The Merry Muses of Caledonia: A Collection of Favourite Scots Songs, Ancient & Modern, Selected for Use of the Crochallan Fencibles

Attempts to recover Burns' erotic poetry, which his editors attempted to hide from readers, centre round "The Merry Muses of Caledonia", of which only two original copies are known to survive. The story of Burns' part in this collection is told in the narrative accompanying this fascsimile.