Burns Nights in St. Louis

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Excerpt from Burns Nights in St. Louis: Burns and English Poetry, Burns and the Prophet Isaiah, Burns and the Auld Clay BigginIn numbers the Club is not unwieldy. The members fill comfortably the table running the length of the chamber, with room for a congenial guest or two. There is enough Scotch blood in the gathering to save the ¿avor of Scotch speech. But the membership ranges widely in nativity, in creed and in vocation. The Spirit of Burns pervades and abides. Lines with which this spirit is invoked are found by the president of the Club in such quotations from Burns as his own fare well to the brethren of St. James lodge at Tar bolton.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.