Robert Burns Lives!

Introduction
Chapter 1
Background of the Times in Which Burns Lived, Loved and Wrote
Chapter 2
Guest columnist David E. Shi, President, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA
Chapter 3
Whiskey and Burns Gang Thegither by Thomas Keith
Chapter 4
Dining in Ayrshire
Chapter 5
Guest columnist Thomas C. Burns, Ph.D.
Chapter 6
Guest columnist Dr. G. Ross Roy.
Chapter 7
G. Ross Roy’s Library.
Chapter 8
My Long-Awaited Journey Through Burns Country
Chapter 9
Robert Burns – Country Dancer
Chapter 10
Dumfries Burns Howff Club
Chapter 11
Rachel
Chapter 12
Jim Hewitson
Chapter 13
G. Ross Part II
Chapter 14
Robert Barr, Jr.
Chapter 15
Dr. G. Ross Roy
Chapter 16
Anne Christie
Chapter 17
Abb Gunn
Chapter 18
North Carolina College Honors G. Ross Roy
Chapter 19
Who Are These Burns People?
Chapter 20
Another Tour of Burns Country
Chapter 21
Immortal Memory at the Atlanta Burns Club
Chapter 22
22 Days - An Highland Immortal Memory
Chapter 23
Burns Chronicle Index
Chapter 24
Sir Walter Scott and Robert Burns
Chapter 25
Robert Burns Diamond Stylus
Chapter 26
Burnsing
Chapter 27
With Passions Wild and Strong
Chapter 28
Scottish Coin To Celebrate 250^th Anniversary of Robert Burns’ Birth
Chapter 29
My Favorite Burns Poem
Chapter 30
A Place to come to
Chapter 31
Burns Nicht Bits, Tidbits, and Fragments
Chapter 32
Robert Burns and James Hogg
Chapter 33
Hunters’ Illustrated History of the Family, Friends and Contemporaries of Robert Burns
Chapter 34
An article by Professor David Purdie, "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 35
An article by Dr. Carruthers, "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 36
An article by Billy Kay - "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 37
An article by Eddi Reader - "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 38
An article by Dr. Kenneth Simpson - "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 39
"Inspiration on Inauguration Day" by Clark McGinn (with reflections on Lincoln, Jefferson, and Washington)
Chapter 40
Alex Salmond Speaks at Burns Symposium in Washington, D.C.
Chapter 41
G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns
Chapter 42
An article by G. Ross Roy - "What Burns means to me".
Chapter 43
An article by Patrick Scott - "The Immortal Memory".
Chapter 44
Sunday Post articles on Robert Burns.
Chapter 45
The Bard - Robert Burns, a biography.
Chapter 46
The Bard. A Review of the book by Professor Gerard Carruthers.
Chapter 47
Address to the Burns Club of Atlanta by Bill Dawson
Chapter 48
Chat with Robert Crawford author of "The Bard".
Chapter 49
Ae Fond Kiss, A Speech by Dr. James W. Flannery
Chapter 50
Starkey Staring Mad by Clark McGinn
Chapter 51
"Fickle Man", Robert Burns in the 21st Century
Chapter 52
Robert Burns in England by Chris J. Rollie
Chapter 53
Phrenology of Burns By Megan Coyer
Chapter 54
Address to Robert Burns given by Clark McGinn at Westminster Abbey
Chapter 55
Robert Burns and Slavery by Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 56
Archibald Skirving and his Drawing of Robert Burns by Robert Carnie
Chapter 57
'Law and Order' in 18th C. Edinburgh, The Case of Miss Burns V the Baillie by Robert Carnie
Chapter 58
A Speech by Robert Carnie
Chapter 59
Robert Burns - Writer of Songs by Robert H. Carnie
Chapter 60
Burns the Improviser by Robert H. Carnie
Chapter 61
The Honorary Graduation of Professor G. Ross Roy
Chapter 62
‘To Mr Robert Burns’: Verse Epistles from an Irish Poetic Circle by Jennifer Orr
Chapter 63
What Burns Means to Me by James Macsween, Director, Macsweens of Edinburgh.
Chapter 64
Programs at the Mitchell Library
Chapter 65
New Burns Research Unit for Dumfries
Chapter 66
On Burns Prosody: Address to a Haggis by Colin Blyth
Chapter 67
What Haggis means to me.
Chapter 68
Burns and Historic Scotland
Chapter 69
The Auction of a Robert Burns Bowl Replica
Chapter 70
Book Review of "The Best Laid Schemes: Selected Poetry & Prose of Robert Burns" Edited by Robert Crawford & Christopher MacLachlan.
Chapter 71
Burns Statue in Chicago
Chapter 72
Follow-up Story of Chicago’s Defaced Robert Burns Statue
Chapter 73
Was Robert Burns a Member of the Friends of the People in Dumfries?
Chapter 74
An article by Floridian John Hollingsworth
Chapter 75
Regarding the Homecoming
Chapter 76
Robert Burns, The Fornicators Court
Chapter 77
Immortal Memory Address, 2010 By Corey E. Andrews
Chapter 78
Burns Night: Poetry and Emotion By Clark McGinn
Chapter 79
A Reply to Mark Wilson’s Essay ‘Was Robert Burns a Member of the Friends of the People in Dumfries?’
Chapter 80
The Questions Patrick Scott Hogg Should Answer By Mark J. Wilson
Chapter 81
Another Reply to Paddy Hogg
Chapter 82
You Can Meet Rabbie In Many Unexpected Places! By Clark McGinn
Chapter 83
Email from Patrick Scott Hogg to Frank R. Shaw and his reply
Chapter 84
A Lazy Saturday Morning with Two New Burns Friends
Chapter 85
My grandson, Ian Shaw
Chapter 86
My granddaughter, Stirling Shaw
Chapter 87
The Luath Kilmarnock Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edited by Dr. John Cairney and Clark McGinn
Chapter 88
The Peculiar ‘Research’ of Patrick Scott Hogg
Chapter 89
Merry Muses, Edited by Dr. Valentina Bold, Glasgow University Dumfries Campus
Chapter 90
Another Unsubstantiated Claim by Paddy Hogg
Chapter 91
The Drouth, Edited by Johnny Rodger and Mitchell Miller
Chapter 92
Burns and Slavery by Clark McGinn
Chapter 93
Lament for Slavery? The Case of Robert Burns By Corey E. Andrews, Youngstown State University
Chapter 94
Chairman of the Bard by Jim Gilchrist, The Scotsman.
Chapter 95
Capital Caricatures by Shelia Szatkowski
Chapter 96
The Tears of Robert Burns by Clark McGinn
Chapter 97
Book Review of Scottish and Irish Romanticism By Murray Pittock
Chapter 98
Presentation of the G. Ross Roy Medal by Dr. Rhona Brown
Chapter 99
The Robert Burns 1859 Centenary: Mapping Transatlantic (Dis)Connection By Professor Leith Davis
Chapter 100
The 100th Anniversary of the Laying of the Cornerstone at Robert Burns Cottage By the Burns Club of Atlanta.
Chapter 101
Poetry Reading and Lecture by Dr. Robert Crawford.
Chapter 102
Robert Burns and the Excise By Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 103
The Biographical Construction of Robert Fergusson, 1774-1900 By Rhona Brown
Chapter 104
Auld Lang Syne by Kate Taylor
Chapter 105
Robert Burns’s Reputation as the “Genius” of Scotland By Dr. Corey E. Andrews
Chapter 106
An Unpublished Letter from Burns to Prof James Gregory MD - with an early draft MS of 'On seeing a wounded Hare' By Prof. David Purdie MD FRCP FSA Scot. Editor, The Burns Encyclopaedia.
Chapter 107
Ideological Adaption of Robert Burns in the Soviet Union By Dr. Natalia Kaloh Vid (Slovenia, University of Maribor, Faculty of Arts)
Chapter 108
Robert Burns: Bawdy Language By Pauline Anne Mackay
Chapter 109
A Million Reasons Robert Burns Will Never Die!
Chapter 110
The Burns Chronicle
Chapter 111
Frank Gives a Talk to the Burns and Beyond Conference in Glasgow
Chapter 112
Burns and Beyond: A One Day Conference hosted by the Centre of Robert Burns Studies by Dr. Rhona Brown, University of Glasgow.
Chapter 113
Burns and Sex By George Scott Wilkie
Chapter 114
Remember Tam O'Shanter's Mare, A Study of Burns and Health, by Sir Kenneth Calman
Chapter 115
Almost Speechless by Clark McGinn
Chapter 116
Burns and Bawdy by R.D.S. Jack
Chapter 117
A Trip to Glasgow to Speak on Robert Burns
Chapter 118
Robert Burns – His Life, Illness and Death: 18^th Century Medicine in Scotland By Thorne Winter, MD.
Chapter 119
Robert Burns & Pastoral By Nigel Leask
Chapter 120
The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns: An Illustrated Catalogue. A book review by Dr. Kenneth Simpson
Chapter 121
This and That. Rachel Bergstrand and Natalia Kaloh Vid.
Chapter 122
Pretty Nancy By Ian MacMillan
Chapter 123
Robert Burns: A Life in Letters by George Scott Wilkie
Chapter 124
The History of The Burns Club of London: 1868 to 1968 Part I By Clark McGinn
Chapter 125
The History of The Burns Club of London: 1868 to 1968 Part II
Chapter 126
Venders, Purchasers, Admirers: Burnsian ‘Men of Action’ from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century By Dr. Corey E. Andrews
Chapter 127
Robert Burns in Global Culture Edited by Murray Pittock
Chapter 128
In Search of Highland Mary By Dr. Gerard Carruthers, Glasgow University
Chapter 129
Vindication of Highland Mary by Norman Paton.
Chapter 130
Deirdre Nicholls, BA (HON) ATC MBA FRSA - Burns Bronze Statue
Chapter 131
Burns Supper held at the Stonehouse Primary School near Larkhall, Glasgow
Chapter 132
Scottish Parliament is Memorable Venue for American Erin’s First Burns Supper
Chapter 133
The Mitchell Burns Collection: The Best in the World? By Gerry Carruthers
Chapter 134
Scottish Bards and English Prelates By Clark McGinn
Chapter 135
“A Tribute to Dr. Patrick Scott”, A Noted Robert Burns Scholar By Frank R. Shaw
Chapter 136
Book Review of "Robert Burns and Transatlantic Culture", Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies, Edited by Sharon Alker, Leith Davis and Holly Faith Nelson.
Chapter 137
Robert Burns: Scotland's National Bard by Erin Frazer, Senior, Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA
Chapter 138
The Correspondence of Samuel Thomson (1766-1816). Fostering an Irish writers’ circle By Jennifer Orr, Editor.
Chapter 139
Robert Burns, Patrician Protégé, People’s Poet by Professor Christopher Whatley.
Chapter 140
Rehabilitating the Radical: Robert Burns in the Belfast Press in the Period of the Irish Act of Union by Dr. Carol Baraniuk.
Chapter 141
A Forgotten Hero By Clark McGinn
Chapter 142
The Songs of Burns and the Serge Hovey Archive by Patrick Scott
Chapter 143
Fiddling with Known Burns: Burns and the Limits of Criticism By Murray Pittock
Chapter 144
‘Love and Poesy’: Burns and Highland Mary By Ken Simpson
Chapter 145
As Others Saw Him: Robert Burns and Highland Mary by G Ross Roy
Chapter 146
“An Unco’ Sight”: Burns and Enjoyment by Professor Ian Duncan
Chapter 147
John DeLancey Ferguson (1888-1966): An Appreciation By Corey Andrews
Chapter 148
Robert Burns and The Invention of the Haggis By Clark McGinn
Chapter 149
My Friend Robert Burns by Ian MacMillan
Chapter 150
How Many Copies Were Printed of Burns's Second (Edinburgh) Edition? By G. Ross Roy
Chapter 151
Robert Burns’s First Printer: John Wilson of Kilmarnock. Part 1: The Book Market in Burns’s Ayrshire by Patrick Scott.
Chapter 152
Robert Burns’s First Printer: John Wilson of Kilmarnock. Part 2: Printing Books for Local Authors by Patrick Scott.
Chapter 153
The New Studies in Scottish Literature Goes Digital (and keeps print) By Patrick Scott
Chapter 154
Atlanta’s Robert Burns Cottage by Frank R. Shaw.
Chapter 155
Burns's Poems and their Audience By Ian Campbell
Chapter 156
Digitizing Robert Burns By Frank Shaw
Chapter 157
Robert Fergusson and the Scottish Periodical Press by Rhona Brown
Chapter 158
Book Review: "Robert Burns & Friends", Essays by W. Ormiston Roy Fellows Presented to G. Ross Roy Edited by Patrick Scott & Kenneth Simpson
Chapter 159
Whatever Happened to Gavin Turnbull? Hunting Down a Friend of Burns in South Carolina by Patrick Scott.
Chapter 160
Robert Burns’s “The Twa Dogs”: ideological aspects of translation into Russian By Natalia Kaloh Vid
Chapter 161
Scotland and the 19^th-Century World edited by Gerard Carruthers, David Goldie and Alastair Renfrew
Chapter 162
Robert Burns Lives! Publishes its 150th Chapter by Bill Dawson
Chapter 163
Aspects of the Humour of Robert Burns by Dr. J. Walter McGinty
Chapter 164
G. Ross Roy
Chapter 165
Immortal Memory to Robert Burns, Burns Club of Atlanta by Frank Shaw
Chapter 166
What others are saying about Robert Burns Lives!
Chapter 167
How more Popular could Burns be if translated into English? By Alastair McIntyre GOTJ, FSA Scot
Chapter 168
Just another Saturday Night in Scotland by Corinne Buivenga
Chapter 169
Studies in Scottish Literature
Chapter 170
Christ Church Burns Supper, 25 January 2013, By Stephen Hammock
Chapter 171
On Finding A Battered Copy of Burns’ Poems by Stephen A. Hammock
Chapter 172
A Tribute to Professor G. Ross Roy
Chapter 173
Burns and art: local, national, international By Murdo Macdonald
Chapter 174
W. Ormiston Roy as Remembered by his Grandson by G. Ross Roy
Chapter 175
Poems Like Hand Grenades: Baxter, Burns and Bawdry by Liam McIlvanney
Chapter 176
Plea for the Jacksonville Robert Burns Memorial
Chapter 177
A Victorian Admirer Writes Back: Marion Bernstein and Robert Burns by Patrick Scott
Chapter 178
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature, Edited by Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvanney
Chapter 179
Two Tales of 'Tam O' Shanter' by Sarah M. Dunnigan and Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 180
Poem on Burns by John Imlah and read by John P. Imlay
Chapter 181
Seceders and Satire: Ulster Poetry of the Romantic Period by Dr. Jennifer Orr.
Chapter 182
Obituary of Professor Kenneth Simpson by Christopher A Whatley
Chapter 183
Eileen Bremner’s "The English Poetry of Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)"
Chapter 184
A Young Irish Scholar's Transatlantic Pilgrimage to The Burns Club of Atlanta and Beyond by Dr Jennifer Orr
Chapter 185
The Professor G. Ross Roy Medal 2013 Winner for Excellence in Research in Scottish Literature
Chapter 186
How I Came to Burns By Michael Morris, PhD
Chapter 187
Flow Gently Sweet Afton. The Story Behind the Song By Norrie Paton
Chapter 188
Peter Kormylo, Hanna Dyka, and Tayisa Khryplyva
Chapter 189
A Letter from John Clark, Dumfries Artist and Poet
Chapter 190
Primrose by Clark McGinn
Chapter 191
Artist Yuriy Kovatchev’s Reproduction of The famous Nasmyth Burns Portrait
Chapter 192
Robert Burns 255th Anniversary from Robert Burns Kiev Junior Club.
Chapter 193
Review of Maurice Lindsay’s The Burns Encyclopedia, Revised and Edited by David Purdie, Kirsteen McCue and Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 194
Review of the Burns Chronicle
Chapter 195
Journal of New Zealand Literature 30 Special Issue: Baxter and Burns
Chapter 196
The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns, Globe Inn - 25th January 2011, By Peter Kormylo, Past President
Chapter 197
Robert Burns, Open Access, and the Digital Studies in Scottish Literature By Patrick Scott
Chapter 198
Thomas Campbell of Pencloe, New Cumnock, Ayrshire (1746 - 1831) By Chris Rollie, St John’s Town of Dalry, Galloway.
Chapter 199
Immortal Memory by Mike Duiguid
Chapter 200
Celebrating Frank's 200th Chapter of Robert Burns Lives! By Alastair McIntyre
Chapter 201
Burns and North America by Leslie Strachan
Chapter 202
The Cambridge Companion to Scottish Literature Edited by Gerard Carruthers and Liam McIlvanney
Chapter 203
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies is happy to announce the launch of a new website! by Dr. Vivien Williams
Chapter 204
The First Nine Guests: Number Three: 'Provost John' By Clark McGinn
Chapter 205
World Congress of Scottish Literatures, University of Glasgow, 2-5 July 2011, By Rhona Brown, University of Glasgow
Chapter 206
Jean Redpath, A Memory By Kirsteen McCue
Chapter 207
The Other Side of Robert Burns’s Correspondence by Patrick Scott and Joseph DuRant
Chapter 208
John Galt: The Other Great Ayrshire Writer by Ian McGee
Chapter 209
Red Red Roses on a Tragic Poet’s Grave by Rosemary Goringe
Chapter 210
A Lost Collection of Robert Burns Manuscripts: Sir Alfred Law, Davidson Cook, and the Honresfield Collection by Patrick Scott
Chapter 211
Burns and the Bachelors By Kirsteen McCue, University of Glasgow
Chapter 212
Tam o’ Shanter: A Talk at the Atlanta Burns Club, December 3, 2003 by G. Ross Roy
Chapter 213
The Robert Burns World Federation Newsletter March 2015 edited by Mike Duguid
Chapter 214
Far Fam’d RAB’: Scottish Labouring-Class Poets Writing in the Shadow of Robert Burns, 1785-1792 By Corey E. Andrews
Chapter 215
The Annual Robert Burns Commemorative Service, Dumfries, 23 January 2015 by Rhona Brown
Chapter 216
A Sermon by Professor Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 217
Welcome Home, Mr. Burns by Deirdre Nicholls
Chapter 218
The Life and Poetry of Thomas Burns by Dr Christine Seal
Chapter 219
Poets in the Park 2015
Chapter 220
Robert Aiken - Orator Bob by Dr. Clark McGinn
Chapter 221
John Anderson My Jo, John by Frank Shaw
Chapter 222
Rededication of the Highland Mary Monument at Greenock Cemetery, Sunday 30th August, 2015 by Gerard Carruthers, University of Glasgow
Chapter 223
Atlanta Robert Burns Cottage Rededication by E. Ross Wyllie, Editor, Burns Club of Atlanta Newsletter
Chapter 224
Thomas Muir, Uncompromising Hero or The Man Who had Poor Social Skills by Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 225
Burns: Monument and Memory by Murray Pittock
Chapter 226
Interview with Dr. Carruthers
Chapter 227
James Orr, Poet and Irish Radical by Dr. Carol Baraniuk
Chapter 228
Nine Men: The Banker and the Professor by Dr Clark McGinn
Chapter 229
A free online course on Burns from the Centre for Robert Burns Studies at Glasgow University January 2016.
Chapter 230
Tracking the Kilmarnock Burns by Patrick Scott
Chapter 231
The History of Robert Burns Statues around the World By Sofiane Kennouche
Chapter 232
A Unique Burns Supper By Chris Waddell
Chapter 233
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow By Professor Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 234
A Scottish Contemporary of Burns: Alexander Wilson (1766-1813), Poet and Ornithologist by Patrick Scott
Chapter 235
Burns in the Running for Great Scot Title
Chapter 236
Nine Men: The Soldier, The Gardener (And not to forget the Innkeeper) by Dr Clark McGinn.
Chapter 237
Robert Burns voted as public’s National Trust ‘Great Scot’ by Frank Shaw
Chapter 238
Teaching Robert Burns Online by Ronnie Young BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Glasgow University
Chapter 239
Memories of Muhammad Ali by Alison Wilson
Chapter 240
Robert Burns Was Not A Gaelic Speaker but, By Murdo Morrison
Chapter 241
University of South Carolina Scholar Studies Abroad at the University of Glasgow By Professor Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 242
The Twa Bards: Robert Burns and William Shakespeare by Patrick Scott
Chapter 243
Burns in the heat of the South: rare books and modern technology By Craig Lamont
Chapter 244
The Immortal Memory: Befriending Robert Burns By Dr. Valentina Bold
Chapter 245
“Not in Egerer"? Roberts Burns in some Early Anthologies by Patrick Scott
Chapter 246
Burns and ‘Blue Devilism’ By Moira Hansen
Chapter 247
Burns and Broadside Publication "The Chevalier's Lament" at Auction in Macon, Georgia by Patrick Scott
Chapter 248
Blue Devilism: Physical and mental health in the life and work of Robert Burns by Moira Hansen
Chapter 249
Ronnie Jack and Robert Burns: An Appreciation by Patrick Scott
Chapter 250
A Collaborative Tribute from Four Editors by Patrick Scott, Bill Dawson, Mike Duguid, and Gerard Carruthers
Chapter 251
Thomas F. McNally, Dean of Libraries, University of South Carolina on the Jean Redpath music collection.
Chapter 252
Bringing The Jolly Beggars to Life! By Dr Kirsteen McCue
Chapter 253
How the Victorians Monumentalized Robert Burns: Christopher Whatley’s Immortal Memory: Burns and the Scottish People reviewed by Patrick Scott
Chapter 254
Abraham Lincoln & Robert Burns by Alec Ross
Chapter 255
"The Chevalier's Lament" Broadside and Robert Burns at the National Library of Scotland By Robert Betteridge
Chapter 256
Reading Burns in Installments: the Hidden History of Part-Publication by Patrick Scott
Chapter 257
Robert Burns’ Songwriting Prosody – Why His Tunes Matter by Andrew Calhoun
Chapter 258
The Kilmarnock Census: A Personal Perspective By Allan Young
Chapter 259
Burns Unbroke, Contemporary arts inspired by Robert Burns
Chapter 260
A Neglected Source for Burns Manuscripts? Some Old Guides for Autograph Collectors by Patrick Scott
Chapter 261
Auld Lang What?! from Sainsbury's Grocery Chain
Chapter 262
Reminiscences of Editing Burns by G. Ross Roy
Chapter 263
Robert Burns and the Philosopher By Walter McGinty
Chapter 264
The Agnes Burns Song Book by Kirsteen McCue
Chapter 265
Immortal Memory by Kevin Hague
Chapter 266
Robert Burns: 'Man O' Independent Mind' by Professor Chris Whatley who reflects on the poetic legacy of Robert Burns.
Chapter 267
US couple donates £170,000 for Robert Burns research
Chapter 268
Visiting Ellisland Farm By Gerry Carruthers
Chapter 269
Contains much information on Burns & his associations & is valuable to the Burns Student. J Williamson, Meadowfield

The Life of Robert Burns

Misc. Texts

Professor Ross Roy’s Gift of Robert Burns Manuscripts to the University of South Carolina
Robert Burns Conference to be held in Columbia, South Carolina
Thursday April 2-Saturday April 4, 2009

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Burns Unbroke
Contemporary arts inspired by Robert Burns

BURNS UNBROKE is a new adventure in the world of Robert Burns, and Robert Burns Lives! is proud to bring it to our readers. It is interesting, thrilling and full of thought-provoking Burns information that can easily become a favorite of many Burns readers, this editor included. The information below is very informative and those who have read our pages over the years should be happy to see what this new endeavor puts forth in the name of Burns. BURNS UNBROKE has agreed to share their programs and articles with our readers over the coming months. I already have another issue to publish and will be working in this area for the next few weeks. I am excited about this new venture and I believe you will be too.

November 2017