A

Abbotsford, Towers of, 56

Aberdeen, called by the Poet, a lazy
town, 68

Aberfeldy, Birks of, described in rhyme,
65-Song of, 361

Abergeldie, Birks of, Ancient song of,
361

A bottle and an honest friend, 338
Absence, a song, by Dr. Blacklock, 560
Adair, Dr., his Excursion with the
Poet, 61-2

Adam A-'s Prayer, 195

Ae day a braw wooer cam down the
lang glen, Song of, note 509
Ae fond kiss, and then we sever, Song
of, 401

Afton Water, Banks of, 37-Song of, 415
Ah, Chloris, Song of, 422

Aiken, Andrew, his friendship for
Burns, and the Maybole youth, 9-
Epistle to, 241

Aiken, Robert, always welcome, 21-his
eloquence, 193 - Dedication of the
Cotter's Saturday Night to, 233-let-
ters to, 595-7-epitaph on, 327
Aikin's, Dr., his Collection of Songs read
by Burns with delight, 42-Professor
Wilson's reply to, n. 407
Ainslie, Hugh, Verses on the anniver-
sary of Burns, by, 159
Ainslie, Miss, elegant compliment paid
to, 53. 57

Ainslie, Robert, his intimacy with

Burns, 44-his Border Tour with the
Poet, 53-description of his family,-
-his sober tea-drinking, and charm-
ing stroll with the bard, 69-humor-
ous Epistle to, 621. 627-letters to,
635. 645. 651-2-3. 668. 677. 682. 711.
725-his testimony in favour of the
Poet, n. 725-notice of, by James
Hogg, n. 726

Airds, Laird of, in Galloway, 532-Song
in honour of his daughter, 533
Ale, The Poet's praise of, n. 665
Alexander, Miss, of Ballochmyle, her

scene with the Poet, 38. 601-her fa-
mily, 357, n.-letter to, 601
Alison, Bonnie Peggie, Remarks on, 72
-song of, 349

Alison, Rev. Arch, Letter to, 703-his
Essays on Taste, n. 703

Allan, David, his picture of "John
Anderson, my jo." 466-" The Cot-
ter's Saturday Night," 482-3-a man
of very great genius, 722-Notice of,
by Allan Cunningham, n. 723
Allan Stream, By, Song of, 467

Water, Song of, 534
Allardyce, Miss Jane, of Pittenween,
heroine of the song, "What can a
young lassie do wi' an auld man,'
2. 400

Alloway Miln, Burns's first school, 3
Kirk, description of, n. 301
Three Witch stories re-

lating to, 715-16

Alnwick Castle, Burns at, 57

Amang the trees, where humming bees,

Song of, 429

A man's a man for a' that, n. 500

B

Bachelor's Club, Rules and regulations

of, 145-of Mauchline, 192

Burns, 50

American War, a Fragment, 268
Anderson, Dr. James, Editor of "The
Bee," Letter to, 697

Anderson, Miss, the heroine of "The
Lass of Patie's Mill," 526
Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, 426
of the gowden locks, 430

Annan-dale, Bess of, 295

River, a beautiful stream, 468
Annie, one of the Poet's heroines, 12
Where will bonnie, lie? n. 502
-Ramsay's version, 577

Argyle, Duke of, his song of "Ban-

nocks o Barley," n. 427-Anecdotes
of, at Sheriff-muir, 580
Armour, Jean, her first acquaintance
with Burns, 24-5-the Poet's attach-
ment to her, 31-courtship with her,
33-her application to the "gallant
weaver,'
," ib. her affecting scene
with Burns, 35- her family court
his society, 59-her intimacy with
Burns renewed, 60-her re-marriage,
78-9, and n. 645-"The Mauchline
lady" of the song, 344-song in allu-
sion to her father's treatment, 397-
song in honour of, 424
Armour, James, Mauchline, his anger
towards his daughter, 33 letter
to, 747

As I cam down by yon castle wa', 578-
As I was a wand ring ae midsummer
e'enin', 405

Athol, Duke and Duchess of, Visit to,
at Blair, 65-their attention to the
Poet, 66. 629

Auld and new light factions, 220
chuckie Reekie, 273

Daddie, Burns's Parish Pastor,
666, n.

Guid-man, Wit and humour of
the, 496

lang syne, recommended as a ly-

ric of other days, 86,-ancient
version, 474, 475-English ver-
sion of, 574

Mare Maggie, The auld Farmer's
address to, 175

Rev. Mr., his dissolution of
Burns's marriage, n. 666
Robin Gray, Song of, 569
Austin, Dr., his song, "For lack of
gold," 555

Autumn, the Poet's propitious season
for verse, 107

Awa', Whigs, awa'! Song of, 386
Aye waukin' O, Song of, 377
Ayr, the native county of Burns, 1
Brigs of, a poem, 264
Charter of, n 206

The auld and new Brigs of, n.
264
Aytoun, Sir Robert, Song by, 398

song, 551

Baillie, The Misses, elegant comp5-
ment to, 654

Baird, Rev. G., Letter to and from, 704
and n.-solicits help in aiding the in-
mily of Michael Bruce, ib.
Ballads, the ancient, noble sublimity
of, 15

Ballantyne, John, "The Brigs of Art
inscribed to him, 264-notice of, 603.
n.-letters to, 596. 603-5-6. 610
Ballochmyle, Lass of, Song of, 357—mo-
tice of, n.

Braes of, 357-Song of, 387
Ballochniel, Kirkoswald, Residence at, 7
Bank-note, Lines written on a, 254
Banks of Ayr, The bonnie, Song of
358-circumstances under which
was composed, 43. 358
Banks of Cree, Song of, 483

of the Devon, Song of, 369
of Doon, Songs of, 409

of Forth, Song of, 541
of Nith, Song of, 393
Bank-Vennel, Dumfries, the residence
of the Poet, 118
Bannockburn, Burns at, 64. 628
-Heroic address of Bruce

at, 471-6
Bannocks of Barley, Song of, 427-an-
cient version of, n. ib.
Barskimming, seat of Lord Glenler,
n. 206
Mill, scene at, 214
Beattie, Dr., Saying of, 443-his Essay
on Music, 451-2 his additional
verse to Meikle's song, 535
Bed, my, Verses to, 293
Beds of sweet roses, Song of, 590
Beelzebub, Address of, 305
Beggar's Saturday Night, 27
Behold the hour, the boat arrive, 42
Benson, Miss, Letter to, 723
Bess and her spinning-wheel, Song of 46
Sonsie, smirking, dear-bought. It
the Gawkie, Song of, 519
Beugo, the engraver, Letter to, 658
Bide ye yet, beautiful song of, 547
Biggar, Misses, the daughters of the
Pastor of Ballochniel, 7
Birks of Aberfeldy, Song of, 301
Abergeldie, n. 361
Black-honnet, a church elder or des
con, 196

Blacklock, Dr., his letter to Dr. Lawrs.
39 and 602 n-songs by 550-5-7. 3
562-6-8. 571-letter to, 663-E; st
to and from, 285, 296-notice of, i