This is, perhaps, the first collected edition. It contains exactly the same poems (though differently arranged) and glossary, as the subscription 4to. of 1721. It has the _first_ scene of the Pastoral, and the 11th Song. POEMS:--"Printed by Mr. Thomas Ruddiman, for the Author." 2 vols. 4to. Edinburgh, 1721-28. This is the subscription and, probably, the "_best edition_." The 1st volume has the _first_ scene of the Pastoral, and the 11th Song: the 2d volume has the Pastoral complete. *POEMS:--Millar, Rivington, and others; 2 vols. 12mo. London, 1761. A neat edition, containing exactly the same poems as that of 1721-28. *POEMS:--Phorson; cheap edition; 2 vols. 12mo. Berwick, 1793. *POEMS:--Cadell and Davies; 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1800. This edition is well printed, on good paper: it is commonly called the "best edition;" but, so far as the "Gentle Shepherd" is concerned, it is not so. POEMS AND PROVERBS:--Oliver and Co.; 3 vols. 18mo. Edinburgh, no date. Neat edition, with plates, and music to the Songs in the "Gentle Shepherd." POEMS AND PROVERBS:--Chapman; 2 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1813. POEMS:--Fairbairn and Anderson; 1 vol. 24mo. Edinburgh, 1819. Neat but abridged edition; with Life of Ramsay by Wm. Tennant, author of "Anster fair." *POEMS:--Fullarton and Co.; 3 vols. 12mo. London, 1850. A very neat edition; a reprint of that of 1800, with additions; appendix, &c. GENTLE SHEPHERD:--Printed by A. Foulis; 4to. Glasgow, 1788. An elegant and correct edition, with David Allan's plates, and the songs set to music. GENTLE SHEPHERD:--Geo. Reid and Co.; 8vo. Edinburgh, 1798. A very accurate edition, with 5 plates. GENTLE SHEPHERD:--A. Constable and Co., and others: printed by Abernethy and Walker; 2 vols. roy. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1808. One of the best editions, with many plates and an elaborate dissertation on the scenery, &c. Understood to have been edited by Robert Brown, Esq., advocate. GENTLE SHEPHERD:--Watt and Baillie, Leith: Printed by Jas. Ballantyne and Co.; Edinburgh. roy. 4to. 1808. A good edition, (with copies of David Allan's plates,) but the orthography much changed. GENTLE SHEPHERD:--Griffin and Co.; 32mo. Glasgow, 1828. In all the above editions, with the exception of those of 1788 and 1798, the orthography of the "GENTLE SHEPHERD" is more or less changed from that of the original quarto of 1728. The editions marked thus (*) follow a different text of the "GENTLE SHEPHERD" from that of the present edition. See the Notes. THE LIFE OF ALLAN RAMSAY. _Born 1686.--Died 1758._