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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Dublin Variant)
Summary
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Dublin Variant) was the second "pirated" issue of Robert Burns's work, being published in Ireland at Belfast without permission from or payment to the author or publisher. It is a so-called Stinking Edition, carrying the error Stinking for the Scots word Skinking (watery) in the poem "To a Haggis" because the type setters copied from a 1787 Stinking Edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (Edinburgh Edition). It has been shown to be from the same print setting as the Belfast Edition but with a different title page.
This single volume issue is a collection of poetry and songs by Robert Burns, originally "Printed for the author and sold by William Creech" in Edinburgh. MDCCLXXXVII The date of publication for the Dublin Variant as advertised in Finn's Leinster Journal was 29 September 1787, making it the second unauthorised or "pirated" issue and the part of the third edition of the Poems, Chiefly in the
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