The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, 1759-1769

648 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. Tartan cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece. Black-and-white plates. Containing 'Homes and Haunts of Robert Burns' by James MacKenna, Index to First Lines, Glossary, and Illustrations. Robert Burns, (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire), national poet of Scotland, who wrote lyrics and songs in Scots and in English. He was also famous for his amours and his rebellion against orthodox religion and morality.--Britannica