1787. _Jan. 13._ The Grand Lodge of Scotland toasts Burns as ‘Caledonia’s Bard’. _April 21._ Edinburgh _Poems_ published. _April 23._ Burns sells his copyright for 100 guineas. _May 5-June 1._ Burns tours the Border. End of _May_. VOL. I of _Scots Musical Museum_ published. _June 2._ Burns receives Meg Cameron’s appeal. _June 8._ Burns’s ‘_éclatant_ return to Mauchline’. End of _June_. Burns tours West Highlands as far as Inverary. _July 29._ Jean Armour ‘in for it again’. _Aug. 2._ Burns completes his autobiographical letter to Dr. John Moore. _Aug. 8._ Burns returns to Edinburgh. _Aug. 15._ Burns freed of Meg Cameron’s writ. _Aug. 25-Sept. 16._ Highland tour with William Nicol. _Oct. 4-20._ Tour in Stirlingshire. _Oct._ Death of poet’s daughter, Jean. _Nov._ Burns begins active work for the _Museum_. _Dec. 4._ Burns meets Agnes M’Lehose. _Dec. 7._ Burns dislocates his knee. _Dec. 8._ The Clarinda correspondence begins. 1788. _Jan. 4._ Burns’s first visit to Clarinda. _Feb. 13-14._ Peak of the Clarinda correspondence: four letters in two days. _Feb. 18._ Burns leaves Edinburgh. _Feb. 23._ Burns returns to Mauchline; is ‘disgusted’ by Jean. _Feb. 27 (?)-Mar. 2._ Burns visits Ellisland with John Tennant. _Mar. 3._ Jean bears twin girls, of whom one dies on Mar. 10 and the other on Mar. 22. _c._ _Mar. 13._ Burns returns to Edinburgh. _Mar. 18._ Burns signs lease of Ellisland. _Mar. 24._ Burns leaves Edinburgh. _Mar._ VOL. II of _Scots Musical Museum_ published. Late _April_. Burns acknowledges Jean Armour as his wife. _April-May._ Burns receives Excise instructions at Mauchline. III. DUMFRIESSHIRE 1788. _June 11._ Burns settles at Ellisland. _July 14._ Burns’s Excise commission issued. _Nov. 5._ Centenary of the ‘Glorious Revolution’. _Nov._ Jenny Clow bears Burns a son. _Dec._ Jean joins Burns in borrowed quarters at the Isle. 1789. _Feb. 16._ Burns goes to Edinburgh to close accounts with Creech and to settle Jenny Clow’s suit. _Feb. 28._ Burns returns to Ellisland. Summer. Burns meets Francis Grose. _Aug. 18._ Francis Wallace Burns born. _Sept. 1._ Burns begins duty as Excise officer. _Nov._ Burns ill with ‘malignant squinancy and low fever’. 1790. _Jan. 27._ Burns’s name placed on list of those eligible for promotion as Examiners and Supervisors. _Feb._ VOL. III of _Scots Musical Museum_ published. _July._ Burns transferred to Dumfries 3d Division. _July 24._ Death of William Burns in London. _Dec. 1._ MS. of ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ sent to Grose. 1791. _Mar. 31._ Anne Park bears Burns a daughter, Elizabeth.