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BURNS'S EDINBURGH PRIVATE JOURNAL.

The world has been long familiar with the introductory part, and sundry extracts from this document, dated "Edinburgh, April 9, 1787," which were included by Dr. Currie in the poet's biography.

In D'Israeli's Curiosities of Literature, vol. i. p. 136, occurs the following passage concerning this journal :

"Once we were nearly receiving from the hand of genius the most curious sketches of the temper, the irascible humours, the delicacy of soul, even to its shadowiness, from the warm sbozzos of Burns, when he began a diary of his heart-a narrative of characters and events, and a chronology of his emotions. It was natural for such a creature of sensation and passion to project such a regular task, but quite impossible to get through

it."

Lockhart, in 1828, thus referred to the same manuscript, after quoting the portions printed by Currie :

"This curious document, it is to be observed, has not yet been printed entire. Another generation will, no doubt, see the whole of the confession; however, what has already been given, it may be surmised, indicates sufficiently the complexion of Burns's prevailing moods during his moments of retirement at this interesting period of his history."

"Of the state of the poet's mind at this time an
authentic though imperfect document remains in a book
which he procured in the spring of 1787, for the purpose
fully described by himself) were very imperfectly exe-
of recording in it whatever seemed worthy of observation
The intentions of the poet in procuring this book (80
cuted. He has inserted in it few or no incidents, but
several observations and reflections, of which the greater
part that are proper for the public eye will be found
particulars in the book are the delineations of characters
interwoven in the volume of letters. The most curious
he met with. These are not numerous; but they
to living characters prevents us from committing them
are chiefly of persons of distinction in the republic
to the press."
of letters, and nothing but the delicacy and respect due

Currie in his printed extracts from that journal
The only delineations of character included by
Blair.
are those of the Earl of Glencairn and of Dr.
quirer what became of the book after Currie's
Can any person inform the present in-
death, which event happened in 1805? Is it known
to be still in existence? and if so, where is it?

date 1788) Cromek printed in his Reliques of
From another jotting-book used by Burns (of
Burns a few pages, headed "Fragments, Miscel-
laneous Remarks, &c.," but these consist almost
entirely of scraps, every one of which can be traced
to some particular letter in the "Clarinda Corre-
spondence." These form no portion of the journal
now inquired after. Allan Cunningham, who in
his edition has tagged together those scraps from
Cromek with the extracts given by Currie from the
missing journal, quotes from Cromek's manuscript
lodging (at Mrs. Carfrae's, Baxter's Close, Lawn-
notes a most absurd story, to the effect that the
market) by a carpenter working in Leith who often
journal in question was stolen from the poet's
called to see Burns, and which carpenter shortly
thereafter sailed for Gibraltar. That story is easily
accounted for. Cromek had evidently seen a letter,
April 19, 1787, to an intimate friend, Mr. George
hitherto unpublished, addressed by Burns on
that, during his absence, "a fellow now gone to
Gibraltar" had entered his room and stolen some
Reid of Barquharrie, in which he narrates the fact
of his manuscripts.

has described the missing book as a clasped volume, It remains further to be stated that the poet with "lock and key-a security at least equal to the bosom of any friend whatever." W. S. D.

A pretty tale,-it may be you have heard it,-
But since it serves my purpose I will venture
To scale't a little more."

So run the folios. But Dyce, the Cambridge

Dr. Currie evidently was put in possession of the editors, and, I believe, all moderns, following original journal. His words are these :

Theobald, substitute "stale 't" for "scale 't." The