Excerpt from The Bibliography of Robert Burns: With Biographical and Bibliographical Notes, and Statutes of Burns Clubs, Monuments and Status The chief aim has been to compile a Book of Memories of all known editions of the Life and Writings of burns, and works associated with his name, and to avoid anything like criticism or comment on them. The Editor has strictly adhered to the principle of obtaining inform ation from authors themselves as to their writings, where one edition differed from preceding ones 3 their motives for publication, and he has occasionally given extracts to Show the style and spirit of the author. 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.