Laurence Watt, 35 Taylor Street, Clydebank; John Wilson, Scottish; and James Tudhope, Carlton. On the motion of the Chairman, congratulations were given to Mr M'Naught, Kilmaurs, on the successful issue of the fac-simile of the First Kilmarnock Edition. ALBANY BURNS CLUB. During the year the management has been on the lines followed since the inception of the Club. The Directors' Meetings held numbered 8, and there have been 5 Monthly Meetings of members, including the Annual Business Meeting. The membership has been maintained throughout the year at the restricted number, viz., 150. The resignations numbered 3; two of these were owing to residence out of Glasgow, and one owing to ill-health. The deaths of members numbered 3-being the Hon. President, Mr Goodall; the late Secretary, Mr Drennan; and Mr Brotchie, a well-known member of the Club. During the year Papers were given by the late IIon. President Goodall, County Councillor A. M'Callum, Past Presidents J. Wilson Bain and Macwhannell, and Mr Walter Weir. The Anniversary Dinner of the Club was held in the Grand Hotel, and a very interesting address was given by Dr Kerr of Allan Glen School. Under the auspices of the Club a Singing and Reciting Competition was held on 15th January last, in Provanside Higher Grade School, the prizes given being four medals and twelve volumes. The successful competitors for the medals were Maggie Pirie and Jenny M'Lean for reciting, and Flora Rollo and William Brodie for singing. I am glad to report that the Club is in a successful and flourishing condition, and, as the syllabus shows, some good nights are in store for the A. B. C. during the ensuing session. The first meeting of the present session was held on 6th October, when an interesting paper was given by the President, the subject being "The Life of Burns." It was gratifying to the members to have with them their Honorary President, Professor Glaister, who, notwithstanding it was the season of the University examinations, found time to pass an hour or so with us. At that meeting all the Past Presidents of the Club since its inception were present. 1909. SYLLABUS. Oct. 6. Opening Address - President, John A. Headrick. Nov. 3. Smoking Concert. Dec. I. "The Biographers of Burns-Allan Cunningham "-John Macwhannell, Esq. 1910. Jan. 12. "Burns and Modern Humanism "-Rev. James Forrest, M. A. 25. "Immortal Memory "-George Eyre-Todd, Esq. Feb. 2. "William Shakespeare "-Andrew Black, Esq., R.S. W. Mar. 2. “ Allan Ramsay "—Ex-President James Taylor. 1909. MOSSGIEL (GLASGOW) BURNS CLUB. SYLLABUS. Oct. 19. Tattie and Herrin' Supper. Nov. 4. Open Meeting. Dec. 7. *Address by T. L. Anderson, Esq. Subject-"The Social Condi 1910. Jan. tion of the People in the Time of Burns." 4. Open Meeting. 25. *Annual Dinner. Rev. Andrew R. Cowie will propose "The Immortal Memory." Feb. 8. Open Meeting. 22. *Address by William Browning, Esq. Subject—“The Dominie of the 18th Century." Mar. 8. Annual General Meeting. April 5. Open Meeting. Meetings marked * will be held in Bank Restaurant, Queen Street. 1909. OLD KILPATRICK BURNS CLUB. SYLLABUS-1909-10. Sept. 16. "Irish Wit and Scotch Humour" (with Songs) Esq., Glasgow. Walter Weir, Oct. 21. The Forth and Clyde Wall of the Emperor Antoninus"Archibald Macdonald, Esq., Public Librarian, Dumbarton. Nov. 18. "Claverhouse and the Covenanters "-J. Jeffrey Hunter, Esq., Glasgow. Dec. 1910. 2. "A Ramble through Italy" (illustrated by 100 Lantern Slides)— Rev. E. Sherwood Gunson, M.A., Ramshorn Parish Church, Glasgow. Feb. 10. "A Scotsman seen through Green, Red, Blue, and True Spectacles' -Rev. J. H. Dickie, M. A., New Kilpatrick Parish Church. Mar. 10. "The Letters of Robert Burns"-Rev, Robert Munro, B, D., U.F. Church, Old Kilpatrick. The Anniversary of the Bard will be celebrated in Gavinburn Public School, when the "Immortal Memory" will be proposed by a well-known gentleman. Nov. 2. Harmony. Contributor, Mr Charles W. C. M'Farlane. Lecturer, Principal Apr. 5. Lecture, "Burns and the De'il "-John Russell, Esq. DUNFERMLINE UNITED BURNS CLUB. Instituted 1812. Federated 1896. We have received no official report from Dunfermline, but from the account of the Federation Meeting it will be seen that it is in a most flourishing condition, under the fostering care of its efficient and enthusiastic Chairman and Secretary. LIVERPOOL BURNS CLUB. The 43rd Annual Dinner, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Burns's birth, was held in the Hotel St. George, and was very successful. There was an attendance of over 90, under the chairmanship of Dr J. Middlemass Hunt. The toast of" The Memory of Burns" was ably given by the Hon. Secretary, Major R. S. Archer, V.D. Other speakers included the Rev. James Hamilton, M.A., Rev. J. Aitken Clark, Mr J. H. M'Gaul, J. P., Mayor of Birkenhead, Mr Alex. Grossart, Captain James Hunter, R.A., and Colonel Richard Bulman, V.D. There was also an excellent musical programme. For the winter session 1909-10 a series of lectures, &c., has been arranged in conjunction with the Literary and Social Society of St. Andrews Church of Scotland, Rodney Street, Liverpool, viz. :-" Some Scottish Songsters before and after Burns," by Mr H. S. Pearson, with musical illustrations; " Robert Buchanan," by Mr Alex. Grossart; "Edinburgh and its Monuments," by Major R. S. Archer, V.D., with lantern illustrations; and "The Scottish Border," by the Rev. James Hamilton, M. A., with lantern illustrations. MOORPARK BURNS CLUB, RENFREW. This Club was instituted in 1908, and owes its existence chiefly to the energy and enthusiasm of Councillor Peter Paton, who is not only a keen Burnsian but takes an active interest in everything that has for its object the good of the community. Last season a competition was held in Moorpark Public School for the best rendering of Burns poems, and through the interest taken by Mr Archibald Walker, headmaster, and Mr A. S. Binnie, his able assistant, proved very successfu!. Two gold medals were presented for competition, one by Bailie Milliken, Hon. President, and one by John M‘Gregor, Esq., Hon. Vice-President, while several volumes of Burns's Works were gifted by other members of the Club. The Annual Anniversary Dinner was held in Mrs Kirk's Hall, Moorpark, on 21st January, when Mr A. S. Binnie, A.E.I.S., the second headmaster of Moorpark Public School-now headmaster of Yoker Public School-proposed the "Immortal Memory." A concert was held on 17th March, at which Miss Jeanie Neil and Master Tom M'Clair, winners of the gold medals, took part, and recited their pieces before a large audience. Regarding the present session, a lecture by the Rev. James Forrest, M.A., Glasgow, on "Burns as a Poet of Nature and Life," illustrated by songs, was |