[31: Mrs. Thomas Scott had met Burns frequently in early life at Dumfries. Her brother, the late Mr. David MacCulloch, was a great favorite with the poet, and the best singer of his songs that I ever heard.] [32: John Ballantyne had embarked no capital--not a shilling--in the business; and was bound by the contract to limit himself to an allowance of £300 a year, in consideration of his _management_, until there should be an overplus of profits!--(1839.)] [33: He probably alludes to the final settlement of accounts with the Marquis of Abercorn.] [34: The Royal Librarian had forwarded to Scott presentation copies of his successive publications--_The Progress of Maritime Discovery_--Falconer's _Shipwreck, with a Life of the Author_--_Naufragia_--_A Life of Nelson_, in two quarto volumes, etc., etc., etc.] [35: Poor Gay--"In wit a man, simplicity a child"--was insulted, on the accession of George II., by the offer of a gentleman-ushership to one of the royal infants. His prose and verse largely celebrate his obligations to Charles, third Duke of Queensberry, and the charming Lady Catharine Hyde, his Duchess--under whose roof the poet spent the latter years of his life.] [36: See the Preface to the third volume of the late Collective Edition of Mr. Southey's _Poems_, p. xii., where he corrects a trivial error I had fallen into in the first edition of these Memoirs, and adds, "Sir Walter's conduct was, as it always was, characteristically generous, and in the highest degree friendly."--(1839.)] [37: Garrick's _Bon Ton, or High Life Above Stairs_.] [38: _Twelfth Night_, Act V. Scene 1.] [39: The letter in question has not been preserved in Scott's collection of correspondence. This leaves some allusions in the answer obscure.] [40: Scott's old friend, Mr. John Richardson, had shortly before this time taken a house in Miss Baillie's neighborhood, on Hampstead Heath.] [41: Miss Baillie had apologized to him for having sent an extract of one of his letters to her friend at Edgeworthstown.] [42: Milton, _Sonnet No. VIII._ [_When the Assault was intended to the City._]]