verses, 205; her voyage to the West |
Indies, 216; letters to, 216; songs upon,
207, 208, 209, 210; returns from the West
Indies, 261; letter to, 279; last letter
to, iv. 83; final allusion of Burns to,
101; letters of Burns in her possession,
226.
M'LEOD, Isabella, of Raasay, a song upon,
ii. 215.
M'LEOD, John, on the death of, ii. 100.
of Dunvegan, iii. 265.
M'LEODS of Raasay, Burns intimate with
the, ii. 99.
M'MATH, Rev. John, i. 127, 141.
M'MORINE, Rev. Mr, minister of Caerlave-
rock, iii. 272.
M'MURDO, John, Esq., letters to, iii. 1, 126,
286, 309; iv. 42, 245.
M'MURDO, Mrs, letter to, iii. 27.
Phillis, song referring to, iv. 10,
Mary, Highland. See 'CAMPBELL, Mary.'
MARY, Queen of Scots, iii. 162.
Mason-lodge at Dumfries, notes from its
book, iv. 191.
MASTERTON, Allan, iii. 55, 58; iv. 40.
-, Ann, Bonny Ann,' iii. 101.
Mauchline, i. 82, 97, 100; description of,
170; Burns's return to, ii. 89.
MAXWELL, Dr, a physician at Dumfries,
iv. 86, 173, 198, 224.
MAXWELL, John, Esq., of Terraughty, verses
to, iii. 197; iv. 140.
MAXWELL, Provost, of Lochmaben, letter to,
iii. 85.
MAYNE, John, a Scottish poet, i. 155;
iii. 305.
MERKLAND, Miss, ii. 251.
'Merry Beggars,' an old song, prototype of
Burns's Jolly Beggars,' i. 183.
MICHIE, William, epitaph upon, iv. 242.
MILLER, Captain, of Dalswinton, iii. 76, 121;
MILLER, Mr James, produces air of 'Ye
Banks and Braes,' &c., iv. 108.
MILLER, Patrick, of Dalswinton, ii. 9, 18,
89; letters to, 135, 155; lets a farm to
Burns, 243; his concern in originating
steam-navigation, 245; iii. 177, 201; letter
to, 286.
MILLER, Patrick, junior, iv. 119.
Mill-Mannoch, on the Coyl, scene of a song,
iii. 289.
Mill Vennel, Dumfries, Burns removes to,
iii. 302.
Ministry, neglect of Burns by the, iv.
150.
Mirecleuch prosecution, iii. 137.
MIRRY, Mrs Anne, i. 70.
MITCHELL, Collector, iii. 140; letter to, 140;
referred to by Burns as a critic, iv. 154;
rhymed note to, 180.
MITCHELSON, Mr Samuel, W. S., ii. 69.
MOIR, J., printer, anecdote told by,
ii. 12.
MONBODDO, Lord, ii. 10.
Money, Burns's objections to writing for,
iii. 165, 310.
Monkland Friendly Society, iii. 23, 116, 195,
196.
Mons Meg, a cannon, iii. 122.
MONTEATH, Sir James, of Closeburn, ancc-
dote communicated by, iii. 106.
MONTGOMERY, Maj.-gen. James, i. 284.
's Peggy, i. 70, 101.
Montrose, Burns at, ii. 132.
MOODIE, Rev. Alexander, i. 124, 272.
MOORE, Dr John, ii. 16; letters to, 20, 33,
64, 101, 311; iii. 21; letter from, 22;
letters to, 120, 164; advice from,
MORINE, Mr, purchases Ellisland, iii. 201.
Morning Chronicle, Burns asked to con-
tribute to, iv. 118; writes a letter to the
editor of, 126.
MORRISON, Mary, a song, i. 68; ii. 217.
-, Mr, Mauchline, note to, ii.
Mossgiel, Burns's farm, i. 82; Burns's room
at, i. 145, 189.
MUIR, Robert, of Kilmarnock, an early
friend of Burns, i. 223; letters to, 235,
298; ii. 63, 112, 241.
MUIR, W., of Torbolton Mill, i. 110; ii.
237.
MUIRHEAD, Rev. James, of Urr, iv. 145,
146, 197.
MURDOCH, John, first teacher of Burns,
i. 9, 11, 14, 17; letter of the poet to,
Jan. 1783, 60; letter from, ii. 161; iii. 111;
letter to, 125.
MURRAY,
Esq., of Broughton, iv. 138,
142, 145, 196.
MURRAY, Euphemia, of Lintrose, ii. 148.
, Sir William, of Ochtertyre, ii. 119,
MURRAY's Literary History of Galloway
quoted, iii. 51.
MYLNE, Mr, poems of, iii. 17, 18.
NASMYTH, Alexander, paints Burns's por-
trait, ii. 32; iv. 161.
NEWALL, Mr David, writer, ii. 301; iii. 134;
Newcastle, Burns at, ii. 86.
Nicholson, Peg, a horse, iii. 110.
NICOL, Mr William, ii. 87; letters to, 87,
90; his character and history, 105;
accompanies Burns in Highlands, 109-
133; letter to, 146; affair of 'Willie
brewed a Peck o' Maut,' iii. 55; purchases
an estate, 315; letter to, 108; letter of
Nicol to Ainslie, 135; letter to, 215;
with Allan Masterton at Dumfries, iv. 40;
epitaph upon, 242.
NIELSON, Rev. Mr, of Kirkbean, iii. 109.
Nith, song on the, iii. 105.
NIVEN, Rev. Dr, of Dunkeld, i. 134.
William, a companion of Burns at
Kirkoswald, i. 27, 249, note, 297.
Ochtertyre on the Teith, Burns at, ii. 149.
Strathearn, Burns entertained
at, ii. 145.
Officer, military, quarrel of Burns with, at
Dumfries, iv. 47.
Old Rome Forest, Burns concealed at,
i. 290.
OSWALD, Mrs, of Auchincruive, satire on,
iii. 8.
OSWALD, Richard A., Esq. of Auchincruive,
iv. 140; letter to, 151; song upon his
wife, 152.
PAINE'S Rights of Man, &c., anecdote of a
copy of, iv. 36.
Paisley, Burns at, ii. 94.
PARKER, Hugh, epistle to, ii. 268.
-, W., Kilmarnock, i. 223, 286.
Patron, an unknown, letter to, iii. 5.
PATTISON, Mr, of Kelvin Grove, rencontre
of, with Burns, iv. 172.
PATTISON, Mr, of Paisley, letter to, ii. 81;
94, 231.
PEACOCK, Miss Mary (Mrs James Gray),
ii. 209; letter to, iii. 262; 279.
PEEBLES, Rev. William, i. 273; iii. 49.
PENN, Matthew, solicitor, iv. 205, 209.
PERCY'S Reliques of English poetry, iii.
164.
PERRY, Mr, of the Morning Chronicle,
makes an offer to Burns, iv. 118.
Phrenological view of Burns's head, iv.
309.
PICKERING, author of Donocht Head,'
iv. 91.
PINDAR, Peter, iii. 277, 278; iv. 16.
PITT, William, his opinion of Burns's
poetry, iv. 150.
Poet, wretchedness of the, depicted by
Burns, iv. 7.
Poet's Progress, the, fragment of, iii. 3.
Political feelings of Burns, ii. 41, 296;
iii. 76, 203; iv. 35, 47, 77.
Portraits of Burns: Nasmyth's, ii. 32;
Miers's, 167, 180; iv. 161.
Posthumous child, verses on birth of, iii. 154;
curious history of, 155, 198.
Poverty of Burns overstated, iv. 120.
PRENTICE, Archibald, of Manchester Times,
ii. 1.
PRENTICE, Mr, farmer at Covington Mains,
entertains Burns, ii. 1.
Psalms, verses of, quoted by Burns, iii. 38,
39.
Punch-bowl, Burns's, iii. 184.
RENWICK, Mrs, of New York, iii. 87.
Revolution, French, Burns's sympathy with
the, iii. 203, 262; iv. 78.
RICHARDSON, Gabriel, epitaph on, iv. 246.
RICHMOND, John, an early companion of
Burns, i. 144, 182; letters to, 231, 277,
290; ii. 13, 98.
RIDDEL, Captain, of Glenriddel, ii. 272, 238;
verses on returning him a newspaper,
iii. 6; letter to, 7; affair of the Whistle,'
57; 196; his death, iv. 68; sonnet on,
ibid.
RIDDEL, Mr Walter, of Woodley Park,
iii. 212; iv. 48; epigram upon, 102.
RIDDEL, Mrs R., letter to her sister, iv.
69.
RIDDEL, Mrs Walter, an intimate friend of
Burns, iii. 212, 242; letters to, 251, 252;
impromptu on her birthday, iv. 39; lives
solitarily at Woodley Park, 46; letter to,
47; offended by Burns, 48; letters to, 51;
lampoons on, 52-55, 76; allusion to, 108;
song upon, 113, 116; song by, addressed
to Burns, 117; another song addressed to
Burns, 133; letters to, 133, 183, 200; last
interview with, 202; writes an obituary
notice of Burns, 215; plants laurels on
Burns's grave, 215.
[ROBERTSON], Captain, [of Lude], letter to,
iv. 45.
ROBERTSON, Principal, ii. 14; iii. 178.
Rocking, a social meeting, explained, i.
114.
Rocking Song, the, i. 342.
RODGER, Hugh, schoolmaster at Kirkoswald,
i. 27.
RONALD, Misses, of Bennals, i. 41.
Mr, iii. 75.
William, his admiration of Burns's
prayers, i. 161.
ROSE, Mrs, of Kilravock, ii. 126, 228; letter
to, 228.
RUSSELL, Rev. John, i. 124, 275; iii. 48.
SAMSON, Tam, of Kilmarnock, i. 297,
301.
Sanquhar, Burns at, iii. 7.
SCHETKI, Mr, musician, ii. 206.
Scolding, literary, iii. 180.
SCOTT, Mrs, of Wauchope House, ii. 27,
75.
SCOTT, Sir Walter, meets Burns at Dr
Ferguson's, ii. 55; in opposition to Burns
in a public question, iv. 183.
Seal cut for Burns, iii. 280.
Selkirk, Burns at, ii. 76.
QUEENSBERRY, Duke of, iii. 77, 121; iv. SELKIRK, Earl of, iv. 3, 4, 139.
170.
RAMSAY, Mr David, of Edinburgh Courant,
iii. 20.
RAMSAY, Mr John, of Ochtertyre, ii. 142,
144; iii. 134.
RANKINE, John, a friend of Burns, i. 88;
iv. 239.
Religion, state of, in west of Scotland in
Burns's time, i. 122.
Religious feelings and views of Burns, i.
122, 160; ii. 46, 189, 219; iii. 40, 55, 82;
iv. 56.
RENTON, Mr, of Lamerton, ii. 83.
SHARPE, Charles, of Hoddam, letter to,
iii. 193; presents a mason's apron to
Burns, 194.
SHAW, Rev. Drs A. and D., i. 127.
Sir James, his benevolent exertions
for Burns's family, iv. 308.
Sheep's head, a dinner of, iv. 40.
SHEPHERD, Rev. John, Muirkirk, iii. 50.
SILLAR, David, an early friend of the poet,
i. 46, 61, 104, 156.
SIMPSON, William, schoolmaster of Ochil-
tree, i. 128.
SINCLAIR, Sir John, letters to, iii. 195,
196.
SKINNER, Rev. John, ii. 131, 136; letter to,
138; letter from, 139; letter to, 226;
songs by, noticed, iv. 290, 291.
SKIRVING, Mr, writes a song; anecdote of,
iv. 287.
Slave-trade; a poem of H. M. Williams,
iii. 41.
SLOAN, Mr Thomas, a companion of Burns,
iii. 9, 185.
SMELLIE, Alexander, anecdotes communi-
cated by, ii. 30; iv. 215.
SMELLIE, William, Burns's poems printed
by, ii. 29; verses on, 31; letter to, iii. 213;
242.
SMITH, Elizabeth, a servant of Burns,
ii. 301; iii. 51, 62.
SMITH, James, an early friend of Burns,
i. 172; epistle to, 184; letters to, 290;
ii. 90, 95, 257.
SMITH, Rev. George, i. 273.
Smuggling vessel, affair of a, iii. 216.
Snow-storin, an extraordinary, iv. 134.
Songs, Scotch, usually sung too slow, iv. 9.
'Spunkie'-apostrophe to, iii. 301.
STAIG, Miss Janet, song upon, iii. 285;
epigram upon, iv. 87.
Star (newspaper), the, Burns writes a letter
to, ii. 297; corresponds with, iii. 52.
STEVEN, Rev. William, i. 299.
STEWART, Mrs, of Stair, i. 107, 253; letter
to, 306; 320; ii. 294.
STEWART, Willie, epigram, iv. 244.
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Polly, a heroine of Burns, iv. 63.
Professor Dugald, i. 312, 328;
ii. 50; his account of Burns in Edinburgh,
54; letters to, 259; iii. 14.
STEWART, Rev. Mr, of Luss, iii. 134.
Stirling, Burns writes disloyal lines
ii. 120; second visit to, 142.
St Mary's Isle, Burns at, iv. 3; 139.
STOBIE, Mr, does duty for Burns, iv. 192.
Stock and horn, a Scottish musical instru-
ment described, iv. 115.
Stonehaven, Burns at, ii. 132.
STRANG'S Germany in 1830' quoted, iv.
43.
STRATHALLAN, Viscount, his Lament,'
ii. 214.
STREPHON and LYDIA, anecdote of, iv. 288.
STUART, Mr Daniel, iii. 52, 112.
Peter, letter to, ii. 35; iii. 27;
noticed, 30; letter from, 51; letter to,
52; versified epistle to, 112.
STUART, Prince Charles, his birthday cele-
brated by Burns, ii. 14; 134.
SUTHERLAND, Mr, a player, iii. 92; prologue
for, 98; 249.
Sword-cane, story of a, iv. 156.
SYME, John, Esq., a friend of Burns, iii. 259;
excursion with Burns in Galloway, iv. 2;
21; 51; 141; letter to, 151; account of
in 1826, 155; exertions for Burns's family,
224.
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TENNANT, Mr James, of Glenconner, ii.
232; letter to, 306; versified epistle to,
iii. 33.
TENNANT, Mr, of Ayr, his recollections of
Burns, i. 13.
THOMSON, Mr George, of Edinburgh, collec-
tion of Scottish Melodies projected by,
iii. 225; letter to Burns, 226; Burns's
letters to, 227, 244, 247, 248, 256, 257, 273,
277, 282, 285, 289, 291, 297, 299, 303, 304,
307; sends a present of money to Burns,
307; letters to, 309; iv. 9 bis, 11, 12, 14,
16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 29, 31, 33, 36, 41, 70, 76,
81, 83, 84, 89, 103, 110, 122, 129, 135, 136,
157, 160, 161 bis; Mr T. attempts to
remunerate Burns, 163; letters to, 164 bis,
166, 188; sends Allan's etchings to Burns,
189; letters to, 192, 193, 202; Burns asks
assistance from, 206; sends £5 to Burns,
208; his assistance to Currie's edition of
Burns, 227; his Melodies, 228, note; letter
of Gilbert Burns to, 228.
THOMSON, Peggy, an early flame of Burns,
i. 26, 30, 71.
THOMSON, the poet, temple to, iii. 186;
address to the shade of, 187; quoted,
266.
Thrush, sonnet on hearing one sing, iii.
275.
TINNOCK, Nanse, alewife in Mauchline,
i. 171.
'Toast for the 12th of April,' iv. 149.
Toothache, Burns afflicted by, and his
address to, iii. 37.
Torbolton, Bachelors' Club of, i. 44.
Freemasons' Lodge of, i. 92;
farewell to, 283; books of, 284; account
of, 353.
TRAIN, Joseph, anecdote communicated by,
iii. 73; 218; iv. 6.
Traquair, Burns at, ii. 80.
Troggin-Wha'll buy troggin?'-a ballad,
iv. 196.
Turit, Loch, Burns visits, ii. 147.
TURNBULL, Gavin, songs by, iv. 37, 38.
TURNER, Andrew, epigram upon, iv. 244.
TYTLER, Alexander Fraser, letter from,
iii. 174; letter to, 175.
TYTLER, Balloon, iv. 285.
Mr William, of Woodhouselee,
ii. 167; iii. 276; iv. 284.
'Vision, a,' a song, iv. 60.
Vision, the, a poem, i. 189; additional
stanzas of, ii. 21, 315.
Volunteers, Dumfries, iv. 147.
WALKER, Professor, ii. 50, 119; letter to,
124; iv. 175.
Walks, favourite, of Burns at Dumfries,
iv. 13.
Wallace,' Blind Harry's, quoted, iii. 54.
WALLACE, Mr, writer in Dumfries, iv.
58.
Wanlockhead, Burns at, iii. 8.
WASHINGTON, General, Burns proposes cele-
brating his birthday, iv. 74.
Wauchope House, ii. 27; Burns's letter to
wife of, ii. 28.
WHELPDALE, Mr, husband of Jean Lorimer,
iv. 97.
'Whistle, the,' affair of, and poem so called,
iii. 57-59.
WHITEFOORD, Sir John, i. 157; ii. 17; letter
to, 171; Lines sent to, iii. 170.
WILLIAMS, Helen Maria, ii. 21, 33; letter
to, iii. 41; answer from, 45.
WILLIAMSON, an actor, iv. 52.
Mr David, clothier, iv. 206.
Rev. David, hero of 'Dainty
Davie,' iv. 18.
WILLIE, Holy, i. 136, 138, 172.
WILSON, Hugh, a herd-boy, i. 63.
John (Dr Hornbook), i. 108.
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