PREFATORY NOTE. THE principal Essay in this volume originally appeared in a work entitled "The Land of Burns, a Series of Landscapes and Portraits illustrative of the Life and Writings of THE SCOTTISH POET, with descriptive letterpress, by Professor Wilson and Robert Chambers, Esq.-Blackie & Sons, Glasgow, 1841." For the convenience of the general reader, the following short chronicle of the more prominent dates in the career of the illustrious Poet has been subjoined. Robert Burns was born at Alloway, near Ayr, on the 25th of January 1759 His father and family removed to the neighbouring farm of Mount Oliphant 1766 They removed to the farm of Lochlea, parish of Tarbolton, Ayrshire 1777 Burns and his brother Gilbert took the farm of Mossgiel, parish of Mauchline, Ayrshire The father of Burns died Burns's first publication He entertained the intention of emigrating to the West Indies The second edition of his Poems He made a tour of the south of Scotland and the Highlands He obtained an appointment in the Excise He left Edinburgh-married Jean Armour He contributed songs to Johnson's Museum He contributed songs to Thomson's Scottish Melodies His health was very much impaired 1784 1784 1786 1786 1786 1787 1787 1787 1788 1788 1788 1791 1792 1792-96 1795 1796 |
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