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APPENDIX B. 



Extract from Sale Catalogue entitled : — 



Autograph Letters, Poems, &c., of Robert 

 Burns to Captain and Mrs. Riddell. 



Sold by auction by Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 

 at No. 13 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C., on Saturday, 

 February 9th, 1901. 



The 



property of the late a. DE NOE walker, ESQ., M.D 



109 



W'ho inherited them from his Grandmother, Mrs. Riddel, 

 of Glen Riddel), late of 24, Carlyle Square, S.W. 

 Sold by order of the Executor. 



478 Burns (Robert) Scotch Poet, Song in his Autograph, 

 I p. 4to, " The blue-eyed lassie. Air by Cap. R.," " to 

 Cap. Riddel with the author's grateful compliments," 

 commencing " I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen. "^^° 



479 Burns (Robert) Copy of a Poem by Burns in another 

 hand, " O wat ye wha's in yon town," i p. 8vo — Copy 

 of another poem, " O sweet is she in yon town." 



480 Burns (Robert) SONNET in his Autograph, i p. 4to, 

 ^793> " ^^ hearing a thrush sing in a morning walk in 

 January," " Sing on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless 

 bough," " To Mrs. Riddel of W^oodley Park, a small but 

 sincere mark of respect from the Author," with facsimile 

 aihied. 



481 Burns (Robert) Autograph Poem, i^ pp. 410 (1793), 

 " The last time I came o'er the moor," Burns has added 

 the following note at the end, " On reading over the song, 

 I see it is but a cold inanimate composition. It will be 



109 Arthur de Noe Walker; :M.D. ; h. 27th Octobor. 1820; (third 

 son of Captain Charles Montagu Walker by his wife Anna Maria 

 Riddell, only surviving child of Maria Riddell) ; d. 2nd October, 1900. 



110 This item, although addressed to Captain Riddell (see note 

 28), has been retained here as forming part of Dr de Noe Walker's 

 property. 



