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Description: | Letter which Burns wrote in March 1787 acknowledging receipt of a letter from his friend James Candlish and explaining why he had taken so long to reply. (letter no 89)
Candlish had written in response to a request from Burns, namely 'help in getting a song they had sung together at school'. A reply which Burns was both 'surprised and pleased' with.
Page two of two starting 'best of hearts...'. Burns is relating to the scholastic logic of Candlish and defending his own direct approach but cuts short the train of thought, reassuring Candlish that he has not lost his touch of earlier days. Finally encouraging Candlish to continue the correspondence be it 'sense' or 'nonsense'. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1787-01-01 - 1787-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Letter of Robert Burns to James Candlish | Go to resource |
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