Poems by James K. Annand and James Anderson

Photocopies of poems by James K. Annand and James Anderson, [n.d.], with letter and note relating to their deposit by Iain Smart, Department of Anatomy, University of Dundee. (1) 'Elegie sur le despart de la Royne Marie retournant à son Royaume d'Escosse', by [Pierre de] Ronsard, c.1561. With accompanying translation into Scots, 'Elegy on the depairture o Mary Queen o Scots on her retour til her kinrick o Scotland', by James K. Annand. (Photocopied from a hand made book of which only about six copies were prepared by James K. Annand. n.d.). (2) Untitled poem in Scots by James K. Annand, begins: 'Hodie mihi cras tibi. That's what it says on a nearby stane'. Satire on the subject of burial. n.d. [Photocopy]. (3) Sawney's Letters, or Cariboo Rhymes. From 1864 to 1868. By James Anderson. [Photocopy]. Reproduction of the title heading of the first edition of Sawney's Letters, 1868. The letters first printed in the office of the Cariboo Sentinel at Barkersville, on William Creek, B.C., in 1868, are reproduced in mimeographed form by the Bibliographical Society of Canada, with an introduction by W. Kaye Lamb, Dominion Archivist, Toronto, Canada. 1950. Includes an introduction by W. Kaye Lamb and a poem by Sawney, 'Farewell!', 24 November 1871. With explanatory note by Dr Smart, dated 25.5.83, stating, 'Born in Coupar Angus. Went to B.C. and wrote poems to brother in Fife'. (4) Letter, [June 1983], from Iain Smart to Dundee University Archivist, referring to (1) and (3) above.

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