Just in case we don’t have enough to worry about during this Christmas season, in his song, “If It Doesn’t Snow on Christmas,” Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, gives us ...
The young friend in this poem is Andrew Hunter Aiken (d. 1831), the son of Robert Aiken (to whom The Cotter's Saturday Night is dedicated). Andrew eventually became a merchant in Liverpool before ...
David Sillar (1760-1830) was the son of Patrick Sillar, a tenant farmer in Spittleside, Tarbolton. He was a teacher at the parish school, before John Wilson was appointed, and in 1783 set himself up ...
An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.