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Excerpt from The Book of Robert Burns, Vol. 3 of 3: Genealogical and Historical Memoirs of the Poet His Associates and Those Celebrated in His Writing Having been asked, with a View to the completion of this Work, to prepare a short biography of Burns, I have aimed at writing a concise narrative, setting forth as many of the incidents of the Poet's career as the available space would allow, and at making as large use as possible of the Poet's own words. For the purpose of writing a Life' of Burns, the late Dr. Charles Rogers had gathered a mass of notes; but these notes could have been advantageously utilised only by Dr. Rogers himself. Every one knows that the subject of the Poet's Life and Writings has already been fully and powerfully dealt with by many eminent authors. Having agreed, however, though not without misgivings, to complete Vol. III. Of the Book of Robert Burns, I have tried to perform my task clearly, faithfully, and sympathetically. 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.