Excerpt from Life and Works of Robert Burns, Vol. 3 of 4: Edited by Robert Chambers Letter to Mr Peter Hill, 2d Feb. Miss Burns's case; Letter to Mr W. Nicol, 9th Feb. His mare dead. Theatricals; Peg Nicholson; Letter to -. Dr M'Gill's case; William Burns asks advice of Robert; Letter to Mr William Burns, 10th Feb. Advices; Correspondence with Mr Peter Stuart. Versified Letter to him. A gratis newspaper; Letter to Mr Cunningham, 13th Feb. Miss Burnet. Happiness and Misery. Reflections on Immortality; Letter to Mr P. Hill, 2d March. Orders for books. Deplores that selfishness is unavoidable; Burns's character revealed in his letters; Letter to Mrs Dunlop, 10th April. Scotland overlooked in public proceedings. Ethical Views. Mackenzie's Writings; Letter to Dr Moore, 14th July. Proposes to criticise Zeluco; Election Contest, described in an Epistle to Mr Graham of Fintry; Letter to Mr Murdoch, 16th July. Recommends his brother William; Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson; Letter to Mrs Dunlop, 8th Aug. Has been offended by a friend; Letter to Mr Cunningham, 8th Aug. Much busied. Independence; Occupations of Burns; his household at Ellisland; Petty business matters - James Halliday; Visit of Mr Ramsay of Ochtertyre to Burns; Visit of Egerton Brydges to Ellisland; A hopeful time with Burns. Ironical Letter of Nicol; Dr Anderson's Bee. Correspondence of Blacklock and Burns respecting that work; Death of Mr William Burns; Burns in an Excise prosecution. A business paper by him; Letter to Collector Mitchell. The same Excise case; Letter to Crauford Tait, Esq. 15th Oct; Visit of Mr Robert Ainslie to Ellisland. A kirn dance; Tam o' Shanter; Letter to Francis Grose, Esq. Legends of Alloway Kirk; The real personages of Tam o' Shanter; Domestic afflictions of Mrs Dunlop; Letter to Mrs Dunlop. Birth of her grandchild; Stanzas on a Posthumous Child About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.