs. Burns had a very remarkable dream, which she sometimes spoke of to her more intimate female friends as a circumstance not only most vividly imprinted on the memory, but more prominently placed before the eye of the mind than anything that ever occurred to her during her waking moments. And it was to this effect-that the poet, or rather his spirit, withdrew her curtains and, after gazing wistfully and solemnly, said "that he had been permitted to take a last look of his widow and the child he had never before seen." The bare mention of such a circumstance may to many appear abundantly idle; and we of course merely allude to it as an impression rootedly entwined with our departed friend's memory, who was by no means a superstitious woman. We pass the funeral of Robert Burns as a matter that belongs to biographical history. It is certain he left his family poor (and how could it be otherwise?); but it is not true, as Collector Findlater has most successfully shown, that they were in immediate want or lacked any necessary comfort. The Relief Fund annuity of an Exciseman's widow is known to be small (now, we believe, about £12 per annum); but providence, shortly after the husband and father's decease, raised to the family many valuable friends. Passing E)xigencies were supplied from this honourable source; and no lengthened period elapsed until the active and disinterested bene volence of Dr. Currie, in conjunction with his excellent talents, placed at the feet of the family, to the great delight of the people of Scotland, very nearly £2,000 sterling, in. name of profits arising from the Liverpool edition of the poet's works. The Poet died in 1796, and up to 1818 his widow's in.come exceeded not, if it DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS 37 equalled, sixty pounds per annum. But on this sum, small as it may appear, she contrived to maintain a decent appearance, was never known to be in debt or wanting in charity-so unaspiring were her ambition and views) and undeviating her prudence, economy and frugality. At the period just mentioned, Captain James Glencairn Burns wrote in breathless haste from India, to say that, having obtained promotion, through the kindness of the Marquis of Hastings, he had been enabled to set apart £150 yearly for the uses of his mother, and, as an earnest of affection, transmitted a draft for £75. And it is due to this gentleman to say that from first to last, including some assistance from his brother and allowances for his infant daughter Sarah, he remitted his mother in all the handsome sum of £2,400 sterling. Leave of absence and some other circumstances at length impaired the means, and changed the fortunes, of the individual alluded to; but Captain William Burns later in life very cheerfully took his brother's place, and discharged, with equal promptitude, generosity and affection, duties dear to the best and kindliest feelings of our nature. In this-way, for sixteen years at the least, Mrs. Burns enjoyed an income of £200 per annum-a change of fortune which enabled her to add many -comforts to her decent domicile, watch over the education of a favourite grandchild, and exercise on a broader scale the Christian duty of charity, which she did the more efficiently by acting in most cases as her own almoner. It is generally known that Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop was the first efficient patroness of Robert Burns. Of the accuracy of this fact his writings furnish the most undoubted proofs; and it would appear that her children inherited her feelings, and spread the same mantle of friendship over the poet's family. For a greater number -0£ years than our memory can trace Mrs. Burns dined every Sunday, after attending divine service in St. 38 DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS Michael's Church_, with the late Mrs. Perochon, the eldest daughter of Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop; and was noticed and patronised in the most flattering manner by various living members of the same ancient family, wh°' might feel offended did we dare to record all we happen to know of their exertions in a cause which Scotsmen,. wherever situated, are prone to identify with the land of their birth. The term of Mrs. Burns' widowhood extended t(} thirty-eight years, in itself rather an unusual circum stance; and in July, 1796, when the bereavement occurred, she was but little beyond the age at which the majority of females marry. But she had too much respect for the memory of her husband, and regard for his children, to think of changing her name, although she might have done so more than once, with advantage; and was even careful to secure on lease, and repair and embellish, as soon as she could afford it, the decent though modest mansion in which he died. .A.nd here, for more than thirty years, she was visited by thousands. on thousands of strangers, from the Peer down t<> itinerant sonnetteers-a class of persons to whom she never refused an audience or dismissed unrewarded .. Occasionally during the summer months she was a good deal annoyed; but she bore all in patience, and, although naturally fond of quiet, seemed to consider her house as open to visitors, and its mistress in some degree the property of the public. But the attentions of strangers neither turned her head nor were ever alluded to in the spirit of boasting; and had it not been for a female friend who accompanied her on one occasion to the King's Arms Inn, to meet, by invitation, the Marchioness of Hastings> no one would have known that that excellent lady directed the present Marquis, who was then a boy, t0> present Mrs. Burns with a glass of wine, and at the same time remarked that " he should consider himself very highly honoured, and cherish the recollection of having DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS 39 met the poet's widow, as long as he lived.'! Hers, in short, was one of those well-balanced minds that cling instinctively to propriety and a medium in all things; and such as knew the deceased, earliest and latest, were unconscious of any change in her demeanour and habits, excepting perhaps greater attention to dress and more refinement of manner, insensibly acquired by frequent intercourse with families of the first respectability. In her tastes she was frugal, simple and pure; and delighted in music, pictures and flowers. In spring and summer it was impossible to pass her windows without being struck with the beauty of the floral treasures they contained; and if extravagant in any thing, it was in the article of roots and plants of the finest sorts. Fond of the society of young people, she mingled as long as able in their innocent pleasures, and cheerfully filled for them the cup "which cheers but not inebriates." Although neither a sentimentalist nor a " blue stocking," she was a clever woman, possessed great shrewdness, discrimi nated character admirably, and frequently made very pithy remarks; and were this the proper place for such a detail, proofs of what is stated might easily be adduced. When young she must have been a handsome, comely woman, if not indeed a beauty, when the poet saw her for the first time on a bleach-green at Mauchline, engaged like Peggy and Jenny at Habbie's Howe. Her limbs were cast in the finest mould; and up to middle life her jet-black eyes were clear and sparkling, her carriage easy, and her step light. The writer of the present sketch never saw Mrs. Burns dance nor heard her sing; but he has learnt from others that she moved with great grace on the floor, and chaunted her "wood notes wild " in a style but rarely equalled by unpro fessional singers. Her voice was a brilliant treble, and in singing " Coollen," " I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen," and other songs, she rose without effort as high as B natural. In ballad poetry her taste was good, and range 40 DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS of reading rather extensive. Her memory, too, was strong, and she could quote when she chose at consider able length and with. great aptitude. Of these powers the bard was so well aware that he read to her almost every piece he composed, and was not ashamed to own that he had profited by her judgment. In fact, none save relations, neighbours and friends could form a proper estimate of the character of Mrs. Burns. In the presence of strangers she was shy and silent, and required to be drawn out or, as some would say, shewn off to advantage, by persons who possessed her confidence and knew her intimately. But we have, perhaps, said enough, considering the ephemeral character of a newspaper; and although our heart has been thrown into our words, the portrait given is so strictly true to nature that we conclude by saying, in the spirit of a friendship not of yesterday-peace to the manes, and honour to the memory, of bonny Jean! FUNERAL OF MRS. BURNS The remains of Mrs. Burns were interred in the family vault on Tuesday, the lst April, with all the solemnity the occasion demanded, in presence of an immense crowd of spectators. Independently of the Bard's Mausoleum, St. Michael's churchyard is, perhaps, the most remarkable cemetery in Britain; amidst innumerable tombs thousands on thousands sleep below; and on the day alluded to public interest or curiosity waxed so intensely that it became, if such an expression may be used, instinct with life as well as death. By many a strong wish was expressed that the funeral should be made broadly public; others again objected to every thing like parade, as unsuited to the quiet retiring character of the deceased ; and amidst counsels and wishes so opposite and conflicting, the relatives and executors had a duty to discharge which was felt to be exceedingly onerous and perplexing. The Magistrates and Com- DEATH AND CHARACTER OF MRS. BURNS 41 missioners of Police politely offered to mark their respect for Mrs. Burns' memory by attending her funeral in their public capacity, an offer so honourable that it was at once acknowledged and acceded to by the trustees. But .something more was wanted, in the opinion of at least a portion of the public; and as the street in which the deceased resided is short, narrow, and situated so near to the church-yard as to injure the appearance of any procession, it was anxiously asked that the coffin should be conveyed in a hearse to the Council Chambers stairs, and from thence carried shoulder-high along the line of the principal street. On reflection, however, it was deemed better that the living should go to the dead, than the dead to the living. The Magistrates agreed in the propriety of this, and issued cards to the whole of the Council appointing a meeting at half-past eleven on the morning of Tuesday, at which hour they assembled, and shortly after moved in a body to Burns'-street, amidst a throng of people (many of whom had voluntarily arrayed themselves in sables) such as has rarely been witnessed on the streets of Dumfries. Between two and three hundred funeral letters were issued in compliance with the usual custom; and in this way, while the private feelings of friends were conciliated, the public were gratified in as far as was deemed consistent with the rules of decorum. As many persons were received into the house as it could possibly contain, inclu In the Edinburgh Evening Courant of Thursday,. 8th March, 1792, appeared the following item of news: - " On Wednesday last the revenue officers from Dumfries, assisted by a strong party of the 3d regiment of dragoons, seized a fine large smuggling vessed at Sarkfoot,2 provided with a number of men, swivel guns, and other arms. They had effected a safe landing of the whole cargo the Monday evening before. Upon the officers and the military proceed ing towards the vessel, which they did in a martial and determined manner, over a broad space of deep water, the smugglers had the audacity to fire upon them from their swivel guns, loaded with grape shot; but the vessel ·(owing to her construction) lay in such a situation as prevented their having a direction with effect. At last, however, see ing the determined measures that were adopting, they all deserted the vessel. Mr. Manly, the quarter-master wh<> commanded, behaved with much resolution and propriety, and the whole party followed his example. " 3 The name of the smuggling vessel is not recorded in this paragraph, nor is the name of Robert Burns mentioned. But there can be no doubt that the vessel was the "Rosamond," in the capture of which Burns played a prominent part. The poet's share in the incident was first described in Lockhart's Life of Robert Burns, published in 1828. 4 "At that period [1792]," wrote Lockhart, "a great deal of contraband traffic, chiefly from the Isle of Man, was going on along the coasts of Galloway and Ayrshire, and the whole of the revenue officers from Gretna to Dumfries were placed under the orders of a superintendent residing in Annan, who exerted himself zealously in intercepting the descent of the smuggling vessels. On the 27th of February a suspicious-looking brig was discovered in the Solway Frith, and Burns was one of -the party whom the superintendent conducted to watch her motions. She got into shallow water the day afterwards, and the officers were enabled to discover that her crew were numerous, armed, and not likety t<> yield without a struggle. Lewars, a brother exciseman, an 44 BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND intimate friend of our poet, was accordingly sent to Dumfries for a guard of dragoons; the superintendent, Mr. Crawford, proceeded himself on a similar errand to Ecclefechan, and Burns was left with some men under his orders, to watch the brig and prevent landing or escape. From the private journal of one of the excisemen (now in my hands), it appears that Burns manifested considerable impatience while thus occupied, being left for many hours in a wet salt marsh, with a force which he knew to be inadequate for the purpose it was meant to fulfil. One of his comrades hear ing him abuse his friend Lewars in particular, for being slow about his journey, the man answered that he also wished the devil had him for his pains, and that Burns, in the mean time, would do well to indite a song upon the sluggard: Burns said nothing; but after taking a few strides by himself among the reeds and shingle, rejoined his party, and chanted to them the well-known ditty, ' The Deil's run awa' wi' the Exciseman.' Lewars arrived shortly afterwards with his dragoons; and Burns, putting himself at their head, waded, sword in hand, to the brig, and was the first to board her. The crew lost heart, and submitted, though their numbers were greater than those of the assailing force. The vessel was condemned, and, with all her arms and stores, sold by auction next day at Dumfries: upon which occasion Burns, whose behaviour had been highly commended, thought fit to purchase four carronades, by way of trophy. But his glee went a step farther ;-he sent the guns, with a letter, to the French Convention, requesting that body to accept of them as a mark of his admiration and respect. The present, and its accompaniment, were intercepted at the custom-house at Dover." The first to cast doubt on this story was Allan Cunningham. In the " Life " of Burns prefixed to his edition of the poet's Works (1834), he wrote: " That the smuggler was captured chiefly by the bravery of Burns I have been often told; but I never heard it added that he purchased her guns and sent them to the Directory [sic J ''. 5 Lockhart had given as his authority " the private journal of one of the excisemen [John Lewars J, now in my hands," but it was not disclosed until much later that for this and other documents he had been indebted to Joseph Train, the Supervisor of Excise at Castle BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND 45 Douglas. Train is better known as the enthusiastic antiquary who supplied Sir Walter Scott (whom he always addressed as " Revered Sir Walter") with the story of Meg Merrilees, and other suggestions, for the Waverley Novels. In an unpublished letter to Lock hart, dated 28th September, 1834, among the Abbots ford Collection-acquired by the National Library of Scotland owing to the generous terms of Maj or-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Bart.-Train refers to -1 Cunningham's scepticism regarding the purchase of the I cannon. " Mrs Burns, however, before her death," wrote Train, " publicly admitted the truth of these statements which Mr. Cunningham has thought fit to discard, and she also contradicted :flatly (as our friend M'Diarmid knows) many of his statements relating to. her illustrious partner,-and she had ample room. It is well known Allan can fib." Dr. James Currie in his " Life " of Burns-prefixed to his edition of the poet's Works (1800)-did not mention the incident; but in the composite edition of the poet's Works published by Blackie & Son (Glasgow) in 1843-44 the story was dealt with in an appendix, and afterwards incorporated in Robert Chambers's Life and works of Burns (1851-52). In Blackie's edition Lock hart's account is reprinted, together with a letter (undated) addressed by Train to Robert Carruthers of the ln'l•erness Courie1·. 6 In this letter Train stated that Lockhart's account was based on (1) the original diary of a Mr. Walter Crawford, a riding officer of the Excise, who was present at the seizure of the brig; (2) an account of the seizure and sale of the vessel in the handwriting of Burns him self; and (3) a document written by Mr. John Lewars, who also was present at the capture, " detailing the· circumstance of Burns having purchased the four carronades at the sale.!' These documents Train states he acquired from. 46 BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND Lewars's widow, and " in 1828 [heJ placed them in the hands of Sir Walter Scott, whose son-in-law, Mr. Lockhart, was then preparing his life of Burns for the press." Sir Walter, unable to trace any acknow ledgment of the guns in the Moniteur, the French official newspaper of the time, " applied to the Custom House authorities, who, after considerable search, found that they had been seized at the port of Dover, as stated by Mr. Lewars in his memorandum." In spite of such specific details, doubts continued to be thrown on the good faith of Train, and, by inference, -0f both Lockhart and Scott. For it was Lockhart who first published the statement that the carronades were seized at Dover, a fact which, according to Train, had been confirmed by Sir Walter. The latter, as the un published correspondence in the National Library shows, took a keen interest in the progress of his son-in-law's Life of Burns, and he records in his Journal the pleasure with which he read it (29th May, 1828). It is difficult to conceive any reason why Lockhart should have invented the story, or why Sir vValter should have -condoned its fabrication. Yet in 1882 William Scott Douglas, editor of Burns and of Lockhart, was still sceptical. In his edition of Lockhart's Life of Burns he expressed the hope that " this ' private journal ' and relative productions in support of so incredible a story are still in existence at Abbotsford "; and in an additional footnote he averred that "the man [Train] who could, for Sir Walter's delectation, manufacture so plausible a myth about "' Mollance Meg ' would have no difficulty in fabricating ihe story of Burns's ' four carronades.' " 7 Burns's latest and most accurate biographer, Mr. 1F. B. Snyder, declares of Lockhart's account that " no more picturesque legend was ever invented by the in :genious brain of a romantic biographer . . . The whole thing would do full justice to Gilbert and BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND 47 Sullivan . . . The brig Rosamond affair should be absolutely deleted from any account of Burns's life."8 Unfortunately for this sceptical dogmatist, two of the documents given by Train to Sir Walter have been identified among the mass of miscellaneous papers in the Abbotsford Collection-as Scott Douglas had ironically suggested - now being catalogued in the National Library of Scotland. They are docketed: " Mr. Crawfurd's Journal for Feb. 1792-with all the Papers Respecting the Capture & Sale of the Rossamon[d]." The first is Crawfurd's Journal (consisting of eleven written pages), begun on 12th January, 1792, the day on which he commenced his duties as Riding Officer at Dumfries. The entries show that he was active in patrol ling his district; but for a time they normally end with the words "saw nothing." From 26th February they become more exciting: - " 26 E[ vening] 4 [o'clock] Gone to Dumfries to acquent the Supervisor and Officers that a landing [of smugglers] was expected that week, In the mean time having left a per son in whom I could thorowghly confide to ride Express to me on the first appearance of a landing for which lie was delligently to watch. " 27 E 11 My Express arrived informing me that a landing was making or about to be made, on which I set off with Mr Lewars directly, leaving Messrs. Burns, Penn & Ranking to follow as fast as possible. " By the 28 m[ orning] 5 arrived at Annan and im mediatly sett out with the Party of Dragoons, Searched Mr M'Dowall's [a notorious smuggler] and most of the Smuglers house[ s J between that and the Shore, and about Noon Rode down to the shore where I was informed that the Vassal could not gett off for want of Watter. I made an attempt to Board her with the Millitary But when wee offered to a pp [ r] och her they hailed ws that they would fire on us if wee app[ r ]oohed any farther. " As my Party had only Pistols and were but few in number and a great number of men appearing to be on Deck I stoped the Soldiery and riding up to the Vessal allone asked liberty to Come on board which after some altercation they granted. I Boarded her and found Twenty four men under arms with fifteen round of shott each. " I returned to shore and consulting with the Officers 48 BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND and Millitary wee agread that greater force would be absolutly necessary, In consequence of which Mr Lewars sett off for Dumfries to Bring Twenty four more Dragoons while I went to Ecclefechan for the Party there with which I patroled the roads till the arrivall of Mr. Lewars with the additionall force from Dumfries. " On the 29 m[ orning] 9 wee approched the Vessall with the following force, Dragoons from Dumfries Twenty Three, Annan Thirteen, Ecclefechan Eight, in all Forty four fully accoutered and on horse-back. The vessal having fallen down the Sollway Firth abouth a mill [sic] from where she was yesterday and being about a mile within sea mark, most of which space being covered with watter, and a very heavy Currant running between us and the Vessel we deemed it imposible to get at her either on foott or on horseback, so we aggread to search the coast for Boats in which to board her. But the Country People guessing our design got the start of us and staved every Boat on the Coast before we Could reach them, the vessel in the mean time keeping up a fire of grape shott and musquetry, we resolved as last resource to attempt the passage on foott as the quick sands made the ridding on horseback dangerous or rather im possible. " Wee drew up the Millitary in three divisions determined to approch her & attact [sic] her if the s[t]ream was foard able, one party fore and aft and the Third on her Broadside, The first party being Commanded by Quarter Master Manly, the Second by my self and the Third led by Mr Burns. " Our orders to the Millitary were to reserve there fire till within eight yards of the vessel, then to pour a volley and board her with sword & Pistol. The vessel keept on firing thou without any damage to us, as from the situation of the ship they could not bring their great guns to bear on us, we in the mean time wading breast high, and in Justice to the party under my Command I must say with great alacrity; by the time we were within one hundred yards of the vessel the Crew gave up the cause, gott over side towards England which shore was for a long long way dry sand. As I still supposed that there were only Country people they were putting ashore and that the Crew were keeping under Cover to make a more vigourous immediate resistance, we marched up as first concerted, but found the vessel compleatly evacuuated [sic] both of the Crew and every movable on board except as per inventory, the Smugglers as their last instance of vengen[c]e having poured a six-pounder Car ronade through her Broadside. She proved to be the Roseo mond of Plymouth, Alexander Patty Master, and about one hundred tons burthen, schooner r[igged]." BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND 49 Here the journal ends, the last quarter of the leaf having become decayed at the folding and fallen off. The second document, consisting of two pages written on the back of blank Excise receipt forms, is in Burns's autograph (with the exception of the last entry, two corrections, and the prices-all of which are in Craw furd's hand), and contains a list of the expenses incurred in watching the captured vessel and repairing it for sale. Three of the fourteen entries read : - " To two Carpenters empld. 11 days & four Seamen empld. nine days...... [ £] 8. 18 " N B before the Smugglers quitted the vessel, they poured a carronade down through her broadside; besides, the incessant rains brought down such a land flood that strained her in all parts & started many of her timbers, & pooled the sand so much from below her side that it was with the utmost difficulty & all the exertion of every one aboard at the pump, &c. that she was kept f .:>m filling at the hatchways untill a spring-tide should come, which alone could float her " To maintenance for the 11shermen, seamen, carpenters, & sixteen dragoons, before she floated out of the firth; besides always one, & often two, Excise Offrs. aboard ..... [ £] 17. 10 " N B the vessel, to those that knew the ground, was easily approachable on foot every ebb, & we had the best reason to believe that a deforcement of the vessel was intended & determined on. "To advertising in the Edinr., D.f.s. [Dumfries] & Whitehaven Newspapers ...... [£] 1. 2. O." A third document (three written pages), apparently in John Lewars's hand, is endorsed " Inventory of the Rosamond & Furniture." It consists of the following written advertisement, prepared for the press:- ADVERTISEMENT. SHIP TO BE SOLD. On thursday the 19th Curt. [April] There is to be sold by publick roup in the Coffee house, Dumfries, the Schooner RosAMOND of PLYMOUTH, lately seized in the Solway Firth, as she lies at Kelton, burden about 70 Tons. D BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND The Vessel with an excellent long boat rigging & Cables (entirely new) will be set up in whole or in lots as purchasers shall incline. The Ship &c. may be seen any time prior to the day of sale on applying to the Collector of Excise in Dumfries. The Roup to begin at Six oClock afternoon. INVENTORY OF THE SAILS RIGGING &c., OF THE SCHOONER ROSAMOND. Hull and standing Rigging Compleat [ 53 items follow J. Four four Pounders Carronade Guns mounted on Carriages with takle and furniture compleat Round Carr double headed & Grape Shot &c. &c. &c. The summary of the proceeds of the sale is as follows:- 9 Hundred Wt of .Anchors @ £1/5 - £11.. 5. 0 9 ,, ,, of Cables @ £1. 1. 0 9. 9. 0 3~ ,, ,, of Hauser @ shlO/ - 1. 15. 0 12 ,, ,, of Rigging @ shl5/ - 9. 0. 0 33 ,, ,, of Guns @ sh2/6 - 4. 2. 6 1200 yds. of Sail avd @ 6/l [6!d] Pr [yd.] 31. 5. 0 £66. 16. 6 Hull & masts - 30. 0. 0 Yards, &c. 2. 0. 0 £98. 16. 6 Premium 68. 0. 0 £166. 16. 6 From this total (as is shown in pencilled figures) there would be deducted £45 15s. 4d., being the amount of the expenses of the re-fitting, etc., detailed by Burns. The net proceeds were therefore £121 ls. 2d., but the shares of Burns and his fellow excisemen are not stated in the document. Lewars's Journal, which, according to Lockhart and Train, recorded Burns's purchase of the carronades9 and their despatch to France, has not come to light ;10 but these three manuscripts in the Abbotsford Collection BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND 51 afford strong presumptive proof that it also was handed by Train to Sir Walter. Be that as it may, the Rosa mond affair can no longer be " absolutely deleted from .any account of Burns's life." HENRY W. MEIKLE. NOTES. 1. Reprinted, with additional matter, from the Scotsman :and the Glasgow Herald of llth November, 1932, by kind permission of the Editors. The article formed the substance -0f a paper read at a meeting of the Edinburgh Biblio graphical Society on lOth November. 2. " Sark-foot, in the Shire of Dumfries, and in the Parish of Graitney [Gretna]. This is a small Village, -situate at the confluence of the river Sark with the Solway Firth, and has a good Harbour, which admits vessels of 120 ions burden " ... -A topographical dictionary of Scot land, by Nicholas Carlisle. (London, 1813, 2 vols.) 3. Similar but briefer accounts appeared in the Glasgow Mercwry, 6th-13th March; Glasgow Courier, lOth March; .and Edinburgh Advertiser, 6th-9th March. For these and -other references I am much indebted to Mr. J. C. Ewing. 4. Constable's Miscellany ed., pp. 218-19. 5. Works of Robert Burns; with his life (London, 1834, -8 vols.) : vol. I, pp. 284-85. 6. Vol. I, pp. ccxlii-xliv. 7. Life of Robert Burns, by J. G. Lockhart; revised by William Scott Douglas (London, 1882) : pp. 228-30. 8. Life of Robert Burns, by Franklyn Bliss Snyder (New York, 1932): pp. 395-97. 9. Chambers in his Life and works of Robert Bwrns wrote:-" In the sale-catalogue, in Burns's handwriting, which Mr. Train possesses, the poet enters himself as the purchaser of the four guns for .£3." (1851-52 ed., vol. Ill, p. 225.) This is taken from the edition of the Works of Robert Burns published by Blackie & Son in 1843-44, vol. I, p. ccxlii, note. Train died in December, 1852. 52 BURNS AND THE ROSAMOND 10. Mr. B. R. Leftwich, Librarian of the Custom House, London, kindly looked through the correspondence of the Scottish Board with the Treasury, but found no reference to Burns sending the carronades to France. At his request, the Collector of the Customs and Excise at Dover was good enough to make a careful examination of the surviving re?ords at that port. He also found no mention of the seizure. The Curator of the Historical Department of H.M. Register House, Edinburgh, kindly informs me that a cursory examination of the Customs and Excise papers relating to Scotland proved equally fruitless. A fuller and more exhaustive search must await the proper arrangement of these papers. CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN SYME AND" ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, 1789-1811. The discovery of a series of letters addressed to Alexander Cunningham by John Syme of Dumfries was Qne of the results of a search that was made for material towards the preparation of the article on Cunningham " Burns's principal Edinburgh friend " - which .appeared in the 1933 issue of this annual. The letters, ninety in number and written between the years 1786 and 1811, had lain for over a century among the Cunningham family papers. None of them had ever been printed. By the kind permission of the representatives of the family, the portions of the letters which are of interest to readers and students of Burns will be reproduced in the Burns Chronicle. From another source there will be incorporated, in chronological order, a portion of the Qther side of the correspondence. These letters-written by one intimate friend of Burns at Dumfries to another no less intimate at Edin burgh-form a notable addition to our knowledge of Burns's life in Dumfriesshire and also of his post humous history, especially the years immediately follow ing his death. The first instalment of the correspondence-the letters written between January of 1789 and February -0f 1196-is given in this issue. Two letters of earlier date are not of Burns interest. J. C. E. JOHN SYME TO ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM Barcailzie, 5 January 1789 ... I called at post office, Dumfries, last Saturday, and enquired for the letter you mentioned (to Burns). I was 54 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE told he called himself every week and got every letter that came for him. Indeed, to make sure, the Clerk searched the Box, but no such letter was in the office. I have been once or twice in company with Burns, and admire him much. About a year ago he and I got almost tipsey at Tinwald Downs. I have not met him since, but I dare say he remembers our last meeting. I missed a meeting with him last Friday at Dumfries, where he played a. Bonespeel with the Curlers there, and enlivened their Beef and Kail and Tody till the small hours of Saturday morning. I was engaged in that Bonespeel, but an unlooked for occurrence called me out of Town, to my great morti fication ... II Barncailzie, 11 September 1790 ... I address this to your domicil in St. James's Square .. Do you know I breakfasted ten days ago with Burns at Elliesland, and saw for the first time his "Bonny Jean." Methinks he has exhibited his poetical genius when he cele brated her, but let me not be rash. I saw her, but I was in her company at breakfast only, and only an hour. Burns is a noble fellow. He is, to my great sorry, to quit this corner of Scotland. He says he is immediately to be promoted in the Excise line. The remainder of that day and part of another day I pass'd very agreeably in company with Mr. Grose, the antiquity man. He is a most entertaining gentleman-a character. I had the honour of pleasing him somehow, and we have since travell'd together-a-drawing of old Castles. I am a dauber at landskips III [Dumfries,] 2 August 1791 I had a good deal of talk about you eight days ago_ I dined with Burns and a companion of his, whom he intro duced with the twofold design of adding to my pleasure and interest. The former I experienced at the meeting-the latter, you will suppose, could never succeed : for your notions, I presume, are that a person cannot prove agreeable in these two respects-pleasure and interest. No matter-away with casuistry. And as to the Man's name, it is Findlater. That's all at present. Well: we talked a great deal on those subjects which you may suppose. These could not be discussed with- SY.ME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 55 out A.C.'s name being associated. They were subjects embracing taste, sensibility, &c. Barbarous for me to add that I drank almost 2 bottles of port IV [Addressed to Cunningham at " Allan's Close "] Gatehouse, 31 August 1791 .. I saw your friend Burns within this fortnight past. He had promised to take a tour round Galloway with me. I could have promised him a certain pleasure at many places, but he is so occupied that he could not make it out. I fear we will not long enjoy the feast which his society never fails to give us in this quarter. He said as much as implied he was soon going away for good and all from Dumfries shire. I have not been half satisfied with his company-indeed I never would, I believe--but I mean I have but very seldom had the precious opportunities of enjoy ing his company. He always improved and brightened the longer I saw him. So greedy am I, that my wish would be at least a week's close sojournment with him-a week's jaunt with Burns and you ! I I Lord ! what would I not do to have such felicity . . . v Barncailzie, 6 November 1791 ... I formerly heard of your purchase of Dullater, and congratulate you on the acquisition, as I may almost call it . . . Alas for me now. The casualties of human affairs have put an end to all my Castles. Instead of that life which I always reckoned delightful, instead of rural retirement and country occupation, I must soon mix with the noise and filth of a Town and become a Tax [gatherer]. But I must submit with as much philosophy as [I can] command . . . VI Dumfries, 3 June 1792 Burns told me of your having entered into the holy Bonds . . . I have had six weeks most disagreeable employ ment-that of preparing to fiitt, and actually leaving my late residence at Barncailzie--settling all my country affairs and constraining my nature to accommodate itself with the con tingencies of Dumfries. But of this no more: suffice it to say I have left my Home at Barncailzie for ever. So Fate ordained, and I must submit with the best grace I can . . . 56 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE Did you know of my having purchased a small croft or park near this town 1 It is so. I was forced to buy it by the urgency of one or two friends who first cautioned its price, and then advanced the money for paying it. It contains about 23 acres-beautifully situated on the Galloway side of the Nith. I have already put up a "wee bit bigging" consisting of a room 14 by 12 feet, sleeping closet 8 square, a kitchen and some sort of garrets for Servants apartments ... This is a comfort to me. It will be a refuge from the frivolous and dissipated Society of this town, which I dreaded to encounter ... I see Burns frequently, and love him more and more. We always bring you before us. Burns accuses himself of ingratitude in not having lately written to you VII ( Addreaaed to Cunningham at 46 S. Hanover Street, Edinburgh] Dumfries, 30 July 1792 . . . Glenriddle delivered yours of 5th, inclosing the Ode on Spring by Miss C. It is surely pretty . . . The former ode--" The tears I shed must ever fall "-is inserted in Burns last publication of Songs set to music. I saw the proof copy. He has added one verse which I think is equal to any one of the original. As to Burns. You do not feel more from the supposition or Jealousy (for that is unbanish able from Love) of his having neglected or forgotten you than he does from the idea that his silence must seem ingrate ful. I accused him frequently for not writing you, and each time he felt a pang. He declares feelingly that he has constantly been upbraided by his heart and conscience, but that he will immediately endeavour to obtain your mercy ... We dine together at an agreeable house with agreeable company tomorrow. I must sometime soon send you a parcel of fugitive pieces which I have got from various private friends-some of the authors or authoresses unknown-for, do you know, I am a sort of receiver general of these things ... VIII [ AM!reaaed to Cunningham at 37 George Street, Edinburgh] Dumfries, 8 May 1793 I will take the opportunity of our friend Glenriddle to send you these lines . . . I leave to Glenriddle to expatiate on the nouvelles of this part of the world, but I dare say . . . Our friend Burns and I frequently meet--he is hitting SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 57 off now and then several sweet songs on the Beauties of Dumfries and several bitter epigrams on the Boars of do. I get the latter in the first instance from him. Could you take a peep at my Cottage or make a tangent there in any of your jaunts, I should shew you several things of the above description. Pray how is your paper miln or manufactory proceedingt I long to put pen to the paper of it. My incumbent in the Stamp Office is going to the Land of last Duties, and it will then be incumbent on me to enter into full pay, which will enable me to live better than I have been able to do hitherto. I dare say Mr. Maxwell will not be above ground eight days from this date. I don't know if you ever saw my half-sister, Mrs. Maxwell, who is the widow o_f Terraughty's second son. She was left with five children and with scarce bare . . . rpart torn away, at seal.] We are applying to the Writers' fund for a small annuity to her, the daughter of a Writer to the Signet, Craigdarroch takes charge of the petition . . . IX Dumfries, 30 September 1793 By this opportunity I shall return you Hope's narra tive and Drs. Gregory and Hamilton's publication ... Burns did not desire to read it, as he said he had such an esteem for both the professors that he wished not to know how the one was criminating and recriminating the other. Burns is to be at my Cottage some of these days, when I am to get some choice things from him. I gave him your letter, but I have scarcely spoken a sentence to him this month past- indeed I have been scarcely in the way of speaking to any body. I gladly acknowledge that to you I am indebted for all the pleasure I have so abundantly enjoyed in the intimacy I maintain with Burns. Were it not his presence, I should -feel a dreary blank in the society of this town. I will not even hint a sketch of the general character of its citizens. However, I dare say, when Burns retires, or is -called away from it, He will leave his compliments to it in a marked manner . . . P.S.-My wee bit cottage and croft is called Rye-dale x Ryedale, 9 December 1793 I did not return from the country, where I had been for :a day or two, till after post hour yesterday, so that I could not possibly give you an answer sooner. I went last night to 58 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE the Bard's house, and found him reading a volume like the Bible. He was in good health and spirits. I read him yours. There is a cause for every thing, if we could but know it, said a shrewd old country Carle in my late neighbourhood. Burns thinks he has some cause for his silence-he is, howeYer, to write you soon. In the mean time, from what he mentioned cursorily, I take it he is not in good humour on account of Urbani and you or Mr. G. Thomson having published in the news papers his name and made it a subject of altercation or contradiction among you, while he was not consulted. This seems to be the cause, but he said he should certainly write you soon-genus irritabt"lt vatum ... XI Ryedale, 1 January 1794 . . . This year has opened seemingly more auspiciously for me than any year I believe has done. The old Gentle man, Mr. Maxwell, has bid the world adieu for ever, and of course I enter upon the emoluments of office-sweets which I never before tasted, altho' I have consumed life's prime in labouring for the emolument of others. I wrote you a hasty letter, if I mistake not, in answer to yours about Burns. I have been so much from home since that I have not had an opportunity of seeing him, but I ~ heard yesterday he was well . . . XII Ryedale, 1 February 1794 You may think me remiss and indifferent to your concerns in not having sooner acknowledged the receipt of your agree able favour of 14th ulto., especially with respect to the latter part of it, which mentioned your apprehension about our friend the Bard's conduct in maintaining a silent, if not sulky, disposition towards you. No such thing, Cunning ham, either in me or him. I had not yours twelve hours before I sought and found Robin, and conversed him on the subject. He is as warm and ardent in his regard for you as can be, and has blasted the idea of any man, far less of Urbani's, policy being capable of sowing the least discord in his mind. He has expressed himself " in words that glow and thoughts that burn " on the subject of his not having 'Yritten you these many days, but he is to write you imme diately, and I must leave to his talents the manner in which he will explain himself-for as to myself I can only say after SYME-CUNNINGHA.M CORRESPONDENCE 59 Horace-" quisquis studet emulari, nititur pennis ceratis " etc. He comes now and then to my office and lounges half an hour in the evening, sometimes bringing a verse or two, the skin or substance of whiph he bids me have no mercy on. But I dare scarcely touch them. However, I have told him some times what seemed to me to be a feeble, harsh, or untuned note. By the bye, he mentioned a word or two in some songs he had sent Mr. Thomson, which words he and you had thought fit to be supplanted by others, and these others struck me to be feebler ones than those supplanted. I can't recollect the particulars. He is halfway in a grand, elevated and sublime Pindaric ode to Liberty-not of the Gallic species, tho'-and in my idea he is soaring on wings which have not been used before-that is to say in plain terms, he is treating the subject in an original and superior manner XIII Ryedale, 1 June 1794 I have received yours of 27th ulto. . . . Burns came into the Stamp Office just as I was reading yours. I gave him the last page to peruse, and he took your address after paying you a warm and just tribute XIV Ryedale, 15 June 1794 ... What you say of Burns is genuine. I read him all yours but that last part. He says he cannot possibly be in Edinburgh, where he should enjoy much happiness-par ticularly with you. He is confined here by his business and, I dare say, in part by his finances, for Robin's heart and temper are not cold and frugal. My Irish friend (Mr. Large) filled him and me, &c., very fu last Friday. A down right Irish Native and Robt. Burns in co.-I defy apathy itself to escape a doze ... I need not write the particulars I wish to communicate relative to Burns's productions, &c., for I will regale you in conversazione with some of these. But the wild Bard has just now popped in while I was writing this, and no less than a very elegant female figure of good rank reading a book aside me (she is the wife of an intimate acquaintance of mine-a writer in Kirkcudbright, a very clever, respectable woman whom I much esteem and so does Robin). Her husband was out, and Robin's confound ing wit began to pby. He remained all day-and was, 60 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE according to use and wont, charming company. The wicked fellow had read a vehemently loyal advertisement by a Club of bucks her& who call themselves the loyal Native Club. The individuals who compose it are neither Robin's favourites nor mine, but we are far from differing from them on senti ments of loyalty-we differ on sentiment, abstrac.tedly con sidered. They know scarcely the meaning of the word Sentiment, and their Society consists in roaring and drinking. Robin spouts the following-on the advertisement of the loyal Natives: Pray who are these Natives the rabble so ven'rate 7 They're our true ancient natives, and the breed undegen'rate: The ignorant savage that weather'd the storm When the Man and the Brute differ'd but in the form. Don't let any Dumfries person see this, for one of the Savages, if he heard it, might cut. Robin's pipe ... xv Dumfries, 4 October 1794 . . . And now from the groves of Arcadia and the fields where Pomona reigns let us step into the haunts of the Aonian maids where we may find the scotch Bard. Of late I have been but seldom with Robin. But I see him frequently and exchange a word or two en [Jassant. He came into the stamp office at the instant I had broken open the seal of yours, and I let him know what you said. I have made out several of his extempores for you, but I wish to get more before I send you the book-in which, however, there are above 20 pages· filled up. Burns says he will send you a pretty large volume of his manuscripts-Letters chiefly-from which you will reap much pleasure. They are excellent, and of the " native zest and flavour of the fruit "-the Bard himself. Don't be impatient. You shall have your book within 3 weeks hence, as I will then get an opportunity of sending it by some person going into the Session, and it shall be as full as I can make it; but as the pieces are of a private nature, and chiefly satirical, Burns says you must not shew them in any public manner . . . XVI Dumfries, 21 November 1794 It is now high time to despatch your book with the Bard's extempore. It has been lying here this month, waiting for an opportunity-several might have been got lately, but I SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE 61 have been absent on one of my long stamp rounds since the first curt. I shall now take the first occasion. But as the Bard may have hit off a thing or two since, I shall see him before I send it ... Our Caledonian Hunt went off with dissipation, without fashionable gaiety . . . Baker, one of the knowing english Squires on the Turf, made an elegant appearance by insult ing in the grossest manner Squire Walter Riddel of this. place, who pursued him to Durham and made him ask pardon, which is published in .our papers of last week ... 24th.-I have seen the Bard and got one or two things which I have added. But I think you had as well send me back the book, and I will fill it up in course with a similar one of my own, for every now and then something piquante is coming from the Native ... XVII Dumfries, 22 January 1795 Now as to the Bard. He is in statu quo, but as he is acting pro Supervisor and is thereby very much occupied with that duty, which is laborious, I have not had an opportunity of eating or drinking with him these six weeks . . . · I have got up a nice little Cottage at my little Croft of Ryedale, where I should rejoice to see you . . . Did you get the book with Burns' extempores 1 I shall catch whatever I can of the same nature and send you it. De> you and he keep up a literary fire 1 XVIII Dumfries; [undated.] Burns and I are one and indivisible, but what with his occupation and mine we meet only by Starts-or at least occasionally-and we drink as many cups of tea as bottles of wine together. We are two of the best privates in the Dumfries Royal Volunteers. But not to flatter myself or him, I would say that hang me if I should know how to b& happy were he not in the way of making me so. at times XIX Dumfries, 24 February 1796 . . . I shall endeavour to pass a fortnight or perhaps. more among my friends in and about Edinburgh, and chiefly '62 SYME-CUNNINGHAM CORRESPONDENCE with you. We must have a day with Cleghorn. Mind me warmly to him . . . Burns tells me he had (if I did not misunderstand him) a long letter very lately from you. About a month ago he mentioned a scheme he was to follow which, if he accomplishes, will prove a very agreeable treat to you. He is to sit down as the spirit moves him and write you prose and poetry on every subject which strikes him, to form a sort of Journal business of it, and when it grows thro' two or three sheets to send the foliage. This will surely be a very valuable and interesting farrago or Burnsana (is this a right term 1) I have prompted him to execute the design and shall not miss giving him the spur. He and I dined tete a tete last Sunday in my Cabin-quite sober-only one bottle port betwixt us. I like this better than a debauch, even in an Inn. Yet when two or three are gathered together in the name of friendship and nostri generis-why, I would as soon have a bottle or a bottle and a half as a share of that quantity. We have a very superior young fellow here-Dr. Maxwell-who, to an uncommon if not wonderful science in Physic, adds the perfect manners and mind of a gentleman. You would be much attached to him. Without him and Burns I should :find this place very blank and dreary . [To be continued.] ! l " THE RED, RED ROSE " AND ITS TUNES. Burns's lyric " 0, my Love's like the red, red rose " made its first appearance in print in Peter Urbani's second book of Scots Songs, published in 1794. The musician explains that" the words of the RED, RED ROSE were obligingly given to him by a celebrated Scots Poet, who was so struck with them when sung by a country girl that he wrote them down, and, not being pleased with the Air, begged the Author to set them to Music in the style of a Scots Tune, which he has done accord ingly." Urbani's account is confirmed in a letter written by Burns to his friend Alexander Cunningham, in the summer of 1794. The poet says:-" I likewise gave him [Urbani] a simple old Scots song which I had pickt up in this country, which he promised to set in a suitable manner ... I shall give you the song on the other page!'; and overleaf he transcribed " 0, my Love's like the red, red rose." Obviously Urbani's tune is not the air to which the song was originally written. Later, the poet sent the song to James Johnson, and the identical manuscript is now in the Hastie Collection in the British Museum. Burns here leaves no doubt about the tune which he in tended to be linked with the words, for at the foot of the manuscript he has written: " The tune of this song is in Niel Gow's first Collection & is called there ' Major Graham '-it is to be found page 6th of that Collection." 'l'he song made its second appearance in print in the fifth volume of Johnson's Scots Musical Museum [1797], where it is headed "Written for this Work by Robert Burns," and set to the tune "Major Graham" from Gow's first Collection of Strathspey Reels [1784]. John Glen, in his Early Scottish Melodies, says that this tune " is a palpable plagiarism of Marshall's ' Miss 64 "THE RED, RED ROSE" AND ITS TUNES Admiral Gordon's Strathspey.' " There follows in the Museum another tune called " Old Set " which, though by some accounted very old, has not been found in an earlier collection. One may conclude that it is the tune to which the country girl sang the pre-Burns version of " The red, red rose." In 1799 George Thomson published the " fourth set" of his Original Scotish Airs, and here the song made its third appearance in print-this time as the work of an unknown author: " from an old MS. in the editor's possession." In Thomson's Collection we first find Burns's words associated with one of Marshall's airs, and undoubtedly it was Thomson-not Burns-who was responsible for that association. He gives: " Air -Wishaw's Favourite-Composed by Mr. Marshall." There is no tune exactly so named in any of Marshall's own Collections. The composer's title for the tune is " Mrs. Hamilton of Wishaw's Strathspey," under which name it appears in his Scottish Airs [1822]. This tune, perversely selected by Thomson, did not fit the words, and to get over the difficulty the " improver " printed the sixth line of the first verse as " So deep in love, in love am I," and " So deep, so deep in love am I "; and the sixth line of the second verse as " 0 fare thee well a little while " -additions which J. C. Dick describes as " water logged.'' In the " Memoir of William Marshall, Com poser," included in the second volume of his Scottish Melodies [1847], it is erroneously stated that Burns wrote his song to " Mrs. Hamilton of Wishaw." So far four tunes have been chronicled, but not one of them is the familiar and popular melody to which Burns's love-song is now wedded. The tune to which Burns's verses are now sung is an early nineteenth century version of " Low down in the Broom." Alfred Moffat, in the Minstrelsy of Scotland (1895), says thatthat "THE RED, RED ROSE" AND ITS TUNES 65 air " seems to have been first published by Oswald in his Caledonwn Pocket Companion under the title of ' My love's in the Broom.' " The tune so named does occur in Book V of Oswald's work, published in 1753; but it is not the tune now united to Burns's song, nor has it any resemblance to the well-known air. "Low down in the Broom/' easily recognisable as the musical pro genitor of the favourite " Red, red rose " melody, first appeared in Book VII of the Caledonian Pocket Com panion, which was published without date in 1755. In Oswald's work, "Low down in the Broom" is a purely instrumental tune, written in two sharps and too high in its range for ordinary singing. It is the first part of it, consisting of eight bars, which betrays its parentage of our modern " Red rose " melody; the second part is musically of the same length, though actually, through a slight mistake, it is divided into nine bars. This second part is a species of variation of the main theme, and was ignored by the musician who first adapted the tune to a song. The familiar melody first appeared linked to words in Thirty Scots Songs (Edinburgh, [1757]), the title-page saying that the music is taken from the most genuine sets extant-" the words from Allan Ramsay." The latter statement, while largely true, is not altogether accurate. The words of the song entitled " Low down in the Broom " are not by Allan Ramsay; they are not even included in the Tea-Table Miscellany. The song begins: " My daddy is a canker'd carle, He'll nae twin wi' his gear; My minny she's a scalding wife, Hads a' the house a-steer." John Struthers, in the Harp of Caledonia (1819), states that the author was James Carnegie of Balnamoor, near Brechin. The earliest printing of " My daddy is a canker'd carle " is in Robert Bremner's Thirty Scots Songs, and E 66 "THE RED, RED ROSE" AND ITS TUNES probably it was Bremner who set the words to the tune " Low down in the Broom." In doing so, the musician responsible smoothed out the tune considerably and transposed it to the key 0£ " C," and thus had a big hand in its evolution towards the tune we know to-day. Burns must have known the old song and the old tune very well, £or he made great use 0£ his " Oswald." Besides, the tune had already been printed, with the old words, in the first volume 0£ the Scots Mu.~ical Museum, before he extended a helping hand to Johnson. The words alone are in The Lark (1765), and in the first edition 0£ Herd's Scots Songs (1769). The song is also in the second edition 0£ Herd, dated 1776, to which Burns invariably refers as Witherspoon's Collection. Both words and music are in Corri's Scots Songs [1783], and in the Musical Miscellany (Perth, 1786)-both 0£ which also were well known to Burns. It is disappoint ing to find, in his annotations 0£ the first volume of the Scots Musical Museum (Glenriddell interleaved copy), that though he comments on the songs immedi ately preceding and following " Low down in the Broom," the poet passes it by without comment. How ever, in a letter-written in September, 1793-to George Thomson, he says "Low down in the broom-In my opinion, deserves more properly a place among your lively and humorous Songs. I shall by and by point out some in this last list which rather belong to the first." Burns's " Red, red rose " does not seem to have been in any way a special favourite while it continued to be printed with the " Major Graham " tune, or as Thomson continued to print it - in his numerous re-issues-set to Marshall's air. Proo£ 0£ this is pro vided by the £act that the sheet-song publishers appear entirely to have neglected it. Beautiful as are the words in their lyrical perfection, the song owes its popu larity to its divorcement from its old tunes and its "THE Rim, RED ROSI!:" AND ITS TUNES 67 wedding to " Low down in the Broom." The question arises, Who was responsible for uniting Burns's great love lyric to its new-old air-to whom belongs the honour of having given the final smoothing touches to the tune which made it suit the words so beautifully? And the answer is-Robert Archibald Smith, musical editor of the Scotish Minstrel. The song was first linked with what is now called the modern version of " Low down in the Broom" in the third volume of that work, which though undated-was published in 1821. It appears on page 85 of the volume; and the melody which in all the intervening Collections follows the Bremner setting of 1757 is here rounded off to achieve the mellifluous charm which has made " The red, red rose " one of the most popular of the world's love songs. DAVIDSON Coox. THE LITERARY FUND AND ROBERT BURNS At the anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund held in London on 22nd May, 1933, the Chair man-the Right Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P . drew attention to the fact that a written appeal on behalf of Burns's widow and children was made to the Literary Fund shortly after the poet's death, and that it brought forth an immediate and generous response from the Fund. In proposing the toast of "Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund," he said : - . . . I do not believe that amongst all the many funds of really mutual benefit . . . there is one more active, better administered, or where care is joined more properly with humane consideration, than the Royal Literary Fund . . . It has had a life just equal to double the span of human beings, and yet it does not grow old. Its natural strength is not abated; it waxes rather than wanes. During the last ten years, I am told, the average payment from the Fund amounted to the very considerable sum of between .£4,000 and .£5,000 per annum ... When I asked if I might be told of some of those who, having won immortal crowns, can never be dragged down by their poverty, can never be dragged down by vulgar tongues or vulgar prints, and who had been helped by the Royal Literary Fund, I found ... the list which was put up to me was practically a Scottish list. Who are they 1 I glory in them I There is the wife of Robert Burns. There is James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd . . . There is John Galt . . . I have a letter here which I am told has never been published, an appeal sent to the Literary Fund on behalf of Mrs. Burns. It is a great letter, and those of us who have lived by the pen, and may have to do so again, can be very proud of it; it tells of hard poverty, honest work, and gorgeous independence. It says this :- TO THE GENTLEMEN ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE LITERARY-FUND, LONDON. DUMFRIES, Aug. 30, 1796. Gentlemen, being unacquainted with the laws of THE LITERARY FUND AND ROBERT BURNS 69 your benevolent institution, any informality now committed, it is presumed, will be excused. To you, Gentlemen, this application is made on behalf of the widow and children of the late Robert Burns. The improvidence of genius is proverbial; and to the list of men of genius by whom pecuniary atten tions have been neglected, the name of Robert Burns must, unfortunately for his family, be added. He has left a widow and five sons; the eldest, about nine years of age, is pursuing the Classics here and is deemed, very justly, a boy of extraordinary powers; the youngest is posthumous-about an hour after his father's body was removed for interrment, he was born I For Mrs. Burns, helpless and in need, the humanity of the public is at present operating; the sum of £160 is already subscribed, and it is pro posed by Mr. Burns' friends and their committee to form another volume of unpublished pieces found in his repositories: to this volume his life, written by a respectable literary character, is to be prefixed; and upon the favourable reception of this work (the copy right of his other volumes having been long ago sold) and the generosity of the public his family must now depend. Such are the circumstances in which Mr. Burns has left his partner and offspring I It is sufficient for you, Gentlemen, to receive a simple narrative of this nature; and to have pointed out real objects for your philanthrophy must be the apology (for the trouble now given you) of, Gentlemen, your obedt. and very humb. servt., (Signed) TS. WHITE P.S.-Communications are to be made to Jno. Syme, esqr., Dumfries. How proud everybody who has subscribed generously to the Royal Literary Fund ought to be of that letter I It is in your archives. How proud they should be that it brought forth an immediate and generous response from those responsible for the administration of the Fund at that time! ... The writer of the letter quoted by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald was, of course, Thomas White, teacher of 70 THE LITER.ARY FUND .AND ROBERT BURNS mathematics in Dumfries Academy and an intimate friend of the poet. His letter was accompanied by one from John Syme (one of the Trustees for Burns' s family) to the Secretary of the Fund (J. Tiffin Stewart), which also is preserved in its archives and may be quoted in extenso : - The inclosed is from Mr. T. White, teacher of mathematics etc. in this Town, a man of much respectability. He was an intimate of the late Bard and has testified his regard to his memory. I had the pleasure of being one of Burns's principal intimates-from which situation, by his early death, I have experienced a dejection and loss that I think cannot be repaired. Few, if any, who had not the opportunities I have enjoyed can feel the regret and sorrow at being deprived of the conversation and the mind (if I may so express myself) of this Genius who, while passion at times hurried him into indiscre tions, unfolded all the loveliness of virtue & the strength of intellect. His poetical powers speak for themselves-but the powers of his language and conversation were preeminent--and can live only in the memory of his acquaintances. Mr White has narrated the true circumstances of the family &c. (Signed) JOHN SYME The case of " Mrs. Jean Burns, as the Widow of Mr. Robert Burns, Dumfries "-numbered 46 in the registers of the Fund-was considered at a meeting of the Fund held on 20th October, 1796, when it was " Resolved That Twenty five Pounds be sent to the Committee appointed to collect Subscriptions for the benefit of the Widow and Children of the late Robert Burns, the Scotch Bard; and Mr. Stewart is requested to remit the money to the Committee at Dumfries." A receipt for the £25, signed by Jean Armour, Dr. William Maxwell and John Syme, is preserved in the archives of the Royal Literary Fund; as is another for the sum of £20 granted by the Fund in November, 1801. THE LITERARY FUND AND ROBERT BURNS 71 At whose suggestion the matter of an additional grant was considered in 1801 appears not to be recorded. The minutes of the Fund bear that " Sir J. B. Burges be requested to make some enquiries respecting the Family of Burns (the Scotch Bard)." This he did through the Rev. Thomas Somerville of Jedburgh, who reported that " in the circumstances of Mrs. Burns family, an additional donation will be very acceptable to her." It is highly creditable to~the Literary Fund that only a few yea1;'S after it was established at London, and while yet its funds were small, its Committee should have granted so large a sum as £45 to the dependants in Scotland of a Scottish poet; its action furnishes additional evidence of a clear appreciation of Burns's poetry forth of his own country at that early date. J.C. E. THE LETTERS OF " CLARINDA " TO " SYLV ANDER." A BURNS MYSTERY. I. Of the many people whom Robert Burns met during the seven months-from August 1787 till March 1788- over which his second visit to Edinburgh extended, none claimed a larger share of his time than did Mrs. Agnes M'Lehose. The poet had gone from Mauchline to the capital, there to try to bring his publisher to a pecuniary settlement in connection with the second edition of his Poems: to the "miserable dunning and plaguing of Creech," as he expressed it to Mrs. Dunlop.1 Unable at once to obtain the desired reckoning, he had made a tour of the highlands with William Nicol; had visited Harviestoun and Ochtertyre with James Adair; and had returned to Edinburgh to take up quarters with his schoolma_ster-friend William Cruikshank, in the attic storey of No. 2 St. James's Square. It was while living there that, at a tea-party given on 4th December by a common friend (Miss Erskine Nimmo) in Alison Square, he first met Mrs. M'Lehose, a Glasgow-born lady who had been deserted by her husband, and was then residing in Potter Row, near the College. That the meeting was pre-arranged may be gathered from Mrs. M'Lehose's subsequent statement to the poet that " Miss Nimmo can tell you how earnestly I had long pressed her to make us acquainted."2 Owning to a "presenti ment that we should derive pleasure from the society of each other," she invited the poet to take tea at her house two evenings later. Obliged to cancel that appoint ment, she repeated the invitation for the evening of Saturday (8th), a change which Burns accepted by letter; but a fall which bruised one of his knees on the morning of that day prevented his fulfilment of the postponed THE LETTERS OF CLARINDA 73 engagement, and he wrote the lady an apology. Mrs. M'Lehose replied at once, expressing her disappointment and her sympathy, offering her friendship, and asking that Burns would '' let me know, now and then, how your leg is." The poet had already recognised that "naething could resist my Nancy'!; and his reply was characteristic : '' To-morrow, and every day till I see you, you shall hear from me." Thus began-the result of carelessness on the part of a drunken coachman-an impassioned correspondence which is now famous in British literature-which, indeed, has attained world-wide celebrity. For six weeks Burns was confined to his room; during these and the succeeding weeks-down to the day in March on which he left Edinburgh, having settled with the dilatory Creech-something like eighty letters passed between St. James's Square and Potter Row. At an early stage of the correspondence it had been proposed that the poet should be " Sylvander "-the name of the hero of an " entertaining amour " published in the capital twenty years before; while the lady would be " Clarinda "-which had been a favourite name with writ~rs since the days of Edmund Spenser, and sounded better than her own " thrice unhappy name " : the subsequent letters accordingly were so subscribed-those at least that were penned during the period of Clarinda's " Golden Dream of '88." But for the accident that laid him up a cripple, Burns would doubtless have spent a considerable portion of his time with Mrs. M'Lehose, and there would not have arisen the occasion for frequent written communication: in which case there had been no rapturous " Sylvander," no love-sick " Clarinda." II. A few days after the Royal Dumfries Volunteers had fired their three volleys over the grave in St. Michael's Churchyard of the most distinguished member of their Corps, the newspapers of the capital announced a pro- THE J,ETTERS OF CLARINDA posal " to publish a posthumous volume of the poetical remains of Robert Burns," and requested " his friends and acquaintances to transmit such poems and letters as may happen to be in their possession " to one or other of two persons who were named: Alexander Cunningham and John Syme. 3 The appeal brought a large number of replies. It had also an unexpected sequel in " a written application by Mrs. M'Lehose for her Letters wrote the Bard under the Signature of Clitander " (sic); following hard upon which came a visit from Robert Ainslie, W.S.,-" who I suspect does Mrs. M'Lehose's business, demanding her Letters."4 That Burns's trustees did not accede to that demand until some months later-and then only on a condition is shown by a letter (dated 9th January, 1797) from the 5 lady to John Syme : " I am happy you have consented to return my letters at last, and that my pledge has pleased you. Please direct them, put up in a parcel, for my usual address, and send them by the Dumfries carrier." And so it happened that the" matchless fair" Clarinda received back the letters which ten years before she had written to her Sylvander. Faithfully preserved, doubtless with the intention that one day they should see the light, they remained in the possession of herself or of her representatives for nearly 50 years-until after she had passed to the majority in 1841; they were published, along with those of Sylvander, in a handsome volume prepared by her grandson, two years later; and they were sold at Edin burgh by the auctionary method in the year that followed the Disruption. The Editor of the Correspondence between BuTns and Clarinda (1843) states that " the lady's letters are now first published." There seems no reason to doubt his word; yet there is good ground for the belief that a considerable portion of that side of the correspondence had previously been printed, though not widely circu lated. About the middle of last century-the exact year THE LETTERS OF CLARINDA 75 is unknown, for the book is undated6-there was published at London a beautiful octavo volume bearing the title Poetical and prose works of Robert Burns ... , with original pieces from the collection of Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart. These " original pieces " appear as an " appendix " occupying the last thirteen pages of the book, and consist of sixteen " Letters of Clarinda to Burns." But the text of these letters-or, to be exact, of fifteen of them-is not the text of the letters that had been published by Clarinda's grandson; it is quite obviously a " revised," or rather a " cooked," text: that is, the letters have been re-written by some one apparently desirous that their author should appear to greater advantage as a correspondent. Besides, the dates of several of the " revised " versions do not agree with those of the genuine edition; a remark which applies also to the manner in which some of the letters are subscribed. The letters written by Clarinda to Sylvander were not intended to meet the eye of any but the receiver, and so are simple and natural; the " revised " letters, on the other hand, are laboured and artificial, and quite unlike the compositions of one in whom there " throbs the pulse of a real passion." One specimen will show how disastrous has been the result of the culinary operation : it is taken from the long letter which the editor of the 1843 edition ascribes to 30th January, 1788 :- ORIGINAL VERSION : PRINTED IN 1843. I shall go to-morrow forenoon 1:-0 Miers alone : 'tis quite a usual thing I hear. Mary is not in town; and I don't care to ask Miss Nimmo or anybody else. What size do you want it about 1 0 Sylvander, if you wish my peace, let Friendship be the word between us: I tremble at more. " Talk not of Love," &c. REVISED VERSION. Early in the day I will do as you wish, and will give Miers a sitting. Remember this shall be the bond of eternal friendship between us-yes, friendship :-do not think, breathe, or utter, a more tender attachment. I do not feel that I should be attended in sitting for the portrait. I 76 THE LETTERS OF CLARINDA should have been glad of Mary's company, because she under stands me thoroughly; but she is in the country; and the only other person whom I could ask to accompany me is Miss Nimmo, and in this matter there is a je ne scais quoi which forbids me. The history o:f these " revised '! letters appears to be something o:f a mystery. Who revised-or, rather, re wrote-the originals? '' Mrs. Mac '' herself? And :for what purpose? That they should be passed o:ff as the originals? I:f so,. one marvels that those originals were not destroyed-for some o:f them are still in existence. And how did they get into the possession of Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, Baronet, from whose collection they are said to have come, though they do not appear in the sale catalogues of that collection? Brydges (born 1762; died 1837) we know as a distinguished literary antiquary, as " a great admirer of Burns's genius and of many traits in his character," and as the writer of an account of an imaginary visit to the poet at Dumfries. 7 Did Brydges print the letters-either on his private press at Lee Priory, or elsewhere? And where now are his copies-manuscript or printed? To none of these questions do the ana of Burns appear to supply the answer. One very interesting point in connection with these Brydges prints of letters :from Clarinda calls :for special note. The " authentic edition " (1843) of the corre spondence does rrot include the letter which contained the suggestion that the writers should assume classical appellations and sign, respectively, " Sylvander " and " Clarinda "; nor has any subsequent editor of Burns published it. The so-called " original pieces " of Brydges include one which is clearly founded upon that missing document; here it is-dated 20th December, 1787:- MRS. M'LEHOSE TO ROBERT BURNS. I know you too well, at least I think so, to suspect you of really transgressing the unvarying boundary of true decorum, much more the limits of honour. I have, if I mistake not, thoroughly read your character in your im- TH.E LE'.l'TERS OF CLARINDA 77 perishable poems. I have perceived an impetuous generosity and highmindedness, which are apt to overlook the ordinary regulations observed or feigned by sordid souls, and in their own native purity to be heedless of the interpretations of the world. But those interpretations-those constructions I Do they not require some more guarded consideration 1 Were I your judge, alas I I do not think even your " handsome troop of follies" would meet with mu(lh reproof, for, "un disciplined " as they be, they are as much a part of what I am obliged to admire in your character as is that indomit able independence which distinguishes you itself. I am much joyed to hear that you are so greatly improving with respect of your wound-but as to calling you a " stupid fellow," I do not think either you or I would have much consciousness of attaching meaning to the expression. I have proposed to myself a more pastoral name for you, although it be not much in keeping with the shrillness of the Ettrick Pipe. What say you to Sylvander? I feel somewhat less restraint when I subscribe myself CLARINDA. So now we know definitely that the proposal emanated from the lady; and " I like the idea of Arcadian names in a commerce of this kind," added the poet. That letter of 20th December, 1787, has obviously been " cooked " along with the other fifteen; and with the revised version of it we must be content, until the original comes along that was written by " Mrs. Mac Clorinda," as she was named by one of Sylvander's German editors. J. C. EWING. NOTES. I. Letter of 12th February, 1788. 2. Letter of 8th December, 1787. 3. Edinburgh Evening Courant, 28th July, 1796. 4. Letters from Alexander Cunningham to John Syme, l 7th and 19th September, 1796. 5. Correspondence between Burns and Clarinda (Edin., 1843), p. 74. 6. But it was between 1844 and 1854, when the publisher (Charles Daly) was in business at 17 Greville Street, Hatton Garden. 7. Life and works of Robert Burns; edited by Robert Chambers (Edin., 1851-52, 4 vols.), v. III, pp. 143-44. The letters which form the supject of these notes may be reprinted in a future numl>er of the " Burns Chronicle." MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. Two considerations have made the shaping and content of this article a matter of some difficulty. Firstly, there is the unexpectedly long list of possible names; and secondly, there is the question of what constitutes a writer of Scottish prose. Must the writing be Scottish in language, theme, scene, and character, separately or in conjunction? Is Scottish birth a sufficient guarantee? In Scotland in quest of her youth, edited and arranged by David Cleghorn Thomson and published in 1932, this subject is discussed by Eric Linklater in an original, illuminating, and sportive manner. " I do not know," writes Linklater, " who are Scottish writers, and who are not. Many of them, perhaps, do not know them selves. Personally, I am inclined to think that a Scot who chooses to say that his work is Scottish can hardly be contradicted, though he was educated at Eton and Christchurch, lives in Bloomsbury, and writes in the manner of Aldous Huxley. The essential thing is that he should declare his nationality." With this as a refuge in my trouble, I shall not make any apology for including under the category any one who may write in or of the United States of America; in South America or of The Pampas; in Spain or of the Spaniards: for if the subjects are not exactly Scottish, as a rule the manner of writing and the mentality may be markedly so. Fully aware of running the risk of sins of omission and commission, I shall plead, vicariously, lack of time and space. But I shall also expect that some measure of independence in opinion and judgment shall be imputed to me, as venial transgressions at least. It may not be out of place to set down here the list MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRl'l'ERS. 79 of names that have accumulated in my notes since I began to think of this article. These names might very well constitute the first " Scottish Academy of Letters " on the prose side. Sir James Barrie, J. J. Bell, George Blake, Dr. William Boyd, John Buchan, J. M. Bulloch, Donald and Catherine Carswell, Sir William Craigie, Dr. A. J. Cronin, R. B. Cunninghame Graham, George N. Douglas, Professor George Gordon, Seton Gordon, Sir James Frazer, Professor H. J. C. Grierson, C. M. Grieve, Neil M. Gunn, J. B. S. Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane, Thomas Henderson, George Pratt Insh, Eric Linklater, Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Donald R. Mackenzie, Sir Herbert Maxwell, Robins Millar, J. Leslie Mitchell, Naomi Mitchison, Edwin Muir, Allardyce Nicoll, F:rederick Niven, William Power, Principal Sir R. S. Rait, Lewis Spence, George Eyre Todd, George M. Thomson, and George Woden. Whoever wishes to possess- a full catalogue of modern Scottish writers should procure the volume Modern Scottish Literature Guide Book Catalogue, prepared for the Glasgow Exhibition of Modern Scottish Writers, held early in 1933, and organised by :Uessrs. W. and R. Holmes, in conjunction with the Glasgow Ei·ening News. This Exhibition was a sign of the times; and the hand book is not merely a catalogue, but a volume containing critical and informative articles on subjects connected with the Scottish Literary Renaissance. It contains photographs of many authors, and short biographies of all the writers mentioned in the Catalogue. The Burns Federation, through its officials, had some share in the Exhibition, which, it is hoped, will be repeated periodically. If it is not out of print, I should recom mend all interested in the subject to obtain a copy of this valuable and eloquent volume, edited by R. D. Macleod and published by the Messrs. Holmes. The writers chosen for this first article include authors of " yesterday and to-day '.' and authors of 80 MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. " to-day " only. The former, having already won an honoured place in literature, still continue to write; the latter are apparently shaping their careers as leaders of modern Scottish prose. Drama, and purely pro fessional subjects such as law, medicine, theology, education, etc., are outside my ambit. R. B. CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM. When one reads from various sources concerning R. B. Cunninghame Graham: "The doyen and prince of modern Scots letters," " The most distinguished living Scottish author," " P otentiall y, the greatest Scotsman of his generation," how could one fail to give him first place? Albeit he has written mostly of foreign scenes and foreign characters and his works are neither known nor read by many Scottish readers on this account, that cannot prevent him from being r·ecognised as the most illustrious living Scottish author. To assert that he has been " lost " to Scotland, because of her self-will in refusing to allow him to develop his talent in a congenial atmosphere, may be partly true; but it is not the whole truth. Did Scotland really drive him to foreign parts by her wilful neglect? Has he really been "lost " to his native land or, to be more correct, to the land of his fathers? For he was born in London, and was " brought up by his Spanish grandmother and learned to lisp Castalian at her feet." Independent, courageous, large hearted in his likes and dislikes, he chose to carve out his own career, and in doing so, his writings have earned for him a reputation in world literature; and because he remained the clear-thinking, dour, determined Scots man throughout, he has done more than any other living writer to re-enrol Scotland in a place of honour among European countries. Any one who reads his latest work Writ in Sand will not grudge the chorus of approbation with which it has been received. Nor can a discerning Scottish reader " MODERN SCOTTISH PROl:!E WRITERS. 81 miss in the book the clearest indications of the Scottish heart of the author, who displays in it "the eternally preservative quality of sheer artistry." The quotation is from William Power, who knows, and writes forcibly what he knows. In a strikingly vivid and sparkling preface to this book the author remarks, " The spoken word can be manipulated so as to conceal the speaker's personality, but when the writer takes his pen in his hand, in spite of all that he can do, it is straight manifest." Even so, Cunninghame Graham is always himself in all he writes because he cannot help it, whether it be in describing a Circus in France-as he does with a mastery of style, without one redundant sentence or word, in the opening chapter of Writ in Santl,-or in describing the return of a dying Scotsman from London to his native land-in the perfect story entitled " Beattock for Moffat," included in a recent volume called Thirteen Scottish Stories. Those who wish to know how to write English prose pregnant with thought and pulsing with strong and effective conservation of vitality, or who desire to know how the Scottish language can be employed to heighten the effect and intensify the significance of the English written word, should give their nights and days to the reading of the works of R. B. Cunninghame Graham. JOHN BUCHAN. As a leading Scottish prose writer, John Buchan is taken for granted-an unpardonable cliche; but its triteness is nevertheless true. What other Scottish writers have such a voluminous and sustained record behind them? Active in numerous spheres of national importance, writing with a continuous output in different branches of literature, he has already found a high and enduring place in the history of recent records, and there is no apparent slackening of his versatility and productivity. F 82 MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. As a historian he has the monumental account of the Great European War to his credit; as a biographer we can point to his Montrose and, more recently, to his Sir Walter Scott and his Julius Cmsar. In all these works he has given indubitable evidence of his balanced mind in estimating character and portraying the effects of human actions without bias or bitterness; as an essayist he ranks high among the best contemporary writers in this direction; and as a novelist he has achieved a deserved popularity and distinction. His brilliant occupancy of the Lord High Com missioner's chair at the Scottish Kirk's General Assembly of 1933 accentuated another trait of Buchan's many sided genius and his aristocracy of talent, namely, his ability to guide the Church in a process of integration and consolidation. Among his recent writings I would emphasise the importance of his wise counsel and warn ing in a volume entitled The Kirk in Scotland, 1569-1929, for the two main chapters of which he is responsible. The third and final chapter of the book contains most weighty advice. Seeking neither to condemn nor to belittle, neither to pulverise nor to put in their places men, sects, and institutions of different or antagonistic outlook, he takes a grasp of the march of events with a high-spirited and clear-visioned purpose, and desiderates moderation and toleration in the needed and laudable process of the union of religious forces. I have already alluded to his Sir Walter Scott, which was called forth by the Scott celebrations of 1932. It is painfully true that many young Scottish writers have been mostly concerned with " putting Scott in his proper place," and so have criticised Buchan as a slavish partisan of Scott and therefore an untrustworthy leader to follow. Buchan reveres Scott, and could not do other wise than place a generous wreath on the grave of one whom he regards as his master: "who," declares this disciple, " though he has been dead a century, is still too close to me, and I am too much under his spell." MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. 83 Of Buchan's lat.est books, let me recommend his account of The Massacre of Glencoe, that atrocious deed which left an indelible stain upon the reputation of certain Scottish politicians of the time, and of the Sovereign, William III. As Buchan tells the story of this remarkable " occasion," in detail, he raises the MacDonalds and their brave Chieftain in our estimation, and accordingly we trust that this competent and reliable narrative will eradicate the conception of some southern critics and reviewers, that this Clan was a set of " free booting barbarians " and " thieving outlaws." Of his recent novels I must mention with impartial commendation The Blanket of the Dark, a good historical romance, published in 1932; The Gap in the Curtain, an extremely courageous and convincing tale discussing the danger and futility of attempting to forecast the future; and A Prince of the Captivity, his 1933 contribution to fiction. This is throughout an enthralling story. The hero, Adam Melfort, who voluntarily sacrificed an assured and successful career to save an unworthy and silly wife, recreates his life after two years' imprison ment, and enters upon the most amazing and dangerous adventures in a self-imposed task for the discovery and training of leaders to remodel the world. Attracting to his side, and saving the lives of, several men and women, he finally sacrifices his own life by saving that <>f a man, highly endowed by natural ability and educa tion, who had all along been his secret enemy. Through all the successes and failures of his astoundingly intrepid adventures there run, like golden threads, the memory -0f a son who died at the age of six, and the glamour of .a Highland glen, Eilean Ban, his ancestral home. H There only remained the trivial business of dying." With this, Buchan leaves the reader in company with the immortals. JOHN J. BELL. Wee Macgreegor carried Bell right into popular favour 84 MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. as a humorist and photographic literary artist. C. M. Grieve-in his valuable, though voluble, Contemporary Scottish Studies-declares that Wee M acgreegor, " far more than merely proportionately to the literary stature of modern Scotland compared with other European countries, provides a Scottish equivalent to the best humorous literature that has been produced anywhere in the twentieth century." This is very high praise from rather an exacting critic. Bell continues to write acceptable stories to a great variety of British papers and magazines. In 1932 he published a new book with the simple title I remember. Reminiscent volumes are much in vogue at present. Not many of the superabundant autobiographies have proved so refreshing and so stimulating as this gently falling shower of memories of the 'seventies and the 'eighties, and it is not astonishing that it has proved so successful. This racy record is doubly delightful to those, like myself, who know from experience something of the times and the tendencies he celebrates in his own scintil lating and sympathetic style. Two features of the book gave me special delight. He has something " good » to say of those " awful " and " impossible !' Victorians. " There is something to be said for both Sundays (the Victorian and the modern)," he says, " once we dis tinguish between their sanities and their vanities." Again-" Why have I told this simple, perhaps to<> trivial, tale? Well, maybe, because, while listening t<> some young people who were talking very positively and pitilessly about the hypocrisies and other sins of the Victorians, I could have wished that they had known something of the infinite devotion and patience and selflessness of the Victorian mothers of large families.'~ The other feature of the book is the fine brotherly tribute Bell pays to the late Neil Munro, who " for thirty years. or more," he declares, " put pure delight into Scottish journalism. To-day," he avers, " there is more gush. MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. 85 written about books than ever was written over crewel work in Victorian drawing-rooms; happily Neil Munro's novels were spared that irresponsible sort of praise, and they have survived the years." Like Munro, Bell has done his best to make Scotland known to the Scots people themselves, as well as to other nations. Lately he published The Glory of Scot land, that is, the glory that is Scotland; and last year appeared a companion volume with the glowing title Scotland's Rainbow West, in which he makes, as he informs us, " a serious attempt, though not, I hope, a solemn one, to tell something about a part of my country with the scenes of which I have been more or less familiar all my life." He has, indeed, succeeded in this, and, by thus assiduously cultivating his own garden, he has pro duced additional evidence of his literary and artistic skill, in his own persuasive and pervasive manner. NEIL M. GUNN. Among the young writers of " to-day " I unhesitat ingly place Gunn high in the first rank. Born in Caith ness about forty years ago, he qualified for the Civil Service, and at present is ·engaged as an officer in the Customs and Excise at Inverness. With no academic aids for his career, he began to write short stories of an original turn, some of which have been published in book form with the title Hidden Doors. All his novels have a northland setting. They are not imitations of any one, but original attempts to describe the hypnotic glamour and the grey mists of the north, and the falterings and failings, the strivings and successes, the emotions and evocations, which these produce in the human mind. It is quite safe to say that he has fulfilled, in his latest work Sun Circle, the expectations raised by his first novel The Grey Coast, and continued in The Lost Glen and in Morning Tide. He has proved that it is possible to write a novel which, 86 MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. while rising above the cramping provincialism of much current fiction, yet retains the distinctive and ample Scottish flavour and atmosphere, and that this can be achieved independently of English tendencies-thus bringing the Scottish novel into the circle of European influence and culture. Creations like Morning Tide and Sun Circle will do more for the expected Scottish Renais sance of Letters than all the blustering and crude attesta tions which proceed from the pens and mouths of excited and unreasonable demagogues. Gunn, it must be observed, is not easy to read, and may not become as popular as one would wish or as he deserves; yet those who desire, even in novels, pro fundity of thought, skilful characterisation, and moving delineation of the human emotions-the outcome of living, loving, working, and dying-will find in his latest work as vivid, original and perdurable effects as in any fictional writing of this or any other time. The remarkable distinction of all his writings is that of letting the reader right into the minds of his characters, and thus laying bare the effects of their emotions and passions in thought more than in action. This may seem, to some, a possible defect in his writings, and in all likelihood may limit the number of his readers. One may become so tired of his consciously artistic style as to conclude that it is Gunn who is thinking, and not his men or women. In spite of that apparent pretentious attitude in the author, I can scarcely imagine any sym pathetic and discerning reader who does not peruse Sun Circle without growing admiration for his ineluctable genius in this fine achievement. There are many passages calling out for quotation, but it must of necessity be left to the enterprise and delight of readers to find them out for themselves. ERIC LINKLATER. A native of Orkney, Linklater is not much over thirty. He was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School~ MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. 87 and at the age of fifteen joined the army, but had to return to school. Re-joining at the age of eighteen, he served in the Black Watch and was severely wounded. After studying medicine at Aberdeen, he went to India, where he was assistant-editor on the staff of the Irulia Times for two years. He then travelled in Persia and South Africa, and returned to Britain to lecture on English poetry; subsequently, with the aid of a Common wealth Fellowship, he visited America, and wandered from the Canadian Rockies down to the Panama Canal, then home again. This short sketch in some measure prepares on.e for his subsequent activities in literature and journalism. He has written a Biography and Portrait on Ben Jonson and King James, showing considerable penetration as a scholar and artistic skill as a writer. His first important work of fiction, Poet's Pub, exhibits him as a fascinating entertainer on fantastic situations and happenings. Rich humour, corruscating wit, happy metaphors, and veiled irony abound in this book. It contains, besides, brilliant writing, sometimes over-pretentious and heavy-worded perhaps, but disclosing a rollicking, breezy and effective style, which was to be used with more matured mastery and on a much broader canvas in his Juan in America, published in 1931. This work, a " best seller " of the year, made him famous in a night, and brought him into the current of world literature, in which he is some times swimming strongly, sometimes sinking, but evidently holding his own, as he makes for the shores of Tir-nan-og, the land of the ever-young. This prose epic of his indiscreetly educated and maternally spoiled " Juan " is a magnificent effort, like Lord Byron's poetic tumult of invective and picturesque narrative in following his wayward hero, the first "Don Juan." It is to be seen whether Linklater's prose masterpiece may not, like its poetic prototype, pass into the storehouse of literary lumber, or become a literary fossil that must 88 MODERN SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. necessarily be examined and commented on in the exercises of the future diligent liteNry student and in the comprehensive and dusty lectures of the university professor. Very different was his next work The men of Ness, published in 1932, which is his best book up to date. Its locus is Orkney and the seas around, and its theme is " The Vikings-a saga of Thorlief Coalbiter's sons." Written in short, singing sentences and with the simple, pregnant, monosyllabic directness of the old sagas or ballads, this book will be enjoyed by all, irrespective of age, education, or culture. It will make its appeal equally to the learned and the untutored, to the fastidious critic as well as to the easy-minded reader, to the religious believer as well as to the agnostic. Its greatest and most abiding virtue is in describing the lives and reactions of these primitive folks in an objective way and disclosing what is happening to them physically and socially. They actually speak here in the proverbs of their race, and on this account, as well as for other reasons, the book deserves all the praise it has received. I know no better, no more compelling, book for use in schools; and it would be doing a service to education if this story were read to, or put into the hands of, all young people interested in the tales of their forefathers. Gunn's Sun Circle treats of the same period and the same folks at a time when Paganism and Christianity were clashing, and when this Scotland of ours was first being led to consider the implications and responsibilities of nationality. Gunn describes the situation from within, Linklater from without; and thus we have two works genuinely complementary, and both written by men who deem nationality a question of first-rate importance. J OBN PURDIE. JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART ON ROBERT BURNS. The notes which are printed below appeared origin .ally in Blackwood's Edinbwrgh Magazine for October 1818, as part of an article entitled " Remarks on the poetry of Thomas Moore." The authorship of that article was for long unknown, though Blackwood says -that the " remarks " were " Extracted from a MS. letter -of the Baron von Lauerwinkel." Recently, however, Miss M. Clive Hildyard identified the writer as no less 1l. personage than John Gibson Lockhart, a frequent con tributor to the magazine. On that account the portion :of the article which concerns Burns assumes greater interest, as the sympathetic utterance of one of the most .distinguished literary critics of his day; and so it is reprinted here, in full. Lockhart's Life of Robert Burns was published in 1828, ten years after the " old ebony " .article. (See Lockhart's literary criticism; with intro duction and bibliography by M. Clive Hildyard. -Oxford: Blackwell, 1931.) J. C. E. . . . There are few things more worthy of being studied, .either in their character or in their effects, than the poems of Robert Burns. This man, born and bred a peasant, was taught, like all other Scotsmen, to read his Bible; and learned by heart, in his infancy, the heroic ballads of his nation. Amidst the solitary occupations of his rural labours, the ·soul of the ploughman fed itself with high thoughts of patriotism and religion, and with that happy instinct which is the best prerogative of genius he divined every thing that was necessary for being the poet of his country. The men of his nation, high and low, are educated men; medita tive in their spirit, proud in their recollections, steady in their patriotism, and devout in their faith. At the time, however, when he appeared, the completion of their political union with a greater and wealthier kingdom, and the splendid success which had crowned their efforts in adding to the general literature of Britain-but above all, the chilling nature of the merely speculative philosophy, which they had 90 LOCKHART ON ROBERT BURNS. begun to cultivate, seemed to threaten a speedy diminution of their fervent attachment to that which was peculiarly their own. This mischievous tendency was stopped by a peasant, and the noblest of his land are the debtors of his genius. He revived the spark that was about to be extinguished and taught men to reverence with increasing homage that enthusiasm of which they were bginning to be ashamed. The levity of many of his descriptions, the coarseness of many of his images, cannot conceal from our eyes the sincerity with which, at the bottom of his heart, this man was the worshipper of the pure genius of his country. The im proprieties are superficial, the excellence is ever deep. The man might be guilty in his own person of pernicious trespasses, but his soul came back, like a dove, to repose amidst images of purity. The chaste and lowly affection of the village maiden was the only love that appeared worthy in his eyes, as he wandered beneath the virgin radiance of the harvest moon. In the haunts of the dissolute the atmosphere of corruption might seize upon him, and taint his breath with the coldness of its derision; but he returned to right thoughts in the contemplation of the good, and felt in all its fulness, when he bent his knee by the side of " the Father and the Priest," the gentle majesty of that religion which consoles the affiicted and elevates the poor. He is at present the favourite poet o.f a virtuous, a pious, a patriotic people; and the first symptom of their decay in virtue, piety, and patriotism will be seen on the instant when Scotsmen shall cease to treasure in their hearts the " Highland Mary," the " Cottar's Saturday Night," and the " Song of Bannockburn " . . . BURNS'S BIRTHPLACE. A recent article in a north-country newspaper stated that "Burns being born in the Alloway Cottage is an admitted myth. True, he spent all his boyhood in it, but the actual cottage in which he was born was a clay biggin which was blown down a few days after the poet was born. Mother and child had to flee to a neighbouring cottage for safety." The note which follows appeared in the same newspaper a few days later. The writer of the article headed " Making Burns a Reality " informs his readers that " Burns being born in the Alloway Cottage is an admitted myth," and he adds that " the actual cottage in which Burns was born was a clay biggin which was blown down a few days after the poet was born." I believe that many of your readers would like to know by whom this alleged " myth " is admitted; upon that detail, unfortunately, your contributor does not condescend. His other statement-that William Burnes's cottage was " blown down a few days after the poet was born "-is, however, refuted by no less an authority than the poet's brother, Gilbert, in a letter to Dr. James Currie, biographer and editor of the poet. Gilbert writes on 24th October, 1800:- " When my father built his ' clay biggin ' he put in two stone jambs, as they are called, and a lintel, carrying up a chimney in his clay gable. The consequence was that, as the gable subsided, the jambs remaining firm threw it off its centre, and one very stormy morning, when my brother was nine or ten days old, a little before day-light a part of the gable fell out, and the rest appeared so shattered that my mother, with the young poet, had to be carried through the storm to a neighbour's house, where they remained a; week till their own dwelling was adjusted." The italicized portion of that extract from Gilbert Burns's letter effectually disposes of the jape that " the cottage was blown down." OBITUARY. The Burns Federation has during the past year suffered grievous losses from among its office-bearers, as well as from the membership of its affiliated clubs. It mourns the passing of three of its Hon. Vice-Presidents-two of them also active members of the Executive Committee-and of six other Burnsians who, each in his own way, had rendered notable service to the cult. BAILIE PETER' PATERSON, senior Hon. Vice-President of the Burns Federation, died at his home in Dunfermline on 12th February, 1933. He had been Secretary of Dunfermline United Burns Club for more than thirty years, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation since its reconstitution in 1925. He was elected a Vice-President of the Federation in 1909. MR. THOMAS KILLIN, one of the most prominent figures in the Burns world, died suddenly at his residence in Cambuslang on 28th January, 1933. He was one of the founders of the National Burns Memorial and Cottage Homes at Mauchline, acting for many years as its Treasurer, and the success of that institution has been due largely to his tireless energy. He was greatly inte't'ested also in the Jean Armour Houses scheme, organised by the Glasgow and Dist.rict Burns .Association. Mr. Killin was elected a Vice-President of the Burns Federation in 1918, becoming an Hon. Vice-President in 1925; and was for many years a member of the Executive Committee. THE HON. THOMAS H. Wm1'EHEAD died in a nursing home at London on 15th May, 1933. He was elected an Hon. Vice President of the Federation in 1928, in appreciation of his generous benefactions to Burns Associations. MR. CHARLES L. BRODIE died at Glasgow on lOth May, 1933. He was a Past-President of Greenock Burns Club, wrote poetry and prose, and frequently lectured on literary subjects. MR. WILLIAM CAMPBELL died at Glasgow on lst June, 1933. He was keenly interested in the National Burns Memorial and Cottage Homes at Mauchline, and for thirty-three years acted as Hon. Secretary of the Glasgow-Mauchline Society. MR. THOMAS KILLIN, HON. VICE-PRESIDENT, THE BURNS FEDERATION Photo. by Annan, Glasgow MR. EDWARD ATKINSON HORNEL, KIRKCUDBRIGHT OBITUARY. 93 MR. E. A. HoRNEL died at Broughton House, Kirkcudbright, on 30th June, 1933. Mr. Horne!, one of the most distinguished artists of his day, was a familiar figure at the annual conferences of the Burns Federation, to which he was invariably accompanied by Miss Horne!. He formed a splendid collection of manuscripts and printed books, which he has bequeathed to the town of his adoption. " The Hornel Collection " includes the most valuable assemblage of printed material by and relating to Burns that is in exii!tence ; that material, when made available, should be of great service to students. REV. JAMES Mum, who died at Peebles on l 7th September, 1933, was parish minister of Kirkoswald for forty-one years. He wal!I the author of a life of Robert Burns till his seventeenth year (1929), and of Burns in Kirkoswald (1906). MR. JOHN Murn, who died at Glasgow on 27th September, 1933, was a student of the writings of Burns and of Carlyle, and the author of numerous articles upon both. He was editor of the first number (1892) of the Burns Chronicle; and published Burns at Galston and Ecclefechan (1896) and Carlyle on Burns (1898). REV. DAVID REID, D.D., died at Edinburgh on lst March, 1933, as the result of a motor accident. Dr. Reid was formerly minister of Wellesley Square Church, Calcutta, and President of the Burns Club in that city. On his return to Scotland, he was elected Representative for India on the Executive Committee of the Burns Federation. 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, 1933, was 77,966: a decrease of 3,895 from the number for the preceding year. To the poet's birthplace and the Museum the number who paid for admission was 48,556, compared with 50,443 in the year 1931-32; to the Monument the number was 29,410, compared with 31,418 in the year 1931-32. The number of persons who took advantage of the opening of the Cottage, the Museum, and the Monument on Sundays during the summer months was 7,163. '' BURNS CHRONICLE.'' Mr. Adam C. Hay, an Hon. President of the Burns Federa tion, has presented to Bridgeton Burns Club--of which also he is Hon. President-a bound set of the first series of the Burns Glvronicle. "BURNS'S LITERARY CORRESPONDENTS." The list of letters addressed to Burns which is printed in the 1933 issue of the Burns Chronicle includes one (No. 44) from " Mrs. Tall." The name is so written in the original list; but " Tall " doubtless should read " Fall."-See the poet's journal of his tour of the Borders, under date 2lst May, 1787. A BROADCAST TALK ON BURNS. A broadcast talk on " Burns and the Burns country " will be released from 250 radio stations in Canada and the United States of America on 18th January, 1934. The lecture has been arranged by the Scottish Travel Association, and has been written by Rev. T. F. Harkness Graham, B.D. TENNYSON AND BURNS. In a catalogue of manuscripts issued recently by a firm NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS 95 of booksellers in London there is included a letter from Tennyson, regretting his inability to be present at the unveil ing of the statue of Burns at Glasgow on 25th January, 1877. Tennyson writes (from Freshwater) to Gordon Smith, Secretary to the Committee:-" Though I have as much veneration for your poet as if I had been born a Scotchman, I cannot be present at the unveiling of his Statue." BURNS AT STIRI,ING IN 1787. A manuscript diary of a journey to the Highlands of Scotland in 1787-1788, which has lately come to light, records a meeting that the travellers-four Englishmen-had with Burns: " about dinner time," it says, " our friends came to us at Stirling, and we were soon afterwards joined by Mr. Burns, the great Caledonian poet, a pleasant and witty fellow." JOHN WILSON'S PRINTING-HOUSE. The building in which the first edition of Burns's Poems was printed, by John Wilson, in 1786 has recently been demolished. It was recently described as " one of the most famous places in Scotland " ; and the question was asked, " Why did the Burns Federation not let the people of Scot land know that such destruction was contemplated 7 "; after which came the stern announcement that " this destruction of a historic Scottish shrine brings the whole Burns cult to the bar of public opinion for trial." So that's that! LORD BUCKMASTER ON BURNS. Speaking in Edinburgh on 29th October, 1933, at a University Graduates' Association lunch in connection with the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the University, Lord Buckmaster paid tribute to Scotland's influence, its history, and its literature. Concluding his speech, Lord Buckmaster said :- " The mere mention of Sir Walter Scott brought recollections that had been with him all his life. In times of happiness he had added to his joy, in times of trouble he had helped him to forget the stress, and at all times he had presented a splendid example of how 96 NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS a brave and honourable man should face adversity. He knew that Robert Burns was the special preserve of Scotland, and that it was not easy for people in the South thoroughly to appreciate all that Burns wrote; and they would admit there were difficulties when people talked of poor Jenny getting her petticoatiei; all wet, because she would insist on trespassing in large fields of damp cereals. It was not surprising that they found it difficult to understand. There had been few poets who at once touched the simpler and the most sublime things of life, the love of countryside, the love of little hunted beasts, the love of women, and the love of wine, for surely they were a part of the life of and emotion of every honourable man. Burns had done something no other poet had ever been able to accomplish; he had written words that would make the heart beat and the eye grow dim wherever there were people who had the priceless heritage of the British tongue gathered together to celebrate the closing of the year. That song they sang on the steps of St. Paul's was not their own. It was the possession of the world, and it had been given to the world by one of its greatest geniuses." M.N. --- 25th January, 1759-the day of Burns's birth-was a Thursday; and 2lst July, 1796-the day on which he died-also was a Thursday. P.B. --- That Burns was a smoker may be gathered from a letter written in October, 1787, to Margaret Chalmers:-" Do tell that to Lady M'Kenzie, that she may give me credit for a little wisdom. ' I wisdom dwell with prudence.' What a blessed fire-side I How happy should I be to pass a winter evening under their venerable roof I and smoke a pipe of tobacco, or drink water-gruel with them I " J.F. --- The name of the ship on which Burns " bespoke a passage," for which he paid nine guineas, was the "Nancy," Captain Andrew Smith. But see his letter of lst September, 1786, to John Richmond: "The Nancy, in which I was to have gone, did not give me warning enough. Two days' notice was too little for me to wind up my affairs and go for Greenock. I now am to be a passenger aboard the Bell, Captain Cathcart, who sails the end of this month." See also reference to the " Roselle " in Mrs. M'Lehose's letter of 25th January, 1792, to the poet. c.E.w. --- The Pilgrimage to the shrine of Burm NOTES, QUERIES, AND ANSWERS 97 dwring tke Festival (Edinburgh, 1846) was written by George Anderson VETOH: not VEITOH, as given in the Memorial catalogue of tke Burns Exhibition, 1896, page 375. See Bwrns centenmry poems (Glasgow, 1859), page 186; and Tke Burns centenary (Edinburgh, 1859), page 62. The "representatives of immortal mendicity " of Hew Ainslie's Pilgrimage to the land of Burns (Deptford, 1822) were " Edie Ochiltree "-James Wellstood; " J inglin Jock " -John Gibson; and "The Lang Linker "-Hew Ainslie. See the " Memoir of Ainslie " prefixed to the 1892 edition of the Pilgrimage. J.P. -- The first edition (1828) of Lockhart's Life of Robert Burns was the duodecimo volume which forms one of the series " Constable's Miscellany " : the publishers' list of the series says that the Life was " written expressly for this Miscellany." The octavo edition, published in the same year, was the second. The third edition, " corrected," was issued in 1830; the fourth in 1838; and the fifth in 1847. THE ROYAL LITERA&Y FUND. With reference to the article on " The Literary Fund and Robert Burns " printed in this issue, it may be noted that the address of the Secretary of the Fund, which is supported entirely by voluntary contributions, is at Stationers' Hall, London, E.C.4. G BURNS CLUB NOTES. Secretaries will greatly oblige by making their reports ~ 21 : GREENOCK BURNS CLUB. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 4. Ladies' Night : Party introduced by Peter McDonald. Nov. 15. "Training wild animals: some personal experi ences," by John S. Clarke. ,, 29. St. Andrew's Night: "A typical Scot," by Rev. R. A. Barr, B.L. Dec. 13. "A mountain seer," by Rev. D. Marlais-Davies, B.A. 1934-Jan. 25. Annual celebration : "The Immortal Memory," by the Right Hon. Sir Godfrey P. Collins, K.B.E., C.M.G., Secretary of State for Scotland. Feb. 21. "Burns as a song writer," by Rev. James A. Campbell, M.A. Mar. 22. Ladies' Night : Party introduced by Ernest C. Brown. 28. Annual General Meeting. " JAMES F. McDouGALL, Hon. Secy. 36: ROSEBERY BURNS CLUB, GLASGOW. Syllabus 1933·1934. 1933-0ct. 5. Opening Meeting: Address by Mrs. M. J. Stone. Nov. 2. "Four chapters of human progress," by John S. Clarke. Dec. 7. "Look and see," by H. Stuart Girvan. 1934-Jan. 4. "WyHns fae _ither folk's wallets," by Bailie Ninian Macwhannell. 25. Anniversary Dinner: "The Immortal Memory," " by Douglas Jamieson, K.C., M.P. Feb. 1. "Notable tours to Loch Lomond," by Andrew Mac Bride. 2. School Children's Competition : Grove Street " School and Woodside Halllil. Mar. 1. "A talk on Burns," by Thos. Beet. BURNS CLUB NOTES 99 1934-Apl. 24. Annual Business Meeting. May Annual Outing. Essay Competitions : Whitehill, Victoria. Drive, " North Kelvinside, and Provanside Schools. A. w. ALEXANDER, Hon. Secy. 40: ABERDEEN BURNS CLUB. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 2. "Life and songs of the Ettrick Shepherd," by Rev. James F. Kellas, M.A., B.D. ,, 31. Hallowe'en. Nov. 6. "Superstitions of nations," by Capt. R. W. Gordon of Railhead. 30. St. Andrew's Night celebration. Dec." 4. "A talk on Burns," by John Ferries. 1934-Jan. 5. "Aul Eel" celebrations; Address by Rev. J. Leslie Robertson, B.D. ,, 25. Annual Supper: "The Immortal Memory," by George Morton, K.C., Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff. Feb. 5. "The religion of Burns," by Rev. John Rankine, M.A. Mar. 5. "The campaign and battle of Culblean," by W. Douglas Simpson, D.Litt. ,, 26. Concert. Apl. 16. Annual Meeting. ALEX. B. GARDEN, Hon. Secy. 49: BRIDGETON (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB. Another year of progress marks the history of Bridgeton Burns Club, which enables the Directors to congratulate the members on their support during the past year in connection with the various functions held. Under the Presidency of Mr. John S. Stevens, new records have been created. The Annual Excursion took place on Tuesday, 30th May, by motor coaches to Ayr and Girvan, where a most enjoyable day was spent. The Tattie and Herrin' Supper held in the Grosvenor on the last Saturday in October was a huge success; the guest of the evening was Ex-President Dr. James Devon. It was the largest gathering at any Tattie and Rerrin' Supper since the inception of the Club. The Anniversary Dinner, also held in the Grosvenor, was .another memorable evening. The Oration was given by Mr. W. P. Templeton, M.P. for Coatbridge. 100 BURNS CLUB NOTES The "At Home and Musical Evening" on Friday, 3rd March, in the Grosvenor Tea Room was most enjoyable, and the Directors and members are greatly indebted to Hon. President Hay and his good lady for providing a most delightful entertainment. The School Competitions this year have again increased in popularity. There were 11,821 scholars entered for these Competitions, from 30 Schools in Bridgeton and Dennistoun, namely :-7 Choirs of 24 each, 134 for Solo Singing, 246 for Elocution, and 11,273 in connection with the Literary Section conducted by the Headmasters of the various Schools. The Annual Concert and Presentation of Prizes which took place in the Bridgeton Public Hall, on Friday, 13th January, was thoroughly enjoyed by the parents and friends present. The Awards were: For Choir Singing : Silver Shield (Senior Section) Whitehill Secondary School. Silver Cup (Junior Section) Tureen Street School. For Solo Singing : Gold Medal (Senior Section) Margaret Allison, Whitehill. Silver Medal ( ) Georgina Cowie, Whitehill. Book ( ) Cissie Hosie, John Street. Book ( ,, ) Saidie Loban, Newlands. Silver Medal (Junior Section) Irene Stark, Riddrie. Silver Medal ( ,, ) Jos. Jarron, Thomson Street. Book ( ,, ) Irene Hutton, John Street. For Elocution : Book (Advanced) Alastair Revie, Whitehill. Silver Medal (Senior Section) Cathie Millar, Whitehill. Book ( ,, ) Margaret Gray, Whitehill. Book ( " ) Betty Chisholm, John Street. Silver Medal (Junior Section) Frederick Blackie, Riddrie. Silver Medal ( ,, ) Thomas Caldwell, Dovehill. Book ( " ) Chrissie Rennie, Alexandra. Parade. Book ( " ) Henry Elliot, Dovehill. and in connection with the Class Competition, 268 Book Prizes:- Annfield 7 Golfhill 14 Queen Mary Street 12 Barrowfield 7 Haghill 4 Riddrie 10 Bluevale 13 John Street Sec. 19 Rumford Street 8 Camlachie 8 John Street Elem. 14 Springfield 18 Campbellfield 6 London Road 10 St. James' 9 Dalmarnock 22 N ewlands 20 Thomson Street 7 Dennistoun 12 Parkhead 8 Tureen Street 7 Dovehill 13 Quarry Brae 12 Wellpark 8 Conductors' Batons were presented to the Conductors of the Choirs : Mr. J. W. Kerr, M.A., Whitehill School; and Mr. Robert Nicol, M.A., Tureen Street School. BURNS CLUB NOTES 101 In appreciation of many years' services in connection with the School Competitions, Ex-President Mr. Peter White, J.P., and Mr. George Newton were elected Hon. Vice-Pre sidents of the Club. It gives your Directors much pleasure to intimate that, through the kind offices of Hon. President Hay, another 100 Guineas have been passed through the Club from the "James Dick Trust " to the " Jean Armour Burns Houses " Endow ment Fund, making a total of £420 from this source. In connection with the Federation Hand-book-the Bwrns Chronicle-the Club again tops the list of sales, 154 copies having been disposed of during the session. . We have pleasure in noting that our Hon. President has been elected an Hon. President of the Burns Federation, and the first Hon. President of the Glasgow and District Burns Association; Ex-President Col. G. P. Linton is Vice-President -0f the Glasgow and District Burns Clubs' Bowling Associa tion; Ex-President Mr. Joseph B. Stobo has been elected Convener of the Finance Committee of the Glasgow and District Burns Association, in succession to the late Mr. Killin; your Secretary still retains the position of Canadian Representative in the Burns Federation; and Past-President George W. Laurie has been honoured by His Majesty by being made a Justice of the Peace. Eighty new Life Members have been added to the Roll, and £500 has been invested with the Rutherglen Corporation at 4! per cent. Truly a most gratifying year. S'!fllabus 1933-1934- 1933-0ot. 28. Tattie and Herrin' Supper in the Grosvenor : Guest, David B. Mungo, M.A., LL.B. Nov. 24. Children's Competitions in John Street School. Dec. 15. Ladies' Night: Whist, Dinner and Music. 1934-Jan. 12. Children's Annual Concert and Distribution of Prizes, in Bridgeton Public Hall. ,, 25. 64-th Anniversary Dinner, in Grosvenor Banquet ing Hall: "The Immortal Memory," by William D. Cocker. Mar. 2. Musical Evening : arranged by Mrs. White and Hon. Vice-President Peter White, J.P.: "At Home" in the Grosvenor. Apl. 13. Annual Business Meeting. May 29. Annual Excursion, to Rothesay . .Aug. 7. McLennan Cup : Annual Bowling Competition. JOHN G. s. SPROLL, Hon. Secg. 102 BURNS CLUB NOTES 55: DERBY SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION AND BURNS CLUB. S'!lllabus 1983-1934. 1933-0ct. 18. "The town's gas supply," by J. P. McCrae. Nov. 30. St. Andrew's Night. 1934-Jan. 1. Ne'erday Ball. 7. Annual Church Service. ,," 25. Anniversary Dinner : Chief Guest, Capt. the Hon. G. Evan Baillie. Feb. 21. Annual General Meeting. w. M. WYLIE, } J<" t /[, s R. B. MEIKLE, oin on. ec& 68 : SANDYFORD (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB. The fortieth Annual General Meeting of the Club was held in the Burns House Club on Tuesday, 14th March, 1933, under the Chairmanship of the President, Bailie Gordon Cochrane. Mr. Alexander Miller, who had served the Club in the capacity of Hon. Secretary and Treasurer for a period of six years, decided to retire from office. Much regret was expressed at his decision, but the members were gratified that he consented to remain a member of the Board of Directors. The Anniversary Dinner and Ball was held in the Ca'doro Restaurant on 25th January, 1933. The speakers included The Lord Provost (Mr. Alexander B. Swan); Mr. Craigie Aitchison, Lord Advocate (now Lord Justice Clerk); Sheriff Walter J. Robertson; Rev. Vera M. M. Findlay; and Mr. Norman Bruce. In proposing the toast of " The Immortal Memory," Mr. Aitchison dealt with Burns's claim t<> immortality. The term could only be applied in a relative way. It could hardly be said that all of his work would survive, but of certain of his numbers it might be possible to say that they would be kno!Vn to the end of time. He (Mr. Aitchison) would be disposed to mention two poems for this degree of permanence-" Auld Lang Syne" and "Tam o' Shanter." Of " Tam o' Shanter" he was sanguine that the world would retain it in its consciousness for an imperish able thing. But probably not in the form that we know the poem. In the reckoning of the future distant ages it would have become a myth, part of the folklore of a primitive people. It would be the legend-and let us not forget that the story was legendary in its origin-of a strange mortal - BURNS CLUB NOTES 103 who in the childhood of the race sat in an ancient hostelry consuming a divine nectar, and who as midnight drew on rode through storm and tempest till he came to a primeval temple that seemed to be aglow with a supernatural light. And the myth would go on that, being assailed by super natural powers, he escaped by the crossing of running water. The collection for the Mauchline " Jean Armour Burns Houses " and the Club's Benevolent Fund realised the sum of £20. The Annual Outing to Pitlochry and Kinloch Rannoch was held on Tuesday, 6th June. A party of 100 enjoyed ideal weather conditions during their sojourn through one of the finest districts of the Scottish Highlands. The Club sustained a severe loss through the death, on 17th March, of Mr. J. E. D. MacGregor, J.P., who was President in 1930 and a Director at the time of his death. He was a man of many interests, to all of which he gave devotion and whole-hearted enthusiasm. He was Deacon of the Incorporation of Coopers in 1929, and in recognition of his invaluable service he was elected to the position of Master Extraordinary. He was widely known in Masonic circles, and was a Past Master of the Trades House Masonic Lodge. A Burgess of Glasgow of three generations, he was in 1896 elected Preses of the Grand Antiquity Society. An enthusiastic Highlander, he was for a term President of the Clan Gregor Society. Mr. MacGregor was one of the most popular Presidents that the Club has had, and it was during his year of office that the Earl of Home delivered his memorable address on Burns in proposing the toast of " The Immortal Memory" at the Anniversary Dinner. SAMUEL W. LOVE, Hon. s~cy. 74: NATIONAL BURNS MEMORIAL AND COTTAGE HOMES, MAUCHLINE. (Glasgow Mauchline Society.) The year just ended has been a progressive one. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York have graciously consented to become Patrons of the Homes. The Marquis of Ailsa, as Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire, and the Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and of Glasgow, the Lord Dean of Guild of Glasgow, and Col. John Gribbel (of Phila delphia) have agreed to become Hon. Presidents. These names give an added status to the Memorial and Cottage Homes. 104 BURNS CLUB NOTES The sixteen houses already built have all been occupied by fine old people, each householder receiving a house free of rent and taxes~ and with electric light and wa~r and .£8 a-year in money. They have all kept fairly well, considering their advanced ages. The donations during the year amount to fully .£500. The repairs to the Tower have been carried out in a very effective manner, and we are confident that no similar repairs will be needed for many years to come. Numerous people who have visited the Homes have remarked that they are greatly pleased with the houses and gardens and general surroundings, and also with the com forts and privileges the old folks enjoy. We trust that members of the Burns Clubs will continue to help the Homes, as money is always required for suoh institutions. · We deeply regret the deaths of Mr. Thomas Killin and Mr. William Campbell, who for a long period of years had done splendid work. Mr. T. Muir Wilson, Writer, 190 West George Street, Glasgow, and a native of Mauchline, has been appointed Honorary Secretary in room of the late Mr. William Campbell. We most cordially thank all kind donors for their help in the past, and hope that by-and-by sufficient donations will come in to enable further buildings to be erected. J. LEIPER GEMMILL, President. 89: SUNDERLAND BURNS CLUB. We have again pleasure in reporting a year of steady pro gress, under the able guidance of our President, Mr. Wm. Nesbit. The St. Andrew's Celebration took the form of a Dinner Dance, when a company of 151 ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner. Opportunity was taken to announce that we would commence a fund for the purpose of presenting a bust of Burns, to be placed in the Hall of the Central Library. The Anniversary Dinner was held on 25th January, when we were favoured with Sir John Maxwell, C.M.G., who delivered a fine tribute to the poet. We have again been favoured with an excellent list of papers at our meetings; to those who provided them our thanks are tendered. 811llabus 19311-1933. 1932-0ct. 13. President's (Wm. Nesbit) Address. ,, 27. "Sir Walter Scott," by W. M. Donaldson. BURNS CLUB NOTES 105 1932-Nov. 9. Ladies' Night. " 23. St. Andrew's Celebration. Dec. 8. "The Scottish covenanters," by R. J. Raeside. 1933-Jan. 12. "Land o' Burns": lantern lecture, by A. W. Semple. " 25. Anniversary Dinner. Feb. 9. "Scots I hae met," by J. McNicol. " 23. "Sir William Allan," by T. H. Meek. Mar. 23. "The sangs o' Burns," by G. Mitchell. Apl. 6. " Seeing Scotland " : lantern lecture, by M. Neilson. " 27. Annual Meeting. Sep. 14. Business Meeting. M. NEILSON, Hon. Secy. 131: NOTTINGHAM SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 5. President's Reception. ,, 20. "Modern writers in Scots verse," by Bailie Ninian Macwhannell. ,, 28. Hallowe'en : Children's Party. Nov. 7. Ladies' Night. 11 30. Caledonian Ball. Dec. 5. Musical Evening. 1934-Jan. 2. New-Year Dance. ,, 12. Vice-President's Night. ,, 25. Anniversary Dinner: "The Immortal Memory,'' by Lieut.-Col. J. M. Mit.chell, C.B.E., LL.D. Feb. 8. "Talents and temperaments," by Prof. J. G. McKenzie, M.A., B.D. 11 23. "The essential Scot," by J.M. Bulloch, LL.D. April Annual Meeting. JOHN .CURRIE, Hon. Secy. 153 : SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB, GLASGOW. The thirtieth session of this Club, which incorporates the " Glasgow Waverley " and the " Western " (1859) and " Ye Saints " (1884), is proving as successful as usual. In addition, the Edinburgh Section, formed in 1920, is also going ahead satisfactorily. In January, 1933, " The Immortal Memory" was pro posed by Bailie Ninian Macwhannell. The opening meeting in October was addressed by Mr. 106 BURNS CLUB NOTES John S. Clarke, who dealt with " The origin of writing and the evolution of the book." In November the Rev. T. F. Harkness Graham, B.D., delivered a paper on "Lockhart." Dr. James Devon in December continued his annual address with " A talk about old clubs." Mr. M. M. Monie, M.A., B.Sc., commenced the New Year with a discursive lecture on " Is there a Typical Scot 1 " In February the Rev. J. Adamson Finlay, M.A., dealt with "Barrie from a new angle." In addition to these literary and musical nights, the usual successful Ladies' Evenings were held in October and March. This season the Club has been honoured by Bailie Macwhannell, one of the oldest and principal members of the Club, having been appointed to occupy the important position of President of the Burns Federation. Bailie Macwhannell was admitted to the Scottish Burns Club on 4th March, 1909, and since the death of the Founder, Mr. John K. McDowall, has occupied the office of Director of Programmes. The Scottish Burns Club has been much indebted to Bailie Macwhannell for the high standard of its programmes and the general success of the Club, and the honour conferred on him by the appointment has been greatly appreciated by the members. The Club again offers an attractive Syllabus for the current session as follows :- S11llabus 1933-1934. 1933-Nov. 27. "A talk on the vernacular," by Dr. James Devon. Dec. 18. " The religion of Burns," by John L. Hardie, M.A. 1934-Jan. 8. "Burns on Sweethearts and Wives," by W. D. Fisher. 22. ''The Immortal Memory," by John S. Clarke, " F.S.A.Scot. Feb. 26. "William Motherwell," by Rev. T. F. Harkness Graham, B.D. Mar. 26. Musical Evening-Ladies' Night. J. KEVAN MCDOWALL, Hon. Secy. 199 : NEWBATTLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB. We have to report a very successful session. Our lectures were of very high quality, thanks to the various speakers. Our Whist Drives also proved a success. Our Old Folks' Fund shows an increase. We distributed £40 to the old BURNS CLUB NOTES 107 folks in the village, all of those over 70 years of age receiving 5s. each. Our summer outing took place to Dunbar in ideal weather. The old folks had tea in the Abbey Parish Church 1 Hall, kindly granted by the Church Session : thanks to Rev. John Taylor, M.A. Miss Georgia Humphrey, assisted by Miss Elma Scott (Edin.) and her pupils, again gave an exhibition of dancing, in aid of our Old Folks' Fund. The Anniversary Dinner was held on 2lst January, when Mr. C. McPhail, M.A., Cranston (Ford), proposed " The Immortal Memory." A company of about 70 enjoyed his inspiring address. Our School Children's Competition took place in N ewbattle Public School : about 250 took part; 12 prizes were handed over to the successful pupils, Mr. G. Barnes, M.A., being adjudicator. I cannot allow the occasion to pass without recording our appreciation of the services of Mr. Wm. Fowler, M.A., Head Master of the School, and his staff. We hope to have another successful session. S11llabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 14. Annual Business Meeting. Nov. 4. Social and Lecture: "Humour in the school room," by F. J. Belford, M.A. Dec. 2. Social and Lecture: "Some contrasting char· acters of Charles Dickens," by D. J. McArthur. 23. Ladies' Night. 1934-Jan." 6. Social and Lecture. 27. Anniversary Dinner. Feb." 10. Social and Lecture : "Rambles in misty Skye," by Alex. H. Anderson, M.A. Mar. 10. Social an 213: KINGSTON (GLASGOW) BURNS CJ,UB. I have much pleasure in submitting the Club's Syllabus for session 1933-34, to show what we are doing in this district to keep alive the Burns spirit. In spite of trade depression, our membership is slightly on the increase, and we are looking forward to another successful session. We in Kingston very much appreciate the honour paid us by the Glasgow and District Burns Association, in appointing Mr. A. Neil Campbell (who has been our Secretary for the past 108 BURNS CLUB NOTES three years) their Honorary Treasurer. Kingston's loss will, we feel sure, be the Association's gain. Svltabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 19. "Jacobite songs and singers," by William Boyle. Nov. 16. "The law, the devil, and the man in the street," by Hugh T. M'Calman, B.L. Dec. 21. Social Gathering. 1934-Jan. 30. Anniversary Dinner : "The Immortal Memory," by E. Rosslyn Mitchell, LL.B. Feb. 15. "Robert Kerr, the Galloway poet;" by John Peacock, M.A. Mar. 15. "Jean Armour and Robert Burns," by Arthur Pinkney. Apl. 19. Annual General Meeting. ALEX. H. FAIRLEY, Hon. Secv. 244 : DAL:MUIR BURNS CLUB • • Our optimistic outlook of last year has not yet been entirely justified. A dearth of money, and the necessary rigid economy, have hindered the progress we had hoped to make, and although our meetings have been fairly full the attendance was never quite what we wished. At our last meeting in 1932 Mr. J. W. B. Duncan, one of our Vice-Presidents, gave an address on " Men and places." He spoke of great men of Scotland who had risen to fame, kings and warriors, churchmen and statesmen, scholars and poets, etc., and of the places that had been glorified by their lives and deeds, and for ever linked to their names and memories. The 25th began our programme of 1933. Mr. J, Stewart Bannatyne, Secretary of the Albany Burns Club (Glasgow), honoured us by proposing " The Immortal Memory." At our first quarterly in March Mr. J. F. Roach lectured on " The Law Court and its officials." Mr. Andrew Duncan was the guest at our second quarterly in May, and gave a .stirring address on "Rudyard Kipling." At our September meeting Mr. Wm. Boyle, President of the Glasgow and District Burns Association, treated us to a lecture on " Neil Munro." Mr. Boyle gave a fine critique of the works of that great dual personality Neil Munro and Hugh Foulis, as novelist, journalist, and casual man of letters. Throughout the year we have maintained the high reputa tion we have earned in the district as purveyors of good musical entertainment, vocal and instrumental. Last year BURNS CLUB NOTES 109' we reluctantly omitted the Hallowe'en Treat from our pro gramme, much to the disappointment of our juvenile adherents and not a few of the adults. The " Bairns' Nicht " will go on this year, and we are well forward with our preparations. JOHN R. s. LOCKHART, Secretary. 282 : GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' BOWLING ASSOCIATION. McLewnan Cup Competition. The thirty-fifth annual game for the Cup was played on lst August, 1933. Twenty-nine clubs entered eighty-six rinks. The same evening the cards were computed in the Burns House Club, when it was found there was a tie for first place, two rinks being 25 up. These were Royalty Club, 33-8--players K. McLean, M. Macrae, R. McKenzie and John Macrae (skip)-and Alexandria Club, 35-10-players J. Smith, A. Rouse, R. Wood, and John Scott (skip). On the evening of the Thursday following the tie was played off on Willowbank Green, the Royalty rink winning by 8 shots. The players and a good number of spectators proceeded to the Burns House Club, where the President, Mr. T. Findlay Stewart, presented the Cup to Mr. James Denholm, President of the winning Club. Gold badges werti presented to the players in both rinks. The date of the next competition is Tuesday, 7th August, 1934. ROBT. p ARKER, Secretary. 293 : NEWCRAIGHALL POOSIE NANCY BURNS CLUB. S'!lllabua 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 14. Delegate's (Alex. Horne) report on Conference. Nov. 11. Song-lecture, by Wm. Murdoch. ,, 25. Social Evening. . Dec. 9. Lecture, by Mr. Macdonald. 1934-Jan. 13. Lecture, by Alex. Horne. ,, 27 . .Annual Supper. Feb. 10. "Burns in Ellisland," by F. J. Belford. Mar. 10. Lecture, by Dr. Sutherland . .Apl. 14. Lect.ure, by G. Johnston. 110 BURNS CLUB NOTES 295: THE BURNS HOUSE CLUB, LIMITED (GLASGOW). The rooms at 27 India Street are fulfilling the purpose the promoters had in view, namely, a home for the Burns Clubs -0f Glasgow. The Clubs find the accommodation most con venient for their ordinary and committee meetings, and 27 India Street is the headquarters of the Glasgow and District Burns Association. The Club is open every week-day, and there is a select library of Scottish literature. The prin 307 : EDINBURGH AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 20. Dance. Nov. 10. Musical Evening, arranged by Augustus Beddie. Dec. 23. Children's Party. 1934-Jan. 19. Burns Night: "The Immortal Memory," by Rev. James Black, D.D. Feb. 23. Whist Drive. Mar. 9. Musical Evening. 310 : MAUCHLINE BURNS CLUB. Under our new President, Mr. Jas. Dunlop, who was our "Hon. Secretary for a number of years, we had a very success ful session. The papers submitted were of an excellent order, and all the lectures were well attended by our members. We had many visitors from sister clubs, who voiced their appre ciation of the lectures and of the welcome they received. The School Children's Competitions in Singing and Recitation were again well supported, and proved another success. The prizes were books and Federation Certificates, along with two Savings Certificates and the handsome Waddell Silver Cup. The adjudicators were Mr. R. C. McCrone, L.R.A.M., Kilmarnock (for Singing), and Mrs. D. Craig, Kilmarnock (for Recitation). On 6th January a high tea was provided for the old folks of the parish over 65 years of age; and we had nearly 150 of them as guests. An excellent musical programme was BURNS CLUB NOTES 111 314 : SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB, EDINBURGH. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 13. "The lighter side of school life,'' by F. J. Belford, M.A. Nov. 10. "The Scottish National War Memorial," by Major T. Blackburn, O.B.E. 112 BURNS CLUB NOTES 1933-Dec. 8. "Some Scots novelists: Crockett, Barrie, and Neil Munro," by J. W. Herries. 1934-Jan. 12. Dramatic and Musical Evening. ,, 26. Anniversary Supper: "The Immortal Memory," by Augustus Beddie. Feb. 9. "Burns the wayfarer," by George Humphrey. Mar. 9. "Humour of official life," by R. P. McDougall. ,, 23. Annual General Meeting. G. M. BROWN, Hon. Seoy. 325: VANCOUVER BURNS FELLOWSHIP. Syllabus 1933-1934. 1933-Sep. 20. "Scottish song and story," by George Boyd. Oct. 18. Address by Wm. McNeil. ,, 19. Concert for "Sunshine Fund." Nov. 15. "Scottish people and places that interest me," by Rev. Andrew Roddan. Dec. 20. "Thomas Moore," by P. McA. Carrick. 1934-Jan. 17. "Impressions of Scotland," by Prof. W. G. Black. ,, 25. Annual Banquet. ,, 28. Annual Burns Sunday Evening Service. Feb. 21. "The kailyard school," by Dr. Helen Stewart. Mar. 21. "Some quaint Scottish customs," by Prof. G. F. Drummond. Apl. 18. "Burns vision and world conditions to-day," by John Mcinnes. May 16. Social Evening. (MRs.) J. FINLAYSON, Hon. Secy. 355: CALCUTTA BURNS CLUB. The fourth Hallowe' en Concert organized by Calcutta. Burns Club took place on 27th October, 1933, in the New Empire Theatre. It was under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor of Bengal, and was no less successful than its predecessors. The funds of the Caledonian Society will benefit from the entertainment by a sum of about .£250, which will be distributed among local charities. The souvenir programme of the Concert, sewn in a tartan wrapper, con tains a portrait of the new President of the Club, the Hon. J. S. Henderson. The Annual Dinner was held at No. 16, Strand Road, on 25th January, 1933, the toast of the evening being proposed by Dr. W. S. Allan, President. A. 0. YOUNG, Hon. Secy. BURNS CLUB NOTES 113 380: FALKIRK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB. SyllabuB 1933-1934. 1933-Sep. 28. Annual Business Meeting; Song and Recital. Oct. 26. "James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd,'' by John Stewart, B.Sc. Nov. 23. "Sir William Wallace," by Fred Johnston. Dec. 21. "Some early Scottish poets,'' by Harry Imrie. 1934-Jan. 25. Annual Dinner: "The Immortal Memory,'' by Bailie Ninian Macwbannell. Feb. 22. Scots recital, by Duncan Clark, M.A., and party. Mar. 29. Social Meeting; Address-" Songs of youth," by Duncan Kennedy, W.S. DAVID M. PHILLIPS, Hon. Secy. 381: GREATER NEW YORK MASONIC BURNS CLUB. While our Club has been very severely hit by the depression, so far as finance is concerned, we have had a season of very attractive meetings and record attendances. On three occasions we found it necessary to have a larger hall than our Club Room to accommodate the audience. Our opening meeting was on 26th September, 1932, the centenary of the burial of Sir Walter Scott. Our Bard, Bro. James F. Knox, delivered a most interesting address on " The Wizard of the North," and was ably assisted by the Brooklyn Scottish Select Choir. At our next meeting, on 24th October, Rev. Duncan Black spoke on his " Recent visit to Scotland," and Bro. Dr. John D. Ross added some of bis experiences in the homeland during the summer. On behalf of Bro. J. Taylor Gibb, of Mauchline, Dr. Ross pre sented the Club with an inscribed mallet made from part of a rafter of Nance Tinnock's house and part of the panell ing of Gavin Hamilton's law chambers. Our meeting on 28th November brought us another curio in the shape of the Scottish Standard which was used at the unveiling ceremonies at Grant's Braes on 28th July, when the memorial to Mrs. William Burnes, our poet's mother, was dedicated. This also was presented by Dr. Ross. On 26th December the Rev. Donald MacDonald-Miller gave us a lantern lecture on " Ohan and the Land of Lorne." On 23rd January, 1933, we had "Remarks on some of Burns's songs " by last year's President, Bro. John Duncanson, assisted by a capable concert party. On 28th January we held our Burns Dinner in the Elks Club, Brooklyn, where " The Immortal Memory " was given by Mr. Gerald Campbell, C.M.G., His Britannic H 114 BURNS CLUB NOTES Majesty's Consul-General. On 27th February we had a movie show, " A motor tour through Scotland," by the courtesy of the Anchor Line. On 27th March Bro. Herbert P. Onasch gave us a stereopticon lecture on '' Telephone research and its by-products." On 24th April the Rev. Duncan Black lectured on '' The Celtic strain in America '' ; and our closing meeting of the session was on 22nd May, when we had another movie night. A. A. McWnLIAM, Secretary. 383: R.N.T.F. HEATHER BURNS CLUB • .Another year has gone, carrying into the past the realities of which only the memories remain. But of this year the recollections are almost unvaryi~gly pleasant, rising and falling in accordance with our own appreciation of the function under review. One of the high-lights of the year was, of course, the .Annual Celebration in January. Our principal guest, the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Home, K.T., proved an able and con vincing speaker, and carried his audience in interested silence until the close of his fine discourse. Notable among the other speakers was the Rev. C. Arthur Robertson, B.D., who has been offered, and accepted, the principal toast at our Dinner in January, 1934. The Session had opened with a Musical Evening, arranged by Mr. Archie Coats, whose good work on that occasion promised, what we later proved, a most successful musical year. Unfortunately, Mr. Coats has had to retire from active participation in the work of our Club; but his place has been filled by Past-President Wallace, from whom we con fidently expect a continuation of our high quality musical evenings. As usual, much of our syllabus was taken up by " inter Club visits,'' a system that is to be commended in any area where more than one Club is in existence; we know of no better way to promote the good-will and brotherhood for which we stand than to meet in circumstances of mutual enjoyment and friendly rivalry. Our Annual Outing took place in June to the historic City of Dunfermline, where, despite the inclemency of the weather, a very pleasant period was spent in surveying the scenes of Scotland's ancient grandeur and more recent pros perity. From Robert the Bruce to Andrew Carnegie is a far cry, but both have been instrumental in making the Royal City one of the most interesting and flourishing cities in our fair country. BURNS CLUB NOTES 115 With our Annual Meeting in June came a new Secretary. Mr. Robert F. Smith has already shown his enthusiasm for the " cause," and we leave the future in his hands, with every confidence. ARTHUR c. E. LEWIS, late Hon. Secy. 391: WATERBURY BURNS CLUB. Despite trade depression, the year just completed has been fairly successful. The officers and committee are to be con gratulated for their untiring effects in keeping the members together; they are always ready to extend that hand of " brotherhood " which our poet so ably expounded. A survey of the season's programme will show that we are trying to do our part to keep " Auld Scotland " and our National Bard to the fore. December 3lst : Annual Hogmanay Social and Dance for members and families was well attended; the singing of " A Guid New Year " aye brings memories of years gone by and folks at hame. January 20th : we were guests of " The Daughters of Scotia " in a joint Scottish social. January 22nd : at Second Congrega tional Church the Club sponsored a Burns programme; the Secretary gave a paper on " Burns, his life and works." January 28th : the Annual Celebration was held, and the members turned out in large numbers. " The Immortal Memory " was proposed by our President, Robert Currie; and the singing of Scottish songs and the old time dances were much enjoyed. February 2nd: Brother Robert Finlay sponsored a Scottish programme of songs and music at the South Federated Church. May 13th: we had as our guests, the members of Clan Stewart from Torrington ; and on October l 7th we visited Torrington to renew our friendly . rivalry. In June and August we held very successful outings for members and their families; these were well attended. October 28th: Hallowe'en Masquerade; prizes were donated by members. November 17th: At Mill Plain Union Church a nine-reel moving picture of " Bonnie Scotland," loaned by the Anchor Line, was attended by 400 people. Through the efforts of our members, a bowling green has been installed in one of the city's public parks. Congratulations to the Federation on its protest to the authorities regarding Scottish Records in the Register House at Edinburgh. JAS. LITTLEJOHN, Secretary. 116 BURNS CLUB NOTES 438: CHESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION. S'!lllabua 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 5. President's Reception. ,, 31. Hallowe'en Party. Nov. 9. Visit from Buxton Caledoniana. 11 26. Annual Service, in Elder Yard Chapel. ,, 30. St. Andrew's Day Dance. Dec. 21. Children's Xmas Party. 1934-Jan. 11. Lantern-lecture: "Camping with a camera." ,, 25. Anniversary Dinner and Dance : "The Immortal Memory," by the Master of Sempill, A.F.C. Feb. 4. Presbyterian Church Service. Apl. 12. Annual General Meeting. (MRs.) BALFOUR NIOHOLSON, Hon. Sec'!/. 442 : PENICUIK AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB. S'!lllabus 1933-1934. 1933-0ct. 7. "The life, homes, haunts, and works of Robert Burns"; by Rev. R. Moffat Gillon, M.A. Nov. 8. Social Meeting ; Address by Mrs. Fraser, Cromar. Dec. 16. Members' Night. 1934-Jan. 27. Anniversary Supper: "The Immortal Memory," by William M. Watt, President. Mar. 10. Social Meeting; Address by Rev. G. Wyllie Howie, M.A. April General Business Meeting. June Annual Excursion. RICHARD M. YOUNG, Hon. Sec'!/. 469 : DENNY CROSS BURNS CLUB. S'!lllabu8 1933-1934. 1933-Sep. 23. Lecture by Rev. J. Gourlay, B.D. Oct. 28. "Sc&tland under revolt," by R. Stuart. Dec. 2. "The greatest book in the world," by Dr. Jean A. Horne. 1934-Jan. 27. Anniversary Supper: "The Immortal Memory," by P. Auchenachie. Feb. 24. Business Meeting; Lecture on "Mary Queen of Scots," by W. Steedman. Mar. 24. Ladies' Night; Lecture on "Carron Glen," by Miss J. Pratiss. JAMES c. REID, Hon. Secy. BURNS CLUB NOTES 117 472 : RENFREWSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF BURNS CLUBS. Herewith my first Annual Report. When the Associa tion was instituted, a few years ago, our membership included a large proportion of the Clubs in the upper reaches of the Shire, but, owing to the force of economic circumstances, "many of these have had to terminate their affiliation. We are extremely fortunate, however, in having the .support of some nine Clubs, whose enthusiastic work compensates in no small measure for our lack of one hundred per cent-. member ship. During the past year our activities have included an Essay Competition for the school children in the Greenock area; a public Scots Concert; and, during the summer, a Bowling Tournament. The Essay Competition, which was very satisfying from the point of view of response on the part of the children and the valuable assistance we received from headmasters -and teachers, is reviewed elsewhere in this Chronicle. The standard of work, as Mr. Andrew has testified, was very high, and is self-expressive of the splendid work performed by both pupils and dominies. The Scots Concert, from the support given to our first venture, promises to become an annual event in Greenock's social life, and justifies our theory that a good quality Scots Concert still has the power to compete with all other forms of public entertainment. The Bowling Tournament had been in project for some years, but it was not until our President, Mr. James F. Wylie, generously provided a handsome silver cup (known as the " Wylie Trophy ") that the scheme became an actuality. It is run in the form of a " knock-out " com petition among the local Clubs, and Mr. Wylie had the pleasure of seeing his own Club, the Gourock Jolly Beggars, win the trophy from the Gourock Burns Club in a close and exciting final. The prospects for the future are extremely bright--all of our activities are expanding and showing promise of becom ing established institutions, and we are young enough as yet to avoid blind alleys and grooves. In closing, I should like to pay tribute to our " friend, philosopher, and trusted guide,_" Mr. Arthur Murray, whose enthusiasm has piloted us through our first troublous years, and who, although his business has taken him from the district, still evinces the keenest interest in our work. ARTIIUR c. E. LEWIS, Hon. Sec71. 118 BURNS CLUB NOTES 480 : GLENOAIRN BURNS OLUB OF OORNW ALL, FALHOUTH. The Glencairn Club has decided to erect, in Falmouth Parish Church, a stained-glass window to the memory of Burns and his patron, the Earl of Glencairn. A subscrip tion list has been opened. Contribution• may be sent to Mr. J. A. Donald, Glencairn, Falmouth, or to Mr. M. G. Rosser, Westminster Bank, Falmouth. NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 1'he stm·y of the Kilmarnock Burns, by John D. Ross, LL.D. (Stirling: Eneas Mackay, 1933, 8°, 3/6.) Dr. Ross-the veteran Hon. Vice-President of the Burns Federation-has made yet another contribution to Burnsiana. His latest is concerned with the primary edition of the Poems, printed by John Wilson at Kilmarnock in 1786, and is composed of reprints of a number of articles which deal with the history of the volume, with its contents and its bibliography. These articles were written by Dr. Ross himself, Professor Franklyn B. Snyder, and others. That by Professor Snyder-Notes on Burns's language, and on his selection of the contents of his first volume-is probably the most valuable of all and, having appeared originally in an American periodical, will be new to many readers. Dr. Ross reprints also a number of contemporary reviews of the Poems which appeared in periodical publications. These are remarkable for the unanimity of their recognition of the genius of Burns, as evidenced in his first book. Most of them are pretty well known, but two-one from the New London Magazine, the other from the New A1inual Register-will probably be fresh to many. He, however, has overlooked the appreciative article which appeared in the Critical Review; and is in error in quoting the brief notice in the New Town and Country MapazinF, which was occasioned by the appearance of Burns's second edition. He quotes also Robert Heron's absurd statements regarding the reception accorded the volume by "old and young, high and low, grave and gay, learned or ignorant" in Galloway, where he was resident in July 1786, when the volume appeared. That story is palpable fiction. A record of the prices paid for the Kilmarnock edition-which, published at 3/-, has steadily risen in price, and to-day is valued, according to condition, at anything up to .£2,450-is well up-to date. Dr. Ross predicts that " a few generations hence will witness the sum of .£5,000 standing as the record price for the book." The census of "copies still to the fore "-2i in all-is woefully incomplete ; we should like to see an attempt made to 1 compile a complete record of extant copies. The prospectus and ;i the title-page of the Kilmarnock Burns are reproduced in Dr. Ross's volume, whose publi~her has done his part exceedingly well. 1 Familiar links with Robert Burns : a selection of Burnsiana from 1 the writings of the late John Mitchell Murdoch, compiled by Mary M. Murdoch; with a foreword by John D. Ross, LL.D. (Ayr: Stephen & Pollock, 1933, 8°, 3/6.) Mr. J. M. Murdoch was a well-known member of the "fourth estate," first in Aberdeenshire and afterwards at Ayr, and at the time of his death (1932) was editor of the Ayrshire J'ogt, He 1 I 120 NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS- wrote much and lectured often upon the subject of Burns, and the memorial volume which has been prepared by Mrs. Murdoch contains a selection of the many articles from his pen that were printed in his paper. If the articles in the volume do not add greatly to our knowledge of the subject, they are at least unusually well informed and exceedingly readable. Those in particular which deal with the Land of Burns are of value, as the work of an acute observer at the hub of the Burns world ; they concern the birthplace of the poet, Alloway Kirk, and the Brigs of Doon and Ayr. Others are personal-on Isabella Begg (Burns's sister) and her daughters, Skinner of "Tullochgorum" fame, and Mrs. Dunlop. Mr. Murdoch's speech on proposing "The Immortal Memory" at an anniversary meeting of Newton-on-Ayr Burns Club is added, and "a word of appreciation" from Dr. John D. Ross prefaces the book. The unpretentious Familiar links with Robert Burns contaius a portrait of its author, and is nicely printed and bound. Brithers a': a minute a day with Burns-poet, lover, and prophet of brotherhood; by Peter Esslemont. (Aberdeen, 1933, 8°, 1/6.) The compiler of Brithera a' states in his introduction that the book "is not intended to be a life of Burns or a synopsis of his works, but an effort to place within the limit of an hour's reading the spirit, teaching and song of Burns on humanity, love, and brotherhood." His effort is divided into sixty chapters, each of which contains a "one-minute message" from the poet. These messages consist of quotations from Burns's poetical and prose writings; the quotations form the texts of short homilies by the compiler; and relative comments by friends, acquaintances and critics of Burns follow. The sixty sections deal with various aspects of Burne's life and teaching, and reveal the poet in different moods-as "poet, lover, and prophet of brotherhood." An idea of the scope of Mr. Esslemont's volume may be gathered from the titles of some of his "one-minute messages:" Personality, Humanity, Independence, Religion, and Humour. His comments on the quotations show that he has read Burns closely, and prove him to be an enthusiastic admirer of the poet, especially as an apostle of brotherhood. The book contains numerous well-known illustrations of scenes from Burns's poems, and others based upon_ incidents in his life, one of the editor, followed by the I as well as portraits-including i Nasmyth Burns. We should have liked to see references to the books from which the comments of Burne's critics are taken ; Mr. Esslemont gives only the names of the writers and speakers. But even without these, the volume should make a wide appeal. .. BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALDINGTON (RIOHARD) Robert Burns, the natural man. In Everyman, l 7th June 1933, p. 752. BARBER (REv. B. AQUILA) Robert Burns. In London quarterly and Holborn review, January 1933, pp. 21-27. BELL (JoHN J.) Ayr. In his Scotland's rainbow west. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1933,] 8°, 7 /6. Born (JAMES) Robert Burns. In his Goethe's knowledge of English literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932, 8°, 15/-. CANTERBURY CALEDONIAN SocIETY [Christchurch, New Zea land]: Jubilee, 1882-1932, 8°' pp. 20. Souvenir brochure, containing facsimile of letter written by Robert Burns to Peter Hill, 24th May 1787, which is owned by the Society. CARSWELL (CATHERINE) Robert Burns. (" Great Lives " series.) London: Duckworth, [1933,] 12°, 2 /-. CoLUM (PADRAIC) Robert Burns and the poetic inheritance. In his A half-day's ride. London: Macmillan & Co., 1932, 8°, 1 /6. Coox (DAVIDSON) Burns and " The thorn." In The weekly Scotsman, 14th October 1933. --- Burns's " Oswald" : the " Caledonian Pocket Com panion." In The Scots magazine, August 1933, pp. 372-381. --- Watlen's " Scots Songs," a rare collection. In The Scots magazine, October-November 1933, pp. 56-63, 150-156. EssLEMONT (PETER) Brithers a' (Brothers all): a minute a day with Burns, poet, lover, and prophet of brotherhood. [Aberdeen, 1933,] 8°, 1/6. EWING (JAMES C.) and M'CALLUM (ANDREW) Alexander Cunningham, friend of Burns. Glasgow : William Hodge & Co., 1933, 8°, pp. 12. Privately reprinted from Burns Chronicle, 1988. FERGUSON (JouN DE LANCEY) Some aspects of the Burns legend. In Philological quarterly, July 1932, pp. 263-273. --- The suppressed poems of Burns. In Modern philology, August 1932, pp. 53-60. 122 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1 LANDRETH (REv. PETER R.) Burns's portraits: the Skirving sketch. In The Scotsman, 12th September 1933. M'FADZEAN (JoHN) Robert Burns, an appreciation: " The Immortal Memory " of Robert Burns, proposed at the Annual Dinner of Troon Burns Club, 25th January 1933. [Glasgow: printed] For private circulation only, 12°, pp. 10. MoKNIGHT (A. G.) Robert Burns, the philosopher. In Quarterly of the American Interprofessional Institute, June 1933, pp: 5-13, MASSON (ROSALINE) The religion of Robert Burns. In her Poets, patriots, and lovers. London : James Clarke & Co., [1933,] 12°, 5/-. Reprinted from Life and work, January HI:!:!. Mum (JoHN) Notes on the election ballads of Robert Burns. In Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, ser. III, v. 17, 1930-31, pp. 36-43. MURDOCH (JoHN MITCHELL) Familiar links with Robert Burns, a selection of Burnsiana. Compiled by Mary M. Murdoch. Ayr: Stephen & Pollock, 1933, 12°, 3/6. MURRAY (REV. WALTER) What Scotland owes to Robert Burns. In The Scots independent, March-May 1933, pp. 72-73, 85, and 101. A PICTORIAL and descriptive guide to Glasgow and the Clyde, including Loch Lomond, the Burns country, and the isle of Arran ... lOth edition, revised. London : Ward, Lock & Co., [1932,] 12°, 2/-. Ross (JoHN D.) The story of the Kilmarnock Burns. Stirling: Eneas Mackay, [1933,] 8°, 3/6. WATT (REV. LAUCHLAN MACLEAN) Highland Mary's grave: who was the child who shared it 1 In The Scots magazine, December 1932, pp. 178-180. For the bibliography of Scottish literature other than that of Burns, see the .Annual bibliography of English lan{IU?-ge and literature published by the Modern Humanities Research Association. MOTTO-" A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT." THE BURNS FEDERATION INSTITUTED I 88 5 Hon. Presidents. Sir ALEXANDER GIBB, G.B.E., C.B., Queen Anne's Lodge, West minster, London, S.W.1. Col. JOHN GRIBBEL, M.A., LL.D., St. Austell Hall, Wyncote, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. WILLIAM: WILL, 200 Gray's Inn Road, London, W.C.l. Col. WALTER ScoTT, 860 Broadway, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. Hon. JAMES CRAIGIE, M.L.C., Timaru, New Zealand. RoBBRT GRAHAM of Fintry, 6 Aubrey Road, London, W.8. Lieut.-Colonel T. C. DUNLOP, A.D.C., T.D., D.L., Sauchrie, Maybole, Ayrshire. Sir ROBERT BRUCE, D.L., LL.D., Glasgow Hemld Office, 65 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.l. Sir JOSEPH DoBBIE, S.S.C., 42 Melville Street, Edinburgh, 3. TuoMA.S AMos, M.A., 19 Glebe Road, Kilmarnock. ADAK C. HAY, Helenslea, 4 <.,'ircus Place, Glasgow, E.l. HUGH M'LEAN, J.P., Monkland, Troon. Dr. JOSEPH HUNTER, M.P., 14 Ecclest.on Square, London, S.W.l. Hon. Vice- Presidents. Ex-Provost M. SMITH, J.P., Glencairn Square, Kilmarnock. Sir ROBERT WILSON, LL.D., 149 Howard Street, Glasgow, C.l. J. C. EWING, 4 Royal Terrace, Glasgow, C.3. JAMES THOMSON, F.S.A.Scot., The Cedars, 21 Fortis Green, East Finchley, London, N.2. ALBERT DouGu.s, LL.D., Stoneleigh, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 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. JAKES McMuRDO, 8571 144th Street, Jamaica, N.Y., U.S.A. Joux D. Ross, LL.D., 8736 97th Street, Woodhaven, N.Y., U.S.A. JOHN N. HALL, Eastwood, Irvine. 124 THE BURNS FEDERATION EXECUTIVE COMMI'i'TEE. Prui District Representatives. I. Ayrshire-JAMES MAclNTYRE, 8 Hall Terrace, Cumnock. JAMES A. MORRIS, R.S ..A., w ellington Chambers, Ayr. JAMES D. SLOAN, 145 High Street, .Ayr. II. Edinburgh-D. LowE TURNBULL, M.A., 7 Duddingston Crescent, Portobello, Midlothian. III. Glasgow-T. P. THOMSON, 32 Barrington Drive, Glasgow, C.4. WM. C. COCKBURN, Holmwood House, Uddingston. GREGOR A. GRANT, LL.B., 87 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. IV. Dumbarton and Arg_yll Shi:res-WM. BOYLE, 22 Osborne Street, Clydebank. V. Fifeshire-T. C. .ANDERSON, Blairforge, Blairadam, Kelty. D. 'rHoMSON- KENNEDY, Guildhall L"hambers Dunfermline. VI. Lanarkshire-Mrs. M. THOMSON, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang. JOHN R. FOTHERINGHAM, Orwell, Bent Road, Hamilton. T. B. GouDrn, Ewanrigg, Burnbank, Hamilton. VII. • Mid and East Lothians and Borders-GEORGE HUMPHREY, The Saughs, Newtongrange, Midlothian. ALEXANDER PRINGLE, 8 Beaconsfield Terrace, Hawick. VIII. West Lothian- IX. Renfrew1hire-Ex-Provost J. M. ADAM, J.P., Cove Point House, Cove Road, Gourock. THE BURNS FEDERATION 125 X. Stirling and Olackmannan Shires-DANIEL ROBERTSON, J.P., · 7 Rosehall Terrace, Falkirk. THOMAS ELLIOTT, Beechville, Cambusbarron, by Stirling. XI. Perthshire and Angus-R. W. DILL, 12 Lilybank Crescent, Forfar. · XII. Northern Scottish Counties-RoBERT CALLAN, 21 Westfield Road, Stonehaven. XIII. Southern Scottish Counties - Capt. WM. CUTHBERTSON, Beldcraig, Annan. XIV. London and Southern England-J. A. BROWN, Overcliff Hotel, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. XV. North-Eastern England-G. PRINGLE, 3 Rochdale Street, Wallsend-on-Tyne. XVI. North- Western .England-J. S. BRUNTON, Braemar, Ighten hill Park, Burnley. XVI!. Midlands of .England-Capt. CHARLES CARMICHAEL, 54 Chatsworth Street, Derby. J oHN CURRIE, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham. XVIII. Wales-Bailie GRIERSON MA.CARA, 37 Finnart Street, Greenock. XIX. Ireland-GEO. P. FINDLAY, Avoca, 87 Strand Road, London derry. XX. South Africa-Lieut.-Col. J. G. ROBERTON, T.D., Stamford, Park Road, Giffnock, by Glasgow. XXI. Australia-J. LEIPER GEMMILL, 162 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. XXII. New Zealand-Lieut.-Col. J. M. MITCHELL, C.B.E., LL.D., Comely Park House, Dunfermline. XXIII. Canada-JoHN G. S. SPROLL, 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.1. XXIV. India-A. McKERROW. XXV. U.S.A.-Col. WALTER SCOTT, 860 Broadway, New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. ,foHN M. GRAHAM, Room 423, State Capitol, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A. SUB-COMMITTEES. Finance: Messrs. Adam, Cockburn, Goudie, Roberton, and Robert son ; M. H. KcKerrow, V.-P., Convener. "Burns Chronicle": Messrs. Adam, Boyle, Fotheringham, Macintyre, Sloan, and Sproll (Convener). Memorials: Messrs. Callan, Cockburn, Fotheringham, Sloan, and Turnbull. AUDITORS. Capt. ADAM MAcK ..u, 52 Fernleigh Road, Newlands, Glasgow, S.3. JAMES MAclNTYRE, 8 Hall Terrace, Cumnock. 126 THE BURNS FEDERATION CONS'l'l1'UTION AND RULES. Name. 1. The Association shall be called "The Burns Federation," with headquarters at Kilmarnock. Objects. 2. The objects of the Federation shall be (a) To strengthen and consolidate, by universal affiliation, the bond of fellowship amongst the members of Burns Clubs and kindred Societies. (b) To purchase and preserve manuscripts and other relics associated with Robert Burns. (Gifts of relics shall be reported by the Hon. Secretary at the next meeting of the Executive Committee following thereon.) (c) 'l'o mark wit.h suitable inscriptions, repair, or renew buildings, tombstones, etc., interesting from their association with Robert Burns. (d) To encourage institutions and movements in honour of Robert Burns. (e) To encourage and arrange School Children's Com petitions in order to stimulate the teaching and study of Scottish history, literature, art and music. ( f) To encourage the development of Scottish literature, art and music. Membership. 3. (a) The Federation shall consist of affiliated Clubs and Societies. Burns Clubs and kindred Societies may be admitted to the Federation by the Executive Committee, on application in writing to the Hon. Secretary, enclosing a copy of their Constitu tion and List of Office-bearers. Such applications shall be con sidered by the Executive Committee at its next meeting. (b) Ladies or gentlemen who have rendered conspicuous service to the Burns ~fovement 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. THE BURNS FEDERATION 127 Conference of the Council. 5. (a) The Annual Conference of the Council shall be held, at such place as may be arranged, on the second Saturday of September, when the Annual Reports shall be submitted and Office-bearers for the ensuing year elected. (b) Clubs outwith the United Kingdom may be represented by proxy a.t the Conference. (c) Nominations for Offices shall he 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 Clul;>s 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 Committee. 6. (a) The Executive Committee shall consist of (1) President, Immediate Past-President, two Vice-Pre sidents, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Hon. Solicitor, Hon. Editor of the Burns Chronicle, Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competi tions; and (2) Representative members elected by Districts, as shown in the subjoined Schedule. (b) The Office-bearers and the Auditors shall retire annually, and shall be eligible for re-election. (c) District representative members shall be elected annually by all Districts on the basis of one member for the first five Clubs, and one member for every ~dditional 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 it11 Clubs exceeds fourteen. If a District fail to elect a representative member, the Executive Com mittee shall have power to fill the vacancy. Heetings of the Executive Committee. 7. (a) The Executive Committee shall conduct the business of 128 THE BURNS FEDERATION the Federation, and shall meet on the third Saturdays of October, December, March and June, and when called by the Hon. Secretary. The place of each meeting shall be fixed at the previous meeting. (b) The Hon. Secretary shall give at least one week's notice of meetings, along with the Agenda. (c) Notices of motion and other business to appear in the Agenda should reach the Hon. Secretary at least a fortnight before the meeting. (d) Special meetings may be held on a written request to the Hon. Secretary signed by not fewer than ten members of the Committee and stating the business to be considered. (e) Ten shall form a quorum at meetings. {f) The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Hon. Secretary, and the Hon. Treasurer shall be ex offeciia members of all Standing Sub-Committees. Subscriptions. 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. (b) Each Club shall subscribe for at least five copies of the annual Burns Chronicle, at a maximum price of Two shillings per copy. (c) Members of affiliated Clubs shall be entitled to receive a Pocket Diploma on payment of One shilling. Finance. 9. (a) The Sub-Committee on Finance shall consist. of five members of the Executive Committee, three to form a quorum. (b) No accounts shall be paid without the authority of the Finance Committee, which shall submit the Minutes of its meetings to the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee. (c) 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. Honorary Secretary. 10. The Hon. Secretary (with, if decided to be necessary, the assistance of a Minute Clerk) shall keep the Minute Book of THE BURNS FEDERATION 129 the Federation, in which shall be recorded the proceedings of all meetings. He shall also conduct the correspondence of the Federation, convene all meetings, and issue Diplomas. He shall prepare the Executive Committee's Report on the year's transactions, for submission to the Conference of the Council. Honorary Treasurer. 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 31st July. "Burns Chronicle." 12. (a) The Burns Chronicle shall be an official publication of the Federation, and shall be published annually, not later than lst January. It shall contain a Directory of the Clubs on the roll of the Federation, reports of the transactions of the Federation and of affiliated Clubs during the previous year, and such literary matter and illustrations as may be decided by the Hon. Editor (b) The Hon. Editor shall be responsible for the publication of the Burns Chronicle, and shall submit annually a report on the sale of the latest issue. Estimates for the printing of the Burns Chronicle and other publications of the Federation shall be approved by the Finance Committee. (c) The published price of the Burns• Chronicle shall be fixed by the Executive Committee. School Children'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 various Clubs. He shall submit annually a report on the Com petitions organised by the Clubs. Benefits. 14. (a) Affiliated Clubs shall be supplied gratis with copies of the Quarterly Bulletin printed by the Federation, and 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. (Se1J Article No. 6c of "Constitution.") I. Ayrshire. II. Edinburgh. III. Glasgow. IV. Dumbarton and Argyll Shires. v. Fifeshire. VI. Lanarkshire. VII. Lothians (Mid and East) and Borders. 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 Southern England. xv. North-Eastern England. XVI. North-Western England. XVII. Midlands of England. XVIII. Wales. XIX. Ireland. xx. South Africa. XXI. Australia. XXII. New Zealand. XXIII. Canada. XXIV. India. xxv. United States of America. LIST OF DISTRICTS 131 I. Ayrshire-27 Clubs: 3 Members. No. Name. No. Name. 0 Kilmarnock. 275 Ayr. 35 Dalry. 288 Beith Caledonia. 45 Cumnock. 310 Mauchline. 64 Beith. 322 Stevenston and District. 86 Cumnock Winsome Willie. 328 Hurlford. 97 Bellfield, Kilmarnock. 349 Kilmarnock Howff. 168 Riccarton. 365 Catrine. 173 Irvine. 369 Maybole St. Crispin. 192 Ayrshire B.C.Assoc. 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery. 252 Alloway. 407 Kilmarnock Winsome Willie. 253 Galston. 435 Ayr Tam o' Shanter. 256' Newton-on-Ayr. 456 Troon Masonic 27 4 Troon. 460 New Cumnock 483 Stevenston Thistle and Rose Masonic. Secretary : William Lennox, 11 Nursery A venue, Kilmarnock. II. Edinburgh-11 Clubs: 1 Member. 22 Edinburgh. 314 Edinburgh Scottish. 124 Ninety. 340 Balerno. 212 Portobello. 341 Leith. 293 Newcraighall. 378 Edinburgh B.C.Assoc. 307 Edinburgh Ayrshire Assoc. 398 Colinton. 410 Royal Mile. Secretary: William Mac Vey, 44 Duddingston Park, Portobello, Midlothian. III. Glasgow-25 Clubs: 3 Members. /'3 Tam o' Shanter. /#-· .J . .lfar.135 Partick Western. 1.; ·~ ··~r ,.7 Thistle.,: I J# "139 National. J-f·.t· N ~9 Royalty.~·.+ !If- "153 Scottish. .Z,.·!/·.l.f 33 Haggis. M69 Glasgow B.C.Assoc.' •34 Carrick. /,;.,,,r.;f "181 Primrose. ~o · 1/· /.1 -36 Rosebery. l '! J J er 202 Govan Cronies. •49 Bridgeton. !o J. 3 11> 1'213 Kingston. f'·1·l.f .53 Govan Fairfield. f 'J ! '!- 234 Southern Merchants. "68 Sandyford. ,10 ·I I# #263 Masonic. II· ~ .!V. , •7 4 National Burns Memorjal •282 Glasgow Bowling Assoc. ,,; · 1 • ./,:;- Cottage Homes. I':. } 4: 286 Shawlands. "'91 Shettleston./"'. ,. //· ~295 Burns House. ,!./· 11 .I.I l18 Albany. f477 Bellahouston. !'/ ..: .;' '17 Secretarg: Gregor Allan Grant, LL.B., 87 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. 132 LIST OF DISTRICTS IV. Dumbarton and Argyll Shlres-8 Clubs: 1 Member. No. Name. No. Name. 2 Alexandria. 113 Vale of Leven Glencairn. 10 Dumbarton. 225 Helensburgh. 75 Kirn. 244 Dalmuir. ,//•II· II 92 Kilbowie. 11 ·1,!·ij 421 Arrochar and Tarbet. Secretary: Wm. C. Cockburn, Holmwood House, U ddingston. V. Flfeshlre-21 Clubs: 2 Members. 62 Cupar. 402 High Valleyfield Highland 85 Dunfermline. Mary Ladies. 184 Blairadam. 423 Leven. 250 Cowdenbeath Tam o' 425 Lochore ex-Servicemen. Shanter. 44 7 Cowdenbeath Mountain 262 Fife B.C.Assoc. Daisy. 265 Bingry. 452 Auchterderran Bonnie Jean 283 Sinclairtown. 457 Kinglassie 326 Bingry Ladies. 459 Cowdenbeath West End 330 Glencraig "Bonnie Jean." Jolly Beggars 337 Buckhaven. 463 Kirkford Bonnie Jean. 350 Markinch. 478 Kelty and Blairadam Bonnie 358 Carles o' Dysart. Doon Ladies. Secretary: T. C. Anderson, Blairforge, Blairadam, Kelty, Fife. VI. Lanarkshire-33 Clubs: 3 Members. 20 Airdrie. 372 Baillieston Jean Armour. 100 Hamilton Mossgiel. 387 Mary Campbell (Cambus- llO Cambuslang. lang). 121 Hamilton Junior. 388 Kyle (Shotts) Ladies. 133 Newarthill. 390 Meikle Earnock Jolly 152 Hamilton. Beggars. 157 Baillieston. 392 Whiffiet. 207 Cambuslang Wingate. 408 Douglasdale. 237 Uddingston Masonic. 420 Carstairs Junction. 266 Newton Jolly Beggars. 424 CambuslangTamo'Shanter. 290 Blantyre and District. 428 Chryston. 300 Covington and Thankerton. 441 Temple, Shotts. 313 Rutherglen. 450 Hamilton Cronies. 348 Newton Bonnie Jean. 466 Dykehead Afton Water 351 lngleneuk, Cambuslang. Ladies 356 Burnbank Masonic. 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 359 Rutherglen, A.O.F. Court Ladies. Royal Burgh. 468 High Blantyre 371 Dykehead No. 1. 474 Stewarts & Lloyds. Secretary: Mrs. M. Thomson, 21 Gilbertfield Road, Cambuslang. LIST OF DISTRICTS 133 VII. Mid and East Lothians and BoPders-18 Clubs: 2 llembe:Ps. No. Name. No. Name. 96 Jedburgh. 364 Mid-Calder Tam o' Shanter. 108 East Calder. 384 Pumpherston Bonnie Doon. 198 Gorebridge Jolly Beggars. 397 Esk (Musselburgh). 199 Newbattle and District. 400 Haddington. 221 Prestonpans. 414 Dalkeith Fountain. 239 Hawick. 415 "Auld Brig" (Musselburgh). 319 Fisherrow Masonic. 427 Gorebridge Glencairn. 338 Dalkeith and District. 442 Penicuik. 346 Oak bank Mossgiel. 4 75 Tweeddale Ladies. Secretar'!I: James Junor, 88 New Hunterfield, Gorebridge. VIII. West Lothian-6 Clubs: 1 Membe:P. 94 Uphall Tam o' Shanter. 429 Bathgate. 160 Whitburn. 432 Winchburgh. 343 Queensferry. 471 Rose of Grange (Bo'ness). Secretary: P. Glen, 41 Torphichen Street, Bathgate. IX. BenfrewshiPe-14 Clubs: 1 Member. 21 Greenock. 254 Greenock Victoria. 48 Paisley. 308 Barrhead Kelburn. !';59 Gourock Jolly Beggars. 383 Greenock Heather. 148 Greenock Cronies. 389 Bridge of Weir. 161 Paisley Charleston. 430 Gourock. 190 Port-Glasgow. 431 Inverkip. 209 Greenock St. John's. 472 Renfrewshire B.C.A. Secretar'!I: Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Cardwell Road, Gourock. x. StlPling and Claekmannan Shi:Pes-15 Clubs: 2 Membe:Ps. 37 Dollar. 380 Falkirk Cross Keys. 50 Stirling. 385 Buchlyvie. 126 Falkirk. 399 St. Ringans. 155 East Stirlingshire. 409 Stenhousemuir and District. 218 Bannockburn. 419 Denny and Dunipace. 292 Grahamston. 426 Sauchie. 352 Grangemouth. 448 Fallin. 469 Denny Cross Secretar'!I: Alex. Dun, 37 Murray Place, Stirling. XI. Pel'thshil'e and Angus-10 Clubs: 1 Member. 4 Callander. 76 Brechin. 14 Dundee. 82 Arbroath. 26 Perth. 242 Montrose. 42 Crieff. 327 Perth St. Mark's. 44 Forfar. 37 4 Broughty Castle. Secretary: R. W. Dill, 12 Lilybank Crescent, Forfar. 134 LIST OF DISTRICTS XII. Northern Scottish Counties-8 Clubs: 1 Member. No. Name. No. Name. 40 Aberdeen. 403 Fraserburgh. 149 Elgin. 411 AberdeenScottishLiterature 336 Peterhead. and Song Association. 367 Domoch. 458 Stonehaven. 4 70 St. Giles (Elgin). Secretqrg: Robert Callan, 21 Westfield Road, Stonehaven. XIII. Southern Scottish Countles-13 Clubs: 1 Member. 112 Dumfries Howff. 393 Annan Ladies. 226 Dumfries. 396 Moffat. 309 Annan. 401 "Brig-En'," Maxwelltown. 342 Thornhill. 433 Gretna. 361 Maxwelltown. 437 Dumfries Ladies. 386 Kirkconnel. 451 Kirkmahoe. 479 Queen of the South Ladies. Secretary: John McBumie, Sheriff Court-House, Dumfries. XIV. London and Southern England-4 Clubs: 1 Member. 1 Burns Club of London. 481 London Ayrshire Society. 480 Glencairn, Falmouth. 482 Brig o' Doon Ladies (Deal). Secretar'!I: J. A. Brown, Overcliff Hotel, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. XV. North-Eastern England-6 Clubs: 1 Member. 89 Sunderland. 165 W allsend-on-Tyne. 156 Newcastle. 270 Coquetdale. 108 Darlington. 362 Thornaby-on-Tees. Secretar'!I: Matthew Neilson, 14 Percy Terrace, Sunderland. XVI. North-Western 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. Secretar'!I : Mrs. M. Bruggen, 7 4 Bank Parade, Burnley. LIST OF DISTRICTS 135 XVII. Midlands of England-17 Clubs: 2 Members. No. Name. No. Name. 55 Derby. 405 Sheffield Caledonian Soc. 120 Bristol. 418 Skegness. 131 Nottingham. 438 Chesterfield Caledonian Soc. 167 Birmingham. 439 Barnsley Caledonian Soc. 222 Hull. 445 Bu.x:ton Caledonian Soc. 296 Walsall. 446 Herefordshire. 329 Newark and District. 454 Rotherham. 404 Worcester. 461 Leicester Caledonian Soc. 462 Cheltenham Scottish Soc. Secretary: John Currie, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham. XVIII. Wales-2 Clubs: 1 Member. 311 Colwyn Bay. 444 Swansea and West Wales. XIX. Ireland-3 Clubs: 1 Member. 183 Londonderry. 406 Dublin St. Andrew's Soc. 455 Belfast. Secretary: Geo. P. Findlay, Avoca, 87 Strand Road, Londonderry, N. Ireland. XX. South Africa-1 Club: 1 Member. 373 Red Hill, Natal. XXI. Australla-8 Clubs: 1 Member. 261 Sydney. 324 Stockton. 473 Melbourne. XXII. New Zealand-1 Club: 1 Member. 449 Wellington. XXIII. Canada-8 Clubs : 1 Member. 303 Victoria (B.C.): St. 353 St. Catharines (Ont.) Andrew's Soc. 422 Brantford and District (Ont.) 305 New Waterford·(N.S.) 434 Hamilton (Ont.) 325 VancouverFellowship(B.C.) 443 BurnsCiubofVictoria(B.C.) 476 Border Cities (Ont.) XXIV. Indla-1 Club: 1 Member. 355 Calcutta. 136 LIST OF DISTRICTS XXV. U.S.A.-19 Clubs: 2 Members. No. Name. No. Name. 171 Chattanooga. 375 Holyoke. 208 Colorado Springs. 381 Greater New Yo1·k Masonic. · 220 St. Louis. 382 Elizabeth. 238 Atlanta. 391 Waterbury. 271 Trenton. 412 Gary. 278 Duluth. 413 San Francisco St. Andrew's 284 Philadelphia. Soc. 320 Troy. 453 Philadelphia Ladies' 331 Buffalo. Auxiliary. 354 Royal Order of Scottish 464 Yakima Valley. Clans, U.S.A. 465 Atlanta Scottish Assoc. Secretary;; James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker Avenue, Troy, N.Y., U.S.A. THE BURNS FEDERATION 137 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. List of places at which the Annual Conference of the Council has been held. 1885-93 Kilmarnock. 1911 Glasgow. 1894 Glasgow. 1912 Carlisle. 1895 Dundee. 1913 Galashiels. 1896 Kilmarnock. 1914-19 Glasgow. 1897 Greenock. 1920 London. 1898 Mauchline. 1921 Dunfermline. 1899 Dumfries. 1922 Birmingham. 1900 Kilmarnock. 1923 Ayr. 1901 Glasgow. 1924 Dumfries. 1902 Greenock. 1925 Edinburgh. 1903 Edinburgh. 1926 Perth. 1904 Stirling. 1927 Derby. 1905 Hamilton. 1928 Aberdeen. 190 ROYAL SCOTTISH CORPORATION HALL, FETTER LANE, LONDON, 9TH SEPTEMBER, 1933. The Annual Conference of the Counc.Jil of the Burns Federation was held here to-day at 9.45 a.m. The President, Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E:, C.B., occupied the chair, and was accompanied on the platform by the other office-bearers and by members of the Executive Committee and officials of the Burns Club of London. The President read to the meeting a letter which he had received from Sir Percy Greenaway, Lord Mayor of London. The letter was in the following terms :- The Mansion House, London, 7th September, 1933. When you mentioned to me some time ago that the Burns Federation was holding its Annual Conference in the City of London on Saturday, 9th September, I at once informed you of the very great pleasure it would have given me to attend the Conference and welcome the delegates to the City of London. Unfortunately I found that it was impossible for me to he present owing to other engagements. Please express, on my -behalf, to the delegates my regret at being unable to be with them, and my pleasure that the Federation should have again selected the City of London for its meeting. There are no greater lovers of Burns than among the Scotsmen whose daily work lies within the square mile of the City of London, and the Burns Federation may always be assured of a warm-hearted welcome whenever it meets here. I wish the Conference every success. Continuing, the President said that he would write to the Lord Mayor and thank him for his kind letter. He also suggested that the Conference should send a telegram of congratulation to Mr. Thomas Amos, their late Secretary, on his recovery to health, and express their best wishes for his future welfare and happiness. Apologies for absence were also intimated from Mr. Thomas Amos, M.A., Kilmarnock; Mr. Wm. Boyle, Clyde bank; Mr. R. W. Dill, Forfar; Mr. J. Leiper Gemmill, Glasgow; Mr. J. Taylor Gibb, F.S.A. Scot., Mauchline; Mr. John M. Graham, Atlanta, Georgia; Mr. John N. Hall, Irvine; Col. J. M. Mitchell, C.B.E., LL.D., Dunfermline; and Mr. James A. Morris, R.S.A., Ayr. Mr. Graham cabled:-" Sorry cannot attend Conference. May Burns brotherhood continue growing." MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 139 The following clubs were represented by about 150 delegates :-No. 0, Kilmarnock Burns Club; No. 1, Burns Club of London; No. 3, Tam o' Shanter Burns Club, Glasgow; No. 9, Royalty Burns Club, Glasgow; No. 21, Greenock Burns Club; No. 22, Edinburgh Burns Club; No. 26, Perth Burns Club; No. 36, Rosebery Burns Club, Glas gow; No. 40, Aberdeen Burns Club; No. 49, Bridgeton (Glasgow) Burns Club; No. 50, Stirling Burns Club; No. 55, Derby Scottish Association; No. 68, Sandyford (Glasgow) Burns Club; No. 85, Dunfermline United Burns Club; No. 89, Sunderland Burns Club; No. 110, Cambuslang Burns Club; No. 120, Bristol Caledonian Society; No. 121, Hamilton Junior Burns Club; No. 124, The Ninety Burns Club, Edinburgh; No. 126, Falkirk Burns Club; No. 131, Nottingham Scottish Association; No. 139, National Burns Club, Ltd.; No. 153, Scottish Burns Club, Glasgow; No. 156, Newcastle and Tyneside Burns Club; No. 167, Birmingham and Midland Scottish Society; No. 169, Glasgow and District Burns Association; No. 171, Chattanooga Burns Society; No. 173, Irvine Burns Club; No. 181, Primrose Burns Club; No. 183, Londonderry Burns Club; No. 190, Port-Glasgow Burns Club; No. 192, Ayrshire Association of Federated Burns Clubs; No. 198, Gorebridge Jolly Beggars Burns Club; No. 199, Newbattle and District Burns Club; No. 202, Ye Cronies Burns Club, Govan; No. 207, Cambus lang Wingate Burns Club; No. 208, Caledonian Society of Colorado Springs; No. 209, Greenock St. John's Burns Club; No. 212, Portobello Burns Club; No. 222, Hull Burns Club; No. 226, Dumfries Burns Club; No. 238, Atlanta (Georgia) Burns Club; No. 254, Greenock Victoria Burns Club; No. 275, Ayr Burns Club; No. 282, Glasgow and District Burns Clubs' Bowling Association; No. 290, Blantyre and District Masonic Burns Club; No. 292, Grahamston Burns Club; No. 293, Newcraighall Burns Club; No. 295, Burns House Club, Ltd.; No. 303, Victoria St. Andrew's Society; No. 307, Edinburgh Ayrshire Association; No. 310, Mauchline Burns Club; No. 320, Troy Burns Club; No. 327, St. Mark's Burns Club, Perth; No. 340, Balerno Burns Club; No. 355, Calcutta Burns Club; No. 365, Catrine Burns Club; No. 373, Red Hill Burns Club, Natal; No. 378, Edinburgh District Burns Clubs' Association; No. 380, Falkirk Cross Keys Burns Club; No. 387, Mary Campbell Ladies' Burns Club, Cambuslang; No. 391, Waterbury Burns Club; No. 405, Cale donian Society of Sheffield; No. 413, St. Andrew's Society of San Francisco; No. 414, Dalkeith Fountain Burns Club; No. 417, Burnley and District Caledonian Society; No. 437, Dumfries Ladies' Burns Club, No. 1; No. 438, Chesterfield 140 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE and District Caledonian Association; No. 445, Buxton Cale donian Society Burns Club; No. 449, Wellington Burns Club; No. 453, Philadelphia Ladies' Auxiliary Burns Club; No. 458, Stonehaven Burns Club; No. 472, Renfrewshire Associa tion of Burns Clubs; No. 473, Melbourne Burns Club; No. 475, Tweeddale Ladies' Burns Club; and No. 480, Glencairn Burns Club of Cornwall. The Minutes of the last Conference were held as read, and were adopted. HON. SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT. After the ceremony of unveiling the Bust of Burns in Westminster Abbey, three enthusiastic Scotsmen were walking along the Embankment when one of them suggested the formation of a Federation to link together the Burns Clubs throughout the world. London may therefore claim to be the birthplace of the idea from which sprang the Burns Federation, soon afterwards to be founded at Kilmarnock. We have John Murdoch's testimony, however, that London's interest in the poet goes back almost a century before that. In 1787 he wrote from London to Burns him self: " If ever you come hither you will have the satisfaction of seeing your poems relished by the Caledonians in London full as much as they can be by those in Edinburgh. We frequently repeat some of your verses in our Caledonian Society." It is therefore appropriate that the Burns Federa tion should once more hold its annual Conference as the guests of the Burns Club of London. It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the loss during the session of several prominent Burnsians, including Mr. Thomas H. Whitehead, one of our Hon. Vice Presidents and a most generous benefactor; the Rev. Samuel G. Neil of the Troy Burns Club; the Rev. Dr. David Reid, a Past President of the Calcutta Burns Club; and Bailie Peter Paterson, for thirty years the Secretary of the Dunfermline United Burns Club. We shall also miss at our Conferences the genial presence of Mr. Thomas Killin, one of our oldest Hon. Vice-Presidents, and Mr. William Campbell of the Glasgow Mauchline Society, both of whom will always be remembered for their unceasing and enthusiastic work for the National Burns Memorial and Cottage Homes, Mauchline. We shall also miss the familiar figure of Mr. E. A. Horne!, the distinguished Scottish artist and one of the most out standing figures in Scottish painting. His prolific output MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 141 of pictures, with their wonderful richness of colouring, is a lasting monument to his genius as an artist, while his unrivalled collection of Pumfries and Galloway and Burns books remains as testimony to his zeal as a litterateur. MEMBERSHIP. In 1920 when we last visited London, there were 186 active Clubs on the roll of the Federation. Since then the member ship has steadily increased, and now, after a thorough purging of the roll last year, the membership stands at 286 Clubs, a net increase of 100 Clubs in thirteen years. In spite of the industrial depression, it is gratifying to report that during the past session the following 17 Clubs were enrolled :- Yakima Valley Burns Club, Washington Atlanta Scottish Association, Georgia Dykehead Afton Water Ladies' Burns Club Gilbertfield Highland Mary La.dies' Burns Club High Blantyre Burns Club Denny Cross Burns Club St. Giles Burns Club, Elgin Rose of Grange Burns Club, Bo'ness Renfrewshire Association of Burns Clubs Melbourne Burns Club, Australia Stewarts & Lloyds (British) Burns Club Tweeddale Ladies' Burns Club, Peebles The Border Cities Burns Club, Windsor, Ontario Bellahouston Burns Club Kelty & Blairadam Bonnie Doon Ladies' Burns Club Queen of the South Ladies' Burns Club, Dumfries Glencairn Burns Club of Cornwall, Falmouth. This is an increase of three Clubs compared with last year, and it may be noted that five of these are Ladies' Clubs. We specially welcome the overseas Clubs, and hope that their example may be followed next year by many of the numerous unfederated Burns Clubs and Kindred Societies in all parts of the world. Members pocket diplomas are still in demand and during the session 94 were issued. DISTRICT REPRESENTATION. Three years ago Mr. Amos in his annual report referred to the reconstitution of the Executive Committee on the basis of district representation in proportion to the number of Clubs in the district. He stated that some of the districts 142 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE were too large and that there was little chance of the con stituent Clubs ever meeting to discuss business. In particular, he suggested that the district allotted to the Clubs in Northern Scotland could, with advantage, be divided into two. Since then nothing further has been done about the matter. Perth shire and Angus could conveniently form one district, the remainder of the present district forming the Northern Scottish Counties- District. Such an arrangement would not involve any alteration in the existing representation on the Executive Committee. ENTERTAINMENTS DUTY. As the result of representations made to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise regarding the liability of Burns Clubs to payment of Entertainments Duty in respect of their annual Dinner tickets, the Commissioners have confirmed their previous ruling that there is no such liability where artistes are not paid for their services. Several cases, all in the west of Scotland, were reported to the Commissioners where the duty was charged although no artistes were paid. The Commissioners decided that duty should not have been charged in these cases and would be refu:uded. A circular on the subject was reprinted in the Federation QuMterly Bulletin for December, 1932 . .AULD BRIG OF .AYR. We are indebted to Mr. John Young, Burgh Surveyor, Ayr, for a report on the Auld Brig of Ayr for the year ending 30th June, 1933, which reads:- " This bridge has been kept under observation for the past year. At the present time the masonry of piers, cut waters, arches and parapets is in good order, with the exception of the projection parts of the gargoyles for con ducting water from the carriageway, five of which are broken on the east side, and four on the west side, but do not interfere with the discharge of water. The granite sett paving on bridge and approaches is also in good condition, and I consider that everything is in good order and that no immediate repairs are required." .ALLOWAY KIRK. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. Wilson Paterson, M.V.O., A.R.I.B.A., Architect of H.M. Office of Works, we have received the following report on Alloway Kirk :- " The Ayr County Council has requested the Ancient / MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 143 Monuments Department, H.M. Office of Works, Edinburgh, to carry out on their behalf certain works of preservation to Alloway Kirk, the cost of the repairs not to exceed £50. " The masonry of the Kirk in general is in fair condition, but there are parts which need careful attention and treat ment. The Department has advised that certain fractures in the masonry shall be grouted up and made secure, and that all unsightly modern plaster and harmful vegetation and ivy be removed. The blocking of two windows should be removed and the infilling to the west door set back and so emphasize the remaining features of the building. Steps will be taken to prevent damage to the walls by the fine sycamore tree in the vicinity. It is not proposed to cut down the tree." MEMORIAL AT LOCHLEA. In January last there was unveiled at Lochlea a handsome mural tablet to mark the home of Burns from 1777 to 1784. The tablet was erected by Lord Howard de Walden and unveiled by Mr. George Brown, President of Kilmarnock Burns Club. CHARIT.A.BLE INSTITUTIONS, The National Burns Memorial Cottage Homes, Mauchline, continue to flourish and the good work so long carried on there is being continued by Mr. J. Leiper Gemmill, who is now the sole survivor of those who helped in the early days of the Homes. Owing to dampness appearing in the Tower extensive repairs have been carried out during the past session. They are now completed and the Tower and Museum are again open to visitors. The Jean Armour Burns Houses, Mauchline, also continue to prosper under the care of the Glasgow and District Burns Association. Both Institutions are deservedly known as the finest memorials to the Poet, and their promoters may confidently rely on continued support for them from all admirers of Burns. Delegates to the Conference will see for themselves the excellent work that is being done at the Caledonian Schools at Bushey, and cannot fail to have their interest in them quickened as the result of their visit. Overseas Clubs also have not been slow in their support of charitable institutions. Among others may be noted the gift of a cottage by the Troy Burns Club, and the gift of two cottages by the Caledonian Society of Colorado Springs, both to the Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association's scheme at Longniddry, and these gifts are supplemented 144 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE every year by New Year gifts to each of the occupants of these cottages. The Burns Clubs of Greenock, Gourock, lnverkip and Port Glasgow are to be heartily congratulated on presenting an X-ray apparatus to Greenock Royal Infirmary after having presented a similar apparatus to Larkfield Auxiliary Hospital some time ago in connection with the Robert Burns Bed and the Jean Armour Cot. JOSEPH LAING WAUGH FUND. A Committee Qf friends and admirers of the late Joseph Laing Waugh recently raised a fund to erect a suitable memorial as a tribute to his memory. After erecting the memorial there remained the sum of .£175, which the Com mittee decided to hand over to the Burns Federation, and which is to be known as the "Joseph Laing Waugh Fund." In terms of a deed of trust which has been executed by trustees for the Burns Federation, the fund is to be applied '' in encouraging among school children the study of the Scottish Vernacular and Literature and in particular the works of the said Joseph Laing Waugh by means of a prize or prizes which may be awarded to Scholars attending Schools in Dumfriesshire or the adjoining area, preference being given to those residing in Nithsdale." The trustees are empowered to " apply such portion of the Income or Capital of the Fund as may be seen to be required from time to time for the preservation and keeping in good order of the Memorial Tablet erected by the foresaid Committee at Thornhill as a Tribute to the said Joseph Laing Waugh." We desire to place on record the Executive Committee's appreciation of this gift. THE PAGE.ANT OF .AYRSHIRE. The Executive Committee has extended the patronage of the Federation to the Pageant of Ayrshire, which is to be held in the Dam Park, Ayr, from 16th to 23rd June, 1934. The scenario written by Mr. Matthew Anderson, Pageant Master, who will be responsible for the production of the Pageant, comprises the following seven Episodes :-(1) An Epitome of Ayrshire History, (2) The Battle of Largs, (3) Sir William Wallace, (4) Robert the Bruce, (5) The Covenanters, (6) Robert Burns, and (7) Scotland and Empire. The Ayrshire District Representatives on the Executive Committee and the Hon. Secretary of the Federation have been appointed members of the Pageant Council, of which MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 145 Col. T. C. Dunlop is Chairman, and, on their recommenda tion, a Burns Episode Committee has been appointed, with Major David Yuille, Hon. Treasurer of the Federation, as Chairman, and Mr. A. Y. Crawford, Hon. Secretary of Ayr Burns Club, as Hon. Secretary. As the history of Ayrshire is in large measure the history of Scotland, the Pageant will be more than an Ayrshire Pageant. It will be a Scottish Pageant, which will give expression to the new spirit of racial consciousness and national endeavour at present being expressed by our young Scots poets, dramatists and writers. It cannot fail, there fore, to receive the enthusiastic support of Scottish Societies both at home and abroad. SCOTTISH RECORDS. During the session complaints were made to the Federa tion by members of Burns Clubs, to the effect that they had been refused access to certain Customs and Excise papers which, according to statements in the press, have been dis covered in the Register House, Edinburgh, and which are believed to contain valuable material throwing light on the life of Burns. The Register House officials have confirmed the press reports that certain entries relating to the poet had been found in the course of a cursory examination of the Records in the basement of the building; but have explained that they are unable to tell the nature and extent of the new information, or give access to the Records, until these have been classified and arranged. The Executive Committee decided that the Federation should register a strong protest on the matter with the Scottish Office, and the President undertook to endeavour to arrange for a personal interview with the Secretary of State for Scotland, and press for adequate steps to be taken at once to make these Records available for public inspection. The Federation is indebted to Sir Alexander Gibb for his valuable assistance in the matter. BURNS LITERATURE. The eighth volume of the second series of the Burns Clvronicle was issued in December last, and the Hon. Editor, Mr. J. C. Ewing, is again to be congratulated on having produced a volume which probably excels any of its pre decessors. The principal article on " Burns's Literary Correspondents, 1786-1796," is perhaps the most valuable contribution that has ever appeared in the Chronicle, and we look forward to the article and annotations on the List of K 146 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE Correspondents which are to appear in the forthcoming volume. Many Clubs in the Federation are apparently still unaware of the importance of the Burns Chronicle, which should be in the hands of every member of a Burns Club. With a view to remedying this the Executive Committee has appointed a special Sub-Committee to bring the Chronicle more pro minently to the notice of Burns Club members. During the year Dr. John D. Ross added one more to his already along list of Burns books. The Story of the Kil marnock Burns (Eneas Mackay, 3s. 6d.) is a most interesting book concerning the poet's first edition from its publication in 1786 to the present time. Of biographies of Burns there is no dearth, but the ordinary reader may be excused if he demurs to wade through the mass of detail which now goes_ to the making of a Burns biography. Catherine Carswell's little book on Robert Burns (Duckworth, 2s.) is therefore a welcome contribution and is probably the best short Life of Burns that has been written. Another notable volume of the year is the Poems oj William Dunbar, edited by Dr. Mackay Mackenzie (Porpoise Press, 12s. 6d. ), which cannot fail to be of interest to all students of Burns. THE SCOTS VERN.A.CUL.AR. During the session a joint letter was sent by the Federation and other Societies to all Directors of Education in Scotland, inquiring to what extent, if any, the local vernacular is read or studied in the schools in their respective areas, and invit ing their opinions as to what place an acquaintance with the vernacular of his or her own district should occupy in the education of a Scottish pupil. Most of the replies are sympathetic. Though nearly all the Directors express appreciation of the work being carried on by Burns Clubs and similar Societies to encourage the study of Scottish literature in schools, many of them do not see the feasibility of having the vernacular included in the curriculum, which, they state, is already overloaded. Theoretically the heads of Scottish schools have full liberty to frame courses of instruction, subject to the approval of the Scottish Education Department, but they may be pardoned if, in keeping an ever watchful eye on the require ments of the Leaving Certificate examinations, they do not see their way to include in their curricula Scots vernacular literature, which seems to be an almost unknown subject so far as Leaving Certificate papers are concerned. Officially MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 147 the Department is sympathetic towards the teaching of the vernacular in schools, but practically-so far as may be gathered from Leaving Certificate papers since 1906-it ties itself down to two Scottish authors. Only twice during that period have quotations in the vernacular been given in the questions for these examinations-on both occasions from Burns and Scott. It has to be remembered, however, that the Scottish Education Department, which is responsible for the Leaving Certificate examination papers, has to keep its official eye fixed on the requirements of the Universities for their entrance examinations, in which the Scots vernacular appears to be equally unknown. Here appears to be real work for the Burns Federation to tackle. Let the school competitions proceed by all means, and increase in popularity every year as they are undoubtedly doing, but let steps be taken forthwith to endeavour to secure that a place will be provided for Scots vernacular literature in the curricula of all primary and secondary schools and Universities in Scotland, at least equal to what is assigned for the study of foreign languages. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCOTTISH LITERATURE. The preservation of memorials associated with Burns, the various charitable institutions founded in his memory, and which give practical expression to his humanitarian message, and the school competitions to encourage the study of Scottish literature, have all received the active support of Burns Clubs in most parts of the world. The record of achievement in these directions during the past 48 years is an honourable one, and is a record of which the Federation has every reason to be proud. These are all most laudable objects, which will continue to commend themselves to all Burnsians, but an additional and probably the most fitting way of honouring the memory of Burns is to endeavour to continue, or to help others to continue, the work to which he devoted his lifetime, by encouraging the use, and in particular the literary use, of the vernacular by present-day writers. The Exhibition of Twentieth Century Scottish Literature held in Glasgow in the beginning of this session, though by no means complete, was at least indicative of the increase in the present-day output, and the Burns Federation should do everything in its power to help to maintain that output on an ever-ascending plane of merit. The Federation will reach its Jubilee year in 1935 and 148 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE there could be no more fitting way of marking the occasion than by setting up a Special Capital Fund, from the income of which a prize could be awarded for the best Scottish literary work of the year, to be determined by an independent Board of Adjudicators, on which the Federation could be represented. This Capital Fund could be built up and increased annually by payments from income, including one half of all affiliation fees, and Clubs and individuals interested could be given an opportunity of contributing to it every year. " To encourage the development of Scottish literature, art and music " is now one of the objects of the Burns Federation, and it is for consideration whether the time has not come to do something definite in that direction. It is the desire of the Council of the Burns Club of London that the forthcoming Conference should be a memorable one, and the interesting programme which they have drawn up is itself evidence of their wishes in the matter. We are greatly indebted to their Visit Committee and particularly to Mr. John A. Brown, Chairman, Mr. Wm. H. Harries, Treasurer, and Mr. James R. Crawford, the Convener of that Committee, for their unfailing courtesy and most efficient helpfulness. Our genial President, Sir Alexander Gibb, has also taken a very active interest in the arrangements for the Conference, and our best thanks are due to him for his able assistance and most handsome generosity. We congratulate Sir Alexander on his recovery from his recent serious accident, which at no time prevented him from maintaining his active interest in the affairs of the Federation. Although he now retires from the office of President, which he has worthily held for the past three years, we trust that he may be able to continue to take an active part in the work of the Federation for many years to come. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Bailie Macwhannell, the report was adopted. Arising out of the report, Major David Yuille reported on the Ayrshire Pageant to be held at Dam Park, Ayr, from 16th to 23rd June next year. This pageant, he said, pro mised to be one of the greatest open-air entertainments that had ever been produced in Scotland-probably on a larger scale than even the great Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The scenario had been written by Mr. Matthew Anderson, an Ayrshire man now in Liverpool, and compris~d seven MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 149 episodes, namely (1) An epitome of Ayrshire history; (2) The Battle of Largs; (3) Sir William Wallace; ( 4:) Robert the Bruce; (5) The Covenanters; (6) Robert Burns; and (7) Scotland and the Empire. The Burns episode would be one of the finest of the seven. In the cornfield scene there would be two or three hundred children dancing. In view of the fickle weather in Scotland, the Committee of the pageant were raising a Pageant Guarantee Fund, and he suggested that the Burns Clubs should support the Fund. The history of Ayrshire, he pointed out, was in large measure the history of Scotland, and the pageant should appeal to Scots everywhere. The President stated that, as a result of representations by the Federation, the authorities were taking steps to make the Scottish Records in the Register House at Edinburgh available for public inspection. There were piles of these records lying there, and no one knew what they were. There were several records of Robert Burns, and some of his accounts as an exciseman were there. HON. TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT. Major David Yuille, in presenting the annual statement of accounts, said that the Federation was in quite a healthy condition financially. The balance on hand he had set down at £4:11 8s. 7d. They must remember, however, that there was a sum of one hundred guineas to be deducted from that amount as the donation which had been granted last year towards the repair of the Mausoleum at Dumfries, and which had still to be claimed. But as against that they had a little to add to the balance, because since the books were closed on 3lst July he had received some payments of arrears and also some subscriptions for copies of the Bwrns Chronicle. He emphasised the necessity of subscriptions being paid promptly, and mentioned that the Chronicle was subsidised by the Federation to the extent of £100. The President said he thought they were all agreed that the finances of the Federation were in a very good condition. They were greatly indebted to Major Yuille for the good work he was doing. Mr. D. Lowe Turnbull (Edinburgh) moved the adoption of the Hon. Treasurer's statement. This was seconded by Col. J. G. Roberton (Glasgow), and was unanimously approved. The Hon. Treasurer's balance sheet is printed elsewhere in this volume. 150 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE HON. EDITOR'S REPORT ON " BURNS CHRONICLE." Mr. J. C. Ewing submitted his report on the eighth volume of the second series of the Bwrns Chronicle, published in January last. (The report is printed elsewhere in this issue.) The President congratulated Mr. Ewing on the excellent work he was doing through the medium of the Burns Chronicle. It seemed to him that the publication was getting better every year, and it should be the duty of thti clubs to give it their hearty support. The President announced that he would be very pleased to present the Federation with the £17 required for the preparation of the proposed index to the First Series of the Chronicle. On the motion of Bailie Grierson Macara (Greenock), seconded by Mr. J. G. S. Sproll (Glasgow), the Hon. Editor's report was adopted. On the motion of the President, it was unanimously agreed to grant an honorarium of 25 guineas to Mr. Ewing, in recognition of his services as Hon. Editor. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S COMPETITIONS. Mr. A. G. Andrew, Hon. Secretary of School Children's Competitions, submitted his annual report. Mr. T. Horsburgh (Edinburgh) said that these competi tions had grown by leaps and bounds, and if they were to be continued-as he hoped they would-he began to feel some anxiety as to how they were to be financed. He hoped the clubs would be alive to the necessity of supporting this scheme in a generous manner. Mr. Gourlay (Banchory) said their competitions had increased to such an extent that they had to take them out of the schools and conduct them in a hall. The work was formerly recognised as educational work; now it was regarded as entertainment, owing to the presence of parents and others, and the authorities had called upon them to pay Entertainments Tax. He thought that this was a matter in which the Federation could give them some help. He did not see that the mere shifting of the venue of the competitions should change educational work into the category of enter tainment. Mr. Thomas Henderson (Edinburgh) advised Mr. Gourlay to get into touch with the Musical Festival people, and they would get this matter put right. On a strict interpretation of the Finance Act, it was illegal to charge a tax on these competitions. The Chairman said that Mr. Andrew was one of the most MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONl!'ERENCE 151 modest of men, and he carried on this splendid featm'\3 of the Federation's work in a very quiet and efficient way. The report was adopted on the motion of Capt. Charles Carmichael (Derby), seconded by Mr. James F. McDougall (Greenock). (The report is printed elsewhere in this issue.) THE BURNS MAUSOLEUM. Mr. M. H. McKerrow (Dumfries), reporting on the Mausoleum at Dumfries, said he found it somewhat difficult to say anything to them on the subject. His instructions were to invite them to permit the matter to rest for a very little longer. It was desired that nothing should be said, or any action taken, which might interfere with negotiations of an intricate nature that were at present in progress. The Sub-Committee which was watching these negotiations had every reason to hope that a satisfactory solution might be anticipated at an early date. Pending the conclusion of these negotiations, he asked them to excuse him that day saying more than this, that whenever the situation would permit, progress with the repair of the statuary w~mld immediately proceed. Dr. Neilson (London) said that this matter had gone on for nearly ten years; but the condition of the Mausoleum was appalling, and something should be done at once. " It looks something like a combination of a summerhouse and a tool shed," he said. " A deck chair and a lawnmower are there, and the attendants don't even use the mower, for .the grass is uncut and chokeful of daisies and dandelions. It makes one weep to look at it. It should be given a spring cleaning." The President said they hoped that it would not be long until some progress was made with the work at the Mausoleum. The Committee was, of course, reluctant to spend money on temporary repairs, in view of the big scheme they had on hand. He thought they might safely leave the matter in the hands of Mr. McKerrow and his Committee. SCOTTISH NATIONAL DICTIONARY. Dr. William Grant, editor of the Scottish National Dictionary, spoke on the progress which is being made with the work. " At present," said Dr. Grant, " we have about 361 subscribers, and we are able to carry on because they are loyally paying their quotas in advance, as they become due-that is, when they had not previously paid in full. If sufficient funds are guaranteed to enable me to employ and retain a sufficient staff, the Dictionary can be completed in 152 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE a reasonable time." He suggested that the donation scheme should be recommended to the Burns Clubs. Dr. A. Black (Edinburgh) asked why the Federation should carry the National Dictionar'!I on its back. He did not see the use of taking up two-thirds of the Annual Con ference in a discussion that led nowhere. Did they want to teach the vernacular so that they might speak it 1 Certainly they should preserve it, to enable them to study Burns better. He suggested that those of them who were so strong on the vernacular might stimulate some interest in the subject if they delivered their speeches from the platform in the doric. The President said he did not know how many of them could speak in the vernacular, but if they talked English it should be the King's English and not bad Scots. They wanted to get pure languages. This vernacular was preserv ing the old Scots speech, and not the .mongrel taught now. If they did not think the speech was worth preserving they should stop the movement. NATIONAL BURNS MEMORIAL HOMES. Mr. J. Leiper Gemmill (Glasgow) was unable to be present, but he sent a report with regard to the Memorial Homes at Mauchline. In this, he stated that the old folks at the Homes had enjoyed a specially happy and plea'sant year, the fine weather having allowed them to spend much of their time in their gardens, and they had brought up a wonderful bloom from their many flowers and shrubs. The Homes had indeed during the last summer been a sight to see. Visitors to them were loud in their praises, and one from New Zealand remarked that abroad they had no idea there was such a splendid memorial of Burns. The Committee would greatly appreciate more frequent visits from Burns Clubs, that the members might see for themselves how comfortable the old folks were. The Committee had bought additional ground, sufficient for building other twenty-four houses. The Homes were in the very heart of the Burns country, and the site was a singularly beautiful one. The sixteen houses already built were all occupied by fine old deserving people, who got their houses free of rent and taxes, and £6 a year. They wished to increase the houses to forty. The only sad events had been the deaths of his old and much-valued friends and fellow-workers, Mr. Thomas Killin and Mr. William Campbell. They were true admirers of Burns, and both had done splendid work; their names would MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 153 be most affectionately remembered. Thanks to the magic influence of Burns, other enthusiasts in the generations to come would no doubt take up and carry on the work success fully. Money was always needed for such an Institution, and any donations sent to him would be gratefully acknow ledged. AMENDMENT OF '' CONSTITUTION AND RULES.'' On the recommendation of the Executive Committee, the following alterations of the Constitution were unanimously agreed to: (a) that in Rule 5 (d) the words " second Saturday of June " be substituted for " third Saturday of June." (b) that the first sentence of Rule 7 (a) be amended to read: " 'fhe Executive Committee shall conduct the business of the Federation, and shall meet on the third Saturdays of October, December, March, and June, and when called by the Hon. Secretary. " (c) that Rule 7 (f) be amended to read : " The Pre sident, the Vice-Presidents, the Hon. Secretary, and the Hon. Treasurer shall be ex officiis members of all Standing Sub-Committees." (d) that Rule 9 (a) be amended to read: " The Sub Committee on Finance shall consist of five members of the Executive Committee, three to form a quorum." ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS. On the recommendation of the Executive Committee, the following office-bearers were appointed, viz. :-Hon. Pre sidents, Mr. Hugh McLean, J.P., Troon, and Dr. Joseph Hunter, M.P., London; Hon. Vice-President, Mr. John N. Hall, Irvine; President, Bailie Ninian Macwhannell, F.R.I.B.A., Glasgow; Vice-Presidents, Mr. Thomas Henderson, B.Sc., Edinburgh, and Mr. M. H. McKerrow, Dumfries. The other office-bearers and the auditors were re-elected. PLACE OF NEXT CONFERENCE. Mr. Wm. C. Cockburn, on behalf of the Glasgow and District Burns Association, invited the Federation to hold next year's Conference in Glasgow. It was unanimously agreed to accept the invitation. PROPOSED MEMORIALS. Mr. J. A. Donald (Falmouth) said that the Glencairn 154 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCI!: Burns Club of Cornwall, which he had the privilege of repre senting, was happy in the possession of a very strong his torical link with Burns. Away back in 1791 the Earl of Glencairn, described by the poet as " the man to whom I owe all that I am and have," went on a voyage to Portugal on account of his health. Returning, he was taken ill, and died near Falmouth, where he was interred. It was not until 1921 that any action was taken to commemorate this fact. Then Dr. Hutchison made a communication to this Federation, which resulted in the presentation of the mural tablet which now adorns the wall of Falmouth Parish Church. They were now going a step farther, and intended to provide an. appropriate stained glass window in this church as a permanent memorial of Robert Burns and of his patron, the Earl of Glencairn. The Federation tablet, which at preesnt had not got a very good position, being too high, would be placed beneath the proposed window. To provide for this object, a subscription list had been opened, and already the Burns Club of London had generously responded by sending a cheque for two guineas. He appealed to them as brother Scots and Burns lovers to follow this example. Mr. Lawrence R. Burness (London) referred to the ruinous state of the old farmhouse at Brawliemuir, the home of the poet's paternal ancestors and the birthplace of his grand father; and Mr. Robert Callan (Stonehaven) suggested that the Federation might do something to restore the tombstones of the poet's ancestors in Glenbervie Churchyard. Major Yuille pointed out that the Federation had already given a donation for this purpose, and he was surprised to learn that nothing had been done. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, on the call of Mr. Hugh M'Lean, terminated the business meeting. PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION AND DINNER. On the Friday evening, the President entertained the delegates and their friends to dinner in the Cafe Royal, Regent Street. Sir Alexander Gibb presided; and there was a company of about 300, who included some of his dis tinguished personal friends. The President, after giving " The King," proposed " The Delegates and Guests." He said that the Federation had greatly grown in numbers and influence since it last met in London. There were delegates present from New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India, and the United States. " All over the world, wherever there is work to be done, you will find Scotsmen," said Sir Alexander Gibb, " and wherever there are Scotsmen you will find a Burns Club." MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERE~CE 155 Mr. P. N. McFarlane, Past-President of the Burns Club of London, and Mr. John Wallace, M.P. for Dunfermline Burghs, responded. The Mayor of Westminster (Rev. Mr. Schomberg), in pro posing " The Burns Federation," asked how this world-wide Association came into being. It could not have been only because Burns was a great poet, for the history of the world's literature was strewn with the works of great poets whose names were unknown. It was not merely that Burns rose from conditions of extreme obscurity, because the world was ruled to-day by men who rose from obscurity, and those circumstances had become commonplace. There was some thing more than that. He believed that the great secret of the ever-increasing popularity of Burns and of Burns Clubs was that the spirit of Burns found a response in the hearts and the minds of the masses, because it breathed courage, perseverance, and hope. That was the spirit that was most wanted to-day. It was a great cause, and that was why he proposed the toast of " The Burns Federation." Sir Joseph Dobbie, Past-President of the Federation, in. responding, said that he noticed an extraordinary change in public opinion towards Robert Burns during even the last thirty years. Public opinion was not always so strongly in favour of Burns. The Federation had succeeded in demolishing the alcoholic tradition that Victorian days associated with Robert Burns, and had presented a truer picture of him. As to its activities for the Scottish language, there were nearly 20,000 school children in com petition for 1500 prizes offered by the Federation and its Clubs. The Federation was also assisting with the great Scottish National Dictionary, and that work was progress ing. It also hoped, in conjunction with Sir Walter Scott Societies, to establish at Edinburgh a Chair of Scottish Literature and Language. They could claim that to-day the Federation was the greatest national and literary associa tion of the Scottish race in the world. The movement had completely changed even in the last twenty years. Without being invidious, he would like to recall the great work done by his predecessor in the chair, Sir Robert Bruce. He had made the Federation become a great cultural body. His successor, Sir Alexander Gibb, had also exercised an extra ordinary influence for good. Bailie Macwhannell, on behalf of the Federation, pre sented Sir Alexander Gibb with a beautiful copy of the third edition of Burns's Poems, published at London in 1787, and the President acknowledged the gift. (See pp. 12-13 of this issue of the Burns Chronicle.) 156 MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE During the evening a musical programme was sustained by Miss Jean Harries and Mr. William Heughan, who delighted the company with their rendering of songs by Burns. Miss Gladys Sayer played the accompaniments in a. tasteful and effective manner. Sir William Noble moved a hearty vote of thanks to Sir Alexander Gibb for his hospitality and his genial occupancy of the chair; and the company thereafter joined in singing " Auld Lang Syne." AT THE BURNS STATUE. Prior to the business meeting on Saturday, the delegates assembled a.t th~ statue of the poet in the Victoria Embank ment Gardens, and the President placed a wreath at the base of the statue. Along with the wreath was a card bearing the inscription:- Burns Federation Annual Conference, 1933 The Delegates attending the Conference pay homage to their Bard. His prayer is ours : "That man to man the world o'er shall brithers be." LUNCHEON. The delegates and their friends afterwards lunched in· the Loudoun Hotel, Bailie Ninian Macwhannell in the chair. After proposing the toast of " The King," the Chair man took the opportunity of thanking the Federation for the honour they had done him in electing him to the Pre sidentshi p of their world-wide organisation. He would do his very best, and " when a man does that he sometimes does a. wee bit mair." He wished to express their best wishes towards the retiring President. Sir Alexander Gibb was leaving the chair, but he was not leaving the Federation, and he had promised to take a deep interest in all their work and to help them as much as he possibly could. Dr. J. M. Bulloch proposed "The Burns Federation," to which the Chairman replied; and Mr. McKerrow gave " The Burns Club of London," to which Dr. Neilson responded. VISIT TO ROYAL CALEDONIAN SCHOOLS. In the afternoon, delegates and friends drove in motor coaches to the Royal Caledonian Schools, which occupy a fine site in a picturesque district about sixteen miles from London. There are under training 150 boys and girls, most of whom have lost either one or both of their parents. The MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 157 moral and physical training of the children is supervised in an atmosphere that is distinctly Scottish. The boys wear " the garb of old Gaul," and the girls also are dressed in tartan. The institution from an educational point of view is under H.M. Board of Education, but it is entirely sup ported by voluntary contributions. When the visitors arrived at the Schools they were met by the boys' pipe band, which played them along the avenue and past finely-mown lawns to the main entrance of the building, where an exhibition of piping and dancing was given. The schoolmaster, Mr. Macrae, accorded the visitors a hearty welcome, and a musical programme was afterwards sustained inside the building by boys and girls, while the boys gave a clever display of swimming and diving in the large bath. Tea was thereafter served. On the call of Bailie Macwhannell, a vote of thanks was passed to the Superintendent, the Matron, and the boys and girls. Before leaving the institution, the visitors by a collection con tributed a sum of £18 on behalf of its funds. An interesting ceremony took place in the headmaster's room at the Schools. Mr. Dan. Robertson, J.P., Vice President of Falkirk Burns Club, presented the Burns Club of London with a handsome silver-mounted mallet and a framed photograph. Dr. Neilson acknowledged the gift. CHURCH SERVICE. On Sunday forenoon the delegates and friends attended a service in St. Columba's Church, where the Rev. Dr. Gordon Stott, of Cramond, delivered an eloquent and impressive sermon. At the close of the service, the visitors were conducted over the Church by a son of the Rev. Dr. Archibald Fleming, the minister, who was on holiday, and were shown the many interesting features of the building. VISIT TO HAMPTON COURT. In the afternoon, many of the delegates and friends pro ceeded in motor coaches to Hampton Court, where several hours were spent in viewing the beautiful gardens and grounds. Tea was served in the Greyhound Inn. On the call of Mr. A. G. Andrew, a vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Crawford, who had been " guide, philosopher and friend " in the outing. The weather was bright and warm, and the drive through a picturesque district was thoroughly enjoyed. Altogether it was a most enjoyable and a memorable conference. JoHN McVrn, Hon. Secretary. 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 10 11 0 8 7 1 7 3 1 5 0 3 8 8 1 0 16 11 19 11 12 15 12 ' 2 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 35 30 17 13 19 Ul 267 £29 ...... --- £176 .£840 the £186 2 8 0 9 0 0 0 Waugh for with nineteen 0 1 0 0 lG 12 19 ora. 9 66 10 135 Laing them 217 £50 --- E"xecuti~~ £200 Receipt '··""t pounds _...,.., Treuurer. of } Joseph .. .. .. . ... . Hon. Deposit compared a the Fifty.five wrapp. Craigie and members . . of .. and ...... • ... .•. and and .MACINTYRE, YUILLE, James MACKAY, hands, Fund (£200), .. •. .. .. .. .. ••• . . . ... . . Balance . for contributors, Wood, a Mausoleum, counterfoils, deceased, Officials Chain, 1988. Stirling, Ltd.-Printing, ADA.M DAVID JA.MES for returned, pounds EXPENDITURE. Craigie the ••• at ... of ... ... ... 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Balance .. . ... correctly 198. be James 1933.-We Fund, Deposit . to ... .. (£55 for INCOME. 1932- July, with them Craigie pence .. Dobbie-Deposit ... ... hands, . 311t ftnd Receipt along Account, Receil!t, eight James and Fund. Joseph Statement, Diplomas, on ... ... Chronwle, and Sir Deposit per Current Deposit Fees, Treasurer's Book, exhibited Kilmarnock, as on Subscriptions, on in on Pocket Burns Fund, from Interest, Interest of of wa• .Memorial Cash shillings Cash Cash Cash Cash Miscellaneous, Annual Sale Affiliation Sale Bank Bank Arrears, Balance ,, ,, ,, , , , ., ,, ,, Received To ANNUAL REPORTS. BURNS CHRONICLE. The eighth volume of the second series of the Burns Chronicle was issued in the first week of the New Year, and all those Clubs which had subscribed in advance--including that in far-off Calcutta-received their copies in good time for "the day." The articles included in it are fewer in number than in recent years, a considerable portion of the volume being devoted to a list of "Burns's literary correspondents, 1786-1796." That list, prepared for Dr. James Currie nearly 140 years ago and not previously printed, was welcomed by students of Burns's life and writings as a valuable contribution to the literary history of the poet. The editorial note on " Mr. Robert Burns, at your service " received considerable attention from the press, which-with a few inconsequent exceptions-supported our protest against the vulgar misuse of the poet's Christian name. The number of copies of the volume sold was 1724 : to federated Clubs, 1633; to individuals or to the trade, 91. The to~al is 15 more than that of the preceding year. The number of federated Clubs which ordered copies of the annual was 159; the number which did not order even one copy was 115. Thanks for the splendid support given to the latest issue of the Chronicle is here made to Bridgeton (Glasgow) Club, whose members did handsomely in purchasing 156 copies; to Sandyford (Glasgow) Club, which-chiefly through the interest of Ex-President David M. Hutchison and Vice-President Bailie Kenneth Muir Simpson-ordered 95 copies; to Atlanta (Georgia) and Calcutta Clubs, for their orders of 80 copies each; to Greenock Club, for its 60 copies; to the Burns Club of London, for its 50 copies; to the undermentioned Clubs, which pm:chased the number of copies opposite their names; and to the other 111 Clubs each of which ordered more than 5 copies, the minimum number required .by the "Constitution and Rules" of the Federation. Glasgow Masonic Club 39 copies. Newcastle Club 36 Ninety Club (Edinburgh) 27 " St. Giles' Club (Elgin) 26 " Edinburgh Club 24 " Rosebery Club (Glasgow) 24 Scottish Club (Glasgow) - 21 " Edinburgh Ayrshire Association 20 " 160 ANNUAL REPORTS Scottish Club (Edinburgh) 19 copies. Annan Club 18 ,, Dunfermline United Club 18 Newbattle Club 17 .," Kilmarnock Club 15 New York Masonic Club - 15 " Penicuik Club 15 ,," Sunderland Club 15 ,, 14 Aberdeen Club " PROPOSED " INDEX " VOLUME. The preparation and publication of an index to all the volumes of the Burns Chronicle has been advocated frequently during the last few years. The desirability of such an index needs no stressing. Much useful information regarding Burns's life and writings, his friends and acquaintances, his portraits and monuments, etc., is contained in the 42 volumes'which have been published, one in each year, since 1892. That information, however, is not always easily found; and valuable time is often expended in search which ought not to be necessary. Dr. Albert Douglas's index to the first 30 volumes is very helpful; but unfortunately that index is restricted to names of writers and titles of articles. It is now suggested that a much fuller index to the First Series of the Chronicle-an index which would include the contents of articles, as well as their titles and their authors' names-be prepared, and that it be published to mark the jubilee of the Burns Federation, which occurs in 1935. Probably no more practical method of marking the completion of the first fifty years' activity of the Federation could be devised, and the proposal is submitted for the consideration of the Council. The cost of preparing such a guide to the 34 volumes which form the First Series would be £ 17. The work would be entrusted to a professional indexer; and would be completed before_ next meeting of the Council, which could then (September, 1934) consider the question of printing and publishing it. A similar index to the volumes of the Second Series of the Chronicle might be made afterwards, say on the publication of the tenth volume. - J.C. EWING, Hon. Editor. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S COMPETITIONS. From the statistical schedule herewith it will be observed that there is a modest increase on all previous efforts by our clubs. About 27 per cent. of the clubs have taken part in these competitions-10 per cent. of the Scottish schools have responded, and approximately 20 per cent. of the scholars throughout the country have had the opportunity of competing. In addition to the prizes mentioned in the subsequent list 217 Federation certificates have been awarded through 78 clubs. Since the inception of the Federation medal about £150 have been received for medals and cases, &c. Apart from the work of the Federation, many schools outwith the submitted figures have Scottish poetry and song in their English and music classes. While we can give no definite figures, it is no exaggeration to say that at least 50 per ·cent. of our schools give a prominent place to the study and repetition of our Scottish poetry ; mainly that of Burns, Scott, and Stevenson. Many teachers explain the meaning of the Scots words : so that most of the children read, recite, and sing with understanding. While no other society can claim such results, there is still room for effort on the part of many clubs who, so far, have found themselves unable to take part. If they find difficulty in getting prizes as awards to the scholars for efficiency, they can at least press upon teachers to deal with the Scots poems and songs in the course of their English and music lessons. We are confident that by approaching Education Authorities, head masters, and teachers in a sincere spirit they will meet with their acquiescence and so achieve one great purpose of the Federation. In the way of awards to scholars, Sir Joseph Dobbie has given a fine lead in securing a capital sum from the Joseph Laing Waugh Memorial Fund, the interest of which will be devoted to prizes for schools in the Thornhill district. Others following such a course, clubs less favoured financially, will be able to give a local impetus to a fuller knowledge of our Scottish Tongue among the children. Let us realize the volume of power we possess to have every school practically interested in all that pertains to our Scottish History and Literature, and not only realize our power but exercise it. It is no selfish, insular desire that prompts us to preserve the local dialects and the folklore of the countryside; but with such L 162 ANNUAL REPORTS a desire deep a.nd earnest in us, we will be broader in our views and more considerate of such equal aspirations of all countries. SCHEDULE OF SCHOOLS, SCHOLARS, COMPETITORS, AND PRIZES. Schools Sehola.rs Competitors Prizes Aberdeen ...... 5 4,300 1,294 20 Alexandria ...... I 700 40 12 Alloway ...... 1 140 50 24 Annan (Ladies) ...... 1 300 70 10 Arbroath ...... 4 1,650 24 3 Arrochar and Tarbet...... 1 80 50 3 Ayr ...... 11 6,000 710 23 Balerno ...... 1 200 50 24 Bannockburn ...... 6 950 40 20 Barrhead...... 1 550 30 2 Barrow-in·Furness ...... 3 1,200 60 10 Beith (Caledonia) ...... 1 672 15 4 Berwick-on·Tweed...... l 290 36 4 Blantyre and District ...... 4 2,000 130 16 Brechin ...... 4 1,400 84 12 Bridgeton (Glasgow) ...... 30 31,200 11,821 380 Brought_y Castle ...... 3 1,100 144 74 Burnbank and District...... 6 3,200 160 24 Callander ...... 1 200 90 8 Cambuslang Wingate ...... 3 1,350 120 16 Colinton ...... 3 1,100 17 6 Covington and Thankerton ...... 1 248 19 6 Dornoch ...... 3 270 82 40 Dumbarton ...... 5 4,000 125 21 Dumfries ...... 14 4,144 522 89 Dunfermline •...... 11 5,400 220 40 Edinburgh and District B.C.A. 67 42,000 5,826 118 Elgin ...... 4 1,800 60 24 Forfar ...... 5 950 132 32 Glas1ow Masonic ...... (Master Masons) 12 4 Gore ridge...... 1 750 65 30 Gourock Jolly Beggars...... I 600 25 2 Gourock...... I 600 30 3 Greenock: see Renfrew11hire B.C.A. Gretna ...... 2 460 215 51 Hamilton ...... 10 4,500 150 20 Hawick ...... 5 1,500 170 40 lnverkip...... 2 100 54 20 Irvine ...... 5 2,500 310 40 Kilbirnie ...... 4 1,500 180 24 Kilmarnock ...... 6 4,800 670 30 Kirkcudbright ...... 3 900 120 24 Kirkmahoe ...... 1 95 64 20 London Ayrshire ...... 10 10,000 1,000 10 (£10) Markinch ...... I 300 24 6 Continued on next page. ANNUAL REPORTS 163 Schools Scholars Competitors Prizes Mauchline...... 1 400 78 8 ...... 1 1,200 90 24 Mossgiel.. 12 Newbattle and District...... 1 700 298 Newcraighall...... 2 810 390 26 Ninety : see Edinburgh and District B.C.A. £5 5s...... 1 180 120 24 Oakbank...... 18 Partick Western...... 1 2,000 160 8 4,400 22 6 Perth (St. Mark's)...... 16 Portobello...... 2 1,200 180 1 1,000 24 24 Primrose...... 40 Renfrewshire B.C.A...... 7 7,200 140 5 5,400 480 96 Rosebery...... 20 Sauchie...... 1 416 70 and District..... 3 1,700 86 10 Stenhousemuir 36 Stirling ...... 9 4,000 900 ...... 1 440 200 12 St. Ringans...... 18 Stonehaven...... 1 480 48 ...... 4 3,500 94 30 Shettleston.... 12 Troon...... 5 1,280 180 see Bridgeton (Glasgow) Tam O' Shanter: 12 Whitburn...... 2 480 50 Totals...... 309 182, 785 28,720 1,833 ~ 2 Glasgow Southern Merchants.. 1 1,200 30 90 Clubs took part in these competitions. The following ladies and gentlemen, among others, kindly them adjudicated at the various schools, and we sincerely thank for their generous work :- Mrs. Colquhoun and Mrs. Davidson; Misses Nan Cook, Nan MacDonald, L.R.A.M., M. S. S. MacNeil, A.L.C.M., Elsie Murray, A.L.C.M., J.Mill,and Nan Williamson, A.T.C.L.; Rev. J.Shepherd; Drs. Barrie, Merry, Murray, and MacLaren; Bailie Macwhannell; M.A., Messrs. Andrew Aitken, Robert Allan, C. R. M. Brooke, M.A., G. T. D. Barns, M.A., Wm. C. Cockburn, W. Fowler, Kerr, A. W. Gray, Geo. Hutchison, M. Mahaffy, Don McKay Arch. Jas. Mcintyre, Robert McClement, H. R. McDougall, McVie, Menzies, T. P. Lyle, G. A. Innes, George Newton, John and John Reid, J.B. Salmond, T. S. Turnbull, David Whammond, Peter White. A. G. ANDREW, Hon. Secretary of Competitions. 73 BRUNSWlCK STREET, GLASGOW' C. l. LIST OF THE 281 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES ON THE ROLL OF THE BURNS FEDERATION, 1934. [Corrected to 16th December, 1933.] 0-KILMARNOCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1808: federated 1885; 75 members; President, George Brown, M.A.; Vice-Presiden,t, Rev. W. B. C. Buchanan, M.A.; Secretary and Treasurer, Major David Yuille, Woodcroft, Symington, Kilmarnock. 1-THm BURNS CLUB OF LONDON : instituted 1868; federated 1885 ; 300 members; President, John MacLaren, A.M.I.E.E.; Vice President, Dr. H. J. Neilson, C.B.E.; Secretary, J. A. Brown, C.E., M.I.S.E., 11 The Drive, Ilford, Essex; Treasurer, W. H. Harries, F.C.I.S., Bushmead, 19 Cunningham Park, Harrow, Middlesex. Vernacular Circle: Chairman, J. M. Bulloch, LL.D.; Hon. Secretary, William Will; Overseas Correspondent, John Douglas, F.S.A.Scot.; meets in Royal Scottish Corporation Hall, Fetter Lane, E.C.4, monthly. 2-ALEXANDRIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1884; federated 1885; 76 members; Hon. President, Sir lain Colquhoun, Bart., D.S.O.; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Major George Christie, D.S.O., James Fergusson and George Eyre-Todd; President, William Houston; Vice-President, John Taylor; Secretary, John Barton, J.P., Cedar Cottage, Middleton Street, Alexandria; Treasurer, Alfred Bouse, 14 Bank Street, Alexandria; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer; meets in Village School on second Monday of month. 3-TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1859; federated 1885 ; 100 members ; President, John Duncan; Vice President, Frank Morris ; Secretary and Treasurer, T. P. Thomson, 32 Barrington Drive, Glasgow, C.4; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Burns House Club, monthly. 4-cALLANDER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1877; federated 1885; 50 · members; Hon. Presidents, P. M. Macintyre, M.A., LL.B., and Donald McLaren; President, Ex-Provost Alexander Scott, J.P.; Vice-President, Provost Liles; Secretary, Alex. D. Cumming, F.S.A.Scot., The Schoolhouse, Callander; Treasurer, James Macdonald, Council Office, Callander; Burns Chronicle Secretary. official, BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 165 7-THISTLlll BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1882; federated 1885; 40 members; President, J. C. Graham; Vice-President, Jos. Robb; Secretary, John Vallaqce, 56 Queensborough Gardens, Glasgow, W.1; Treasurer, John Eadie, 5 Miller Street, Glasgow; meets at 5 Miller Street. 9-ROYALTY BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1882; federated 1886; 70 members; President, James Denholm; Vice-President, George McCartney; Secretary and Treasurer, James C. Gray, 25 Crusader Avenue, Kmghtswood, Glasgow, W.3; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at 17 Hope Street. 10-DUMBARTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1859; federated 1886; 65 members; President, Arthur Chalmers; Vice-President, Douglas Blackstock; Secretary, John Dunlo.(>, 153 High Street, Dumbarton; Treasurer, R. H. Hamilton, Clydesdale Bank, Dumbarton; meets in Elephant Hotel, Dumbarton, on 25th January, and as arranged. 14-DUNDEE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1860; federated 1886; 30 members; President, Bailie A. Blair Anderson, J.P.; Vice President, Peter A. Davie; Secretary, H. R. Paton., 37 Union Street, Dundee; Treasurer, Alex. McLaggan, Kirk Entry, Mill gate, Dundee; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Curator, R. Ramsay; Librarian, W. F. Mitchell; meets at 37 Union Street. 20-AIRDRIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885; federated 1886; 200 members; President, T. D. King Murray, K.C.; Vice-President, Bailie James Russell; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew T. Little, 69 South Bridge Street, Airdrie; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary; meets in Sir John Wilson Town Hall on 25th January. 21-GREENOCK (MOTHER) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1801; federated 1886; 170 members; President, A. H. Gray; Vice-Presidents, Duncan C. Kerr and Robert M. Watson; Secretary and Trea surer, James F. McDougall, Co=ercial Bank Buildings, 14 Cross-shore Street, Greenock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Stewards, Thomas Robertson and Andrew Steele ; House Steward, Richard Jones; House Convener, John Donald; Librarian, Duncan McTavish; meets at 36 Nicolson Street. 22-EDINBURGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1848; federated 1886; 120 members; President, Allan Stevenson; Secretary, Richard Scott, 128a George Street, Edinburgh; Treasurer, W. H. Johnson, 3 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary ; meets in Balmoral Restaurant ; Annual Dinner on 25th January. 26-PERTH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1873; federated 1927; 83 members; President, T. Harris Hunter; Vice-President, Alex. Macgregor; Secretary, A. M. Lamond, Clydesdale Bank Buildings, Perth; Treasurer, D. L. Orr, Union Bank of Scotland Ltd., Geor~e Street, Perth; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer; meets in Station Hotel on third Thursday of November, second Thursday of December, an.d third Thursday of February and March. 166 BURNS CLUBS AND S(,'OTTISH SOCIETIES 33--THE GLASGOW HAGGIS CLUB : instituted 1872; federated 1886; 102 members; President, Robert J. Robb; Vice-President, Burns Andrew; Secretary and Treasurer, Burns Andrew, 12 Waterloo Street, Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Central Hotel on second Tuesday of each month from October to March. 34-cARRICK BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1859 j federated 1887; 40 members; President, Arthur F. Collins; Vice-Presi dent, David Sutherland; Secretary, Colin H. Macfarlane, 20 Trongate, Glasgow, C.1; Treasurer, Wm. Morrison, 62 Glassford Street, Gla~gow; meets at 62 Glassford Street on last Friday of month. 35-DALRY (AYRSHIRE) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1825; federated 1887; 50 members; President, John McDonald, J.P.; Vice-President, Daniel Tait, Jr.; Secretary, Patrick Comrie, Waterside, Dairy, Ayrshire; Treasurer, James D. Gordon, Solicitor, Dairy, Ayr shire; Burns Chronicle official, William Wilson, M.A., 85 New Street, Dairy, Ayrshire; meets as arranged; Supper on the Friday nearest 25th January. 36-ROSEBERY BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1885; federated 1886; 150 members; President, Mrs. Mary J. Stone; Vice-Presi dent, Ronald Johl\stone; Secretary, Arch. W. Alexander, 45 Jura Street, Glasgow, S.W.2: Treasurer, Andrew Dunn, 153 Queen Street, Glasgow, C.l; Burns Chronicle official, Secre~ary; meets at 27 India Street on first Thursday of each month from October to March. 37-DOLLAR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1887; 33 members; President, Colonel Robert Hai$; Vice-President, A. J. Bisset; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Mitchell, Woodville, Dollar; Burn3 Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Castle Campbell Hotel, on 25th January, 1934. 40-ABERDEEN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1889; 139 members; Hon. Presidents, John Gribbel, Alexander Keith, M.A., Charles Murray, LL.D., and J. F. Tocher, D.Sc., F.I.C.; President, Alex. C. Cormack; Vice-Presidel\t, George Mutch; Secretary, Alex. B. Garden, 34 Ruthrieston Crescent, Aberdeen; Treasurer, Charles Mackie, 89 Leslie Terrace, Aberdeen; Burn• Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditor, Alex. Brown; meets on first Monday of each month from October to March ; annual meeting on 16th April. 42-cruEFF BURNS CLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1890; 100 members; President, William Forbes; Vice-President, A. Watt .Allison; Secretary, William Pickard, 2 Addison Terrace, CriPff; meets in Star Hotel on 25th January. 44-FORFAR BURNS CLUB ; instituted 1893; federated 1893; 180 members; President, Jas. N. Strachan; Vice-President, John Lamb; Secretary, A. C. Dalget}', 57 East High Street, Forfar; Treasurer, F. A. Milne, 93 Queen Street, Forfar; meets in Queen's Rooms . .. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 167 45--cUMNOCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1891; 60 members; President, Hugh Murray; Vice-Presiden,t, W. D. Wardrop; Secretary, Andrew Taylor, Clachian, Cumnock; Trea surer, Hunter Connell, Hillcrest, Cumnock; BuTns CMonicle official, Secretary ; meets in Dumfries Arms Hotel on 25th January. 48-PAISLEY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1805; federated 1891; 36 members; President, F. W. Heys; Vice-President, Dr. W. J. C. Watt; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas Hun,ter, 35 High Street, Paisley; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at 3 County Place on first Thursday of each month from October to April. 49-BRIDGETON BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1870; federated 1891; over 1,200 members; Hon. President, Ex-President Adam C. Hay; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Ex-President Peter White, J.P., and George Newton; President, John D. Macintyre, B.L., Greenholm, Busby; Vice-President, C. Jago Gregg; Secretary, John G. S. Sproll, 3 Royal Exchange Square, Glasgow, C.l; Treasurer, Ex-President David S. Brown, 569 London Road, Glasgow, S.E.; Burns Chronicle official, John Walker, 615 London Road, Glasgow, S.E. ; Directors, R. B. Thomson,, D. Hannay, Arch. H. Millen, Robt. Dawson, John Walker, And. K. Aitken, Geo. Dunbar, J. D. Anderson, and J. D. Wardrop; Hon. Director, James Craig. 50-STIRLING BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1892; 120 members; President, S. P. Hodge; Vice-President, -Robert Graham; Secretary, Alex. Dun,, 25 Port Street, Stirling; Trea surer, James P. Crawford, 68 Port Street, Stirling; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Golden Lion Hotel on 25th January, 1934. 53-GOVAN FAIRFIELD BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1886; federated 1892; 70 members; Hon. President, Col. John A. Sillars; Past Presidents, R. Glen and T. Fullarton; Hon. Vice Presidents, T. Fullarton and W. Graham; President, Jack Neil; Vice-President, A. Boyd; Secretary, Robert Ferguson, 12 Elder park Street, Govan, Glasgow, S.W.1; Treasurer, William Bates, 59 Burghead Avenue, Govan, Glasgow; Steward, Thos. McLean; Bard, Dan. Morrison; meets in Unionist Rooms, Cardell Halls, Govan, Glasgow, first Wednesday of each month, September to April. 55-DERBY SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION AND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1890; federated 1892; 150 members; President, W. H. Innes; Vice Presidents, A. B. Crawford and D. Cameron; Secretaries, W. M. Wylie and R. B. Meikle, 9 Charnwood Street, Derby; Treasurer, R. McAuley, 165 Kedleston Road, Derby; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 59-Goun.ooK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893; federated 1893; 90 members; President, Andrew Harvey; Vice-President, Arthur T. Russell; Secretary, J. H. Anderson, 66 Manor Cres cent, Gourock; Treasurer, W. R. Drummond, 63 Shore Street, Gourock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, William Callander and Robert Tweedie ; meets in Criterion Hall every Friday from October to April. 168 BURNS CLUBS AND SOOTTISH SOCIETIES 62-cuPAR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1893; federated 1893; 110 mem bers; President, Sheriff Dudley Stuart; Vice-Presidents, R. Osborne Pagan, W.S., and George J. Lumsden; Secretary, R. N. Robertson, 43 Bonnygate, Cupar; Treasurer, D. S. Fraser, National Bank, Cupar. 64-BEITH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1893; 45 members; President, John Orr; Vice-President, James Anderson; Secre tary and Treasurer, John Ferguson, 21 Woodside Road, Beith; meets in Masonic Hall. 68---SANDYFORD BURNS CLUB ,(GLASGOW) : instituted 1893; federated 1894 ; 417 members ; Hon. President, Bailie Gordon Cochra.ne; President, Bailie Kenneth Muir-Simpson, Dineiddwg, Mugdock, Milngavie; Vice-President, Donald F. Macnair; Secretary and Treasurer, Samuel W. Love, The British Linen Bank, 1190 Argyle Street, Glasgow, C.3; Burns Chronicle official, Donald F. Macnair ; meets in Burns House Club. 71--0ARLISLE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1895; 86 mem bers; President, J. B. W. Foster; Secretary, J. W. Crawford, Red Lodge, Hartington Place, Carlisle; Treasurer, T. G. Cowan, Clydesdale Bank, Carlisle ; meets in Crown and Mitre Hotel on third Saturday of each month from September to March. 74-NATIONAL BURNS MEMORIAL COTTAGE HOMES (MAUCHLINE) : insti tuted 1888 ; federated 1895 ; 64 members : Patrons, Duke and Duchess of York ; Hon. Presidents, Marquess of Ailsa, Lord Provosts of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Lord Dean of Guild of Glasgow, and Col. John Gribbel; President, J. Leiper Gemmill; Secretary, T. Muir Wilson, 190 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2; Treasurer, H. Plant Alexander, Eastfield Chair Works, Rutherglen; Burns Chronicle official, J. Leiper Gemmill, 162 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2. 75--xmN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1896; 110 members; President, Donald John McDiarmid: Vice-President, John Donaldson, L.D.S.; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. M. Morton, Boreland Park, Kirn; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Leawood Hall on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, from October to March. 76-BRECfilN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1894 ; federated 1896 ; 70 members; President, J. S. Kinghorn: Vice-President, J. Hutchison; Secretary and Treasurer, Edwin Morton, 8 Bothers Close, City Road, Brechin, Angus; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Dalhousie Hotel on 25th January. 82--ARBROATH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1888 ; federated 1928 ; 70 members; President, J. B. Halliday; Vice-Presidents, George Sherriffs, John Stewart and James Macdonald; Secretary, John Joss, 107 High Street, Arbroath; Assistant-Secretary, Peter W. Ramsay; Treasurer, Neil Robertson, North of Scotland Bank, Arbroath; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Royal Hotel on 25th January. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 169 8&-DUNFERMLINE UNITED BURNS CLUB : instituted 1812; federated 1896; 75 members; Hon. Presidents, The Right Hon. The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, K.T., C.M.G., and Sir Alexander Gibb, G.B.E., C.B.; President, Lt. Col. J. M. Mitchell, C.B.E., M.C., M.A., LL.D.; Vice-President, Major H. S. Threlfall; Secretary, D. Thomson Kennedy, J.P., Guildhall Chambers, Dunfermline; Treasurer, Wm. Walker, Commercial Bank of Scotland, High Street, Dunfermline; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer: Annual Dinner in Co-operative Tea Rooms. 86-WINSOME WILLIE BURNS CLUB (CUMNOCK) : instituted 1856; federated 1886; 25 members; President, Robert Scott; Vice President, Thomas Lamont; Secretary, Hugh Torbett, 17 Town head Street, Cumnock; Treasurer, John Healy; meets in Hotel Royal on first Saturday of everr month. 89-SUNDERLAND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1897; 100 members; President, E. B. Hutchison; Vice-President, J. Renwick Vickers; Secretary, M. Neilson, 14 Percy Terrace, Sunderland; Treasurer, A. W. Semple, 105 Dunelm Street, Durham Road, Sunderland; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditor, N. Hawes; Trustees, Neil Cameron and Dr. A. Stevenson; Committee, A. Allan, J. McLagan, A. Moncur, J. McNicol, and W. Frater; Musical Director, D. Gordon; Pipers, K. Campbell and C. Mitchell; Librarian, W. Waddle; meets in Palatine Hotel on second Thursday of September, and on second and fourth Thursdays from October to April. 91-SHETTLESTON BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1897; federated 1897; 106 members; President, Philip Houston; Vice-Presi dent, Andrew Ross; Secretary, J. Macdonald, 1037 Shettleston Road, Glasgow, E.2; Treasurer, James Cassels, 18 Denbrae Street, Shettleston. 92-KILBOWIE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB (CLYDEBANK) : instituted 1897; federated 1898; 75 members; Hon. President, Peter C. Robertson; President, Geo. Abbott; Vice-President, David J. Clark; Secretary, William Patrick, 14 Stewart Street, Dalmuir; Treasurer, Alex. Davidson, 29 Bannerman Street, Clydebank; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Stewards, Messrs. Clark and Howie; Pianist, John Todd; meets in Ross's Cross Restaurant on last Friday of each month. 9~UPHALL TAM o' BRANTER" BURNS CLUB : instituted 1894; federated 1897; 60 members; President, Alexander Tullis; Vice-Presi dents, James Wilson and William Paul; Secretary, Thos. T. Goldie, 22 Burnside Road, Uphall; Treasurer, Andrew Chap man, Elibell Cottage, Uphall Station; meets in the Hotel on last Friday of month. 96-JEDBURGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1869; federated 1897; 50 members; President, Councillor Andrew Moncur; Vice-President, Alexander Dingwall; Secretary and Treasurer, Andrew Clarkson, Castlegate, Jedhurgh; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Royal Hotel. 170 BURNS OLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOOIETIES 97-XILMARNOCK BELLFIELD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1895; federated 1898; 40 members; President, .Archibald McBeth; Vice-President, Harry Shields; Secretary, Wm. Lennox, 11 Nursery .Avenue, Kilmarnock ; Treasurer, James Neilson ; meets in Bellfield Tavern, Wellbeck Street, Kilmarnock, on third Monday of each month. 100-HAMILTON MOSSGIEL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1898; 50 members; President, Dan. Ferguson; Vice-President, Neil C. Miller; Secretary, Wm. Sommerville, 33 Reid Street, / Burnbank, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, Robert Thorpel. 141 Quarry Street, Hamilton ; meets in Commercial Hotel on nrst Tuesday of each month except June, July and .August. 108-BAST CALDER AND DISTRICT JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1897; federated 1899; 25 members; Hon. President, Wm. Baxter; President, James Millar, C.C. ; Vice-President, James Glasgow; Secretar:y, John Young, East Calder; Treasurer, James Findlay, 77 /78 Oakbank by Mid-Calder; Stewardl!i, John Clark and Wm. Wilson; meets in Grapes Hotel, East valder, on first Monday of month. 110-cAMBUBLANG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1850; federated 1898; Presi dent, .Angus M'Cracken; Secretary, John M'Cracken, 269 Main Street, Cambuslang; .Assistant Secretary, .Angus Barr; Steward, Robert Stewart; meets in Institute. 112-BURNS HOWFF CLUB (DUMFRIES) : instituted 1889; federated 1899; 130 members; President, Thomas H. Boyd; Vice-Presidents, M. H. McKerrow and T. S. McCrone; Secretary, .A. P. IIannah, Globe Hotel, Dumfries; Treasurer, William D. Boyes; meets in Globe Hotel, Dumfries, on first Wednesday of each month. 113--VALE -OF LEVEN " GLENCAIRN " BURNS CLUB (ALEXANDRIA) : instituted 1897; federated 1899; 20 members; President, James Burdon; Vice-President, John L. Ritchie; Secretary, William Jenkin,s, 190 Hillside .A venue, Burnbrae, .Alexandria; Treasurer, Peter Burdon, Viewfield, Balloch; .Auditors, Robert McFarlane and Gilbert Dowling; meets in .Albert Hotel, .Alexandria, on last Saturday of each month from October to March. 118-ALBANY BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW): instituted 1900; federated 1900; 96 members; President, John Nelson Robertson; Vice-Presidents, James .A. Watt and David C. Kennedy; Secretary, David Blair, 15 Courthill, Bearsden; Treasurer, Robert Walker, 77 Barring ton Drive, Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on first Wednesday of October, November, December, February and March. 120--BRISTOL CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1820' federated 1900; 200 members; President, R. J. Sinclair; Secretary and Trea surer, F. W. Whitehead, Albion Chambers, Bristol; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Chairman (Benev~lent), R. Robert son; Chairman (Social), J. Hyslop; meets in Albion Chambers. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 171 121-HAMILTON JUNIOR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1901; 40 members; President, Andrew Dickson; Vice-President, James Orr; Secretary and Treasurer, William Wilson, 5 Haddow Street, Hamilton; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Officials, J. H. Cameron, J. Grant, J. Powe, G. Fleming, R. Bannatyne, W. Wardrope, J. McCargow, J. Caldwell, C. Fleming, W. Bain and A. Collins; meets in Robert Thurp's, 141 Quarry Street, on first Monday of each month, except May-July. 124-TIIE NINETY BURNS CLUB (EDINBURGH) : instituted 1890; federated 1902; 215 members; President, Alexander Black, M.B., Ch.B.; Vice-President, Anthony T. White, J.P.; Secretary, R. D. Grant McLaren, 2 Mayfield Road, Edinburgh; Treasurer, W. J. King Gillies, F.Int.A.C., Davaar, 12 Suffolk Road, Edinburgh; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer; Committee, George Runcie, J. W. Walker, J. P. Barrons, D. M. Matheson, D. H. M. Jack, W. H. Hardie and J. M. Milligan; meets in North British Station Hotel, monthly October to March. 126-FALKIRK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1866; federated 1902; 200 members; President, Rev. J. A. F. Dean, M.A. ; Vice-Pre sidents, L. A. B. Rae and Rev. J. Ferrier Pollock; Secretary and Treasurer, R. H. Menzies, Bank Street, Falkirk; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Mathieson's Rooms. 131-NOTTINGHAM SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION : instituted 1871; federated 1902; President, A. D. Phillips, M.I.E.E.; Vice-President, L. M. Jockel, M.I.E.E.; Secretary, John Currie, 20 Arboretum Street, Nottingham; Treasurer, J. M. Watson, B.Sc., 22 Devon shire Road, Sherwood, Nottingham; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Dance Secretary, Craig Young, L.D.S.; meets in Mikado Cafe, Long Row. 133-NEWARTHILL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1904; 36 members; President, George Cook; Vice-President, Henry Brown; Secretary, John Henshaw, 225 High Street, Newarthill, by Motherwell; Treasurer, Alexander Maxwell, 171 High Street, N ewarthill, by Motherwell; meets in Miners' Institute, on last Saturday of each month from October to March. 135-PARTICK WESTERN BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1903; federated 1904; 153 members; President, Arthur D. Hadden; Vice-President, Jo:.. 1 Leitch; Secretary and Treasurer, William Lauderdale, 54 White Street, Glasgow, W.1; Auditors, David M. Kerr and Hugh L. Cameron; meets in Masonic Hall, Partick, monthly from September to March. 139-NATIONAL BURNS CLUB, LIMITED (GLASGOW) : instituted 1904; • federated 1905; 110 members; President, John Inglis; Secretary and Treasurer, George F. Howarth, 68 Bath Street, Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at 21 India Street. 148-GREENOCK CRONIES BURNS CLUB : instituted 1899; federated 1905; 44 members; President, John Drever; Vice-President, E. Fynes; Secretary, H. Crawford, 9 East Shaw Street; Treasurer, William McFarlane; meets in Cronies' Hall, Knowe Road, Greenock, on first Monday of each month. 149-ELGIN BURNS CLUB : Secretary, John Foster, Sheriff Clerk, Elgin. 172 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 152-THE HAMILTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1877; federated 1906; 160 members; President, Rev. Matthew Stewart, B.D.; Secretary, .Alex. Cullen, F.R.I.B.A., 92 Cadzow Street, Hamilton; Trea surer, Colonel W. :Martin Kay, C.M.G., D.L., Bank of Scotland Chambers, Hamilto~; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Masonic Hall. 153-SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1904; federated 1906; 400 members; President, W. B. Paterson; Vice-Presidents, J. G. MacKerracher and John T. Stewart; Secretary and Trea surer, J. Kevan McDowall, 115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; .Auditors, Jas. B. Macpherson and Robert Stewart; Bards, Thomas Cree, W. D. Cocker, and Robert Hogg; Director of Programmes, Councillor Ninian Macwhannell; meets in Cranston's, 17 Renfield Street. 155-EAST STIRLINGBHmE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1905; federated 1906; President, .Alexander Cruickshanks; Vice-President, Wm. Galbraith; Secretary and Treasurer, Matthew Waddell Meek, Crossroads House, Bainsford, Falkirk; meets in Crossroads Inn, Bainsford. 156-NEWCASTLE AND TYNESIDE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1864; federated 1906; 350 members; President, Dr. G. Roy Fortune; Vice President, J. Buchanan; Secretary and Treasurer, G. B. Lauder, Edinburgh House, Clarence Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Burnt1 Chronicle official, Secretary. 157-BAILLIESTON CALEDONIAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1901; federated 1906; 16 members; President, Charles Paterson; Vice-President, John Seymour; Secretary, Peter M'Lean, 7a Main Street, Baillieston; Treasurer, Donald M'Farlane, 20 Main Street, Baillieston ; meets in Free Gardeners' Hall on second Saturday of month from Octt>ber to .April. 158-DARLINGTON BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1906; federated 1906; 69 members; President, David Stevenson; Vice-Presidents, Jas . .Anderson, R. Nichol, J.P., and Jas. Morrison, jun.; Secretary, Robt. M. Liddell, 18 Greenbank Road, Darlington; Treasurer, Geo. Lawson, 5 Holmwood Grove, Harrowgate Hill, Darlington; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in " The Poplars " monthly. 160-WHITBUB.N BURNS CLUB : instituted 1906; federated 1906; 58 members; President, William Clark; Vice-President, Frank • M'Gregor; Secretary, James W. Sangster, 22 Redmill Cottages, Whitburn; Bard, James R. Thomson; meets in Cross Tavern on first Saturday of each month. 161-cHABiESTON BURNS CLUB (PAISLEY) : instituted 1905; federated 1906; 22 members; President, William Craig; Vice-President, Mathew Carruth; Secretary and Treasurer, .Archibald Thomson, 14 Espedair Street, Paisley; Auditors, .Andrew Shannon and Thomas Peacock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at 2 Stevenson Street. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 173 165--WALLSEND BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1907; 50 members; President, James Heron; Vice-President, P. Smith; Secretary, George Pringle, 3 Rockdale Street, Wallsend-on-Tyne; .Assistant Secretary, John Smith; Treasurer, W. Gladstone, Battle Hill Estate, Willington Quay-on-Tyne; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Duke of York Hotel every second Wednesday. 167-BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND SCOTTISH SOCIETY (BIRMINGHAM BURNS CLUB AMALGAMATED 1924) : instituted 1888: federated 1907: 500 members; President, Rev. J. K. McKean; Vice-Presidents, James Balden, John Brown, H. Farquhar, Councillor R. H. Hume, M ..A., J. Murray Laing, Donald Mcintosh and .Alexander Ramsay, O.B.E., M.P.; Secretary, Gilbert M. Findlay, 71 Trafalgar Road, Moseley, Birmmgham; Treasurer, Robert McKenzie, 50 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham; .Assistant Secretary, C . .A. MacDonald; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Grand Hotel monthly from October to March. 168--RICCARTON 'BURNS CLUB (KILMARNOCK) : instituted 1877; federated 1908; President, David Brown; Vice-President, John Russell; Secretary, .Alexander Flanagan, 50 Bruce Street, Riccarton, Kilmarnock; Treasurer, John Watt, 68 Campbell Street, Riccarton, Kilmarnock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Com mercial Inn, Riccarton, on last Saturday of each month from October to March. 169-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1907; federated 1908; 36 members; President, T. Stewart Barrie, M.B., Ch.B.; Vice-Presidents, John Duncan and Col. G. P. Linton; Secretary, Gregor .Allan Grant, LL.B., 87 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, C.2; Treasurer, .A. Neil Campbell, F.C.C.S., 10 Lothian Gardens, Glasgow, N. W. ; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary ; Committee meets in Burns House Club on fourth Tuesday of each month. 171-- 173-IRVINE BURNS CLUB: instituted 1826; federated 1908; 275 members; President, John Norval Murray, LL.B.; Vice-Pre sident, George Kirkhope Begg; Secretary, James Hogg, 21 Bank Street, Irvine; Treasurer, R. F. Longmuir, C.B.E., Roseville, Irvine; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in King's .Arms Hotel on 25th January. 181-PRIMROSE BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1901; federated 1909; 96 members; Hon. President, Thomas Morisen; Hon. Vice-Presidents, T. D. Speirs and Wm. Bain; Ex-President, Geo. Thomson; President, James D. Wilson; Vice-President, John Duncan; Secretary and Treasurer, George Calderwood, 106 Deanston Drive, Glasgow, S.l; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary; meets iq Burns House Club on third Wednesday of each month. 174 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 183-LONDONDERRY BURNS CLUB AND CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1907; federated 1909; 81 members; Hon. President, Alexander Macmillan; President, John Maxwell; Vice-Presidents, Alex. Wightman, Wm. G. S. Ballantine, George Sidebottom, Peter Gaylor, Joseph Sherrard, T.C., and James Steel Hanna, J.P.; Secretary, George Paxton Findlay, Avoca, 87 Strand Road, Londonderry; Assistant Secretary, William A. Dickie; Treasurer, David Campbell Murray, Dunshee, Marlborough Street, London derry; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, George Sidebottom and Alexander McKenzie; meets in Presbyterian Working Men's Institute on Wednesdays from October to April. 184-BLAIRADAM SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1907; federated 1909; 20 members; Hon. Presidents, Wm. Clark and Arthur Bennett; President, Geo. Malcolm; Vice-Presidents, Robt. Beveridge and Robt. Cook; Secretary, Thos. C. Anderson, Blairforge, Blair adam, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, John Whyte, Crofthead Cottage, Oakfield Street, Kelty, Fife; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Representative to Fifeshire Burns Association, Robt. Cook; meets in Oakfield Inn, Kelty, every alternate Saturday. 190-PORT·GLASGOW BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1910; 20 members; President, Neil McGilp; Vice-President, John Cameron; Secretary, Cornelius Young, Benclutha, Clune Brae, Port-Glasgow; Treasurer, John Telfer, 12 Mary Street, Port Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, Alex. Wilson, 9 Highholm Street, Port-Glasgow; Auditors, Robert Kinloch and David Peebles; Stewards, James Galloway and Hugh Crowe; meets in Oddfellows Hall, Gillespie's Lane, on second Friday of each month from September to March. 192--AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF FEDERATED BURNS CLUBB : instituted 1908; federated 1910; 30 members; President, George Campbell; Vice-President, Duncan Brisbane; Secretary and Treasurer, Wm. Lennox, 11 Nursery A venue, Kilmarnock ; meets quarterly at various places throughout the county. 198-TWENTY·FIVE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB (GOREBRIDGE): instituted 1906; federated 1911; 40 members; President, James Juner; Vice-President, Joseph Dunlop; Secretary, William Weir, 37 Victoria Street, Hunterfield, Gorebridge; Treasurer, James Dunlop, 16 New Hunterfield, Gorebridge; Burns Chronicle official, Robert Ramage, 85 Victoria Street, Hunterfield, Gore bridge ; meets in Arniston Gothenburg on third Saturday of each month from September to April. 199--NEWBATTLE AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1911; 150 members; Past-President, David Haldane; President, John Morris; Vice-Presidents, Robert Lauder and James Brown; Secretary, John Finlay, 3 Park Road, Newtongrange, Mid lothian; Treasurer, James Paxton, 11 Lothian Terrace, Newton grange, Midlothian; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, David Eskine and James Kerr; Minute Secretary, Alexander Meek ; meets in Band Hall, N ewtongrange, on first Saturday of each month from October to April. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 175 202-YE CRONIES BURNS CLUB (GOVAN, GLASGOW) : in,stituted 1893; federated 1911; 30 members; President, Wilham Mcintyre; Vice President, Sidney S. Rennie ; Secretary, Leonard Woolley, 883 Govan Road, Glasgow, S.W.1; Treasurer, John MacLean, 21 Burghead Drive, Glasgow, S.W.l; Bard, Thomas M. Walker, M.A. ; Musical Director, William Parker; meets in Commercial Restaurant, Govan Cross, on second Saturday of each month from September to March. Annual meeting second Friday in June. 207-CAMBUSLANG WINGATE BUl!.NS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1912; 30 members; President, James Mitchell; Vice-President, William Eadie; Secretary and Treasurer, Robert Forrester, 177 Hamilton Road, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire; Assistant Secre tary, Archie Paterson; Auditors, John Thomson and Thos. McGilvray; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Ingle neuk Social Club, Halfwa_y, Cambuslang, on first Saturday of each month ex~ept May, June, and July. 208-cALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF COLORADO SPRINGS : instituted 1897; federated 1912; 35 members; President, John Ferguson; Vice Presidents, Duncan Lamont, T. D. Hetherington and W. W. Campbell; Secretary, J. B. Wemyss, 1720 N. El Paso Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Chas. S. Hamilton, 924 N. Weber Street, Colorado Sprin,gs, Colorado; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at home of President; Burns Banquet in Antlers Hotel. 209-GREENOCK ST. .JOHNS BUl!.NS CLUB : instituted 1909; federated 1911; 80 members; President, A. Sinclair; Vice-President, F. Imrie; Secretary, Jacob A. C. Hamilton, 66 Wellington Street, Greenock; Treasurer, Gilbert Kerr, 13 Auchmountain Road, Greenock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Masonic Temple on third Tuesday of each month from October to April. 212-PORTOBELLO BUl!.NS CLUB : instituted 1892; federated 1913; 59 members; President, Councillor John Hay, D.L., J.P.; Vice President, Wm. MacVey; Secretary, John Brown, 258 High Street, Portobello; Treasurer, A. H. Horne, British Linen Bank, Portobello; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meet on Burns's Birthday; Symposia in March and October. 213-KINGSTON BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1912; federated 1913; 80 members; President, William Bain; Past-Presiden,t, Robert Armour; Vice-President, Arthur Pinkney; Secretary, Alexander H. Fairley, 116 Watt Street, Glasgow, C.5; Treasurer, Alexander C. Smith, 150 Arisaig Drive, Mosspark, Glasgow, S.; Auditors, William Gilmour and Miss M. Sneddon; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary ; meets in Wheat Sheaf Rooms, 263 Paisley Road, on third Thursday of each month from October to March. 218-BANNOCKBURN EMPil!.E BUl!.NS CLUB : instituted 1912; federated 1913; 36 members; President, Mathew Jenkins; Vice-President, Wm. Thomson ; Secretary .and Treasurer, Andrew McGilchrist, 7 The Path, Bannockburn; Burns Chronicle official, Sec1·etary; meets in Commercial Hotel on first Saturday of each month. 176 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 220-BUB.NS CLUB OF SAINT LOUIS : instituted 1904 ; federated 1913 ; 24 members; Vice-President, George S. Johns; Secretary and Treasurer, David L. Grey, 506 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.; meets on 25th January each year. 221-PB.ESTONPANS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1900; federated 1913; 50 members; President, Charles McLeod, J.P.; Vice-President, William Bellany; Secretary, David Allan, Whitefield Place, Prestonpans; Treasurer, George McKenzie, High Street, Preston pans; meets in Trust House, Ltd., Tea Room on third Tuesday of each moqth. 222-HULL BUB.NB CLUB : instituted 1863; federated 1912; 235 members; President, Major Peter Robson, T.D.; Past-President, Fred Ingham; Secretary, L. Lancaster, 4 Mayfield Street, Hull; Trea surer, Fred Bell, 100 Boulevard, Hull; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Hammond's Restaurant on Mondays during the months October to March; Anniversary Dinner on 25th January, 1934. 225-HELENSBUB.GH BUB.NB CLUB : instituted 1911; feder.1ted 1913; 128 members; President, Robert Brown; Vice-Presidents, John Somerville and W. Marsland; Secretary, Thomas Ferguson, 104 West Princes Street, Helensburgh; Treasurer, A. Goodlet, 45 East Princes Street, Helens burgh; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Mason.ic Hall, monthly. 226-DUMFB.IES BURNS CLUB : instituted 1820; federated 1913; 200 members; President, Provost David Brodie; Past-President, Dr. George R. Livingston; Secretary and Treasurer, John McBurnie, Sheriff-Court House, Dumfries; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on a date in March fixed by Committee. 234--GLASGOW SOUTHERN MERCHANTS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1914; 146 members; President, James Semple; Vice President, Alexander Welsh; Secretary and Treasurer, Archibald Irving, 82 Victoria Road, Glasgow, S.2; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 236-WHITEHAVEN BUB.NB CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1914; 100 members; President, Dr. Humphrey Robertson; Vice-President, Robert Higgins; Secretary and Treasurer, Duncan Jamieson, 7 Albert Terrace, Sunnyhill, Whitehaven; Hurns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditor, William Brewster; Bard, William Glenn; meets in Black Lion Hotel. 237-UDDINGSTON MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1914; 30 members; President, Arthur Downie; Vice-President, Alex. Ritchie; Secretary and Treasurer, David N. Miller, 41 Glen Road, Springboig, Shettleston, Glasgow; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Management Committee, A Scott, A. Adams, H. D. Taylor and Wm. Scott; Stewards, J. L. Cuthbertson and T. Cameron; Trustees, Jas. Donald, P.P., aqd T. Cameron, P.P.; meets in Magdala Hall on third Saturday of each month except May, June, July and August. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 177 238-BURNS CLUB OF ATLANTA (GEORGIA) : instituted 1896; federated 1914; 80 members; President, Jere A. Wells; Vice-President, David B. Evans; Secretary, Herbert C. Reid, 1396 Fairbanks Street, S.W., Atlanta, Ga.; Treasurer, Eugene F. King, 10 Pryor Street Building, .Atlanta, Ga.; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary_; Directors, Sinclair S. Jacobs, James Carlisle, J. T. Rose, J. W. Beeson and .A. W. Browning; Superintendent, David Buchan; Chaplain, Rev. Russell K. Smith; meets in The Burns Cottage, .Atlanta, Ga., on first Wednesday of each month in the year. 239-HAWICK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1878; federated 1914; 360 members; President, Alex. Charters; Vice-President, John Jeffrey; Secretary, George Hogg, 4 Park Street, Hawick; Trea surer, Alex. Pringle, 8 Beaconsfield Terrace, Hawick; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Club Rooms, .Albert Bridge. 242-MONTROSE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1915; 100 members; President, James Christison; Vice-President, George H. Shepherd; Secretary and Treasurer, James C. Hansen, Royal Bank House, Montrose. 244--DALMUm BURNS CLUB : instituted 1914; federated 1916; 90 members; President, Thos. F. .Armstrong, M.P.S.; Vice-Pre sidents, Robt. Woodburn and J. W. B. Duncan; Secretary and Treasurer, John R. S. Lockhart, 41 Thomson Street, Clydebank; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in. Dalmuir Old School, quarterly, in March, May, September and December; also on Hallowe'en, St. Andrew's Night, and 25th January. 250-TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB (COWDENBEATH) : instituted 1917; federated 1918; 18 members; Hon. President, John Black; Presi dent, John Duff; Vice-President, John Dougary; Secretary, James Rolland, 73 West Park Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife; Treasurer, John Drybury, Burgh Road, Cowdenbeath; Bard, John Duff; Croupier, Robert Bostock; Delegate to Fifeshire Burns Association, Hugh Cuthbert; meets in Tam o' Shanter Burns Club Rooms, Gothenburg, Cowdenbeath, every alternate Saturday. 252-ALLOWAY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1908; federated 1918; 101 members; Hon. President, Lord Glentanar; President, John H. B. Lochhead, M.C., M.A. ; Vice-Presidents, Thomas Auld and Col. C. L. C. Hamilton, C.M.G., D.S.O.; Secretary and Treasurer, Alexander Cunningham, Vennachar, Alloway; meets in Alloway Public Hall. 253-GALSTON JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1916;. federated 1918; 20 members; President, George Campbell; Vice-President, James Connell; Secretary, Robert Kirk, 57 Titchfield Street, Galston; Treasurer, Matthew Hood, 9 Standalane Street, Galston; Auditors, .Andrew Hood and James Connell; meets in Burns Tavern on first Saturday of each month from September to .April. M 178 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 254-GREENOCK VICTORIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1915; federated 1918; 95 members; President, Hugh Currie; Vice-Presidents, William Peat and Alexander Burns; Secretary, Matthew Tucker, 41 Belville Street, Greenock; Treasurer, John McFadyen, 13 Bel ville Street, Greenock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Co-operative Hall, East Crawford Street, on second Thurs day of each month from November to April. 256-NEWTON-ON-AYR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1904; federated 1919; 38 members; President, J. S. Jackson; Vice-President, J. Longair; Secretary and Treasurer, T. Alexander, 35 Crow11 Street, Ayr ; meets evel'y Wednesday. 261-BURNS ANNIVERSARY CLUB (SYDNEY) : instituted 1895; federated 1919; 160 members; President, Adam Dempster; Vice-Presidents, John Stewart and S. A. Cooper; Secretary, James Buchan, "Logie Brae," York Street, Forest Lodge, New South Wales, Australia; Treasurer, William Campbell, 23 McNair Avenue, South Kensington, New South Wales, Australia; Auditors, W. Adams and G. Duncan; Trustees, J. Irvine and T. Martin; meets in Railway and Tramway Institute Hall on last Saturday of each month. 262-FIFESHIRE BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1919; federated 1919; President, Mrs. A. Arthur; Vice-Presidents, Wm. Fyfe and Mrs. T. Hobbs; Secretary, Thos. C. Anderson, Blairforge, Blairadam, Kelty, Fife; Treasurer, Wm. Easton, Foulford Street, Kirkford, Cowdenbeath, Fife; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary; Auditors, Mrs. Leitch and Mrs. Cowie; Bardess, Miss M. Moir; meets in Associated Club Rooms. 263-GLASGOW MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1919; 150 members; Hon. President, The Right Hon. Earl Cassillis; Hon. Vice-Presidents, H. Alston Hewat, J.P., and J. Marr Grant; President, J. Campbell Overend; Vice-Preside11ts, Archd. MacKinven, M.A., and Alex. D. Walker; Secretary, David M. Baxter, 148 Kenmure Street, Glasgow, S.l; Treasurer, William Russell Neil, 6 View.Park Drive, Burnside, Rutherglen; Director of Music and Piamst, Carleton H. Smyth; meets in Burns House Club, '2:1 India Street, on last Friday of each month, September to April. 265-BINGRY JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1920; 12 members; President, William Crane; Vice-President, Robert E. Howard; Secretary- and Treasurer, James Cougan, 28 Mannering Street, Lochore; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Lochore Go'ohenburg. 266-NEWTON JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1920; 5 members; President, William Maci11tosh; Vice-President, Richard Mclnall; Secretary, A. Lightbody, 60 Pitt Street, Newton Hallside; Treasurer Thomas Hynds, 30 Dunlop_ Street, Newton Hallside; meets in Ingle Neuk Social Club, Halfway, Cambuslang, on last Saturday of each month. '2:10-coQUETDALE BURNS CLUB (R~BURY) : instituted 1896; federated 1917; 25 members; President, John Walker, J.P.; Vice President, William Henderson; Secretary, R. Dixon, Sunnyville Cottage, Rothbury; Treasurer, William Henderson, Greenwell Villas, Rothbury; meets in Alexandra Cafe, w,hen necessary. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 179 271-TRENTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1919; 30 mem bers; President, Robert Cunningham; Vice-President, David Waugh; Secretary, James Wylie, 1060 Franklin Street, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Alexander M'lnnis, 40 Emanuel Street, Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; meets in Royal . Oak Hall, Clinton and Yard Avenues, Trenton, N.J., on second Saturday of month. 274-TRooN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1922; 100 members; President, Police-Judge Donald; Secretary, Gavin Lambie, 45 Temple Hill, Troon; Treasurer, Thos. Sproule, The Cross, Troon; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 275--AYR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1886; federated 1920; 272 members; President,. John Boyd; ,Vice-Presidents, Ex-Bailie James Smith, Robert Wilson, and Miss M. H. Gordon, F.E.I.S.; Secretary, A. Y. Crawford, 26 New Bridge Street, Ayr; Treasurer, Miss H. Wregg, 1 Castlehill Road, Ayr; Auditors, Robert Love and Carl Smith; meets at 69 High Street, Ayr, fortnightly. 278-DULUTH CLAN STEWART, NO. 60 (ORDER 01' SCOTTISH CLANS), BURNS CLUB: federated 1920; Secretary, A. G. M'Knight, 319 Provi dence Building, Duluth, Minn., U.S.,A. 282-GLASGOW AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' BOWLING ASSOCIATION : insti tuted 1899; federated 1920; President, T. Findlay Stewart; Vice-Presiden,t, Col. G. P. Linton; Secretary and Treasurer; Robert Parker, 138 Calder Street, Glasgow, S.2; Burna Chronicle official, Secretary; Directors, R. Johnston, John Dunlop, J. Cuthbertson, W. Craig, T. P. Thomson, D. Pace, J. Ritchie, and the Ex-President ex officio; Directors meet in National Burns Club; General Meeting in Burns House Club. 283-SINCLAffiTOWN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1920; 56 members; Hon. President, Bailie James Roberts; Hon. Vice President, George Robertson; President, William S. Copeland; Vice-President, Andrew Carmichael; Secretary and Treasurer, Robert T. Haig, 38 Loughborough Road, Kirkcaldy; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Sinclairtown Station Hotel on second Saturday of each month. 284--NORTH-EASTERN BURNS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA : instituted 1896; federated 1921 ; 59 members; President, William Gillies ; Vice President, Dalziel Keddie; Secretary, David H. Nisbet, 3031 N. Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Robert Smith, 3316 N. Mutter Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; meets in Lighthouse Hall on last Saturday of each month. 286-SHAWLANDS BURNS CLUB (GLASGOW) : instituted 1920; federated 1921; Secretary, Robert Pollock, 140 McCulloch Street, Glasgow, S.1; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 288-BEITH CALEDONIA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1911 ; federated 1921 ; 26 members; President, Robert Dobie; Vice-President, Samuel McCutcheon; Secretary and Treasurer, Allan Gilmour, Muir Park, Beith; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, John Blackwood and Hugh Walker; meets in Caledonia Inn. 180 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 290-BLANTYRE AND DISTRICT MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920 ; federated 1921 ; 40 members; President, David Pender; Vice President, Alexander Reid; Secretary, Robert Reid, 70 Green field Old Rows, Burnbank, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, Alexander Stephen, 18 Cemetery Road, High Blantyre, Lanarkshire; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Masonic Hall, Stonefield, on fourth Saturday of each month. 292-GRAHAMSTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1921 j 60 members; Hon. President, R. C. Liddell; President, John Laps ley; Vice-President, W. C. Roberts; Secretary, Geo. Rae, 76 Dollar Avenue, Bainsford, Falkirk; Treasurer, Wm. Watmore, David's Loan, Bainsford, Falkirk. 293-NEWCRAIGHALL AND DISTRICT POOSIE NANCY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1921; federated 1921; 40 members; Hon. Vice-President, Edward Millar; President, Thomas Bowie; Vice-President, Robert Porteous; Secretary, Thomas Sneddon, c/o Robertson, 16 Avenue Square, Newcraighall, Musselburgh; Treasurer, Robert B. Brown, 15 Park Terrace, N ewcraig.hall, Musselburgh; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer; meets in Sheep Head Inn, Duddingston, on second Saturday of each month from October to April. 295-BURNS HOUSE CLUB, LIMITED (GLASGOW) : instituted 1920 j federated 1921; President, J. Seaton Smith; Vice-Presidents, George Thomson and M. L. Reid; Secretary and Treasurer, J. McClymont Wylie, C.A., 166 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, C.1; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Committee meets in Club house, 27 India Street, on second Tuesday of each montli. 296-wALSALL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1900 j federated 1922; 65 members; President, J. J. Wilson; Vice-President, Dr. D. T. McAinsh; Secretary, Dr. D. M. Macmillan, Great Barr Hall, near Birmingham; Treasurer, Alderman W. D. Forsyth, Lloyds Chambers, Walsall; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 300-coVINGTON AND THANKERTON TINTOCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1921; federated 1922; 52 members; President, Mrs. James Plenderleith; Vice-President, John Dunbar; Secretary and Treasurer, John Brown, School House, Covington, Thankerton, Biggar; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. C. Macgregor; meets in Thanker ton Hall on second Tuesday of each month from October to. ~~ . 303--ST. ANDREW'S AND CALEDONIA SOCIETY (VICTORIA, B.C., CANADA) : instituted 1872; federated 1922; 106 members; President, James Berwick; Vice-Presidents, E. Rigby and Mrs. R. Balfour; Secre tary, Arthur Hall, 816 Pembroke Street, Victoria, B.C.; Trea surer, Mrs. Dirom, 830 Princess Avenue, Victoria, B.C.; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in A.O.F. Hall on first and third Thursday of each month. 304-DUNNIKIER BURNS CLUB : Secretary, Hugo Birrell, Dunnikier Arms Hotel, Mitchell Street Kirkcaldy. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 181 305-NEW WATERFORD BURNS CLUB : federated 1922; 9 members; Presi dent, Richard Burns; Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Lily Harper, Box 406, New Waterford, Canada; meets in Victorian Hotel, Cape Breton, Canada, on first Saturday of each month. 307-EDINBURGH AYRSHIRE ASSOCIATION : instituted 1914; federated 1923; 190 members; President, Henry Robb, J.P.; Vice-Presi dents, W. Kin$ Gillies, M.A., B.A.(Oxon.), LL.D., F.R.S.E., and Robert White; Secretary, John Mc Vie, 13 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh; Treasurer, James M. Smith, c/o Keen, 94 Polwarth Gardens, Edinburgh; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on third Friday of each month from October to March. 308-BARRHEAD KELBURN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1919; federated 1922; 38 members; President, James Fleming; Vice-President, Samuel Jack; Secretary and Treasurer, George G. Pinkerton, 110 Carnock Crescent, Barrhead; meets in Cross Arthurlie Inn on last Saturday during winter months. 309-ANNAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1923; 102 members; President;i. Richard Minto; Vice-President, George Aithen; Secretary, uswald R. Dykes, 4 Station Road, Annan; Treasurer, Richard Minto, Eversley, Annan; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Officials, Bailies Graham, Dykes and Taylor, Messrs. Woodman, Brock, Robinson, McKay, Black, McKechnie, and Sutherland; meets in Central Hotel on 25th January, 30th November, and as arranged throughout the year. 310-MAUCHLINE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1923; 60 members; Hon. President, J. Leiper Gemmill, J.P.; Hon,. Vice Presidents, J. Taylor Gibb, F.S.A.(Scot.), J. R. Stirrat, Dr. John D. Ross, Thos. Findlay, R. G. Manson, and Thos. M. Hood; President, James Dunlop; Vice-President, John Irving; Secretary, R. Stanley Chambers, Grove Cottage, Mauchline; Treasurer, John McMillan, M.I.P.S., Mansefield Road, Mauch line; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Bard, John Gall; meets in Club Room, Poosie N ansie's, monthly from September to March. 311--COLWYN BAY, LLANDUDNO, AND DISTRICT SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION: instituted 1923; federated 1923; 50 members; President, Alex. Smith, L.D.S.; Vice-President, A. S. Graham; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Agnes Hughes, Wern Bach, Llandudno Junction; meets in Imperial Hotel, Colwyn Bay, four meetin,gs per year. 313--ROYAL BURGH BURNS CLUB (RUTHERGLEN) : instituted 1922; federated 1923; 50 members; President, James Taylor; Vice President, Mrs. Neil Ferguson ; Secretary, Thomas Warren, 1 Richmond Place, Rutherglen; Treasurer, Neil Ferguson, 384 Main Street, Rutherglen; meets in Orange Hall on third Wed nesday of month. 314-THE SCOTTISH BURNS CLUB (EDINBURGH) : instituted 1920; federated 1923 ; 150 members ; President, A. Drysdale Patterson ; Vice-Presidents, Peter Weir, S.S.C., and D. J. McArthur; Secretary, G. M. Brown, 19 Shandon Street, Edinburgh; Trea surer, Joseph Sanders, Lamorna, Craiglockhart Park, Edin burgh; Auditor, J. F. Brodie; Bards, W. D. Cocker (Hon.) and Joseph Sanders; Pian,ist, F. J. Belford, M.A.; Burna Chronicle official, Secretar:y; meets in New Gallery, 12 Shand wick Place, on second Friday of each month from October to March. 182 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 319-FISHERROW MASONIC BURNS CLUB _(MUSSELBURGH) : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 19 members; President, James Swanson; Vice Presidents, James Watson and James Nisbet; Secretary, Da.vid Bisset, 205 North High Street, :Musselburgh; Treasurer, John Heron, 33 Wellingtoq Street, Portobello; .Auditors, J. Nisbet and J. Robb; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Stewards, H. Roberts and J. Woods; meets in Mechanics' Hall, Bridge Street, on third Saturday of each month. 320-TRoY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1903; federated 1924; 275 members; President, Prof. John B. Shirley; Secretary, James H. Baxter, 21 Bleecker .Avenue, Troy, N.Y., U.S . .A.; meets in Oddfellowa' Hall, Fourth Street, on fourth Saturday of month from Sep tember to May. ~STEVENSTON AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 40 members; President, Robert Gillan ; Vice-President, Thomas Hamilton; Secretary and Treasurer, :M. Wilson, 2 Smith field Terrace, Stevenston; meets in Caledonia Vaults. 324-STOCKTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1924; 40 members; President, Ed. :McNa.irney; Vice-President, J. C. Ross ; Secretary and Treasurer, William Hamilton, 102 Dunbar Street, Stockton, New South Wales, .Australia; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary ; meets in Masonic Hall, on second W ednes day of ~ach month. 325-VANCOUVER BURNS FELLOWSHIP: instituted 1924; federated 1924; 100 members; President, George Moir; Vice-Presidents, John :MacDonald and Mrs. S. N. Grierson; Secretary, Mrs. Jessie Finlayson, 3825 West 21st .Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.; Trea surer, Miss Jean Carrick, 497 East lOth .Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.; Burns Chronicle official, Treasurer; meets in Georgia Hotel on third Wednesday of each month. 326-BINGRY JOLLY BEGGARS LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 60 members; President, Mrs. Gibb; Vice-Pre sident, Mrs. Butters; Secretary, Mrs. Beveridge, Ballingry Place, Lochore, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. Lotheringham, :Montrose Crescent, Lochore; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Gothenburg Hall, Lochore, on alternate Tuesdays. 327-ST. MARK'S BURNS CLUB (PERTH) : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 51 members; President, Rev. P. R. Landreth; Vice-Presidents, Jas. Guthrie and Mrs. David :McRae; Secretary, Wm. Smith, 4 Hawarden Terrace, Jeanfield, Perth; Treasurer, David :McRae, 33 Glover Street, Perth; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Church Hall. 328-HURLFORD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1924; 20 members; Hon. President, John .Anderson; President, Robert M'Christie; Vice-President, John :M'Cabe; Secretary and Treasurer, Hugh Barbour, Norwood, .Academy Street, Hurl ford, .Ayrshire; meets in Burns Tavern, Riccarton Road, every Friday. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 183 329-NEWARK AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY: instituted 1923; federated 1924; 86 members; President, Councillor Dr. P. Kinmont, J.P.; Vice-President, J. T. Graham; Secretary, J. R. Henderson, 14 Winchilsea Avenue, Newark; Treasurer, A. J. S. Shewan, 7 Milner Street, Newark; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 330-GLENCRAIG BONNIE JEAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925; 27 members; President, Mrs. Steele; Vice-President, Mrs. Lister; Secretary, Mrs. Clarke, 141 South Glencraig, Fife ; Trea surer, Mrs. Brown, 30 South Glencraig, Fife; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Bardess, Mrs. Carson; meets in Glencraig Gothenburg. 331-ROBERT BURNS SOCIETY (BUFFALO, NEW YORK) : instituted 1913; federated 1926; 60 members; President, William King; Vice President, Alex. MacDonald; Secretary, Donald M. Matheson, 613 Highgate Avenue, Buffalo, New York; Treasurer, Adam Millar, 165 Landon Street, Buffalo, New York; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Fidelity Hall on first and third Tuesdays of each month . .536--PETERHEAD BURNS CLUB : instituted 1826; federated 1925; 75 members; President, Dr. John Findlay; Vice-President, Dr. James Smith; Secretary, G. Martin Gray, 2 Rose Street, Peter head; Hon. Treasurer, Nat. Barclay; meets on 25th January and in December. 337-BUCKHAVEN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 20 members; President, W. Fairgrieve; Vice-President, H. Whyte; Secretary, Jas. Doig, 20 David Street, Buckhaven, Fife; Treasurer, John Kinnear, 15 Wall Street, Denbeath, by Buck haven, Fife; meets in Randolph Hotel. 338-DALKEITH AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1923; federated 1925; 50 members; President, Donald M'Lean; Vice-President, James ThomSOI\; Secretary, Robert H. M'Cathie, 11 Witholm, Whitehill, Dalkeith; Treasurer, James Forrest. 340-BALERNO BURNS CLUB : instituted 1882; federated 1925; 75 members; President, Thomas Horsburgh, J.P.; Vice-President, John Stark; Secretary, James Orr, Orrvale, Balerno, Midlothian; Treasurer, Andrew Hogg, Main Street, Balerno, Midlothian; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Committee, Alex. Simpson, Jas. Butler, Wm. Hook, jun., John Fairbain, John Bookless, and James Hogg; Bard, Jas. Orr; meets in Malleny Arms Hotel on third Friday of each month from October to March. 341-LEITH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1806; federated 1925; 50 members; President, Wm. McKenzie; Vice-President, Robert Peace, J.P.; Secretary, John Grant, jun., 6 Hope Street, Leith; Treasurer, J. M. Cleugh, 6 Hope Street, Leith; Burns Chronicle official, President; meets at 6 Hope Street every evening. 342-THORNHILL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1900; federated 1925; 125 members; President, John Fergusson; Vice-President, John Stewart ; Secretary and Treasurer, James Harper, 34a New Street, Thornhill ; meets in Masonic Hall on first Monday of month. 184 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 343----QUBENSFERRY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925; 30 members; President, J. Stewart; Vice-President, J. Mason; Secretary and Treasurer, D. Riddell, 15 Morison Gardens, South Queensferry; meets in Y.M.C.A. Reading Room on second Wed· nesday of each month from October to March. M5-DENBEATR AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1925; 20 members; President, John Jackson; Vice-President, Samuel Stewart; Secretary, Edward Jones, 214 Denbeath, Methil; Treasurer, Thomas Jones; meets in National Bar, Methil, monthly. 346-0AKBANK MOSSGIEL BURNS CLUB (MID CALDER) : instituted 1923; federated 1925; 95 members; President, Robt. Jamieson; Vice President, Alex. Wilson; Secretary, James Ovens, Post Office, Oakbank, Mid Calder; Treasurer, Andrew Crowe, Oakbank, Mid Calder; Croupier, Alex. Wilson; Lady Convener, Mrs. Lowe; meets in Oakbank Institute Hall, mon,thly. 348-NEWTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 24 members; Presiden,t, Mrs. P. Davie; Vice-President, Mrs. D. Prentice; Secretary, Mrs. A. Lightbody, 60 Pitt Street, Newton, Hallside; Treasurer, Mrs. L. Burns, 11 Leighton Place, Newton, Hallside; Financial Secretary, Mrs. W. Davie; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets at 16 Clyde Street on first Saturday of each month except June and July. 349-" THE HOWFF ,, BURNS CLUB (KILMARNOCK) : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 35 members; President, John Laughland; Vice President, James Stewart; Secretary and Treasurer, John S. Brown, 15• Boyd Street, Prestwick; meets in Imperial Bar, Titchfield Street, Kilmarnock, on second Monday of each month, October to March. 350-MARKINCR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1899; federated 1925; 143 members; President, Dr. William Burt; Vice-President, A. M. Craik; Secretary and Treasurer, T. D. Philp, Meadow View, Markinch; Chaplain, Rev. J. H. Bryden, B.D.; meets in Town Hall on 25th January. 351-INGLENEUK BURNS CLUB (CAMBUSLANG): instituted 1925; federated 1925; 15 members; President, William Nicol; Vice-President, James M'Diarmid; Secretary and Treasurer, John Williamson, 39 Castle Chimmins A venue, Cambuslal\g ; meets in Ingleneuk Social Club on third Saturday of montli. 352--GB.ANGEMOUTH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1922; federated 1927; 50 members; President, R. B. Peddie; Vice-Presidents, William Aitken and David Oliphant; Secretary an,d Treasurer, Thomas Latimer, The Clydesdale Bank Ltd., Grangemouth; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. ~ST. CATHARINE$ BURNS CLUB (PORT DALROUSIE, ONT.): federated 1926; President, W. H. Johnston; Vice-President, W. Robbie; Secretary, R. Gray, Box 170, Port Dalhousie, Ont., Canada; Treasurer, R. Mason; Chaplain, Mrs. S. Jamieson; Conductor, W. Williamson; Pianist, Mrs. W. Mason. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 185 ~ROYAL CLAN, ORDER OF SCOTTISH CLANS (BOSTON, MA.SB.): insti tuted 1878; federated 1926; 25,000 members; Chief, Duncan Macinnes; Tanist, Alexander G. M'Knight; Counsellor, Thornaa W. Forsyth; Secretary, Thomas R. P. Gibb, 150 Causeway Street, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer, William Reid, jun.; Physician, George A. Johnson, M.D.; meets bi-annually. 355-CALCUTTA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 96 members; President, The Hon. J. S. Henderson; Vice-President, Rev. D. T. H. McLellan, M.A.; Secretary, A. 0. Young, c/o Messrs. F. W. Heilgers Co., Chartered Bank Buildings, Calcutta; .Assistant Secretary, W. J. Walker; Treasurer, James Orr, C.A., c/o Messrs. Lovelock and Lernco, 4 Lyons Range, Calcutta; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Committee, A. Aikman, A. 0. Brown, T. Kerr, Norman Luke, J. R. Walker and C. L. Corsar ; meets in Chartered Bank Buildings. 356-BURNBANK AND DISTRICT MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 70 members; President, William J. Jamieson; Vice-President, James Dippie; Secretary, Joseph Stannage, 20 Enfield Place, Burnbank, Lanarkshire; Treasurer, Maxwell Sneddon, 10 Purdie Street, Burnbank, Lanarkshire; Assistant Secretary, Hamilton Jamieson, 144 Glasgow Road, Burnbank; meets in Masonic Hall, Burnbank, on first Thursday of each month except June, July, and August. 358-CARLES o' DYSART BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 30 members; Hon. President, Bailie Kerr; Hon. Vice-Presi dent, :O. Thomson; President, George Barker; Vice-President, Robert 'Barclay; Secretary, James Martin, 66 Sutherland Street, Kirkcaldy; Treasurer, Wm. Johnston; meets in Cat Tavern monthly from October to March. 359-cOURT ROYAL BURGH BURNS CLUB (RUTHERGLEN) : instituted 1924; federated 1925; 56 members; President, Alex. Steel; Vice-Presi dent, John Steel; Secretary, James Pearston, 3 Greenhill Road, Rutherglen; Treasurer, James Pringle, Springfield Park, Burn side; meets in St. John Masonic Hall on third Thursday of each month. 361-MAXWELLTOWN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 65 members; President, George Little; Vice-Presidents, James Dickson and Samuel Burns; Secretary, James Thomson, 11 Glasgow Street, Maxwelltown, Dumfries; Treasurer, W. S. M'Millan, 7 Galloway Street, Ma.xwelltown, Dumfries; meets in King's Arms Hotel on third Monday of November, December, February, March, and April; Anniversary Dinner, 25th January; Hallowe'en, 31st October. 362--THORNABY AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1926; 40 members; President, Dr. A. M'Kay; Vice-President, G. S. Beaton; Secretary and Treasurer, R. Stewart, 35 St. Paul's Road, Thornaby-on-Tees. 363-BARROW ST. ANDREW'S socmTY : instituted 1878; federated 1926; 100 members; President, E. Allan, F.R.C.S.; Vice-Presidents, J. Callander and Dr. J. Livingston; Secretary, Wm. Cowie, 2 Thorncliffe Road, Barrow-in-Furness; Treasurer, R. M. Robert son, Dunedin, James Watt Terrace, Barrow-in-Furness; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Hotel Imperial on 30th November and 25th January. 186 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 364-MID-CALDER Till o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 33 members; President, John Watson; Vice-Pre sident, John Reid; Secretary and Treasurer, Jas. Ballantyne, Main Street, Mid-Calder; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Torphichen Arms Hotel. 365--cATRINE BURNS CLUB : in,stituted 1925; federated 1926; 32 members; Hon. President, John Thomson, J.P.; President, James Meikle; Vice-President, John B. Paterson; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Wallace Paterson, Ayrbank Cottage, Catrine; meets on first Friday of month during winter. - 366-LIVERPOOL ROBERT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1926; 200 members ; Hon. President, General Sir Ian Hamilton, K.C.B., D.S.O.; 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; meets in Bluecoat Society of Arts Chambers. 367-DOBNOCH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1912; federated 1927; 62 members; President, Charles McHardy; Vice-Presidents, W. D. Munro and Dr. John MacLachlan; Secretaries, R. M. Macdonald an,d Neil Murray, Dornoch; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Musical Director, W. H. Innes. 369-MAYBOLE ST. CRISPIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1896; federated 1927; 50 members; President, William M'Culloch; Vice-Presi dent, James G. Rowan; Secretary, Samuel Roy, Duncanland, Maybole; Treasurer, Charles Hutchison, Kirkland Street; meeta in Welltr,'eS Inn on second Friday of each month. 371-DYKEHEAD BURNS CLUB (NO. 1) : instituted 1878; federated 1927; 25 members; President, David Simpson; Vice-President, Thomas Findlay; Secretary, James Johnston, 36 Clyde Drive, Torbothie, Shotts; Treasurer, James Conner, Shepherds Cottage, Hamilton Street, Torbothie, Shotts; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Cross Keys Inn every second Saturday from September to May. 372-BAILLIESTON JEAN ARMOUR BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1927; 80 members; President, Mrs. James Nicol; Vice-Presi dent, Mrs. Robert M'Nicol; Secretaryy Mrs. Jessie Kerr, 7 Main Street, Baillieston; Treasurer, Mrs. William Birrell, 7 Main Street, Baillieston; meets in Miners' Welfare Institute. 373-RED HILL BURNS CLUB (NATAL, s. AFRICA) : instituted 1920; fede rated 1927; 93 morn bers ; President, R. A. MacLean; Vice President, C. Bowman; Secretary, W. H. Priestley, 2 Haig Road, Red Hill, Natal, South Africa; Assistant Secretary, J. Marshall; Treasurer, R. P. Hardy, Greenwood Park, Red Hill; meets in the Robert Burns Memorial Hall, Church Road, Green wood Park. 374-BROUGHTY CASTLE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1927; 123 members; President, J. Robertson Coupar; Vice-President, Harry Anderson; Secretary, Alex. E. Cunmson, 85 Beach Cres cent, Broughty Ferry; Treasurer, James S. Smith, 302 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Angus; Assistant Treasurer, James Suttie, 21 Castle Street; Auditors, John R. Dryden and John Mackay; Librarian, John R. Dryden; meets at Municipal Chambers, Broughty Ferry, daily. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 187 375-HOLYOKE CALEDONIAN BURNS CLUB : iD,Stituted 1926; federated 1926; 54 members; President, Charles Lovie; Vice-President, Robt. Barclay; Secretary, Andrew Do~g~erty, 10 Glen Street, Holyoke, Mass., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Wilham A. Robertson, 174 Chestnut Street, Holyoke; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on third Saturday of October, March and June, and on 25th January. 377-KILBIRNIE ROSEBERY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1906; federated 1927; 30 members; President, James Clark; Vice-President, James McCartney; Secretary and Treasurer, William Shaw, Corra Linn, Kilb1rnie; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Castle Inn on Friday nearest 25th January. 378-EDINBURGH DISTRICT BURNS CLUBS' ASSOCIATION : instituted 1925; federated 1927; 9 members; President, David Lowe Turnbull, M.A.; Vice-Presidents, W. King Gillies, M.A., B.A., LL.D., and Fred J. Belford, M.A.; Secretary, William MacVey, 44 Duddingston Park, Portobello; Treasurer, Alexander Horne, F.E.l.S., 49 Brunstane Road, Joppa, Midlothian; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Leith Burns Clubs Rooms in March, June, September, and October; Annual General Meet- ing in December. · 380-FALKIRK CROSS KEYS BURNS CLUB ; instituted 1926; federated 1927; 65 members; Hon. President, Captain H. J. Kennard, R.N., D.L.; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Ex-Provost Smith and Fred. Johnston, J.P.; President, John R. Henry; Vice-Presidents, Alexander Balloch and John Rae; Secretary, David M. Phillips, 15 Cochrane Street, Comely Park, Falkirk; Treasurer, John Rae, Co-operative Buildings, Bainsford, Falkirk; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Council of Management, David Bruce, David McGilchrist, Harry Robertson, Andrew Lapsley and William Mcintosh ; meets in Cross Keys Inn, Burns Room on last Thursday of each month from September to March. 381-GREATER NEW YORK MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927; federated 1927; President, Robert Graham; Vice-Presidents, William G. McMurdo and Archibald McGregor; Secretary, Archibald A. McWilliam, 425 Taylor Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Fenwick W. Ritchie, 752 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Chaplain, William Ritchie; Trustees, James McMurdo, William R. Young, and John W. Forbes; meets in Room 73, Johnston Building, 12 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, on fourth Monday of each month September to June. 382-ELIZABETR (NEW JERSEY) BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1927; President, William Williamson; Vice-President, Hugh Sims; Secretary, George A. Robertson, 540 Jackson Avenue, Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Alex. M'Lintock, 538 Jackson Avenue; meets in Dahmen's Hall on last Friday of each month. 383-GREENOCK R.N.T.F. HEATHER BURNS CLUB: instituted 1912; federated 1927; 70 members; Hon. President, Eng. Capt. E. J. O'Brien Croker, R.N.; Hon. Vice-Presidents, Eqg. Comdr. J. H. Breaks, R.N., ·Bailie J. Rees Pedlar, J.P., A. Carmichael, E. Ian Douglas and H. R. Hammond ; President, Harry Gourlay ; Vice-President, Arthur C. E. Lewis; Secretary, Robert F. Smith, 30 Gilmour Street, Greenock; Treasurer, Fred Hunter; Financial Secretary, R. Linn; Social Coqvener, Jas. Wallace; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on second Thursday of each month. 188 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 384-PUMPHERSTON BONNIE DOON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926 ; federated 1926; 94 members; President, James DunloJ>; Vice President, Wm. Gray; Secretary, Mrs. Margt. Sibbald, Main Road, Pumpherston, Mid-Calder; Treasurer, Thos. Stenhouse, c/o Mrs. J. Johnston, South Village, Pumpherston; Burns Ohronicle official, Treasurer; Committee, Mrs. Reston, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Kerr, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Noble, Mr. Linton, Mr. Reston, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Johnston, and J. Stenhouse; meets in Institute Hall monthly. 386-SCOTS WHA HAE BURNS CLUB (BUCBLYVIE) : instituted 1914; fede rated 1927; 30 members; President, A. G. M. Archibald; Vice President, John Graham; Secretary and Treasurer, David Hay, Station Road, Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire; Bard, Jamea Montgomery. 386-KmKOONNEL BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1927; 35 members; President, David Robertson J.P.; Vice-President, John Adams; Secretary, Henry Mackie,1 48 Anderson Street, Kelloholm, Kirkconnel; TrPasurer, Archibald Marshall, St. Conals Square, Kirkconnel; Auditors, Joseph King and John Rennie ; meets in Club Room on first Friday of each month. 387-MARY CAMPBELL LADIES' BURNS CLUB (CAMBUSLANG) : instituted 1927; federated 1928; 30 members; President, Mrs. McMenemy; Vice-President, Mrs. A. Tait; Secretary, Mrs. Wm. Tait, 4 Graham's Buildings, Halfway, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Mrs. H. Geater, 18 Gateside Avenue, Halfway, Cambuslang; Assistant Treasurer, Mrs. J. Montgomerie; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary; meets in I.L.P. Hall on alternate Tuesdays. 388--THE KYLE LADIES' BURNS CLUB (STANE} : instituted 1925; federated 1927; 60 members; President, Mrs. A. Nelson; Vice-President, Mrs. Niell; Secretary, Mrs. R. Russell, 15 Melford Avenue, Springhill Road, Shotts; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Stark, Southfield Avenue, Torbothie; meets in Barr's Hall, Stane, on Wednesday. 390--MEIKLE EARNOCK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1928; 24 members; Hon. President, John Craig; Hon. Vice-President, Gavin Keir; President, William Jamieson; Vice-President, Robert Williams; Secretary, James Shaw, lOB Annsfield Road, Eddlewood, Hamilton; Treasurer, James Robb, 23 Moore Street, Cadzow, Hamilton; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Club Room on last Saturday of each month. 391-WATERBURY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1885; federated 1928; 70 members; President, Robert Currie; Vice-President, Robert C. Mills; Secretary, James Littlejohn, 29 Coe Street, Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Donald McKellar, 27 Southmayd Road, Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.; Financial Secretary, James Barr, 26 Coe Street, Waterbury, Conn., U.S.A.; Burns Chronicle official, Financial Secretary; meets in Foresters Hall, Business meeting fourth Saturday and Open meeting on second Saturday of each month. 392-WHIFFLET BURNS CLUB: Secretary, Wm. Strachan, 9"North Bute Street, Coatbridge. 393-ANNAN LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1928; 150 members; President, Mrs. W. J. McKay; Vice-President, Mrs. J. Linds11,y; Secretary, Miss Helen Walker, 12 Murray Street, Annan; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Irving, 9 Waterfoot Road, Annan; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Edman Street Hall on third Wednesday of each month from October to March. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 189 396-MOFFAT AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1926; federated 1926; 83 members; Hon. Presidents, Provost R. G. Budge, Ex Provost David Huskie, and Bailie Thomas Maxwell; Hon. Vice Presidents, Councillor R. S. Hill and Councillor R. He11,derson; President, William Murray, J.P.; Vice-President, Andrew Hamilton; Secretary and Treasurer, W. R. Clark Church Street, Moffat, Dumfriesshire; meets in Masonic Bali, Moffat, September, November, January and February. 397-llSK BURNS CLUB (MUSSELBURGH) : instituted 1927; federated 1928 ; 150 members ; Hon. Presidents, The Right Hon. Earl of Cassillis, The Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, and Lieut.-Col. .A. H. Buchanan Dunlop; Hon. Vice-President, John .Ayrton; President, Ex-Councillor W. C. Macgregor; Vice-President, Peter Fenton; Secretary, William Moffat, 120 Newbigging, Musselburgh; Treasurer, Robert Yeoman, 2 Links Place, Mussel burgh ; meets in .Arms Hotel on first Saturday of month from October to March. 398-cOLINTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1907; federated 1928; 70 members; President, James McMillan; Vice-President, Thomas Fraser Harley; Secretary, John Millar, jun., 50 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh; Treasurer, William Swanson, Grass Valley Cottage, Colinton ; meets in Parish Council Hall, Colinton. 399-sT. RING ANS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1920; federated 1928; 50 members ; Hon. President, Dean of Guild McAllister; Hon. Vice-Presidents, James Jackson, J.P., Bailie Aitken, and Mr. Edgar; President, John A11,derson; SecretarJI', James Beeps, 7 Borestone Crescent, St. Ninians, Stirling; Treasurer, William Cook, 47 Borestone Crescent, St. N inians, Stirling ; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in St. Ninians Tavern on third Saturday of each month from September to March. 400-HADDINGTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1889; federated 1928; 84 members; President, John Cumming; Vice-President, Peter Hardie; Secretary and Treasurer, R. S. Edington, 25 Court Street, Haddington; Musical Director, Frank Raynor; meets in George Hotel at intervals. 401-BRIG EN' BURNS CLUB (MAXWELLTOWN, DUMFRIES) : instituted 1876; federated 1928; 40 members; President, Councillor Peter Smith, J.P.; Vice-Presidents, Robert Graham and James M'Conville; Secretary, Peter Meechan, 85 Loreburn Street, Dumfries; Treasurer, Robert M. Wells, 5 Devorgilla Terrace, Maxwelltown, Dumfries; Auditor, Joseph Fergusson; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Salutation Hotel on second Friday of each month from October to April. 402-HIGHLAND MARY LADIES' BURNS CLUB (HIGH VALLEYFIELD, DUN FERMLINE) : instituted 1928; federated 1928; 19 members; Pre sident, Mrs. Jas. Reid; Vice-President, Mrs. Jas. Brandon; Secretary, Mrs. R. Arthur, 10 Greive Street, Low Valleyfield, Newmills, Fifeshire; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Ferguson, Abbey Crescent, High Valleyfield, N ewmills, Fifeshire; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Mission Hall every second Wednesday. 190 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 403-FRASERBURGH BURNS CLUB : federated 1928; Secretary, A. S. Kelman, Saltoun Chambers, Fraserburgh. 404-WORCESTER AND DISTRICT SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1924; federated 1928; 84 members; President, J. Hamilton Smith; Vice-Presidents, Dr. A. L;v-le Galbraith, G. R. Gibson, R. J. A. Hyslop, Dr. J. S. lnghs, J. Ross MacKenzie, Dr. George Mackie, D. MacPherson, T. G. C. Pattison and Mrs. D. White head; Secretary, D. M. Harley, Elysian, 65 Comer Road, Worcester; Treasurer, James Downie, 51 Woolho.Pe Road, Worcester; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets m Messrs. George's Ltd.; Burns Dinner at Guildhall on 25th January, 1934. 405-cALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF SHEFFIELD : instituted 1822; federated 1929; 820 members; President, Major H. P. Morrison; Vice Presidents, D. Anderson, R. L. Craig, E. S. Graham, A. J. Grant, D. C. Jeffrey, A. Jollie, F. Johnson, T. V. McNidder, T. B. Mouat, and J. T. Rankin; Secretary, W. G. McGregor, 6 Ladysmith Avenue, Sheffield 7; Treasurer, F. Buchanan, 74 High Street, Sheffield; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Assistant-Secretary and Treasurer, Albert Forsyth; Chaplain, Rev. J. Wallace, M.A.; Piper, Duncan Urquhart; meets in Cutlers' Hall and other places twice monthly during the winter. 406--DUBLIN BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREW : federated 1929; Secretary, George Moore, F.I.A.A., 102 Grafton Street, Dublin. 407-WINSOME WILLIE BURNS CLUB (KILMARNOCK) : instituted 1927; federated 1929; 35 members; President, Andrew Reid; Vice President, Alexander M'lnall; Secretary, John Graham, 23 East Netherton Street, Kilmarnock; Treasurer, John Thomson, 3 West Langlands Street ; meets in The Walden., Duke Street. 408-DOUGLASDALE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 22 members; President, James Logan; Vice-President, Ninian Gibson; Secretary, W. Wilson, Crosskeys, Douglas, Lanark shire; Treasurer, James Donoghue, The Cross, Douglas, Lanark shire ; meets at Crosskeys first Saturday of each month. 409-STENHOUSEMUIR AND DISTRICT PLOUGH BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1928; 195 members; Hon. President, Wm. Steedman; President, James Samuel; Vice-President, Douglas Hendry; Secretary and Treasurer, John Fairlie, Shepherd Cottage, Stenhousemuir; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets on last Friday in March and October; and on 26th January. 410-ROYAL MILE BURNS CLUB (EDINBURGH) : instituted 1925; federated 1929; 50 members; President, David Murray; Vice-President, Alexander Scott; Secretary, Alex. Scott, 32 Parsonsgreen Terrace, Edinburgh; Treasurer, John Ferguson, 127 High Street, Edinburgh; Bard, Alex. Scott; meets at 127 High Street on first Monday of month, except Jun.e, July and August. 411-SCOTTISH LITlll:aATURB AND SONG ASSOCIATION (ABERDl!lEN} : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 27 members; President, W. Clark Mitchell; Vice-President, A. E. Parker; Secretary, Miss Hilda Benzie, 382 Holburn Street, Aberdeen ; Treasurer, A. Stora, 19 Deemount Road, Aberdeen; meets in Douglas Hotel on third Monday of ea.eh month. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 191 412--GARY BURNS CLUB (GARY, INDIANA, u.s.A.): instituted 1928; federated· 1929; 60 members; Hon. President, Dr. Robert Hall; Hon. Vice-Pfesidents, Dr. A. T. Harris and Wm. Bark; Presi dent, John Pearson; Vice-President, James Thomson; Secre tary, William F. Collie, 728 Kentucky Street, Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.; Treasurer, Samuel Mcillwain, 4380 Washington Street, Gary, Indiana, U.S.A.; Burns Chronicle official, Wm. F. Collie; Master of Ceremonies, George Knight; meets in Hotel Gary on first Thursday of each month from September to April. 413-sT. ANDREW'S SOCIETY OF SAN FRANCISCO : instituted 1863; federated 1929; 200 members; President, John Craig; Vice Presidents, Frederick W. Mackintosh and James W. Smith; Secretary, Thomas C. Hunter, 414 Mason Street, San Francisco; Treasurer, Wm. R. Carswell, 2076 Oakland Avenue, Pudmont Road; Trustees, John McLaren, Wm. Barr, David Duncan, Thos. C. Hunter, and Andrew Caldow; Board of Relief, Geo. Clarkson, ,James G. Yates, and Geo. St. J. Bremner; meets at 414 Mason Street, San Francisco, on first and third Mondays. 414-DALKEITH FOUNTAIN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 50 members; President, J as. Brown; Vice-President, William Linton; Secretary, David Richardson, 24 Allan Terrace, Dalkeith, Midlothian; Treasurer, Chas. Dickson, 9 Elmfield Park, Dalkeith, Midlothian; Assistant-Treasurer, William ~ichardson; Auditors, Thos. McCartney and Harry Little; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Ship Inn on last Saturday of each month from September to March. 415-AULD BRIG BURNS CLUB (MUSSELBURGH) : instituted 1921; fede rated 1929; 15 members; President, George Hendry; Vice President, William Urquhart; Secretary, John F. Urquhart, 5 Stoneybank Crescent, Musselburgh; Treasurer, George Irvine; meets in Auld Brig Tavern, Musselburgh, on last Saturday of each month from September to March. 417-BURNLEY AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1924; federated 1929; 75 members; President, G. S. Ritchie; Vice Presidents, J. T. Brunton, Dr. M. C. R. Grahame, Dr. D. C. Lamont and Dr. T. Snowball; Secretary, Mrs. Muriel Bruggen, 74 Bank Parade, Burnley, Lancashire; Treasurer, J. K. Currie, 18 Hargreaves Street, Burnley; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary. 418-SKEGNESS SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 70 members; President, Major Frank Conway Gordon; Vice Presidents, Miss A. W. P. Nimmo, L.L.A., John Orr Armour, Dr. A. W. Allan, Dr. T. R. Wilson, and D. F. Menzies; Secre tary, James S. Leslie, Inverdale, Kirkby Crescent, Skegness, Lincolnshire; Treasurer, James H. Flemin~, 29 Drummond Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary;- Annual Meeting in March. 419-DENNY AND DUNIPACE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927; federated 1929; 40 members; President, David Goodsir; Vice-President, George Stark; Secretary, Lawrence Stocks, 192 Stirling Street, Dunipace, Denny; Treasurer, Wm. MacKenzie, 125 Stirlin~ Street, Denny; meets in Royal Oak Hotel on last Friday of month. 192 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 420-cARSTAffiS JUNCTION BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 60 members; President, W. Neil; Vice-President, Jas. Todd; Secretary and Treasurer, Chas. Howland, 14 .Allison Street, Carstairs Junction; Bard, John Brown; meets in Rail way Hall. 421-ARROCHAR AND TARBET BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1930; 90 members; President, .Arthur D. Mcintyi-e; Vice President, Sam. McCrorie; Secretary, William Marshall, School house, Tarbet, Dumbartonshire; Treasurer, Rev. R. D. E. Stevenson, The Manse, Tarbet, Dumbartonshire ; meets in Tarbet Hotel. 422-BRANTFORD AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 40 members; President, John M. Campbell; Vice-Presi dent, Robert Clark; Secretary, Jack M'Innes, 142 Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ont.; Treasurer, .Alex. Richardson, 75 Grand River .A venue; meets in Burns Club Headquarters on first and third Fridays of month. 423-LEVEN BURNS CLUB: Secretary, Geo. M. Neaves, 4 Riverside, Leven, Fife. 424-cAMBUSLANG TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1929; 25 members; President, Dougal Harper; Vice President, William McLean; Secretary and Treasurer, George McLellan, 17 Park Street, Cambuslang; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Bard, Robert Tait; meets in Ingleneuk Club, Half way, Cambuslang. 425--LOOHORE EX-SERVICEMEN'S BURNS CLUB: Secretary, A. D. Rankin, Rosebank Cottages, Ballingry, Lochore, Fife. 426-sAUCHIE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1929; 70 members; President, James Wallace; Vice-President, .Andrew Snaddon; Secretary and Treasurer, Thomas M. E. Patterson, Greenview, 46a Whins Road, Alloa; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary ; meets in Sauchie Public Hall, monthly from September to March. 427-GOREBB.IDGE GLENCAmN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1925; federated 1929; 50 members; President, William Watson; Vice-President, William Knox; Secretary, John Kennedy, The Moss Cottages, Gorebridge, Mid-Lothian; Treasurer, Jas. Watson, c/o Mrs. Linton, Oak Cottage, Loanhead, Mid-Lothian; Burns Ohronicle official, Secretary; meets in The Inn, Gorebridge, on alternate Saturdays. 428-cHRYSTON BURNS CLUB: Secretary, .Andrew Duncan, Millbrae Road, Chryston. 429-BATHGATE JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1930; 40 members; President, B. Murray; Vice-Presidents, Ex Bailie .Anderson, A. Fleming, J. F. Millar and R. Sherriff; Secretary and Treasurer, John Renwick, 8 Scott Terrace, Bath gate; Chairm_an, .A. ~- Ritchie; Vice-Chai~man, Jas. Sherriff; . Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets m Bathgate Inn on first Monday of each month. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 193 430-GOUROCK BURNS CLUB : instituted 1887; federated 1930; 100 members; President, John Anderson; Vice-Presidents, George Webster and Dan Ferguson; Secretary, F. Theodore Tarbet, 11 Bath Street, Gourock; Treasurer, W. A. Thomson, UnioI\ Bank of Scotland, Gourock; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Clubroom, Gamble Institute. 431-INVERKIP BURNS CLUB : instituted 1907; federated 1930; 30 mem bers; President, John Broadfoot; Vice-President, John M'Farlane, M.A.; Secretary, Alex. Murdoch, Ferguson Place, Inverkip; Treasurer, Wm. G. Ford, Woodend, Inverkip; meets in Inverkip Hotel, monthly. 432-WINCHBURGH LEA RIG BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 50 members; Hon. President, Dr. J. Frazer Orr; Hon. Vice-President, John Armour; President, John Black; Vice-Pre sident, Jas. Tripney; Secretary, Robert Meikle, 20 Meadow Park, Winchburgh, West Lothian; Treasurer, Jas. Munn, Station Road, Winch burgh, West Lothian; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Public School on last Friday of each month. 433--GRETNA BURNS CLUB : instituted 1928; federated 1930; 68 mem hers; President, R. P. M'Dougal; Vice-President, Miss C. M. A. Duncan; Secretary, A. R. Scott, 17 Victory Avenue, Gretna, Carlisle; Treasurer, James Mitchell, sen., 90 Victory Avenue, Gretna, Carlisle; meets in Freemasons' Hall monthly. Anni versary supper, 22nd January. 434-HAMILTON (ONTARIO) ROBERT BURNS CLUB: instituted 1928; federated 1930; 144 members; President, John Hunter; Vice Presidents, Geo. Green and Ald. John Mitchell; Secretary, Robt. Marshall, 202 Wentworth Street, N., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Treasurer, Wm. Lang; meets at I.0.0.F. Temple, Gore Street, and C.0.0.F. Hall, Wentworth Street, Hamilton. 435-AYR TAM o' SHANTER BURNS CLUB : instituted 1906; federated 1930; President, John M. Chapel; Vice-Presidents, Robert Thomson and Bailie W. Ross; Secretary and Treasurer, Henry Baxter, 11 Rozelle Cottages, Maybole Road, Ayr; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Ayr Arms Hotel, quarterly. 436----wALNEY JOLLY BEGGARS LADIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 60 members; President, Mrs. Kelly; Vice-Pre sident, Mrs. Armstrong; Secretary, Mrs. L. Coxon, 32 Dover Street, Walney, Barrow-in-Furness; Treasurer, Mrs. Greer, 100 Buxton Street, Barrow-in-Furness; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Central Halls every Thursday. 437-DUMFRIES LADIE!f BURNS CLUB NO. 1 : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 70 members; President, Mrs. Catherine Crosbie; Past President, Miss M. M. McBurnie; Vice-President, Mrs. Rae; Secretary, Mrs. A. G. Bonn, 93 Irish Street, Dumfries; Trea surer, Mrs. Iris Jardine, 22 Market Street, Dumfries; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Liberal Club Rooms on second Tuesday of each month from September to March. N 194 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 438---cHEBTERFIELD AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN ASSOCIATION : instituted 1910; federated 1930; 218 members; President, Dr. George R. Lipp, M.C.; Vice-Presidents, A. V. Smart an,d Dr. A. M. Duthie; Secretary, Mrs. Balfour Nicholson, 91 Newbold Road, Chesterfield; Treasurer, Mrs. F. W. Broom, The Weald, White cotes Lane, Chesterfield; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, N. Y. Westall and E. Young; Chaplain, Rev. D. W. Robson; Steward, Robert Paul; meets monthly. 439-BARNSLEY AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1930 ; federated 1930; 74 members; Patron, Sir William Sutherland; President, Dr. Torrie; Vice-President, Dr. Penman; Secretary, Dr. J. H. Ritchie, 148 Upper Sheffield Road, Barnsley; Assistant Secretary, Dr. Betty Kennedy; Treasurer, R. Wallace, 121 Dodworth Road, Barnsley; Solicitor, D. P. M'Kenzie; Hon. Piper, Duncan Grant; meets monthly. 441-THE TEMPLE BURNS CLUB (SHOTTS) : instituted 1930; federated 1930; 34 members; President, Wm. C. Graham; Vice-Pre sidents, Wm. C. Dron, R. P. Muir, and Mrs. H. Whitefield; Secretary, Wm. Stevenson, 10 Greenwood Street, Shotts; Trea surer, Thos. Hamilton, 48 Station Road, Shotts; BurnB Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Shotts Masonic Temple on second Wednesday of each month from October to March. 442-PENICUIK AND DISTRICT BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1930; 150 members; Hon. Presidents, Sir Joseph Dobbie and Provost Alexander Cowan; President, William M. Watt; Vice President, Adam Robb; Secretary and Treasurer, Richard M. Young, 5 Kirkhill, Penicuik, Midlothiaq; Auditors, Archibald J. McN air and John Cowan; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Masonic Hall five meetings during winter. 443-VICTOB.IA (B.C.) BURNS CLUB : instituted ; federated ; members; lion. Presidents, Hon. R. R. Bruce, Hon. Justice M. A. Macdonald and J. G. Browq; Hon. Vice-President, Adam Bell; President, John Hosie; Vice-President, W. B. Grant; Secretary, W. L. Patterson; Treasurer, D. McAdie; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Bard, W. Hastie Cochrane; Librarian, C. McKilligan; meets in Chamber of Commerce Auditorium. 444-SWANSEA AND WEST WALES CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1922; federated 1931 ; 150 members ; President, Captain Andrew Fletcher; Vice-Presidents, J. M. Morris, M.B., D.P.H., J. R. Young, R. McKelvie, W. Grant Murray, H. B. Hull, and W. Macdonald M.D.; Secretary and Treasurer, James Smith, C.A., Midland Bank Buildings, Castle Square, Swansea; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditor, T. B. Brown, C.A.; Chaplain, Rev. ~- McKee, B.A.; Physician, D. J. ~raser, M.B., Ch.B.(Glas.); Piper, Donald McK. Ketchen; meets m Y.M.C.A. Rooms in third week of each month from October to May. 445-BUXTON CALEDONIAN SOCIETY BURNS CLUB : instituted 1927; federated 1931 ; 69 members ; President, S. ~ight Gibson, L.D.S.; Vice-President, W. M. MacTaggart; Secretary, W. J. W. Hamill, Glencorse, Brown Edge, Buxton; Treasurer and Librarian, G. McNiven Cooper, Repton House, Compton Road, Buxton,; Burm Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Eagle Hotel twice monthly from September to March. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 195 446-HEREFORDSHIRE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1910; federated 1931; 81 members; Hon. Member, John Masefield; President, J. C. Mackay, J.P.; Vice-Presiden,ts, Dr. J. H. Bulman and P. Murray Thomson; Secretary and Treasurer, J. S. Willox, 15 Brein,ton Road, Hereford; Burm Ohronicle official, Secretary. 447-MOUNrAIN DAISY BURNS CLUB (COWDENBEATH) : instituted 1931; federated 1931; 60 members; President, Mrs. J. King; Vice President, Mrs. Cowie; Secretary, Mrs. Watson, 289 Stenhouse Street, Cowdenbeath ; Treasurer, Mrs. Simf.son, West Broad Street, Cowdenbeath; Burns Ohronicle officia , Secretary; meets in Masonic Hall each alternate Monday. 448-FALLIN BURNS CLUB: Secretary, David Blyth, Gothenburg Build ings, Fallin, Stirlingshire. 449-WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND) BURNS CLUB : federated 1931; Secre tary, A. F. Dickson, G.P.0. Box 626, Wellington, New Zealand. 450-HAMILTON CRONIES' BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1931; 44 members; President, Thomas F. MacMillan; Vice-Presi dents, John Paterson and Robert Forsyth; Secretary, Alexander Robert, 26 Muir Street, Hamilton; Treasurer, Joe. M. Faulkner, jun., 16 Windmill Road, Hamilton; Burns Ohronicle officialJ Treasurer; Auditor, Wm. B. Small; Stewards, Thos. Muir ana James Hanford; meets at 1 McGhie Street, Hamilton, on first Monday in each month. 451-KmKMAHOE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1924; federated 1931; 59 members; President, J. W. Campbell; Vice-President, J. G. McNaughtan; Secretary and Treasurer, R. D. Munro, Duncow School House, Kirkmahoe, Dumfries; Burns Ohronicle official, Secretary ; meets in Duncow Hall on second Friday of each month from November to March. 452-AUCHTERDERRAN BONNIE JEAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1931; 50 members; President, Mrs. R. Anderson; Vice-President, 'Mrs. J. Fleming; Secretary, Mrs. T. Drylie, Wilson Place, Station Road, Cardenden, Fife; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Hepburn, 14 Woodend Park, Cardenden, Fife; Burns Ohronicle official, Secretary; meets in Lesser Hall every second Monday. 453--NORTH-EASTERN BURNS CLUB OF PHILADELPHIA, LADIES' AUXILIARY: instituted 1927; federated 1931 ; 120 members; President, Mrs. Garland; Vice-President, Mrs. Jean Robbin; Secretary, Mrs. Catherine Thomson, 4324 Waln Street, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; Treasurer, Mrs. Kate Park, 1823 John Street, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.; Burns Ohronicle official, Secretary ; meets on third Thursday of each month. 454-ROTHERHAM AND DISTRICT SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION : instituted 1925; federated 1931 ; 116 members; President, Alex. McKendrick; Vice-Presidents, J. H. Wilson, Dr. W. Core, and J. G. Thomson; Secretary, Robert Reid, Tankersley House, Broom Lane, Rotherham; Treasurer, J. C. MacKenzie, Haunby, Boswell Street, Rotherham. 196 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES 455--BELFAST BURNS ASSOCIATION : instituted 1931 ; federated 1931 ; 200 members; Patron, His Grace The Duke of Abercorn, K.G., K.P.; President, Alexander Emslie, M.A.; Vice-Presidents, R. Andrew, W. Adam, T. Forbes, and J. Sawers; Secretary, T. M. Riddell, 16 Donegall Square South, Belfast; Treasurer, A. McSaveny, 20 Wellington Place, Belfast; meets in Thompson's Restaurant, Donegall Place, Belfast, October to March. 456-TROON MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931 ; federated 1932; 70 members; President, Alexander G. Manson; Vice-President, William Brown; Secretary, W. H. Shaw, 9 Bank Street, Troon, Ayrshire; Treasurer, William Govan, 181 Templehill, Troon, Ayrshire; meets in Masonic Hall, Troon, on thud Monday of each month, October to March. 457-KINGLASSIE LADIES' HIGHLAND MARY NO. 2 BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 25 members; President, Mrs. Laidlaw; Vice-President, Mrs. Pearson; Secretary, Mrs. R. Cross, 8 Colliery Cottages, Kinglassie, Fifeshire; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Ritchie, 19 Second Street, Kinglassie, Fifeshire; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Ex-Servicemen's Club every Monday. 458-sTONEHAVEN BURNS CLUB: Secretary, Thomas Jamie, 16 Bath Street, StoQehaven. 459-coWDENBEATH WEST END JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB: instituted 1931; federated 1931; 44 members; President, Wm. Duncan; Vice-Presidents, R. Low and A. Cuthbert; Secretary, Councillor J. Stenhouse, 111 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath, Fife; Treasurer, R. Walker, 6 Glenburn Place, Cowdenbeath; Burns Chronicle official, John Bell; Bard, A. Forbes; meets in Park House Tavern on alternate Saturdays. 460-NEW CUMNOCK JOLLY BEGGARS BURNS CLUB: Secretary, Stewart Clark, Craigard, New Cumnock. 461-LEICESTER CALEDONIAN SOCIETY : instituted 1878; federated 1932; 150 members; President, A. L. McLeod, M.A., M.B., C.M. (Glas.); Vice-Presidents, A. Lorrimer, J. Nichol, and R. L. Oates; Secretary, Donald Cumming, Altyre, Coalpit Lane, Leicester; Treasurer, G. F. Reynolds, 144 Mere Road, Leicester; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Chairman, J. G. McHugh; Vice-Chairman, J. Kay. 462-cHELTENHAM SCOTTISH SOCIETY : instituted 1929; federated 1932; 210 members; President, The Right Hon. The Earl of Wemyss and March; Vice-Presidents, Brig.-Gen. E. C. Peebles, C.B., C:.M.G., D.S.O., Dr. R. Kirkland, and J. C. Mackay, J.P.; Secretary, E. Gardiner Smith, St. Rai;>hael's, Douro Road, Cheltenham; Treasurer, A. Milne, Fa1rlands, Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Chaplains, Rev. J. W. Purves and Rev. Canon P. M. C. John stone; meets in Queen's Hotel, on 30th N.ovember, 25th January, and other dates. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOT1'1SH SOCIETIES 197 463-KIRKFORD BONNIE JEAN BURNS CLUB : instituted 1930; federated 1932; 40 members; Hon. President, Robert Low; President, George McGhie; Vice-President, George Sinclair; Secretary, William Easton, 134 Foulford Road, Kirkford, Cowdenbeath; Treasurer, John McKenzie, 167 Foulford Road, Kirkford, Cowdenbeath; Croupier, John McKenzie; Delegate to Fifeshire, William Easton; meets in Kirkford Tavern, Cowdenbeath, on last Saturday of each month. 464-YAKIMA VALLEY BURNS CLUB (YAKIMA, WASHINGTON) : President, John Dobie; Vice-President, Dan Campbell; Secretary, George F. Mc Whirter, 112 East F. Street, Yakima, Washington ; Treasurer, William Tweedie. 465-ATLANTA SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION (GEORGIA) : instituted 1912; federated 1932; 39 members; Past-Chief, H. C. Reid; President, Hugh Crawford; Vice-Presidents, James Stark and James Livrngstone; Secretary, Jno. G. Ness, 3439 N. Fulton Avenue, Hapeville, Georgia, U.S.A.; Treasurer, A. A. Craig, 795 Lee Street, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A.; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Directors, Jno. Os;mani K. McKenzie ~nd A: L. Stark; C~aplain, A. S. Taylor; Historian, Wm. Purdie; Piper, J. D. Dickson; meets in Burns Cottage, Atlanta, on third Friday of each month ; Annual Meeting on 12th March. 466--DYKEHEAD AFTON WATER LADIES' BURNS CLUB: President, Mrs. J. Haddow; Vice-President, Mrs. A. Scott; Secretary, Mrs. Stewart, 171 Shotts Kirk Road, Dykehead, Shotts; Treasurer, Mrs. A. Cruickshanks. 467-GILBERTFIELD HIG:!ILAND MARY LADIES' BURNS CLUB (CAMBUSLANG) : President, Mrs. Russell; Vice-President, Mrs. McBride; Secre tary, Mrs. J. Hardie, 72 Overton Street, Halfway, Cambuslang; Treasurer, Mrs. Napier. 468-HIGH BLANTYRE BURNS CLUB: federated 1932; President, John D. Chalmers; Vice-President, James Sneddon; Secretary, William Henderson, 226 Glasgow Road, Blantyre; Treasurer, John Sorbie, Stonefield Road, Blantyre; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Masonic Hall on first Saturday of each month. 469-DENNY CROSS BURNS CLUB : instituted 1932; federated 1932; 40 members; Hon. Presidents, J. Herd and R. Kay; President, Leonard G. Robertson; Vice-President, Alexander Moodie; Secretary; James C. Reid, 18 Wallace Crescent, Denny; Trea surer, James Hunter, 15 Hall Street, Denny; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Committee, R. Morland, R. Kay, J. Wilson, J. Craig, and R. Hunter; meets in Railway Hotel on last Saturday of each month. 470-sT. GILES' BURNS CLUB (ELGIN) : instituted 1923; federated 1932; 100 members; President, W. K. Grant; Vice-President, Donald Innes, M.A.; Secretary and Treasurer, Robt. Farquhar, 190 High Street, Elgin; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Auditors, A. Arnott and A. Gordon; Bard, T. J. Johnston; Pianist, Ian G. Sim; Piper, Pipe Major D. B. Mathieson, D.C.M.; meets in St. Giles' Rooms, Gordon Arms Hotel, on 30th November and 25th January; Poor Children's Outing in July; Hallowe'en Treat to Poor Children on 31st October. 198 BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH SOCIETIES I\ i; 471-ROSE OF GRANGE BURNS CLUB (BO'NESS) : Secretary and Burna Chronicle official, John Lapsley, 7 Dugald Stewart Avenue, Bo'nesa. 472-RENFRlllWSHIRlll ASSOCIATION OF BURNS CLUBS : instituted 1929; federated 1932; President, Neil McGilp; Vice-Presidents, William Adam and Hugh Thomson; Secretary a11d Treasurer, Arthur C. E. Lewis, 17 Cardwell Road, Gourock; Executive meets quarterly; Association as necessary. 473-MELBOURNE BURNS CLUB : instituted 1931; federated 1933; 35 members; President, J. Roy Stevens; Vice-Presidents, Jas. T. Picken and John Ash; Secretary and Treasurer, Jas. C. Ferguson, 9 May Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Director of Ceremonies, Thos. Murray; Committee, Chas. A. Stewart and Jack White; meets in Hardware Club on second Wednesday of each month. 474-STEWARTS AND LLOYDS (BRITISH) BURNS CLUB (COATBRIDGE} : instituted 1925; federated 1933; 60 members; President, James Liddell; Vice-President, Sydney Vanstone; Secretary, James Craig, /British Tube Works, Coatbridge; Treasurer, James Rennie, 183 Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; meets in Brown's Tea Rooms; Annual Dinner on 27th January, 1934. 475-TWEEDDALE LADIES' BURNS CLUB (PEEBLES) : Secretary and Burns Chronicle official, Miss E. Paterson, 21 St. Andrews Road, Peebles. 476-BORDER CITIES BURNS CLUB (ONTARIO): Secretary and Burna Chronicle official, Alfred Wood, 150 Campbell Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. 477-BELLAHOUSTON BURNS CLUB : instituted 1929; federated 1933; 135 members; President, John Love; Vice-President, Ex-Bailie John F. Wilson, J.P.; Secretal'I:, Miss Janet H. Frame, 207 Paisley Road West, Glasgow, S. W.1; Treasurer, John Scott, 4 Jane Street, Ibrox, Glasgow, S.W.1; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary ; meets in Orange Hall, Lorne Street, on third Thursday of each month. 478-BONNIE DOON LADIES' BURNS CLUB (KELTY AND BLAIRADAM) : instituted 1933; federated 1933; 40 members; President, Mrs. Thos. Pryde; Vice-President, Mrs. A. Richardson; Secretary, Mrs. Thos. Penman, 30 Dewar Place, Kelty; Treasurer, Mrs. John Norris, Grevesland Terrace, Kelty; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary ; Committee, Mrs. Philipps, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Miehie, Mrs. Youqg, Mrs. Low, Mrs. Hunter, Mrs. R. Richardson, and Mrs. Greer ; meets in Pleasance Gothenburg Hall every Tuesday. 479-QUEEN OF THE SOUTH LADIES' BURNS CLUB {MAXWELLTOWN, DUM FRIES) : Secretary and Burns Chronicle official, Mrs. Geddes, 40 Glasgow Street, Maxwelltown, Dumfries. BURNS CLUBS AND SCOTTISH !:!OCIETIES 199 480-GLENCAmN BURNS CLUB OF CORNWALL (FALMOUTH): instituted 1923; federated 1933; 100 members; President, Dr. Blackwood; Vice-President, Rev. W. F. Kirk, M.A.; Secretary, J. A. Donald, L.D.S., R.C.S., Glencairn, Falmouth; Treasurer, J. B. Carmichael, 47 Lemon Street, Truro; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary; Chaplain, Rev. B. L. Hope; PiperJ Commander Curry, R.N.; meets in Falmouth Hotel on 25th January, 1934. 481-THE LONDON AYRSHIRE SOCIETY : instituted 1897; federated 1933; 1158 members; President, Alexander L. McColl; Vice-President, Professor Alexander Flemingj Secretary, Alexander Belch, 9 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1; Assistant-Secretary, William Watson; Treasurer, Hew C. Hedderwick, Trafalgar Buildings, Charing Cross, London, S. W.1; Burns Chronicle official, Secre tary; Social Organizer and Social Secretary, John J. Campbell. 482-BRIG o' DOON LADIES' BURNS CLUB (DEAL) : instituted ; federated 1933; 20 members; President, '.Mrs. Gorrie; Vice President, Mrs. Kirk; Secretary, Mrs. Low, 4 Crompton Terrace, Station Road, Upper Walmer, Deal; Treasurer, Mrs. Skelding, 176 Downs Road, Lower Walmer, Deal; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. 483-STEVENSTON THISTLE AND ROSE MASONIC BURNS CLUB : instituted ; federated 1933; 40 members; President, Bro. Joseph Clark; Vice-President, Bro. James Wyllie; Secretary, Bro. Thomas Sandford, 37 Boglemart Street~ Stevenston; Treasurer, Bro. Sam Morrison, Lora, Eglinton l'lace, Saltcoats; Burns Chronicle official, Secretary. TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS. Changes of address should be intimated at earliest con venience to the Hon. Secretary of the Federation. I !l I I ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS ON THE ROLL, 1934. No. No. 40 Aberdeen 331 Buffalo 466 Afton Water Ladies 356 Burnba.nk and District 20 Airdrie Masonic 118 Albany 417 Burnley Caledonian Soc. 2 Alexandria 261 Burns Anniversary 252 Alloway 295 Burns House, Ltd. 309 Annan 112 Burns Howff (Dumfries) 393 --La.dies 445 Buxton Caledonian Soc. 82 Arbroath 355 Calcutta 421 Arrochar and Tarbet 4 Callander 238 Atlanta 110 Cambuslang 465 -- Scottish Assoc. 424 -- Tam o' Shanter 452 Auchterderran Bonnie Jean 207 -- Wingate 415 Auld Brig 358 Carles o' Dysart 275 Ayr 7l Carlisle 435 -- Tam o' Shanter 34 Carrick 192 Ayrshire Assoc. 420 Carstairs Junction 157 Baillieston Caledonian 365 Catrine 372 -- Jean Armour 161 Charleston 340 Balerno 171 Chattanooga 218 Bannockburn Empire 462 Cheltenham Scottish Soc. 439 Barnsley Caledonian Soc. 438 Chesterfield Caledonian 308 Barrhead Kelburn Assoc. 363 Barrow St. Andrew's Soc. 428 Chryston 429 Bathgate Jolly Beggars ' 398 Colinton 64 Beith 208 Cororado Springe Caledonia.n 288 --Caledonia Soc. 455 Belfast 311 Colwyn Bay and District 477 Bellahouston Scot. Assoc. 265 Bing'l Jolly Beggars 270 Coquetdale 326 -- adies 300 Covington and Thankerton 167 Birmingham and Midland Tintock Scot. Soc. 447 Cowdenbeath Mountain Daisy 478 Blairadam Bonnie Doon Ladies 250 -- Tam o' 8hanter 184 --Shanter 459 -- West End Jolly Beggars 290 Blantyre and District Masonic 42 Crieff 478 Bonnie Doon Ladies 45 Cumnock 330 Bonnie Jean (Glencraig) 62 Cupar 476 Border Cities (Ontario) 338 Dalkeith and District 422 Brantford 414 -- Fountain 76 Brechin 244 Da.lmuir 49 Bridgeton 35 Dalry 401 Brig-En' 158 Darlington 482 Brig o' Doon Ladies (Deal) 345 Denbeath and District 120 Bristol Caledonian Soc. 419 Denny and Dunipace 374 Broughty Castle 469 -- Cross 337 Buckhaven 55 Derby Scottish Assoc. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS 201 No. No. 37 Dollar 100 Hamilton Mossgiel 367 Dornoch 434 Hamilton (Ont.) 408 Douglasdale 239 Ha.wick 406 Dublin Benevolent Soc. 225 Helensburgh 278 Duluth 446 Herefordshire 10 Dumbarton 468 High Blantyre 226 Dumfries 402 Highland Mary Ladies (High 437 --Ladies No. 1 Valley Field) 14 Dundee 375 Holyoke Caledonian 85 Dunfermline United 222 Hull 304 Dunnikier 328 Hurlford 466 Dy kehead Afton Water Ladies 351 Ingleneuk (Cambuslang) 371 -No. I 431 Inverkip 108 East Calder Jolly Beggars 173 Irvine 155 East Stirlingshire 348 Jean Armour 22 Edinburgh 96 Jedburgh 307 -- Ayrshire Assoc. 478 Kelty Bonnie Doon Ladies 378 -- District Assoc. 377 Kilbirnie Rosebery 149 Elgin 92 Kilbowie .Jolly Beggars 382 Elizabeth (N.J.) 0 Kilmarnock 397 Esk 97 -- Bellfield 126 Falkirk 349 -- The Howff 380 -- Cross Keys 407 -- Winsome Willie 448 Fallin 457 Kinglassie La.dies' Highland 262 Fifeshire Assoc. Mary No. 2 319 Fisherrow Masonic 213 Kingston 44 Forfar 386 Kirkconnel 403 Fraserburgh 463 Kirkford Bonnie Jean 253 Galston Jolly Beggars 451 Kirkmahoe 412 Gary 75 Kirn 467 Gilbertfield Highland Mary 388 Kyle Ladies Ladies 461 Leicester Oaledonian Soc. 169 Glasgow and District Assoc. 341 Leith 282 -- Bowling Assoc. 423 Leven 263 -- Masonic 366 Liverpool 234 -- Southern Merchants 425 Lochore ex-Servicemen 3 -- Tam o' Shanter l London 480 Glencairn (Cornwall) 481 London Ayrshire Soc. 427 Gorebridge Glencairn 183 Londonderry 198 -- Jolly Beggars 350 Markinch 430 Gourock 387 Mary Campbell 59 -- Jolly Beggars 310 Mauchline 53 Govan Fairfield 361 Maxwelltown 202 -- Ye Cronies 369 Maybole St. Crispin 2!12 Grahamston 390 Meikle Earnock 352 Grangemouth 473 Melbourne 21 Greenock 364 Mid Calder Tam o' Shanter 148 -- Cronies 396 Moffat and District 383 -- R. N. T. F. Heather 242 Montrose 209 -- 8t. John's 447 Mountain Daisy (Cowden 254 -- Victoria beath) 433 Gretna 415 Musselburgh Auld Brig 400 Haddington 139 National 33 Haggis 74 National Burns Memorial 152 Hamilton Cottage Homes 450 -- Cronies 460 New Cumnock ,Jolly Beggars 121 -- Junior 305 New Waterford 202 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CLUBS No. No. 381 New York Masonic 153 Scottish (Glas.) 329 Newark and District 411 Scot. Literature a.nd Song Caledonian Soc. Assoc. 133 Newarthill 286 Shawlands 199 Newbattle and District 405 Sheffield Caledonian Soc. 156 Newcastle and Tyneside 91 Shettleston 293 Newcraighall Poosie Nancy 283 Sinclairtown 266 Newton Jolly Beggars 418 Skegness Scot. Soc. 348 --Jean Armour 409 Stenhousemuir Plough 256 Newton-on-Ayr 322 Stevenston and District 124 Ninety (Edinburgh) 483 --Thistle and Rose Ma.sonic 131 Nottingham Scot. Assoc. 474 Stewarts & Lloyds 346 Oakbank Mossgiel 50 Stirling 48 Paisley 324 Stockton N.S. 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