Document Type
Article
Subject Area(s)
Scottish literature
Abstract
Reports the recent acquisition by Princeton University Library of a long-lost copy of Robert Burns's first book Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1986), formerly owned by Burns's friend Edward Whigham; describes the later transcript it contains of the short poem "At Whigham's Inn," long attributed to Burns; and reassesses the sources and authorship of the poem.
Publication Info
Published in Burns Chronicle 2016, ed. Bill Dawson, 2015, pages 81-86.
Patrick Scott, "'At Whigham's Inn': Mrs. Provost Whigham's Lost Kilmarnock, the Allan Young Census, and an Unexpected Discovery," Burns Chronicle for 2016 (November 2015): (c) Burns Chronicle & Robert Burns World Federation, 2015.