ruary 5,
1805. His brother William speaks of him in verse, as 'a silent poet,'
and in prose describes him as 'meek, affectionate, silently enthusiastic,
loving all quiet things, and a poet in everything but words.' Allusions
to this sailor-brother occur in several of the poems, as in those lines
beginning 'When to the attractions of the busy world,' to be found among
the 'Poems on the Naming of Places,' also in the 'Elegiac Stanzas
suggested by a Picture of Peele Castle in a Storm,' and in other poems.

{3} NOTE 3.--'_There is no stone to mark the spot_.'--PAGE 5.

'The body of Burns was not allowed to remain long in this place. To suit
the plan of a rather showy mausoleum, his remains were removed into a
more commodious spot of the same kirkyard on the 5th July 1815. The
coffin was partly dissolved away; but the dark curling locks of the poet
were as glossy, and seemed as fresh, as on the day of his death.'--_Life
of Burns_, by Allan Cunningham.

{19} NOTE 4.--'They had a large library.'--PAGE 19.

The following account of this library is taken from Dr. John Brown's
delightful tract, _The Enterkin_. The author will excuse wholesale
appropriation to illustrate a journal which, I believe, will be dear to
him, and to all who feel as he does:--

'The miners at Leadhills are a reading, a hard-reading people; and to
any one looking into the catalogue of their "Reading Society,"
selected by the men themselves for their own uses and tastes, this
will be manifest. We have no small gratification in holding their
diploma of honorary membership--signed by the preses and clerk, and
having the official seal, significant of the craft of the place--of
this, we venture to say, one of the oldest and best village-libraries
in the kingdom, having been founded in 1741, when the worthy miners
of that day, headed by James Wells and clerked by William Wright,
did, on the 23d November, "condescend upon certain articles and
laws"--as grave and thorough as if they were the constitution of a
commonwealth, and as sturdily independent as if no Earl were their
superior and master. "It is hereby declared that no right is hereby
given, nor shall at any time be given, to the said Earl of Hopetoun,
or his aforesaids, or to any person or persons whatever, of disposing
of any books or other effects whatever belonging to the Society, nor
of taking any concern with the Society'