chronological Note 



1770 born November (?) 25. 



1770-1776. .resided at Ettrickhall. 



1776-1785. .served under various masters in the neighborhood, the last 



of whom was Mr. Scott, of Singlee. 

 1785-1787. .occupied the position of man-of-all-work on the farm of Mr. 



Laidlaw, at Elibank. 

 1788-1790. .obtained full qualification of shepherd under Mr. Laidlaw, of 



Willanslee. 



1790-18C0. .shepherd under Mr. Laidlaw, of Blackhouse, on the Douglas 

 Burn in the valley of Yarrow. 



1793 first trip to the Highlands. 



1794 The Mistakes of a Night, his first publication. 



1797 first heard of Burns. 



1800-1804. .resided at Ettrickhall. 



1801 publication of The Pastorals. 



1804-1807. .resided at Mitchel-Slack as shepherd. 



1807 publication of The Mountain Bard and The Shepherd's Guide. 



1807-1810. .residence in Dumfrieshire. 

 1810-1815. .residence in Edinburgh. 



1810 publication of The Forest Minstrel. 



1810-1811. .editor of The Spy. 



1813 publication of The Queen's Wake. 



1815-1822. .residence at Altrive Lake. 



1815 publication of The Pilgrims of the Szin. 



1816 publication of Mador of the Moor. 



1816 publication of The Poetic Mirror. 



1817 publication of Dramatic Tales. 



1818 publication of The Bro2vnie of Bodsbeck and other tales, 



1818 publication of The Long Pack. 



1819-1821. .publication of The Jacobite Relics. 

 1820 marriage. 



1820 publication of The Winter Evening Tales. 



1822-1829. .residence at Mt. Benger. 



1822 publication of The Siege of Roxburg, Poems, in four volumes, 



and The Royal Jubilee. 



1828 publication of The TJiree PeHls of Woman. 



1824 publication of The Confessions of a Fanatic. 



1825 publication of Queen Hynde. 



1829 publication of The Shepherd's Calendar. 



1829-1835. .residence at Altrive. 



1831 publication of Songs. 



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