1 ADVERTISEMENT. IF the Editor has not mentioned by name the various persons who subscribed to the former Editions, or who promoted the subscription for the support of the Widow and Children of Burns, this has arisen from his not being in possession of the necessary documents. MR. ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM ought, however, to have been more particularly distinguished. He was indefatigably zealous in promoting the interest of the Widow and her Children, at a period when such services were highly important, and not a little difficult. The Editor is happy in an opportunity of doing this justice, tardy and imperfect though it be, to an old friend, of the generous qualities of whose heart he retains a just and lasting impression. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. Effects of the legal establishment of parochial Page 1 LIFE OF BURNS. Narrative of his infancy and youth, by himself— Narrative on the same subject, by his brother, and by Mr. Murdoch, of London, his teacher- Other particulars of Burns while resident in Ayrshire-History of Burns while resident in Edinburgh, including letters to the Editor from Mr. Stewart and Dr. Adair-History of Burns while on the farm of Ellisland, in Dumfries- shire-History of Burns while resident in Dum- APPENDIX, No. II. including an extract of a POEM addressed to BURNS, by Mr. TELFORD. 362 APPENDIX, No. III. Letter from Mr. GILBERT BURNS to the Editor, approving his LIFE of APPENDIX, No. IV. additional remarks on the causes which contributed to the formation of the |