Excerpt from Some Account of the Glenriddell Mss; Of Burns's Poems: With Several Poems Never Before Published As this Collection almost wholly consists of pieces local or unfinished, fragments the effusion of a poetical moment and bagatelles strung in rhyme simply pour passer le temps, the Author trusts that nobody into whose hands it may come will without his permission give, or allow to be taken, copies of anything here contained; much less to give to the world at large, what he never meant should see the light. At the Gentleman's request, whose from this time it shall be, the Collection was made and to him, and I will add, to his amiable Lady, it is presented, as a sincere though small tribute of gratitude for the many many happy hours the Author has spent under their roof. There, what Poverty even though accompanied with Genius must seldom expect to meet with at the tables and in the circles of Fashionable Life, his welcome has ever been, The cordiality of Kindness and the warmth of Friendship. As from the situation in which it is now placed, this mss. May be preserved, and this Preface read, when the hand that now writes and the heart that now dictates it may be moulder ing in the dust; let these be regarded as the genuine sentiments of a man who seldom flattered any, and never those he loved. 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.